So thankful to everyone who sent in ideas for this chapter! :) It actually worked out that I was able to use multiple suggestions and have everything still be put together pretty well. I even got to the point where everything was flowing enough for me to have the inspiration to write my original idea back in. Hope you all like it!

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It's finally spring break and I'm so happy to have the week off from school, even happier to know that I'll get to spend every day with Emily. She doesn't know it yet, but I have a little vacation planned for the two of us. There's a national forest up in New York that I used to go camping at with my friends all the time before I had to leave. I love it because instead of being in the middle of the woods with mud and bugs and all that other creepy stuff, you can camp out on a beach by the lake. Every weekend the staff set up a huge screen to show movies and then light up a bonfire afterwards for everyone to hang out and have a little fun.

I texted Emily early this morning telling her to pack a bag and be ready to go when I pick her up at ten. I only gave her enough information about what we were doing so she could pack appropriately. Other than that, she has no idea what to expect.

I borrowed my mom's boyfriend's truck and packed the back of it full with blankets, pillows, and even an air mattress. We don't really have any camping gear, so I figured Emily and I could sleep in the back of the truck under the stars since the weather will be so nice. Since the back of the truck has a roll out cover, I'll easily be able to hide everything from Emily. I can't wait to surprise her.

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"Hanna, where are we going?" Emily asks for the hundredth time since I picked her up. If she wasn't so cute, I'd be seriously annoyed by her persistence by now.

"You'll find out soon," I chuckle.

"You said that over an hour ago," she whines. I just shake my head and continue driving.

Half an hour later, we finally reach our destination. I give the boy at the gate my information and he checks us in and directs me to where I need to go. As soon as we pull away from his station Emily turns to me, "We drove all the way to New York to come to a park?"

"Oh, you just wait Em, you're gonna love it."

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"Oh yeah, I'm definitely loving this vacation now," Emily smirks as she shamelessly rakes her eyes down my bikini clad body.

I blush slightly as I return Emily's gaze before I take in her tanned, toned body. "It's not turning out too bad for me either. I could get used to seeing those abs and legs."

Emily smiles, proud that all the hard work she's done to get a body like that has paid off.

It's just after one in the afternoon and we are currently laying out on the beach. Conversation flows easily between Emily and I as we talk about everything from current gossip to graduation to future plans. After a beat of silence, Emily claims that she's getting too hot and is going to wade around in the water for a little bit.

Minutes later, a shadow falls over my body. "You're blocking my light," I whine playfully, thinking that it was Emily who was standing over me.

"Sorry about that gorgeous. Mind if I take a seat?"

I flip off of my stomach and look at the man who disturbed my tan time, "I do mind actually."

"Aw, c'mon now. I just wanted to introduce myself, maybe try to talk you into going to dinner with me later on and then hanging out and watching the movie here on the beach afterwards," he drawls out.

"No thanks, I'm not interested," I roll my eyes.

"I'll make it worth your while. A pretty girl like you deserves to be spoiled and taken out to a nice dinner," he persists. This guy is seriously getting on my nerves. He's probably never had a girl turn him down and can't fathom the idea of me doing it now.

"She said she's not interested," I hear from behind me. My head snaps towards the owner of the familiar voice and I instantly let out a sigh relief.

"Excuse me, but I wasn't talking to you," he says with an annoyed tone.

"No, but I'm talking to you. She said she's not interested. Now get lost," Emily counters with a growl.

The guy shakes his head and turns back to me. "C'mon, let's get out of here," he says as he grabs my arm and tries to pull me up.

"Get your dirty fucking hands off her!" Emily yells. Before the guy can do or say anything, Emily yanks his hand off me, spins him around to face her and pushes him backwards, away from the both of us.

"Little bitch, why don't you get out of here?"

Emily's face turns red as she lunges forward and punches him square in the jaw. "How about you get the fuck out of here and stop hitting on my girl, you dumbfuck. Learn to take no for an answer the first time," she seethes.

"Emily!" I rush over to her and pull her away before the guy can get back up.

"I'm sorry, I just... when I was over in the water I saw him talking to you and I got a little jealous so I came back over and then I heard how he was talking to you and I just got so pissed and-" she rambles.

"Em, stop. I'm not mad. You don't have to explain anything to me," I cut her off.

"I don't?"

"No. How's your hand?" I ask as I reach for it.

"It's fine."

"Em, your knuckles are bruising and swelling up!" I run my fingertips over her knuckles and she tries to hide her face as she winces in pain.

"I'm okay. Really."

I sigh and bring her hand up to my lips, kissing each of her knuckles softly, "To make them feel better," I explain with a soft smile.

Emily smiles back and pulls me into her chest. I wrap my arms around her waist tightly and breathe in her sweet scent. When we pull back I kiss her on the cheek and thank her for coming to my rescue.

"Anytime. I'd be a bad special friend if I let random creeps come on to you," she declares with a playful wink, reminding me of my confirmation to Hayden earlier this week that I am Emily's 'special friend.' I laugh and take her uninjured hand in mine, leading her back our spot in the sand.

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"This is so fucking cool!" Emily exclaims as she throws herself into the back of the truck, burrowing into the mountain of pillows and blankets atop the air mattress. "How'd you think of this?"

"YouTube. I'm borderline obsessed with Shannon and Cammie; in one of their videos they talked about how they did this on a date to the drive in movies," I answer.

