I know it's been over a year since I updated this story, but I ended up catching Me Before You on amazon the other night and got inspired to write a little bit more. I may try to add a few more chapters soon!

Louisa rolled over in her bed, drool across her chin and blurry eyes to check the alarm clock.

4:30pm

" 4:30!" She screamed out, realizing that she had slept over half of her first day in Australia. She scooted to the window and glanced out to make sure she hadn't misread the clock. But it was correct, as it was a bright beautiful day out, tons of people filled the streets below, moving in and out of shops, chatting away with friends, and here she was in bed with an entire day of vacation wasted.

" Will?!" She called out loud, trying to hold back a sob. He was nowhere to be found, and it broke her heart realizing he had probably gone out on some adventure without her. He was probably pissed that he wasted this ticket on her.

" Coming." She heard him call from the bathroom, and let out a sigh of relief as he came out, with just a towel on drying his shaggy hair.

" Oh Will I'm so sorry. I've wasted the whole day. I can't believe it. I'm so sorry."

" Please don't be sorry. I just woke up an hour ago. You were exhausted. We both were. We're here for a month Louisa. I figured maybe tonight we could go out for dinner, and spend the night relaxing on the beach. What do you say?"

She smiled, and nodded. " I'd love that." He leaned over and kissed her forehead.

" Good. Why don't you go take a nice long shower, and we'll get ready. Wear a bathing suit underneath."

When they arrived at the restaurant she gasped. It was beautiful. Right on the ocean and so fancy. A place she would've never been able to afford. She said a silent prayer that he wouldn't ask her to pay. She certainly didn't expect for him to carry her the whole way, but she knew she couldn't manage this.

" Will." She whispered tugging his arm gently from behind.

" Yes, Clarke?"

" I don't think that I can afford this." She was flushed a deep red from embarrassment. She hadn't thought about it until now, but a month of living alone together, she wasn't going to be able to hide much about her situation. He had a continuous flow of money. She had absolutely none.

" Hey." He pulled her chin up. " Listen to me. I've got this. I've got everything okay? I don't want you to worry about anything while we're here. Just let me take care of you."

" But, I just feel so bad. I don't want you to think badly of me Will. I don't want you to think that I just care about money. We could do nothing together and I would still be happy."

" We've been hanging out for about eight months now. Never once have you asked me for anything. Please don't fight me on this. Plus what good is all this money if I can't spend it on my lady?" He smiled, and nudged her playfully on the arm.

" I'm serious though Louisa. I've got it. I've got you always."

She stopped walking then, and couldn't think of the right words to say, so she wrapped her arms around him, and buried her face in his chest.

" Let's go have dinner baby." He said softly in her ear.

When they left the restaurant, the sun had set and there was a wonderful breeze that filled the air.

" I think it's going to rain soon. Want to try to get in the water before it's too late?"

" I'd love that." She smiled up at him, as he started to lift his shirt off.

" I'll beat you to it." He laughed and started racing off towards the beach.

" Will!" She screamed and kicked off her heels, yanking her dress over her head as quickly as she could, tripping slightly as she tried to catch up with him.

He stopped suddenly, and turned around, waiting for her. She ran towards him giggling, as he picked her up and spun her in circles.

" Are you happy?" He whispered, lowering her down. She reached up, bringing his chin towards her face.

" I've never felt this way before." He pressed his mouth to hers, kissing her deeply, in a way he hadn't before. With more eagerness, and desire. It made her knees go weak, and butterflies explode in her stomach.

She shoved her hands into his hair, pulling him closer to her. She wanted something more now, to be touched, to be intimate.

" Mmm." He pulled his mouth away gently, still holding her tight. "I..." He trailed off and she waited.

" You what?" she said breathlessly.

" Nevermind. It's nothing. Let's swim for a bit." He held her hand and pulled her forward with him.

They swam together for a while, without saying anything. He would pull her back every once in a while to kiss her, and she would swim back to hug him, or hold onto his back. Eventually it started to get cold, and darker. He took her hand and led her back to one of the open chairs on the beach with an umbrella overhead. It had started to rain now to and she shivered from the chill.

He grabbed a towel that he had brought with them and wrapped it around her.

