Chapter Nine

Matthias Sutton, You are mine.

"Hey, Bethaney, so I was wondering," Matthias said into the phone. "Do you umm, want to go to the movies with me?"

"Yes," I said quickly. "I mean if I don't have anything else going on." I tried to make my voice sound cool and leveled but I was literally jumping with excitement.

Matt laughed. "Okay, I will pick you up at seven o'clock."

"Okay, Bye Matt." I replied. I was smiling so big that my cheeks were starting to hurt.

"Bye." I wanted to scream but I held it in. I looked at my clock and saw that it was already 4:30. I ran to my bathroom and jumped into the shower. Fifteen minutes later I was blow drying my hair to give it that natural wave look. I applied light make up to my tanned skin, foundation, a bit of eyeliner, and eye shadow to bring out the green in my eyes. I quickly ran to my closet. I couldn't control my speed, I was too excited. I peered down the stairs to see if my parents left for their trip yet. It was completely quiet except for my pounding heart I could hear in my ears. I ran down the stairs to make sure they had left. They were gone and there was a note on the counter for me.

Bethaney,

We had to leave to catch our flight. We are sorry we didn't get a chance to say goodbye. Make sure you keep the house in order, make sure to lock the doors, you know the rules.

Love Mom & Dad: )

P.S. We will call you when we land.

To be completely honest, as much as I love my parents, I am pretty excited to have the house to myself. I knew exactly what was going to happen to.

I was so happy when Matt finally got here. First we were going to get something to eat and then we were going to go to the movies, and maybe hang out a little after that.

Many things were running through my mind as we were driving to Lobster City. It is this lobster place in Williams. It's really, really good. They had the best Lobster here, and it sat right on the beach. If you looked over the rail you could see a drop to the beach, but I wouldn't jump because it is a pretty far fall. I loved the smell of Matt's car because it smelled just like him, like the ocean. I could even feel the tiny grains of sand under my feet on his floor. We didn't talk that much on the way to Williams, we did occasionally, but not often. Not that it was a horrible thing.

We almost instantly got a table at Lobster City. The lobsters were seriously the biggest lobster I had ever seen. They looked like lobsters on steroids. I looked at Matt surprised and he just looked at me and laughed.

We talked the whole time. Eventually I felt his foot slide by mine and he practically wrapped his feet around my ankles. Sparks ran through my body and I could feel myself blush. I didn't want him to see me blushing so I looked down and tucked some of my hair behind my ears.

I looked up at Matt and he had a line of butter streamed down his chin. I laughed grabbing my napkin. I leaned over the table.

"You got something on your chin." I smiled and wiped away the butter. I knew he felt the sparks when I did that because I could feel him flinch a bit.

"Oh, you know that is sexy," he said winking at me. I laughed.

"You know it pretty boy," I replied winking back at him. I couldn't even finish my whole lobster it was so big. I listened to the band that was playing to. They were good. They weren't some fast music type of band, they mostly played slow songs.

Matt noticed me staring at the band and stood up. He wiped his hands and his face with a napkin. His actions kind of reminded me of a kid, but not in a bad way.

"My lady," he said pulling my hand up. "Would you like to dance?"

I smiled grasping his hand. "I would love to."

He dragged me to the center of the dance floor and rested his hands on my waist and I wrapped mine around his neck. I laid my head on his chest. He was warm. It felt right; my head against his chest, his head resting on top of mine, slowly swaying side to side to the slow music. When I was with him I hardly noticed the people around us. It was just him and me, in our own world with each other.

Matt leaned his lips to my ear. His lips brushing against my ear sent shivers down my spine.

"We should probably leave soon if we are going to catch that movie." As of right now I didn't even care about the movie. I just wanted to be with him, in the center of the dance floor.

"Okay," I whispered back. Sadly, I pulled away from him. We paid for our dinner and exited the restraunt walking towards Matt's car. He grabbed my hand and pulled me close to him. I once again felt the warmth that I felt every time I was around him.

We went to Patterson theatre. The place was pretty big, and really nice. The seats we sat in were really comfy, and not so uncomfortable you couldn't even sit through the movie. Matt and I were still pretty stuffed from eating all the lobster before we came here. But still we both got large sodas. I know knew that Matt's favorite type soda is Dr. Pepper. Before the movie started Matt grabbed and held my hand through practically the whole thing, not that I cared. I looked at him and smiled.

"I'm really glad that you asked me out," I said. He smiled.

