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My heart ha if this conversation is headed where I think it’s headed "Forever? Just you and I?" Is he talking about our future?

"Maybe," he says distractedly, and then he presses his fingertips to the side ofme more confused than ever

But like always, his kissesthis up Really, really bad There was a reason why I wanted to take her up here--soht--but now I’ I suddenly feel like I’ht of the world--the pressure--is building up and crushingher as a way around it, knowing that eventually I’ll have to break the kiss and finally just tell her how I feel About us About our future But I kiss her for as long as possible, until she’s gasping againstat her hair I can tell we’re only a fewoff our clothes and having sex right here on the trail It wouldn’t be the first ti on her lip before sitting up straight

She looks flustered "What’s wrong?" Her fingers travel up the front of rips at the fabric, trying to guide me back to her "Don’t you want to relive the Fourth of July incident?"

I s over the lake in front of us Trees surrounding us Hiding under a blanket, listening to people chatter in the distance as wethat at any moment someone could walk up the trail and see us Neither of us really cared In fact, it

"Not just yet," I say, cupping her cheek "I actually need to talk to you about so"

Her forehead creases as she sits up, then kneels and turns to face ht, it isn’t" I let out a loud exhale, preparing to do so is, you keep talking about e and stuff and it really freaks me out," I tell her, and when she frowns I quickly add, "But it’s not like I don’t think about where we’re going to be down the road… if we’re going to end up together… be together forever" I put hs as she watches me orry "I actually think about it a lot More than I actually realized… Soht"

"And what did writing reveal to you?" she asks, biting on her bottom lip as I smooth ether" I s hard, hating that I have to add the last part, but I need to if I’et married soon"

She rolls her eyes, which wasn’t the response I was expecting "I don’t think we should getcloser to me "I just wanted--no needed--to knoe’re headed somewhere that could maybe lead to that one day And that you feel the sale ht?"

"Yes," she says, leaning in for a kiss "And I love you too"

I pull her in for a quick kiss and then restthat terrifies the shit out of me because it’s so permanent and the even scarier part is that I want it to be "I want to do so"

She catches her breath "What?"

I slip my hand up the back of her shirt and place my palet another tattoo"

I feel her lashes flutter against me as she opens her eyes and slants away I open ht between her shoulder blades She’s givingo fro a tattoo? I et another tattoo, that’s totally okay withunder my breath, I cover her et tattoos together Ones toof our future… ones that sort of go together" When she looks like she’s starting to relax, I remove my hand fro bands on their fingers and I thought et atattoo with me," she says, a little shocked "But it’s so per why she’s not excited about this I thought she would be, but"We don’t have to I just thought…" I trail off as she gets to her feet and starts to walk toward the trail