"Would you like to stay with me for a while out here? It's so peaceful."

" Yes, please."

He smiled and laid back in the chair, opening his arms to hold her in his lap.

It had started to pour around them, but they stayed safe underneath of the umbrella. He gently stroked her back, and she stayed silent, listening to the sound of his heartbeat against her ear, and the rain and ocean pounding away, just the two of them alone together.

He was the calm in the storm for her, just like he had been the night they met, and she soaked in the moment, because she couldn't imagine you could experience many things quite as good as laying there with him right then.

She looked up at him and caught him staring at her with a serious look on his face.

" Come closer."

She moved closer to him, lips only a millimeter away. She shivered as he moved his hand down her jaw.

" You're so beautiful."

" You must need glasses." She giggled.

" Don't do that. You are." He kissed her slowly, and she pushed it farther, gently moving her tongue into his mouth.

" I want you so much." She said looking at him wide eyed.

" Louisa. I... We don't have to do that you know. I'm not in a rush. I want you to feel safe, and to be ready for something that."

" You're the only person that makes me feel safe."

" Have you ever done that before?"

" Twice. But he never talked to me again after the second time, so I must've been bad at it." She let out a small chuckle, but in reality it had really hurt her. She had thought he had liked her a lot, maybe even loved her. But he wouldn't even give her a second glance in the hallway afterwards.

" No. It wasn't you. It was him. He didn't deserve you."

" He didn't care about me." She admitted, to him and to herself.

" I do though. More than anyone, or anything." He paused for a minute, placing a strand of her hair behind her ear. " I don't know really know if I'm supposed to wait to say this. If it's too soon.. But I love you, I've pretty much been helpless over you since the night we met. And I really want you to know that I would do anything for you, and that you're everything to me."

Her heart pounded against her chest and she just looked at him for a moment. He searched her eyes, and looked so anxious, nervous even waiting for a response.

" And I love you. I love you so much Will. So much." He gave her that gorgeous smile, and kissed her so passionately it made her head spin. " Let's go back to the room."

They raced back to the hotel together, laughing, dancing. This couldn't be her life. On this dream vacation with someone so handsome, and so caring, that loved her the same way she loved him. It didn't feel real, but somehow it was.

When they reached the inside of the elevator she jumped up on him, wrapping her legs tight around him. Planting kisses on his cheek, forehead, lips, neck, anywhere she could find.

" You don't know what you do to me."

" But I do actually." She laughed. " You do the same to me."

He carried her to the room, as soon as they shut the door behind them they were a frenzy of lips, hands, giggles, and sweet nothings. She felt her hands shaking as she began to unbutton his shirt, but he gently stopped her.

" Hey. We don't have to do this. We have all the time in the world. Just being here with you is enough for me."

" I want to. I want this so much."

" You're sure?"

" Yes. 100 percent."

He didn't say anything else, but helped her to finish unbuttoning his shirt. She gently lifted her dress over her head, and he pulled her against him.

" You're perfect."

The experience of being with Will was so different then what she had been through before. He went slowly as he undressed her. Touching and kissing her in places that no one had. He was careful with every movement, focusing on her completely.

" Will." She breathed in sharply as he ran his hand along her inner thigh.

" Is this okay?"

" Please don't stop."

She could barely stand anymore as he touched her. She swore she probably moaned out his name a thousand times, and he kissed her, trying to hide back a smile. He lifted her up, carrying her to the bed. He laid her down, and pulled off his boxers, removing the last layer between them.

" Do you want to keep going? It's okay if you don't. This has already been more than I could've hoped for."

" I don't want you to stop. Please keep going, I want this more than anything."

As he pushed gently into her, she felt everything fall away. The fear, the shame, the anxiety she had felt for the last eight months. It was gone. All that was there was him and her in this moment, and she was safe now.

When it was over he pulled her into his arms and wrapped the blanket tight around them.

" Are you okay?" He asked, running a hand through her hair.

" I don't think I've ever been better." She smiled up at him. " I love you so much."

" I love you. It's going to be a good life if I get to spend every night just like this."

" It'll be the best." She whispered.

They spent the rest of the night talking, making love before she fell asleep wrapped in his arms, totally safe and free.