Something More

A day together

Chapter 4: A Day Together

Tasha's POV

I walked in the sand with bare feet and stared at the clear water. There wasn't much people around in this certain part of the beach, just a guy surfing, two or three families and a couple cuddling with each other. I like this beach, I always go here every Saturday morning with my sketchpad and just sit and sketch. There's a beautiful house facing the beach and every Saturday afternoon, you can hear people talking and laughing but you can't actually see them. You can also see smoke coming from behind the house and it always smelled good.

I sat on my usual bench, not too far from the beach house, where I usually look at my surroundings for a couple of minutes and find something to sketch. Today, I decided to draw the couple. They looked cute, like in that part of Dear John where Savannah and John just sat in a patch of sand, comforting each other.

An hour or two has passed and I just sat there, looking at what I drew. Good enough, I thought. The families were starting to pack up and leave, and the couple stayed still. The surfer was starting to walk my way and I looked down, pretending to draw. Maybe he lives in the beach house, I thought.

After a couple of seconds, someone sat down in front me and was staring at my face. I looked up and surprisingly enough, the surfer was someone I know.

"Taylor?" I said.

He smiled that lopsided smile and cocked his head from left to right. Then he said, "I knew it was you. You can't miss that raging red locks of yours."

"Are you dissing my hair?" I joked. He was shirtless, and I could see his six pack abs. He looked.. different. Better. Hotter than usual. Wait, what?

He laughed as well, setting his board on the sand. "It's a nice day, sunny and beautiful," he said. He looked up at the sky and his green eyes were gleaming, I could just stare at them all day. "Got any plans for today?"

"No," I said automatically. Where did that come from? I did have plans, I was supposed to help my mom fix her garden. "Oh, actually..." I didn't get to finish my sentence 'cause I was swiftly cut off.

"Do you want to keep me company for the rest of the day, maybe? It would be nice to hang out with you out of school." he asked.

Did I? I don't know, maybe. I looked up at him and his green eyes seemed to hypnotize me. "Yea, sure." I said. I didn't have a chance, it felt like his eyes were calling me. His eyes looked like heaven."Lemme' just text my mom."

To: Mum

Hey mum, is it okay if I skip the garden? Taylor asked me to hang out with him, do you mind if I do?

A couple of minutes after I got a reply.

From: Mum

No, of course not! Have fun!

Of course. I forgot my mother's fondness of him.

Taylor's POV

I grabbed her pale hands ans started walking. Her hands felt warm and there was the spark again, the spark I felt when I first saw her.

She seemed like she was trying to get her hands out of mine but I gripped tighter, gently. She seemed to give up and let me lead her. "You live here?" she asked. "Yeah, my dad's house. Pretty cool, eh?" I answered.

"Wow.." she said. I wasn't surprised one bit, my dad's beach house is pretty big. It's better on the inside, oh the success of my dad. "All those Saturday mornings of staring into this beautiful house, can't believe I'm actually inside."

I led her into the kitchen where Maggie and dad were making breakfast. Pancakes, salad and other heavenly stuff both of them always make every Saturday. "Hey Taylor, I see you brought a visitor." Dad said in his 'welcome!' voice. "Yeah-" I was cut off by Maggie.

"You must be Tasha," she said. Oh crap. "I've heard so much about you!" She gave Halley a hug and said, "Wanna know how I knew you were Tasha? Your eyes. Beautiful, beautiful eyes, darling. Taylor described them perfectly. And you're prettier than he let on." she looked at me and laughed. Oh nooooooooo.

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Halley licked her mocha-flavored ice cream and squinted. "Brrrraaaaiiinnn frrrrreeezzeee!" she said and laughed.

We were at Santa Monica pier and it was starting to get dark. We ended up having breakfast with my family in our house and surprisingly, she loved my family. She loved Kadie and Luke's adorableness and Maggie and dad's warm welcome. It was nice, all of us getting along with each other.

"I am knocked out!" she said. After spending most of the day together, we were both pretty tired. Having breakfast, walking around town being silly, taking pictures, and finally, riding the rides in the pier, it was probably the best day of my life. I took out my digital camera from my pocket and asked a man politely if he could take a picture of me and Halley. He said 'yea, sure' so we both smiled while holding our ice cream. I badly wanted to put my arm around her but I was scared she might budge. I looked at her and she was smiling with her shiny white teeth and saw a flash on the corner of my eye, forgetting that I was supposed to smile. I thanked him and looked at the photo.

It was a beautiful photo, I was looking at her and she was smiling beautifully. She wasn't really keen on how the photos looked like, she said she'll look at them later. I looked at the photo again and saw me, smiling down at her and it explained my feelings for her. I made a mental note to print it out later.

"I should be getting back soon," she said. It was already dark and we were both tired. "You're right," I said.

I walked her home and it was silent for a while. We both talked about the highlights of our day and agreeing that we should do it again sometime. Then, I remembered that my dad was having a formal party tomorrow evening so I invited her.

"Sure," she said. "Is it the neighborhood party that always happens every year?" she asked.

"I think so, I'm not sure. My dad said he always hosts that party every year so it must be." I answered.

"That means other families are coming. Usually it's only my parents who attend that. But sure, I'll come. Is it okay if I invite Tara, though? Only her parents usually comes as well." she said.

"Yeah, sure." We reached her house and she stopped and looked at me. Her sky blue were sucking me in and I desperately wanted to kiss her but I held back. I can't ruin today. "So, I'll see you tomorrow then?" I asked.

She smiled and ran her fingers through her red hair, then looking at me sheepishly. "Yep," she said. "Thanks for today, I had amazing day." She looked at me for a while and smiled even bigger. She then tiptoed and kissed me on the cheeks, and said goodnight.

I walked home and thought about today. I didn't know what to expect tomorrow, but I did promise myself that I was going to give her a hint about my feelings. I just hope I don't scare her away.

I reached my house and did my night routine. I laid down on my bed and smiled, thanking whoever sent her to my life. I was sure I was gonna have the best sleep of my life.