"I love them! I definitely have a thing for Cammie."

"Hey!" I pout.

Emily chuckles and leans forward to peck me on the lips, "What can I say? I have a thing for blondes... but you're my favorite," she whispers on my lips.

I smile and quickly kiss her again before settling down into the makeshift bed as the beginning credit of the movie start. Tonight they are showing Divergent. I've seen it a hundred times, but I know Emily hasn't seen it so I do my best to refrain from distracting her. It doesn't take long at all for Emily to become completely engrossed in the movie, not even noticing that I lift her arm over my head and cuddle into her side as far as possible, my head resting in the crook of her neck and my arm wrapped tightly around her waist... or so I thought. As soon as I still, Emily turns her head slightly and kisses me softly on the forehead while her eyes remain glued to the screen. As it cuts to the scene where Tris and Four go into a hallucination, my eyelids blink heavily and I surrender to the darkness as they fall shut.

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I start to wake as I feel something moving through my hair. After a minute I realize that it's Emily's fingers, running in the same soft pattern. I blink my eyes open and am met with the dark night sky, the only sound able to be heard being the ripple of the water.

"Hey sleeping beauty," Emily whispers softly.

"Hi, sorry I didn't mean to fall asleep," I answer with a raspy voice, still very heavy with sleep.

"It's fine. I was perfectly content just laying here with you."

"How long ago did the movie end?"

"Um, an hour and a half or so."

"So you've just been laying here for almost two hours doing nothing?"

"No, I've been watching the sky, making shapes with the stars in my head," she says gently.

I laugh lightly, "Do you have any useless astrological facts to go along with your useless history facts?"

"Unfortunately no, but I can make some up if you want," Emily giggles, pulling me closer to her.

I burrow my face in her neck and laugh breathlessly, shaking my head furiously but gently so I don't hurt her or myself by accidently making our heads collide.

"Good, cause I'm getting too tired to be creative right now."

"Me too," I sigh. I tilt my head up and look at Emily, observing how the moon casts an soft white light across her face, highlighting her features and igniting a twinkle in her eye. As if she can feel my eyes on her, Emily turns to look at me. I blush slightly as she catches me.

"What?" she asks with a soft smile.

"Nothing, you're just so beautiful Em. Sometimes I can't believe how far we've come, you know? Like, being here with you like this, right now... it's like it's all a dream and someday I'm gonna wake up and be in New York and none of this has ever happened."

"Well, one, we are in New York," she giggles.

"You know what I mean!" I swat her playfully, "Like I never left New York, I never came to Rosewood... I never met you."

"I know. I can't believe it sometimes either. You really have made such an enormous difference in my life, Hanna. I don't know what force brought us together, but I will spend every day for the rest of my life thanking whoever or whatever it was that did. You mean so much to me. Every moment with you is nothing short of perfect and it really is like a dream come true," Emily states softly as she stares into my eyes lovingly.

"You mean so much to me too, Em," I whisper as I lean in and kiss her soundly. Our lips moving together delicately. I part my lips slightly and Emily doesn't disappoint as she darts her tongue out to meet mine, caressing and twisting together in the most incredible way, sending shivers down my spine and causing goosebumps to appear on my skin. I pull back slightly and rest my forehead against Emily's, trying to catch my breath, before Emily moves her lips across my jaw and over to the sensitive skin behind my ear and down to my pulse point. Her teeth nipping gently in between hot, open-mouthed kisses.

My hand automatically finds purchase in her hair, holding her in place. A silent plea for her to keep doing exactly what she's doing, exactly where and how she's doing it, that she happily obliges to. Subconsciously, my fingers clench and unclench slightly as I rake my fingernails over her scalp. It's only when I tilt my head to press a kiss to the side of her head that Emily lifts her head back up to return her lips to mine.

My eyes open gradually as we finally break apart and lean our foreheads together. Emily still has her eyes closed, her tongue sliding out to run across her bottom lip before that same lip gets pulled between her teeth. Her eyes flutter open slowly to meet mine as she releases her lip. I smile softly at her and she returns it before pulling back completely and laying back down amongst the blankets and pillows again, coaxing me down with her and directing my head to lay on her chest.

"Goodnight beautiful," Emily whispers against my temple before kissing it and nuzzling her nose into my hair and inhaling deeply and slowly.

"Goodnight babe." I tangle our legs together and return my arm to its position from earlier, wrapped tightly around her waist. As I relax onto Emily's chest, I let the soothing sound of her heartbeat lull me into a deep sleep.

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Bit of a longer chapter for you guys. I just finished writing this as I was watching Shannon and Cammie's YouNow, so of course I had to mention them in here haha. They're the best. And, just like Emily, I have a massive girl crush on Cammie. If you don't know who they are then I highly recommend that you check out their videos ( /nowthisisliving). They are by far my favorite LGBT couple and just my favorite couple in general.

Anyways, back to the story, thank you again to everyone who left their ideas!

To the guest reviewer signed H, your suggestion was basically what I already had outlined for next chapter, but I will definitely be adding in Emily cooking now!

There's a state park about 30 minutes from my college where you can camp out on the beach, so when there was a request that the girls go to the beach and then another request that they go camping, I kinda modeled it after that beach. I've been there a couple times and it is pretty cool. So I hope you guys liked that.

Leave a review and let me know what you think beautifuls! Love you all! xoxo