I woke up and went downstairs to get some breakfast.

When I came down, I saw a note on the kitchen counter.

Went to feed the horses.

Didn't want to wake you because

you looked so beautiful sleeping.

Be back in a little while.

-Adam

P.S.-make sure to put on a swimsuit.

I confused expression came over my face. Why would I need a swimsuit for today?

As soon as I read it my eyes jumped to the clock and I saw it was a quarter 'till nine.

Adam and I spent the day together yesterday and now we were playing hooky today.

I grabbed some cereal and sat down at the table, reading his note over again, trying to figure out what was going on.

When I had finished, I put my bowl in the sink and headed upstairs to get ready for the day. I knew it would take me twice as long as it would Adam to get ready.

I was almost done when I heard a knock on my bedroom door.

"Come in," I said.

Adam opened the door and he looked amazing just standing there. I still couldn't believe he was mine. And even though I've seen him a hundred times, he still takes my breath away.

"Hey. Your up," he said with a smile.

"Yeah. So, what are we going to do today? And why do I need a swimsuit?" I asked confused.

He started to get a sly smile on his face.

"It's a surprise," he said with that cute crooked grin.

"Are you serious?" I asked shocked. "That's not fair!"

"Oh yes it is!" he said with a laugh. "Let me get ready and then we'll head out."

Like I said, it took only Adam about ten minutes to get ready, and he looked absolutely gorgeous!

We headed outside and I went to the driver's door.

"Do you really think your driving?" he asked amused.

I got stubborn.

"If you're not telling me where we're going then I'm at least driving," I said crossing my arms over my stomach.

He just laughed, as if this was a joke.

"Oh no your not. And how do you expect to drive when you have no idea where we're going?" he asked laughing.

"I guess that means you'll just have to tell me," I said with a grin.

I looked up into his gorgeous eyes. He was looking at me, amusement written all over his face.

"That's funny," he said. Then before I could figure out what he was doing, he had already thrown me over his shoulder and was walking off with me!

"Put me down!" I yelled squealing.

"No. Sorry. I guess since you're being so stubborn I'm going to have to do this the hard way," he said laughing.

"Adam!"

He had walked all the way to the passenger's side and set me inside.

I crossed my arms and pretended to pout, but he just laughed and gave me a kiss on the forehead.

"Livi, why do you always have to be so stubborn?" he asked with a laugh.

"I don't know. I guess you'll just have to live with it," I said still pretending.

He just laughed and walked around the car and climbed in.

He started to drive and the whole time I kept asking him where we were going, but he wouldn't budge.

I finally gave up and just stared out the window for any hints.

"Livi, you might as well pull something out to read. It'll be quite a ways."

I just looked at him shocked.

"Where are you taking me?"

He wouldn't answer me.

"And besides, I don't have a book or anything."

"Yes you do. I brought you some things for the trip. They're behind your seat."

I just looked at him. He was enjoying every minute of this torture! He knew that surprises drive me insane!

I was still being stubborn and ignored him, looking out the window. But after about another fifteen minutes of travel, I gave in and got a book out.

We drove on for a couple of hours. Every so often I'd look over at Adam and he would have the same expression on his face. The expression when he knew something I didn't and the expression when he liked to annoy me.

I was in the good part of my book when Adam looked over at me.

"We're here," he said with a smile.

I looked out the window eagerly and saw the lake, filled with boats, and the dock and marina.

"What are we doing here?" I asked confused.

"Well, you know how much Sean and I like to wakeboard and we used to go to the lake every weekend. I thought it'd be fun to get a boat and spend the day out on the lake together."

His smile covered his whole face. He was excited about this big day he'd planned without me knowing.

I on the other hand, was speechless. I couldn't believe he'd done this for me.

"Oh my god Adam. This is amazing!" I said wide-eyed.

He smiled even bigger.

"Well, let's head down there and get on the water!" he said eagerly.

The next thing I knew we were on the lake and having a blast. It was so fun being here with Adam. And he knew that I needed to get away from everything and just enjoy myself.

We pulled over into a cove and he turned the boat off. Then he put in a CD and started to listen to music.

I just sat there, still surprised about the whole thing.

A few minutes later I saw Adam get up and he pulled his white shirt off.

I had forgotten how amazing he looked without one on and I almost started hyperventilating! This was only the second time I'd ever seen him shirtless, and the first time was by accident.

He started to look at me confused.

"Why are you looking at me so weird?" he asked with a laugh.

"Oh nothing." I said breathless.

"What?" he said with a grin. "Did I dazzle you again?"

