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I skeptically dipped my dangling feet into the water, shivering and tucking them under my sides into a pretzel-legged position after feeling the frigid waves crest over my toes. I snatched my fishing pole back from JJ, glaring daggers at him for fibbing about the temperature. It was the crack of dawn, so I didn't know what I had expected, but his amusement at my feet almost getting frostbitten irritated the bit of moodiness left in me from being woken up so damn early.

On the brighter side, my boyfriend looked incredible. Board shorts, a tank top, tousled hair, and glowing skin, I don't know how he managed it all. Or how it was possible he was mine. I was in pajama shorts and his machine gun kelly sweatshirt, sporting an elegant mess of tied-up bed head to top it off.

After a while of pondering, I decided on selecting a random playlist someone created on Spotify to fill the silence. I've never been a morning person, but even less a morning conversation person.

A song I didn't recognize began to play from the speaker of my phone and I noticed by a few sudden changes in his posture, JJ wasn't fond of it. Also, the fact he randomly blurted out, "I don't like this song." That clued me in a little bit.

I looked over at him, eyebrows furrowed in confusion, "Why not?"

"Cause this guy sits here and sings nonsense. You don't just fall in love with someone. I didn't fall in love with you," annoyance dripped from his voice.

Not only was he apparently not in love with me, but so much so he was okay saying it straight to my face. Ouch.

Before I could think about it too much, or excuse myself he added confidently, "I walked into love with you."

I didn't know if it was possible to be more confused than I was at this point.

"Hell, I ran. Did a full-on fucking sprint." He laughed, and even though I didn't quite yet know what he was getting at, I couldn't help but join in, "I was aware of everything I was doing. Sure it scared me shitless but I was conscious for every minute of it. I knew what I was doing and I could have stopped at any moment. I wasn't forced or bribed, I willingly committed to a relationship with you because I love you. To 'fall in love with someone sounds like it would be an accident. Like you didn't mean to. I tried my hardest to be here, and I am loving it. I guess it could happen, but it didn't with me. So yeah, I think falling in love is stupid."

I dropped my pole with a 'thud' and carefully maneuvered around his to hug him. After I pulled away he immediately noticed the tears cascading down my rosy cheeks, "What's wrong beautiful?"

I sniffled a few times and wiped the tears off of my face with the sleeve of his sweatshirt, "Nothing, but I wasn't expecting that."

He smiled and kissed my forehead, "After three and a half years together, you should know to expect the unexpected."