Surprise!

"Be ready to be surprised."- Loesje

I woke up own on my own three hours later; it was noon. When I woke up, Ashton was unpacking my things into the closet and the dresser.

"W-What are you doing?" I asked while I yawned.

"Holy sh- Oh, it's you Steph. Gosh you scared me. But I'm unpacking your things. I was thinking that on weekends that you could stay here with me."

That surprised me. I didn't know anything about Ashton. For all I knew, he could be a sociopathic stalker who was planning on killing me.

"Ashton, we met yesterday. We are complete and total strangers. I don't know about this."

"Steph, I feel like I've known you my entire life. You don't feel that?"

I thought about it for a few seconds. If Trey were still here, he would be great friends with Ashton. For that reason I said, "Yeah, I do. Plus, I always like a little risk." I said that while smiling. He walked over to me and kissed me passionately. Once we finally stopped I asked, "Hey do you have a car?"

"Yeah. Why?" He said, looking confused.

"Can I borrow it?"

"What are you gonna do?"

"It's a surprise." When I saw that he still looked skeptical, I batted my long eyelashes at him and continued, "Please, Ashton?"

"Fine." He looked behind him and smiled. "My keys are in my back pocket though."

I laughed and kissed him and I reached my hand in his back pocket and I got them. I wanted to sit there and kiss him forever, but I stopped reluctantly.

As I got off the bed I said, "Thank you. I'll be back in an hour or two."

I put on my white sandals and started to walk for the door.

I walked out of the hotel and got in his car. He had a black truck which was very nice. It had leather seats and when I turned on the radio it was automatically set to the country station. I laughed to myself. I forgot that Ashton was from Tennessee.

I put the keys in the ignition and started to drive to the nearest grocery store. I saw a sign that said, "Target, five miles ahead." I kept driving and when I got there, I pulled in the parking lot. I got out and walked into the store.

Ashton said that he needed to go grocery shopping, so I thought I might to it for him. I walked in and started shopping.

Okay let's see. So far I have: two cartons of eggs, a packet of bacon, milk, coffee cream, fruit, veggies, chicken, pasta, chips, hot dogs, seasonings, bread, and a lot of other things.

I finished up my shopping and went to pay. The total was two hundred and fifty dollars. I paid it and got back to the car. I went to see how much money I had left and I only had three hundred. I had to save this money for the WestWick uniforms.

I drove back to the hotel and carried the groceries to Ashton's room. When the elevator door opened to his room, he said, "What's all this?"

"You said you needed to go shopping, so I did it for you. Surprise!" I laughed and he kissed me.

"Thanks baby, but you didn't have to do that," He said while taking the bags from my hands.

I replied, "I know, but I wanted to."

We unpacked the groceries and put them up. Once we were done, he turned on the TV and went into the living room. He started digging around in his dresser.

"What are you doing?" I asked while smiling.

"I have a little surprise for you too. But, mine isn't as great as yours was," He said as he found what he was looking for. He walked over to me and told me to close my eyes and to open my hands; I did. He gave me what felt like a small key. I opened my eyes and it was a small gold key that unlocked the penthouse button in the elevator.

"So know you don't have to tell the front desk to call my room," He said as he kissed my hair.

"Thank you."

I just stared at him. It was amazing how you could feel so close to a person, yet know so little about them. I don't think I've ever felt this close to a boyfriend; not even Bryce, and that's saying something, because we were together for almost two years.

Ashton then interrupted my thoughts by saying, "Hey, did I ever tell you that my family owns a boat?"

That was a random question.

"No."

"Well, my grandfather owns a yacht, but I barely go on that. Me and my brother, however own a sailboat. Do you want to pack a picnic and go sailing? The boat isn't that far. It's in East Falmouth," He said while holding my hands.

I wanted to say that I've never gone sailing before and had no intention to start, but it was obviously a family thing. Besides, letting him teach me something new might be fun…and if we happen to end up making out in the ocean, so be it.

I said, "Sure! But, wait I don't have a picnic basket."

"It's okay, my sister-in-law gave me one last month. I haven't used it until now, so it's basically still new."

"Cool, so I guess I'll pack it and you just-"

"No. I am packing it, you have done enough today. Let me pack it and you just relax."

He is so sweet! Bryce never offered to do anything for me. "You are the sweetest, nicest, sexiest, funniest man I have ever met," I said while hugging him.

He then shrugged and said, "Yeah I get that a lot."

I scoffed and smiled. "And did I mention that your so called charm…or wit…or whatever you call that is getting old?"

He laughed and said, "You know I'm kidding. Anyways, you are the funniest, hottest, and most thoughtful girl I have ever met."

I smiled as a way of saying thank you and sat down on the couch. I turned on the TV and noticed that One Tree Hill was on. I decided to watch that while Ashton packed the picnic. It was a repeat episode of the first season; and it looked like I was at a good part. It was the boy-toy charity auction and people were bidding on Nathan.

After fifteen minutes of basically drooling over James Lafferty, Ashton was done and we headed out.

"So what did you pack?" I asked him.

"It's a surprise!"

We got in his truck and left for Falmouth. It was only a ten minute drive so we got there pretty quickly.

"Okay now if I could just find Mara Vista," Ashton said to himself.

Five minutes later we were finally there.

"Here it is," Ashton said as he parked his car on a random parking lot.