"Rise and shine sleepy head" shouted Beck, as he raised the blinds in his bedroom, letting the bright rays of the sun into the room and onto my face. I scrunched my face up at the intensity of the light, and I slowly sat up rubbing my eyes. I didn't hear Beck approach the bed, and I didn't even notice him sit down next to me until he spoke. "So last night was…fun." He let out a dry laugh to fill the awkward silence. "It was definitely great to see you." I scratch my head as I slowly open my eyes, after letting out a generous yawn and stretching my arms out, I look over to Beck, "Yeah I'm glad we ran into each other, too bad we didn't get to catch up very much." Each word that came out of my mouth felt wrong, I didn't know why.
I scrunched my brows together and pursed my lips to the side, an awkward tic that I have when I'm thinking, and Beck caught it in an instant. "You okay?" he asked me, and I slowly nodded, still in my odd state. He placed a hand on my knee, still covered by his thick forest green blanket, and I shook my head and chased away my confusion. I looked up at him and smiled "So are we both free today?" I asked. He nodded in response, "You have anything in mind, Ms. Vega?" I nodded and then told him I really did want to catch up on what happened since we graduated, and we both agreed to get cleaned up and go out to lunch.
Beck hurriedly showered and dressed while I watched tv in his bed. He came back from the bathroom and said he was ready, so I clicked off the tv and hopped out of bed. I followed him out to his living room and he grabbed my purse and opened the door for me. I blushed so hard I must have looked like I went tanning on the sun. He pretended not to notice but I saw him trying to hide a smile, I pretended not to notice as I followed him to his car. I directed him to my house about 37 minutes away from his and I invited him in. He got settled on the couch and turned on the news and I promised not to take too long.
I rushed in the shower, not caring to find the perfect temperature. I washed everything, shaved my legs, and hopped out. Brushed my teeth and applied my facial moisturizer before toweling off my long wavy brown hair. I twisted it up into a loose bun on the top of my head, think Kim Kardashian, and I started on my makeup. Once my makeup was done, I towel dried my body and headed to my closet, I grabbed simple black skinny jeans and a deep purple V Neck that showed a little too much boob, but that's how I liked it. I grabbed my black zip up hoodie and threw it on and slipped on my favorite wedge sandals before heading back to the living room.
Beck heard my door close, so he shut the tv off and turned to face me "Well don't you clean up nicely?" He said teasingly, I quickly looked away afraid that I might blush once again. I was looking for my purse when I remember Beck had left it in his car when we got to my apartment. "Are you ready to go?" I asked him, he nodded and got up and we walked out to his car, we had a little trouble deciding on where to go, so we just decided to drive until we found a place that looked good. After about 15 minutes or so, we stopped at this little family owned deli shop.
After we had been seated and placed our orders, we decided to start talking. I explained how Cat and I lived together, but she was out of town. He made a joke about how that explained the living room décor, yes Cat decorated it, bright pink couch with flowers EVERYWHERE, but it was fun, I didn't mind at all. We discussed Cat and myself, and the conversation drifted to our old friends from school. Robbie was a student teacher at Hollywood Arts, Andre was producing music for small time musicians and singers, as well as writing and DJ-ing in clubs. Both of us realized that the conversation was heading to a cold, dark place, Jade West. I wasn't too comfortable talking about her, and I could tell Beck didn't seem to excited about it, so the conversation easily transitioned into how the food was, and how nice the weather was. We both decided to go to the beach after we finished eating.
We left the deli about twenty minutes ago, Beck had insisted on paying for my lunch, and that made me smile. I rolled down the window and I let my hair out of it's bun, it was still damp and I wanted it to get dry soon. I closed my eyes and leaned back in my seat, just relaxing as the warm sun beat down on me and the cool wind blew over me. I was having a great time. Beck broke the comfortable silence "So uhh, Tori, do you mind if I take you to a special place of mine? At the beach I mean, it's just kind of this private little place I like to go, when I need time to think, ya know?" I told him that it sounded like a really nice idea and that I couldn't wait to get there.
About 15 minutes later, we arrived at the beach. It was a Saturday afternoon, so the beach was somewhat crowded, but it was in the middle of December, so it wasn't exactly prime beach time. Beck told me not to worry about the crowd because his place was always empty, just perfect for relaxing. We walked a ways down the shore line, our bare feet getting covered in water as the tide washed onto the shore and back out into the ocean. I thought we had come to a dead end, their was a big piece of land that protruded off the sand into the ocean, but Beck told me to follow him.
He grabbed my hand and we waded out in the ocean, staying close to the steep slope. The water just came to our knees, but I wasn't really worried. We rounded the slope and I was taken aback at what I saw. It wasn't anything seriously special, but it was really pretty. It was almost like a cave, the slope went back to the beach allowing for about 30 feet of land before going back out into the ocean, so it was pretty secluded. Very relaxing.
Once we got back to the shore, I noticed some beach chairs, I guessed Beck had brought them there. He pulled the chairs up and I told me to take a seat, and I did. He followed and sat next to me. We both just sat in the chairs looking out into the ocean, it was beautiful. We made small talk about our future and our hopes and dreams and after a few hours, we watched the sun set and decided it was time to head home. Beck led the way back to his car and when we arrived at my apartment, he held my hand as he walked me to the door.
When I unlocked it I turned around to thank him for the day, I was interrupted by his lips colliding with mine. They were so soft and luscious, but his facial hair was a little prickly, but the scratch felt nice. It started off slow and warm, when Beck wrapped his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. The kiss intensified as my arms wrapped themselves around Beck's neck. I opened my mouth to let his tongue in, and after what felt like eternity, our lips finally parted, and our bodies did the same, but we stayed close. I bit my lip, trying to suppress a giggle, and I looked up at Beck and he was smiling. "Today was fun Tori" he said, I agreed. He gave me a peck on the lips and said goodbye, before pulling me in close again for a hug goodbye. We said goodbye and he promised to call me later and he turned to walk back to his car.
"Wait, Beck!" I shouted, a little too loudly. He stopped and turned around, "Yeah?" He started walking back towards me. I bit my lip and started toying with the sleeves up my hoodie, I was suddenly nervous, "So uhh, Beck, today was fun.. Was it like, a date?" I asked, I looked away, slightly embarrassed, he let out a small chuckle and I looked up at him with a frown, but he wasn't laughing at me, just at my question. "Yes Tori, I think it was a date, a pretty good one, might I add." I smiled and said "Okay, good." And he said goodnight and turned back towards his car and I headed back inside to make dinner and finish up the night. Cat would be home tomorrow morning and I'd have to catch her up on everything that just happened. She would freak the freak out, I know I was.
A/N - Okay, so I'm really nervous about adding this chapter. I'm really surprised that I got anyone reading my first chapter! I think I might be getting the hang of this, well I hope! I actually wrote this chapter twice. The first time, I was unhappy with it and I wasn't sure it was very realistic. I'm happy with this chapter, but I'm still nervous. But I had fun writing it, I sure hope you have fun reading it! :) Let me know what you think! :)