I DO NOT OWN ANYONE OR ANYTHING IN THIS STORY BESIDES THE OC'S.
Taylor's Point of View-
I walked out of the door shutting the door behind me and Matt had a sigh of relief come over him.
"That was awkward." Matt said sticking his hands in his pockets heading towards my car.
"I know, I could of cut that tension with a knife." I said giggling at my own comment.
"The beach does fireworks?" Matt asked curiously.
"Every year, I usually watch it out my window."
"Oh, your window gets a good view of the beach?" Matt asked as I opened the trunk of my car.
"Yep, I asked for the room I have for that purpose."
"You know how to get over there?"
"Duh! I live in San Diego, I think I know how to get over there." I said as I walked over to the drivers seat climbing in.
"Do we have a blanket to put on the beach?"
"I keep one in my trunk, you didn't see it?" I asked.
"Nah, I wasn't really paying attention." Matt said as he buckled himself in. "Does it cost money to park?" Matt asked curiously.
"I know where free parking is, I lived here pretty much my whole life so I know a lot of things." I said.
"Very true, what'd you pack for our picnic?" Matt asked looking over at me with a smile plastered on his face.
"Hungry?" I asked giggling.
"I just got back from the gym, I'm hungry."
"Could you wait until we get to the beach, we're almost there."
"I didn't say I couldn't wait, I'm just curious what you made."
"PB and J sandwiches and chips, didn't feel like making a big meal." I said honestly pulling into the parking lot.
"Lazy much?"
"Very, lazy is my middle name." I said smiling.
"Why don't more people come here?" Matt asked looking out at the practically empty parking lot.
"It's bad part of the beach, this side of the beach is intruded by a lot of seaweed, you don't mind do you?"
"Nah, we aren't going to lay on the seaweed?"
"Of course not, we'll be further up on the beach." I said climbing out of the car popping open the trunk grabbing the dinner bag and the blanket.
"I'll take the blanket." Matt said grasping the one corner of the blanket.
"You got it?" I asked shifting the blanket about to make sure he got it.
"Yep, may we go barefoot? I don't like sand in my shoes or socks."
"Sure." I said as we pulled off the socks and shoes we were wearing setting them in my trunk shutting it, Matt grasped my hand intervening our fingers together as we walked through a sandy patch to a spot I picked.
"This a good spot for the fireworks?" Matt asked as we climbed onto the blanket sitting in two different positions until we got comfortable, I opened the plastic bag pulling out the chips.
"Yep, a perfect spot for the fireworks. What chips do you want, Doritos or Lay's?" I asked holding up the two different bags.
"Lay's." He said grabbing the bag, I tossed mine down in front of me then pulled out the two sandwiches.
"A sandwich for you and a sandwich for me." I said handing him his and set mine down next to my chips.
"Gracias."
"De nada, y un refreshico para tu." I said pulling out a soda handing it to him.
"What? All I understood was the it's nothing or your welcome." Matt said.
"I said in English, 'It's nothing,' or your welcome like you said, 'and a drink/soda for you.' Why interested in speaking Spanish to me?" I asked curious as I opened the bag that held my sandwich.
"While I was at the gym, the one television was on a Spanish channel, I thought about how your Mexican…"
"So what if I'm Mexican and can speak Spanish, I was born in the United States though." I said not understanding where he was coming from.
"No, just that I thought about how at our wedding your family will speak a lot in Spanish and I barely know a whole sentence." Matt said sheepishly as he bit into his sandwich.
"Matt, they know English, not perfect English and not a lot of English might I add, but they know most of it and speak it for that matter."
"Still, would you mind teaching me enough to have a half way decent conversation?"
"Why?"
"I want to impress your family and that I accept the fact of your heritage."
"I'll teach you, but doesn't start the conversation in Spanish is your first lesson." I said scooting closer to him.
"Why?"
"Because they'll think you know a lot of Spanish and won't speak slowly for you."
"So, how would I go about speaking Spanish to them?" He asked.
"Very good question, how about just say a few words randomly in Spanish."
