Unpredicted Mates

Chapter Twenty-Six

Dedicated to- Tracey10161969

I stirred in my sleep and let out a struggled groan. Why is my throat so sore? I half opened my eyes to see I was in Jake's arms. 

"What are you doing?" I asked throatily and tiredly, what time is it? Was he taking me to bed? No, he was the opposite way. Instead of going up the stairs he was going down. 

"Shush, just go back to sleep. You're just dreaming" 

Am I dreaming? I never thought of that, I guess it made sense. I looked down the hall, he was heading outside, I sure have some weird dreams. I put my head back onto his chest snuggling in as close as I could, he's so warm and cuddly.  

"I love you" I muttered, it was safe to tell him that in my dreams. 

Wasn't it?

I woke up to the feeling of someone gently rocking me. 

"Hey" Jake said softly 

"Hi" I said hoarsely.

My dream was right, my throat is hurting. I was in Jake's arms and he was holding me close but we weren't in his bed like I expected us to be. 

I inhaled deeply the smell of sea salt in the air. My eyes widened a little more from the tired state they were in and looked to see that we were sat on a red and black blanket. The blanket also wrapped around us as well, keeping us warm from the slight breeze. 

Beyond the blanket was golden sand, it was still a slightly dark outside but I could tell it wasn't night time. 

"What you... Doing?" I asked looking back to Jake, he smiled 

"Watching the sunrise. Date number one" Number one? How many has he got planned?

"What do you... Mean, one?" I asked huskily because of my throat. 

"Here" Jake said tilting a bottle up in my mouth. 

It was cold, icy cold. Almost making me want to spit it out but the water was easing some of the pain, most of the pain actually. 

Jake put the bottle down and then moved me so I was lying on the ground with my head resting on my arms which were on his lap. I was facing in the direction of the sea and the horizon but the sun hadn't rose yet. 

"Okay, so what are we doing here Jake?" I asked curiously. The water had helped a lot, my voice now clearer even though there was still have an itch in the back of my throat. 

"Date day" 

"Date day?" I asked rolling over on his legs so I was looking up at him. 

"You're going to miss the view" I looked up at my view, smiling. 

It was Jake leaning back on his outstretched arms and he was now looking at me.

"I have the best view in the world" those words earned a laugh to rumble out of Jake's chest. 

"Are you trying to charm me Miss Rockman?" I smiled 

"Did it work?" He leant down kissing my forehead then rolling me back around towards the sea.

"You're going to miss it" I let out an annoyed sigh, we were on a beach and he didn't even want to make out.  

"So what is a date day Jake?" 

"Well the name is the most obvious clue" he chuckled 

"A date day, so we're having a day full of dates?"