Dock

"Hey baby what are you doing out here all by your lonesome?" Marissa asked.

Alex turned around and smiled at her, she was standing the same way she had when they first met, hand on the hip, head slightly tilted and to this day it still got to Alex in the same way. Except now she knew what that feeling was; love at first sight.

As she sat there looking at her girlfriend all she could see was there 7 year old selves having their first conversation, and wondering why her almost prissy attitude had never gotten the better of her.

"Got a staring problem" Marissa joked as Alex continued to stare blankly at her.

Snapping out of her daze. "What, huh? Oh, no do you?"

"Then why are you looking at me so hard. You know what I think?"

Alex smiled. "Do I look like a kid that cares?"

The brunette had to try and stop herself from laughing. "Why are you sitting out here all by yourself." She tried again as she went and sat next to her girlfriend.

"Was just thinking about stuff."

"Stuff like what?"

"Us when we first met, how things when you think about it really haven't changed."

Marissa nodded. "Hard to think about not coming up here every summer, in fact I don't even want to think about that."

"Me either, this place has been more like home than my house back in L.A."

"Why's that?"

Alex thought for a second and skipped a rock. "Been coming up here since before I can remember, and ever since I was 7 years old my heart has been up here." Marissa looked at her kind of funny. "I met you when we were 7 right here on this dock."

"I don't need a history lesson I know how we met." She smiled.

"Don't be a smartass with me, you've had my heart ever since that day, I just didn't always know it."

There was silence, and Alex worried she had said something wrong. "Come here and kiss me." Marissa told her. Smiling Alex leaned over and kissed the other girl before moving away a little and looking at her.

"I know there's that party for us all tonight but I was sort of hoping you wouldn't mind only staying there for a little bit and then doing something just you and I?" She had a nervous, almost worried look on her face.

"Of course sounds better than watching everyone drink their faces off anyways. Got anything in mind?"

The blonde smiled mischievously. "Maybe I do, and maybe I don't you're just going to have to wait and see." She tapped Marissa on the nose with her index finger, earning a scoff from the other girl.

Later that night

The girls said their quick goodbyes before leaving the party. Alex lead Marissa down to the boat and helped her on.

"Why are you looking at me like that?" Marissa laughed a little.

"You're really beautiful." Were the only three words that left her mouth before getting onto the boat and starting the engine.

Marissa sat in the "co-captains" seat as her dad used to like to call it and looked over the water at the moon rising. "Where are you taking me Captain Kelly? Perhaps a redo of one of our first dates?" She smiled and watched Alex shake her head no. "Want to tell me then?" Once again the blonde shook her head no.

Alex manoeuvred the boat around a sharp turn and when she did Marissa could see little flickering lights in the distance. Ever so small at first, but as they got closer the light got a little bigger. Stopping the boat and turning it off Alex dropped the anchor and got off the boat before reaching her hand out towards Marissa.

The brunette took her hand and stood beside her in awe. "What do you think? Do you like it?"

"Wow." Was all the girl could say, her eyes big and bright, and full of happiness. "You really didn't have to do all this though. Wait how did you do all this?" She smiled referring to the table and two chairs, she had lost count of all the candles and the rose petals on the sand added and extra touch.

"You're sister was a big help, this is why it took me longer than normal to get ready and where's she's been most of the night."
"I'm amazed, this is honestly perfect." They sat down and ate the ice cream and cake that Alex had got Kaitlyn to bring out just before they left the party so it wouldn't melt. After eating they sat talking and Alex had made Marissa laugh.

"I love when you laugh like that, all high pitched." Alex smiled

Marissa blushed a little and the blonde stood up and went over to Marissa side of the table and put her hand out and helped the girl up before using the small remote control to turn on the small boom box that was also there.

Alex held her girlfriend close and started to sway to the music. "I thought you didn't dance?" Marissa whispered. "Only with you."

Cooper Cottage - Two hours later

"This is me." Marissa smiled as she turned around and faced Alex.

"Guess so." The slightly shorter girl leaned forward and kissed Marissa softly. Leaning back she opened the girls bedroom door revelling red and white rose petals and more lit candles. Marissa walked into her room once again awed by her girlfriends action. Following her in Alex wrapped her arms around her waist. "We don't have to do anything that's not what this is about. I just wanted us to have one last night together and have it be special."

"All I need is you for it to be special. This is more than special and its more than amazing, it's breath taking is the only thing I can think of to say, but I don't think words anything can describe how much I love you. They say actions speak louder than words and I'm a firm believer in that." With that said Marissa walked over and closed the door before moving back over to her girlfriend, wrapping her arms around her and moving her back towards the bed kissing her