"Okay, would they speak slowly for me?"
"At first maybe, but they'll slowly talk faster to see if you could keep up."
"I think I need all the practice and lessons that I possibly could get." Matt said as we both leant in pressing our lips together for a light kiss.
"Well that was very peanut butter and jelly tasting." I said giggling.
"Yeah." Matt said chuckling and smiling, "Where do they shoot the fireworks off from?"
"The pier."
"That's far down there isn't it?"
"Yeah, just trust me, it'll be better from here." I said.
"When does the fireworks start?"
"Eight."
"Why haven't you done this before?"
"Nobody really wanted to come with and I didn't want to come by myself."
"It's never fun by yourself is it?"
"Not half as fun as it is with someone else." I said.
"Very true, as long as its someone you can get along with."
"Why would you invite or want to go with someone you don't get along with?"
"I don't know." Matt said, we ate rest of our dinner, when we finished eating Matt got up taking the trash to the garbage can a few feet away. As he walked back to our blanket the first firework shot off, I stood up wrapping my arms around myself watching the fireworks, Matt walked up behind me wrapping his arms around me enjoying the fireworks and Matt pulled me closer to his embrace to keep me warm from the coldness of the ocean front and of the night. "You like the fireworks?"
"Love them." I said.
"We're going to get to Palm Springs late." Matt whispered.
"I know but we can sleep in tomorrow."
"That sounds good huh?"
"Much so, we don't have anything else to do tomorrow anyways."
"Spend the day in our room or by the pool."
"I don't have a swimming suit with me." I said turning my head to see him out of the corner of my eye.
"I'll guess we'll spend the day in the room relaxing." Matt said as we watched rest of the firework display. "I liked the fireworks, did you?" Matt asked as I broke from his embrace walking around to the opposing side of the blanket.
"I did, thanks for letting us stay to watch them." I said folding the blanket in half and walked to the other side folding it.
"Where's the shower places to wash off the sand on our feet?" Matt asked as I picked up the blanket with one arm and grasped his hand with my other.
"Don't worry about it, I have old water bottles in my car."
"Do you always have water in your car?"
"I do a lot of traveling through the car, so I always grab water when I leave home."
"But you shouldn't drive your car that much now that your traveling with WWE."
"When I was in college I did, I was like a fish." I joked.
"That's funny, I didn't or haven't seen any gills on you." Matt said giggling at his own joke.
"Real funny." I said blushing slightly knowing what he was referring to.
"Come on, it's funny."
"It is, but not." I said as I popped open my trunk putting my blanket in and walked around to the back seat grabbing a few bottles of water walking back to the trunk leaning against the bumper. "A bottle for you." I said handing him one.
"Thanks." He said giving me his trademark smile, I opened my bottle pouring some of the water on one foot cleaning the sand off before I pulled on my socks and shoes before I did the same for the other. "Do you know how to get to Palm Springs?" He asked as I was tying my last shoe.
"Yeah, I drove over there for a show before I got hired."
"That's good, I have no idea how to get there." Matt said, I rolled my eyes.
"What would you do if I agreed not to go with you?" I asked glancing over at him.
"I would of hitched a ride with someone else."
"Good thing I came with huh? Riding with someone else will be torture wouldn't it?"
"Yes, because you won't be there."
"Right, well, we have a long drive ahead of us, we should get on the road." I said as I went to stand up but he stopped me pulling me down for one of those unforgettable kisses making me remember last night and maybe want more. "Whoa." I said as I blushed a little as I stood up fixing my shirt.
"Let's hit the road huh?"
"Yeah." I said for some reason I felt awkward maybe thoughts of last night and maybe the idea of doing it ran through my mind of how pleasurable it was and how that single kiss could be dangerous to making we want more. I drove for a couple of hours until I couldn't drive anymore pulling off allowing Matt to drive the last couple of hours to Palm Springs.
"Are we sharing a hotel room?" Matt asked as he put my car in park.
"Obviously, why would I get my own room when I could cuddle with you?" I said giving him a sly smile before I climbed out slamming my door shut.
"I'm just checking."
