Chapter 6- Date night

JESSPOV

"So what's your secret?" I ask him. He just laughs.

"Not telling you, just sit back and relax, it's going to be awhile. " He told me grinning.

So deciding to take his word, I lean over the console, and rest my head on his shoulder and close my eyes. I didn't think that I was really that tired but I guess I was because next thing I know Darcy is shaking me awake.

"Jess, come on, we're here. Time to wake up." He said as he shook me. I opened my eyes to Darcy's warm brown ones looking at me lovingly.

"Where are we?" I ask still a little fuzzy. He just gave me his infamous "you'll see…" grin.

"You'll just have to wait… But you'll have to ditch the heels."

"Thank god! Becca was insistent that I wear them." I say pulling them off. When I look up my door is open and Darcy is there in his shorts and barefoot… he looked pretty gorgeous if I say so.

"Close your eyes." He tells me as he grabs both my hands and starts to lead me forward. After a couple of steps I started to feel something soft.. like sand I started to open my eyes and looked at Darcy smiling.

"Darcy Nathaniel Hawthorne! You did not drive me all the way to a beach!" I yell as I jump up and hug him tightly.

"Hahahaha. I'm glad you like it. We have till tomorrow afternoon… then we got to start driving back to Concord." He told me.

'May I ask where we are?"

"Pennsylvania." He said simply.

"Okay. This is amazing. What is this for?"

"It's kind of an apology for everything. I've been so excited about college I forgot to think about your feelings too."

'It's okay, because I haven't been thinking about your feelings either, I've been being really selfish recently." I tell him.

We walk and sit on the blanket he set out. He continues our conversation.

"You know Jess, you're allowed to act selfish with me. You really deserve to be able to. I know that you might not be able to in the MBDC world but in our world you can and you can tell me anything too. You know that right?" He says.

"Yeah, I guess I do know that. It's just hard for me to tell people that I want something. You know what I mean? I just don't know how to tell people what I want because I don't normally do." I confess to him.

"It doesn't need to be that hard baby, I will listen to you rattle off on everything you want and try my best to give you all the things you need and want… it's my job." He says as he puts his hands in mine and pulls me closer. I just nod because I'm afraid I may cry.

"So Jessie, what do you want right now baby?" He asks me. I ponder this question for a moment.

"You know what I want? I want everything to stay the same… but I can't get that so I want to spend every waking moment that we have left with everyone still in Concord together and as the huge Family we are. I want to make the time I have with you home last." I tell him.

"Well, that I can definitely do. Especially because I totally agree with it. "He says laughing.

"So what else do you have planned?"

"How about we go for a swim?" He says a devilish grin on his face.

"I think that is a great idea. I haven't been in the ocean since our summer vacation to South Carolina when I and Emma were five." I tell him as I get up and slip off my dress. I turn around to find Darcy closer to the water… shirtless. He's setting up a video camera.

"What are you doing?" I ask him.

"Well, firstly I wanted to be able to make something for you to remember the happy times while I'm gone and the others want to know how the date goes."

"Those nosy brats." I say as he laughs

"Well, they are your friends and they love you… and so DO I!" He yells as he runs and grabs my waist and then runs toward the water throwing me in. I just scream and pull him under with me.

"You are insane Darcy Hawthorne!" I screech at him as he picks me up and spins me around.

"That's okay though because that's what you love about me." He tells me... He's getting super cocky.

"You really need to cool your ego down a little honey." I tell him laughing. He just grabs me and hugs me.

"Very funny Jess… you know im not that egotistic."

"I know. You just act like it a lot of the time."

"Funny, come on the sun is going to set soon… Let's go get dried off."

"Darce, Becca didn't give …"

"I got you covered Jessie." He tells me as he tosses me a bag. I had a pair of sport shorts and a tee-shirt.

"Thanks" I say as I slip them on over my bikini. I realize how cold it is… I shiver and snuggle closer into Darcy.

"Here, I'm not that cold." He tells me as he helps me put his hoodie on… it smells like him.

"Thanks, it's really cold out here." I say, he wraps his arms around me tighter.

"How's that?" He asks grinning. He kisses my head.

'That's a lot better." I say laughing.

"I still can't believe you decided to guess Cassidy." I say after a while.

He just laughs. "It was the last face I saw in front of me."

"She was right in front of you!"

"Okay, okay, you win this time. Hey, Look." He say as he pulls me on to his lap with my head resting on him shoulder and points at the sun.

"It's gorgeous. You don't see things that beautiful in Concord." I say.

"You're right… Concord has thing so much more beautiful." He says. I blush. I'm really getting tired.

I try and stifle a yawn… it didn't work. I lay down and close my eyes… soon I'm dead asleep.