"So am I." He chuckled and I playfully punched him on the arm. "No I was actually really scared that you were going to say no. I thought that you and Tyler might have been a thing by the way he was all over you at the party." My body stiffened.

"That was a misunderstanding." Even my voice was stiff.

"Well I'm still glad you said yes," he said tapping my nose and giving me an odd but cute smile. I relaxed and smiled leaning into him. Halfway through I Am Number Four, I laid my head on his shoulder. This really was a good movie. When it first came out I really wanted to see it but I never got the chance. I thought that Alex Pettyfer was a hunk, but he looks too much like my brother so that thought left my head quickly. Towards the end I was starting to daydream. Not that I wasn't into this movie because it was really good, but I just kind of drifted off. I thought was their ever going to be a man who loved me as much as John loved Sarah. Matt and I weren't exactly dating yet but I could definitely imagine him and me together for awhile. I was pretty sure I was falling for him…hard.

The movie soon ended and we headed back to the car. We sat there for a few minutes and then Matt looked at me.

"Do you want to go to the beach?" he asked.

"Yeah, sure, here?"

"I was thinking maybe once we got back to Hill Side. I have swim trunks in my trunk and you could get a bathing suit on…" He trailed off. I thought for a moment. That sounded like a lot of fun now that we had the idea hanging in the air.

"Sure let's go." I smiled at him and he drove forward heading towards the interstate. Again it was silent most of the way, but this time we listened to the radio. He pushed a CD in and turned it to track three. Just The Way I'm Not by All Time Low pounded through the speakers.

"You like All Time Low?" I asked a bit surprised.

"Yeah, they are like the best band of all time. They are my favorite."

"Oh my god, me to!" I smiled at him.

"I went to their concert. I drove all the way to Nashville so I could go." He said. "They didn't play anywhere around Hill Side so me and a few of the guys drove to Nashville to see their concert."

"Jealous," I said in a sing song voice. He laughed a bit, I laughed with him. Our ride back to Hill Side seemed a bit shorter then it was driving there. We pulled up to my house ten minutes later. 8611 Para Siempre Drive. We lived where all the summer homes were. The McKenzie's and the Taylor's had the biggest house on the block and the used their homes like four times a year. If it were my house I'd be living there year round. With a house that size, I would use it way more than they did. I loved my house though; I would never want to move out of it. I know my parents owned it even before I was born, and I planned on letting my kids come here and spend some of the summer's to.

After I came back downstairs in my bathing suit and cover-up Matt was already in his trunks. He had a little more muscle then I thought he did. He was sporting a six pack and his arms were a bit thicker than I thought.

"You'd been working out?" I asked eyeing him cutely batting my eyelashes.

"Well yes I have thanks for noticing," he replied flexing his muscles. I turned around to go get some Kool-Aid out of the fridge but was sweeped into his arms. I laughed and leaned into his body. "Are you ready to go out to the beach?" I nodded and we walked down to the beach. He looked at me as we were standing by the water. He looked down and poked me in the stomach.

"Ha, what was that for?" He laughed

"Nice tattoo." I giggled.

"I know thanks," I said sarcastically. Matt and I splashed around in the water for a while. He picked me up and lightly threw me back in the water making me go under. After a while we went and stood on the beach. We were talking about the future. What we wanted to do after high school, where we wanted to go, things like that.

I turned and looked at him. His jet black hair was matted to his forehead falling into his eyes a bit. His green eyes were bright as always, not a drop of sadness in sight. I loved his eyes. When I first met him when we were fifteen that was the first thing I ever noticed about him. We were standing on the beach where the water still flowed far enough up to graze our feet.

Matt and I looked at each other for a while. I knew he wanted to kiss me and I wanted to kiss him for sure.

He caressed my cheek before leaning forward. His lips went to my ear once again sending shivers and sparks down my spine and through my body. I felt as if I would melt right there and drift through the sea.

"I think I am falling for you," he whispered. He gave me small kisses along my jaw line. I was so distracted by him I could barely speak.

He was at the corner of my lips when I said, "I can say the same about you." Then I grabbed his neck and pulled his lips to mine. This was definitely one type of the kisses that would make you oblivious to everything around you. I completely zone out and could hardly even hear the roar of the ocean anymore. "Matthias Sutton, you are mine." He smiled into the kiss as he kissed me again.

After a second he came back up. "I can say the same about you Bethaney McAdams." I smiled and kissed him again. We stayed like that a while. Standing on the beach and just kissing. It wasn't forced. It was soft and needy, but not desperate. Passionate, but not fierce.