"More like killed me," I said with a laugh.

He came over and put his arms around my waist, his bare chest against me.

"You know you dazzle me too," he said with a smile.

He leaned down and kissed me. This was one of the most amazing days of my life.

We were still kissing when he grabbed my waist and picked me up.

I leaned back.

"What are you doing?" I asked worried. I already knew the answer. "No Adam. Don't!"

But before I could say anything else he was already running up to the front of the boat and we jumped into the water together.

I came up gasping for air, Adam already at the surface.

"I can't believe you did that! I didn't even have time to get out of my clothes!" I laughed.

He just laughed, water dripping off his hair.

"That's not my problem!"

I splashed water at him and we were both laughing.

"Has anyone ever told you that you look great in a bikini?" he said with a laugh.

I decided to play along.

"Oh yeah. Every summer we would hold tons of pool parties and all the guys couldn't stop staring," I said with a grin.

His face fell and I just laughed at him even more.

"Kidding!" I said. "And has anyone ever told you that you look great without a shirt on?" I couldn't stop laughing now.

He smiled big and he had found the perfect answer.

"Well, some. But I remember a certain someone and the first time she saw me shirtless she couldn't breath or even say a sentence without the word 'um'!"

He was laughing hysterically now and I knew he was talking about me.

I couldn't help but laugh too and we finally just swam, enjoying the peace and quiet.

We floated in the water for a while, his arms always around me. Could life get any better?

After a while we got back in the boat and ate some lunch.

Adam had planned this whole thing out and had even made sandwiches.

We were eating when I decided to bring up the subject on my mind.

"I decided to not withdraw Flint from the competition," I said.

He looked up at me, a little surprised, but happy.

"I'm glad you're going. I think you'll enjoy it."

I smiled at him. Adam was always supportive of my decision, no matter what it was. He was so amazing.

"Thank you," I said kissing him on the cheek. "For doing all of this for me and for supporting my decision."

He kissed me back.

"Your welcome."

We spent the rest of the day out there, just enjoying each other and loving every minute of being together alone. Just the fact that we were alone and were over two hours from home was enough to make me extremely joyful.

We started to head back to the marina when dusk came around, and before I knew it we were on the way home again. Bummer.

We talked for a while and then stopped to eat around seven.

And of course I had to go in the fast food restaurant with semi-dry clothes on and with Adam beside me completely dry!

Every girl in the restaurant from thirteen to twenty stared at him with shock. I had gotten used to every girl doing a double take and whispering about him every time we went out in public.

We sat and ate our dinner inside, watching each other. It was funny to watch Adam eat. I had learned some stuff about him. Like how he dips his fries in his shake, which is disgusting if you ask me! I learned that he eats fries with ketchup, anywhere we go.

At first, I used to be really self-conscious when I was eating in front of Adam, but now we were so close I didn't care.

He had told me all the stuff he had learned when I ate too. Like that I eat all the way around my burger and save the middle for last. Or how I eat fries completely plain, which he found disgusting.

Yes, these were pointless things to learn about each other, but we each thought it was funny to learn these mannerisms about one another.

When we were back on the road, Adam put in a CD and we held each other's hands.

The next thing I knew we had pulled up to the house! It took me a minute to realize i had fallen asleep.

"Adam! Why didn't you wake me?" I asked shocked.

"You looked a little tired," he said thoughtfully.

I was mad at myself.

"I can't believe I fell asleep! Uh!"

He was just laughing now.

"Livi, why are you so mad?"

"Because," I said. "I wanted to stay up the whole ride with you. I liked being alone together and I wanted every minute of it," I said sadly.

He was grinning at me now with amusement.

"Honey, was it not enough that we spend the whole day together alone?"

I just looked at him and smiled.

"No."

He just laughed and kissed me on my lips briefly.

We walked in the house together and Dad was sitting on the couch.

"Have fun at the lake you two?" he asked.

I was surprised.

"You knew about it too and didn't tell me!"

He laughed.

"Adam told me not to tell you," he said with a smile.

I walked up to my room and decided to take a shower and get out of my wet clothes.

When I was ready for bed, I decided to go to Adam's room.

I knocked on the door, waiting for an answer.

"Come in," he said.

I opened the door, and he was lying on his bed watching T.V. without a shirt on.

"Are you trying to kill me?" I laughed.

He started to laugh and patted his bed for me to sit down.

I went over and lay beside him, my head on his chest. One of his hands was intertwined with mine, the other holding my side. One of my favorite places to be was in his arms like this.

We sat and watched T.V, just lying there together, when his cell phone rang.