"I can't believe you'd have to ask your fiancé that." I said putting my bag on my shoulder waiting for him to pull his out so I could slam the door shut.
"I'm sorry." He said leaning in pressing his lips against mine getting me to moan lightly this time against his lips. "Am I getting to you?" He said smirking making eye contact with me.
"No!" I said lying through my teeth and broke the eye contact with him, I shut the trunk pulling out my newly own iPhone.
"When'd you get that?" Matt asked grabbing it from my grip.
"Birthday present from my parents." I said squealing it out.
"Awesome!" He said handing it back, I called my dad and he picked up on the third ring, I'm surprised he's up.
"Hey papi, we made it to Palm Springs." I said.
"Okay thanks for calling, how was the fireworks this year?"
"Same as usual."
"How'd Matt like it?" My dad asked as we walked into the hotel lobby, I glanced over at Matt in shock that my dad is actually asking about Matt.
"I think he enjoyed it." I said smiling and he smiled back.
"That's good, well I got to get up in a few hours for the same drive, love you baby girl."
"Love you papi, and good night." I said hanging up the phone putting it in my pocket.
"Could you watch our things as I go check us in?"
"Sure." I said grabbing his bag from him putting it on my opposing shoulder with my purse walking over to a chair sitting down extending my legs out as Matt went up to the counter person. 'After tomorrow, we are leaving for Hawaii on the seventh for three days, me and Matt, Matt and I. Oh crap, I forgot about our crazy friends being there.' I thought.
"We got a room on the fifth floor." Matt said walking up to me shutting the key holder.
"Sounds good, I'm tired." I said standing up grabbing my bag and purse from the ground in front of me.
"Me too sweetie." Matt said as he threw his bag on his shoulders then he grasped my hand interlacing his fingers with mine as we walked towards the elevator, when we got there an elder couple was getting off the elevator, we jumped onto that elevator before the doors closed. Matt pushed the five button before he backed up against the back of the elevator, I walked up to him wrapping my arms around his waist leaning forward against his solid frame resting my head on his chest, he wrapped his arms around me sliding his hands into my butt pockets, I felt him give my butt a light squeeze while his hands were there only making me cuddle into his embrace more. We stood there enjoying being wrapped up into each others embrace listening to the elevator ting when it reached every floor, I felt the softness of Matt's lips brush against the top of my head. "I love you." Matt softly spoke.
"I love you too." I said turning my head up to look up at him smiling, we met in the middle for a soft kiss when the sound of the fifth ting went off, Matt removed his hands from my butt pocket allowing me to walk. He wrapped his arm around me grasping onto my hip as we walked through the elevator doors. "Which way to our room?" I asked looking both ways down the hall.
"This way." Matt said pulling me to the left with him, we stopped in front of a room long enough for him to pull out the key to the door, he pushed the door open when the light turned green giving us access into the room, I walked in holding the door open for him.
"This is a nice room." I said setting my bag down next to the dresser that the television was on, and my purse onto the dresser.
"That it is." Matt said setting his bags down next to mine, I leant over pulling out my pajamas from my bag, I walked into the bathroom changing into a Eeyore fleece pants and Eeyore spaghetti strap shirt, I walked out setting my clothes on top of my bag looking over to see Matt standing in front of the television in his boxers playing with the remote. I climbed onto the bed crawling up to the pillows un-tucking the sheets and blankets that was tucked in under the pillows, I slid under the blanket and sheets flinging them back to make it easier for Matt to climb in. "There's nothing good on." Matt said.
"Leave it at Nick and Night."
"It's the Nanny, I'm not watching that, sorry!" Matt said shrugging his shoulders.
"Turn it to Adult Swim then."
"I can handle Adult Swim." He said changing it to Adult Swim and placed the remote back on top of the television, he walked back sliding into the bed with me, he wrapped an arm around me pulling me closer to his embrace, I rested my head on his arm/shoulder and my hand on his bare chest. "Good night and I love you." He said as I felt his hand run through my hair.
"Night and I love you too." I mumbled before I fell asleep.
