The dream that I was currently having was rather realistic. I didn't want it to end but I noticed that something was different. I slowly opened my eyes and saw that I was all alone in the huge California King bed. I knew that when I went to sleep I had a death grip on Ethan's arm…so how did he escape? I rubbed my eyes and slowly sat up. There was a little sunlight shining through the blinds. I climbed out of bed in all of my nakedness and headed into the master bathroom to take a shower. I smiled when I noticed that Ethan had left me a shirt to put on. I picked it up and looked at it. It had "Trouble" written on the front multiple times and then on the back said "EC3". I put it back down on the vanity and turned the water in the shower on. The shower was amazing, the showerhead was one of those that made the water seem like a rainstorm. I climbed in and let the water fall over me. I took a look around for something I could wash up with. I decided to use a little bit of Ethan's body wash. I was happy to see that it was Irish Spring and not an Axe product. I hate that stuff. I squeezed a little into my hand and got clean. I then grabbed the bottle of shampoo that was in the shower, it smelled like coconut. Once my body and hair were all clean, I climbed out, dried myself off with one of Ethan's fluffy bath towels and put the t shirt on. I didn't have any clean pants since I wore a dress so I decided to just locate my panties that Ethan had tossed on the floor last night and slide those back on. I pulled my hair into a ponytail, put my glasses on and made my way downstairs to try and locate Ethan.

I found him in the dining room, looking at something on his phone. Once he saw me enter, he stood up and walked right over to me and wrapped me in a hug.

"Good Morning, Sleepy Head." Ethan smiled as he kissed my forehead.

"Hey. How did you manage to escape from the bed? I had a death grip on your arm when I went to sleep."

"Easy. You rolled over and let me go." Ethan laughed. I hit him in the arm and then sat down at the dining table. "I hope you're hungry."

"I am. We kinda worked up an appetite." I laughed.

"That we did." Ethan smiled. "Breakfast should be done shortly. I hope you like fresh made waffles?"

"I do! Maybe a little too much."

Ethan narrowed his eyes at me and shook his head. "Hey, none of that nonsense, Dayna. You are gorgeous and your body is amazing."

"If you say so,"

"Don't make me have to prove it to you, right here right now." Ethan warned.

"You wouldn't."

Ethan raised an eyebrow "You really wanna challenge me on something like this? I'll bend you over this table right now….if my chef wasn't entering with breakfast."

I looked back and saw Ethan's personal chef and a couple others enter the dining room with trays of food. I turned back and stuck my tongue out at him. "Ha, Ha, Ha…your plan had been foiled."

"I'll have you bent over this table sooner or later, Mari." Ethan winked. I wasn't able to respond as the chef and waiters were placing the plates on the table. It was an impressive spread. Waffles, bacon, sausage, eggs, toast and a carafe of orange juice. I thanked them and Ethan nodded and they left us to eat.

"Don't you just get a glass of juice. I want to see you eat some food." Ethan said as he grabbed two waffles from the tray.

"Oh, I'm gonna eat some food, Ethan. I'm hungry." I grabbed a couple waffles, bacon and sausage and proceeded to start eating. I looked up and saw that Ethan was watching me and smiling.

"What?" I asked

"Nothing, I just like to see my girl eat in front of me."

I swallowed and replayed the word in my head. 'My girl.' He called me his girl. Was that who I was to him? He hadn't officially said anything. Yeah, he said that he loved me but that didn't mean that I was his girlfriend. I had to know where I stood with him.

"Um, Ethan…may I ask you a question?"

"Of course Dayna. What's up?"

"Well, its kind of about last night,"

"It was incredible. Had you screaming so loud."

I felt my cheek flush. "Yeah, you did. You are highly skilled and talented that's for sure. But, um, I wanted to ask you something."

"Yes?"

"Afterwards, you said that you loved me. Did you mean it?"

"Dayna, of course I meant it. I told you that I am falling in love with you."

"Well, what I mean is…well…we had mentioned something about us dating exclusively and well…I was just wondering….well…is that what we are doing or are we just friends with benefits?" There. I said it. Butchered it and stumbled but I got it out.

Ethan took a drink of juice before talking "Dayna, do you want to go out with me? Will you be my girlfriend?"

I sat there in stunned silence. He did it. He asked me out. He wanted me to be his girlfriend. ME! The chubby girl with the glasses. He wanted to be with me. Everything was moving so fast between us but it all felt so right. I hadn't felt this way in any other relationship that I had. I was still insecure but did I really want to say no? Did I really want to let something that could be so wonderful, so perfect, so right slip right past me? I noticed that Ethan was waiting for me to respond to him. "Yes Ethan. I want to go out with you and only you. And I want to be your girlfriend."

"Really?" Ethan said, a huge smile spreading over his face.

"Yes really." I smiled.

"Did you have to wait that long to say yes?" Ethan laughed. "Had me all nervous."

"What can I say? I like the suspense." I teased.

Ethan stuck his tongue out at me and threw a balled up napkin at me. I swatted it away and laughed. He shook his head and we went back to eating breakfast.

Once we were done, the waiters came and removed the plates and trays from the table.

"So, what's on the agenda today, Ethan?" I asked

"I'm supposed to go to the gym with the guys. Unless you want to do something together."

"You already had this planned out. I don't want to interfere." I said.

"You aren't interfering…actually, would you like to come with me? I'd love to formally introduce my girl to my best friends."

"Go with you? To a gym? Ethan look at me, does it look like I go to gyms?"

"Dayna, what did I tell you about being negative about your body?"

"I'm sorry but you have to understand, I've got over 20 years of body hatred going on here. It's gonna take a while to make it go away."

"Well, every time you are negative about your body, how about I spank you?" Ethan winked.

"Hell, in that case, I will continue being negative." I giggled.

"Dayna," Ethan laughed. "Now are you going to come with me or not?"

"I would but I don't have anything to wear. You'd have to take me home so I can change."

"If I do that, then will go with me?"

"Yes. I will."

"Great! Go and throw your dress back on and then I will take you home so you can change."

"Sounds good." I went back upstairs and took off the EC3 shirt and located my dress that was still in a heap on the floor. I slid it back on and put my shoes back on. Once I went back downstairs, I noticed that Ethan had changed into a tank top and a pair of shorts. I wanted to pounce on him right there in the foyer. We walked out to the garage and Ethan decided to take the Mustang out for a spin. I climbed in and we sped off down the driveway and then down the road for the 25 minute drive back to my apartment. Once we arrived, I climbed out of the car and headed inside. I opened my closet and attempted to find something that I could workout in. Seeing as I hadn't been inside of a gym in a couple of years, this was going to be harder than I thought. I finally decided on a simple purple tank top and a pair of shorts. I put the clothes on and located my black sneakers and put those on. I took a look at myself in the mirror and hoped that I looked good. I shrugged and headed back downstairs and outside to Ethan's waiting car.

"Looking good, babe." Ethan said as he looked me up and down.

"You think so?"

Ethan smiled and learned forward and gave me a kiss. "I know so." After our kiss, He sped away from the curb and headed down to the gym.

A/N: I hope everyone is enjoying this story so far. I am really having a great time writing this one! Next chapter bring a little taste of drama into the mix. Will this drama affect the relationship of "Daythan" or not? You have to stay tuned to find out! Keep those comments and reviews coming!