So yesterday I left you guys on a cliff hanger. This chapter is a little shorter, BUT something happens. So I hope that it makes up for it.
Chapter 9
I walked out of the room, But once I was out I ran, I ran as far as I could. I wanted to run to the waterfall, Ty and I's place. I knew that everybody would look for me there. There was one place that I went that nobody knew about, not even Ty. The attic.
Once I was in the attic, I went to the back. This is where I get my alone time. I knew that the palace would be on lockdown looking for me. I couldn't be around Ty right now. I was so confused of why I felt this crushed over Ty. I have never felt this way before. He is my best friend, not my crush or boyfriend. Even though Cass said that he liked me, he probably doesn't, it was a theory.
I ended up falling asleep. I decided to put the palace out of fright. As I walked down the thin, curly stairway, I heard yelling.
'Find the princess!' God I was going to be in trouble. I opened the door to see palace guards running down the hallway. I managed to sneak down to my dad's office. When he saw me walk through the door, he calmed immediately.
'Bean, where have you been?' I was wrapped into my father's loving arms.
'I just needed some alone time'
'Bean, you could have asked for some instead of making us all freak out.'
'Sorry, I needed to get away I couldn't wait anymore. What time is it anyway?'
'It's 11:00 Bean, why?'
'I've been gone for 11 hours!'
'Yeah that's why we were so worried. Ty is waiting for you in your room.'
'He's the problem.' I muttered.
'What?' I was going to have to tell my dad. Or not.
'It's nothing Dad, I'm just gonna go to bed.' He gave me a kiss on the head. 'Goodnight Bean.'
Ty was asleep on my bed. He was so handsome. His muscles were slightly flexed under his undershirt. I climbed into bed next to him. He was so warm. I put the blankets over the two of us. I fell asleep next to the best friend I love.
I woke up to Ty looking down on me sleepily.
'Hey'
'Hey they found you, I was worried.' I tried to hide my blush. It was his job to care about me, he is my best friend. Or more. I looked at him and saw his light brown hair every which way. He never woke up without his bed head. His green jungle of eyes looked into mine. He had on a sad smile, even that could brighten my day. I decided just to hold onto him longer before we had to get going and get ready. I snuggled my head into the side of his chest. His arm tightened around me for support. It was the nicest feeling ever. Too soon Ty pulled back, sat up and looked at me,
'Why don't we go to waterfall today? I think that it is a day to have some happy times.' That just made me feel special.
'Of course, do you want to do a day thing?' He nodded,'you go get changed. I will call down to the chefs to make us food.' He jumped out of the bed to go get changed,
I rang down to the kitchens and ordered food for the day. My door bursted open and in walked Cass. She seemed so excited.
'YOU ARE GOING ON A DATE AND YOU DIDN'T TELL ME!'
'Woah, I am not going on a date, he doesn't even know that I like him. He is just trying to cheer me up from all the bad things that have been going on'
'Okay, but I'm helping you pick out an outfit. So you are going to need a bikini, what about the-' I zoned out I was just going to let her pick out what I should wear. I ended up with a turquoise bikini with lace. I had on jean short-shorts and a flowy top. I made sure to grab a blanket.
Cass was going home while I was at the waterfall, so after I said goodbye, I walked down to Ty's room. After I knocked, the door opened right away. I could tell Ty was ready for our day of fun.
'So, we have to go down to the kitchens on the way out to pick up the basket.' I had noticed that he had a bag, assuming that it had our towels in it. He was wearing swim trunks and a shirt and was holding a sweatshirt. Even though it was fall, it is always warm in Angeles, so I would be fine without a sweatshirt.
We got outside, Ty took the basket from me. We walked in almost complete silence. Once we could hear the fall, Ty looked to me,
'Race you!' I smiled, we would always do that when we were younger.
'You're on.' I ran as fast as I could to the spot that was always the finish line. But sadly, in the end we tied. He started to take off his shirt. I couldn't let that happen just yet,
'We are not swimming yet. Let us eat some food. I skipped lunch, dinner, and then breakfast.'
'Fine needy, needy' He grabbed the blanket out of my hand. He perfectly laid it down on the ground, it was in the perfect spot. It only took us 3 years to figure it out. We had moved the blanket around in different spots every time we came to the falls. But one time when we were 10, Ty came for a few days over the summer with his family. And on the second day he was here, we found the place. We had placed the blanket on the beach near the rocks. The place is just out of the reach of the mist from the waterfall. It is only feet from the water.
I noticed that Ty had gotten out the pineapple. I walked over and sat next to him. I took the largest piece of pineapple on a fork. I laid back on the blanket and looked up at the sky. Ty laid next to me and I tensed.
'So how are you feeling about the whole Luke situation?' I knew this was going to come up at one point.
'Can we not talk about it? It's over but I would try not to bring it up. Not the fondest memory I have. Well except for the part where you saved me.'
Ty sat up on his elbow. Looked me straight in the eyes. Those eyes that melt my heart. His smile lightened the mood. 'Anytime, that's what best friends are for.' The dream died a little.
'So remember when we were little and we tried to change Eli and Bella's diapers. Why did our parents leave us with them. You were 9 and I was 10. Probably the worst decision our parents ever made.'
'They never forgave us for that. There was poop everywhere. Didn't you have to replace the carpet?'
'Yeah the carpet smelled so bad. Hey did you ever master that clappy thing?' I knew exactly what he was talking about that. At the end of our handshake, you put your palms together and clap them back and forth. Neither of us ever got it. Harder than you think.
I decided it try it right there. I sat up on the blanket. Put my palms together. Ty followed what I was doing. He knew exactly what I was doing. I started to move my hands back and forth (A/N I know that that sounds wrong but I didn't know how else to describe it.)and so did Ty. We both successfully clapped our hands.
'OMG, We did it. Do you remember the entire handshake?'
'What kind of friend would I be if I didn't?' Then we did our entire handshake from when we were around 7 years old.
'Hey I think I'm ready to go swimming. Want to come?' I asked him that as I took off my shorts and top, leaving me in my bikini. He didn't respond, all he did was stand up and took off his shirt. He grabbed me. And soon, I was in the air being carried towards the pond.
He threw me in. While I was underwater, I heard another splash. When I came up, he was right there.
Right there.
I looked right into his green eyes. I was lost in the jungle.
I started to lean in. Ty leaned in slightly. I tried to stop myself, but I just continued to lean in.
Not fast enough, I pushed my lips against his.
My heart exploded.
OMFG! Didn't I tell you it was worth it? So how does Ty feel about this? Sorry but you have to wait til next week. And you proabably guessed that the next chapter is in Ty's POV.
~cari