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A/N: Sorry, sorry, sorry for the late update. I was really busy for finals for my high school and I really needed to study and focus on my grades. So, now this month isn't going to be pretty busy for me so here's a new chapter I put up. I hope you like it!
4 Weeks Later…
MARIE'S POV;
I was lying in my bed just looking up at the ceiling, thinking. Just thinking of what has happened over the last 4 weeks. I can tell you a lot has happened though, and each of them was really something special. Honestly, it was and I've never felt this way before. For the past 4 weeks, Taylor has made my wishes come true or the least to say, he made my list come true. I knew someday I would be able to them, but I would have never thought Taylor was going to do them with me…
Flashback…
It was a Tuesday afternoon and school was let out early. Kids were going home, hanging out somewhere, and other stuff regular teens do. But I, I was going somewhere with Taylor today. We were driving somewhere where he didn't tell me, as usual. Darn these surprises, I thought. "You know what? I'm not even going to ask where we're going this time," I said to Taylor who was keeping an eye on the road. He glanced at me and said, "Good, because you know I'll never tell." He smiled and winked. I rolled my eyes at his stupid gesture and laughed. We arrived at this place with a beautiful sight. Well, it was practically an ocean sight with all the boats, pier, people roller-skating, and all the things you can do at the beach. We stopped near this one boat with a man wearing a scuba suit. Taylor and I both got out of the car and walked to the man in the boat.
"Hello, you two must be Taylor and Marie?" The man asked, looking at us.
"Yeah, that's us. It's nice to meet you…" Taylor said holding out his hand to shake his, waiting for the man's name.
"Ah, sorry. I forgot to introduce myself, the name is Tim. Tim Lank," Tim said and shook Taylor's hand.
"Nice to meet you Tim," Taylor said. Tim then looked at me and said, "Well, this must be your girlfriend, she's a beauty."
"Oh we're not in a relationship, and I'm Marie. It's nice to meet you Tim," I said to Tim.
"Oh really? You two seem to be in a relationship the way you two are standing so close next to each other," Tim gestured his hands towards us. Taylor and I looked at each other and moved a little away from each other. "Oh come on, just because I said that doesn't mean for you two to not stand next to each other," Tim exclaimed. I laughed a little and I saw Taylor turn bright red.
"Well then, let's get started now shall we?" Tim said. He handed us each a scuba-diving suit with goggles and those things you wear for your feet. I was lead to the girls' restroom to change while Taylor was lead to the boys' restroom to change as well. 15 minutes later, we were on the boat, driving somewhere in the ocean.
TAYLOR'S POV;
I was sitting next to Marie, just looking at how the wind was blowing through her hair and still she looked beautiful. Tim was talking and talking, but I wasn't even listening to a word he was saying. Even if Marie and I look pathetic in these suits, she still looked pretty cute. Tim suddenly cut the engine of the boat and instructed us both put on our goggles and our tanks for our oxygen. We were getting ready to dive–in and go scuba-diving. I could tell by the look on Marie's face, she was pretty scared. I mean come on, who wouldn't be scared of swimming with the fishes in the sea? Maybe I'm just scared too, but as long as I have her with me. I was only doing this for her since this is what she wanted to do in her life of accomplishments. I went first down the ladder and into the ocean. It was pretty chilly, but I could take the coldness. Next, Marie came down the ladder. She laughed at how cold it was and held onto my left arm. It felt nice like that.
"Aren't you scared?" Marie asked, shivering.
"No, I'm not scared," I lied. She looked at me and said, "Liar." I laughed and said to her, "Are you ready?"
She sort of looked hesitant, but nodded her head. Tim then told us to not go far from here and to just stay in this area. We nodded and went down into the water. This was actually my first time scuba-diving, so I didn't know what to expect. As I looked into the fish world, it was really beautiful. It was filled with a lot of fishes, which were different colors. Colors like red, yellow, orange, purple, blue, you name it. I looked over at Marie and saw that she was really happy. Seeing her happy made me happy already. We spent the next 20 minutes swimming with the fishes and laughing.
End of flashback…
MARIE'S POV;
#4 on the list crossed off, I thought. I smiled at the flashback and thought how great that day was. It was another wish come true to me. Then I thought again to another great thing he did for me…
Flashback…
It was 4 A.M. on a Saturday morning and Taylor and I were parked on a place where you have a view of the ocean and the sun. Taylor told me to wake up this early and I have no idea why. Another one of his great surprises I'm guessing? But whatever it is, I'm pretty excited. I was dressed in some sweats, a regular shirt, a hoodie, and black converse. Taylor was dressed in basketball shorts, a shirt, black converse, and a hoodie as well. I was waiting outside his car, waiting for him to get out all the stuff he was getting out of his trunk. He got out two blankets, a bag of fruits, and two cups of coffees.
"So what we're doing right now is watching the sunrise?" I asked Taylor. His head snapped up and said, "Sure, if that's what you want to think we're doing."
"We are doing that!" I exclaimed. He let out a laugh and said, "You'll see." I stopped smiling and rolled my eyes. "Just come on," Taylor said. He grabbed my left wrist and we walked not far along from his car. He spreaded out a big blanket on the grass and sat down. He patted the spot next to himself and smiled up at me. "Sit," he commanded. I smiled and said, "Yes sir!" I sat down and looked in front of me. It was of course the ocean, a beautiful ocean that is. Taylor handed me a cup of coffee and offered me some fruits. I took the cup of coffee, but I wasn't in the mood for some fruits at the moment. We drank our coffee in silence and just looked at the view. Taylor decided to break the silence and said, "You're right."
"Right about what?" I asked.
"You were right about watching the sunrise today," He answered back.
"I knew it!" I exclaimed. He laughed and said, "So is this #4 on your list?" I nodded and shivered. He noticed I was cold and he put the other blanket around me.
"Thanks," I said to him.
"No problem, it's 4 in the morning. Who wouldn't be cold?" He said.
"No, I meant thank you for everything you've been doing for me. You know, you don't have to do these things for me. I really do appreciate it, honestly. I do and I would have never thought you would be the one doing these things for me. I thought I'd be doing them alone, but you came along and made my wishes come true. I can never thank you enough and again, you don't have to do these things for me just because I want to do these things." I explained to Taylor.
"Hey, you know what? I want to do these things with you, no matter what it is. I just want to make your wishes come true no matter what happens. I want you to be happy and thank you." Taylor said.
"Why are you thanking me?" I asked curiously.
"Because without you, I would have never done these things and I would have never met you if I would have never gone to your high school in the first place." Taylor explained. We smiled at each other, just thinking of what we just said to each other. I thought back to what Taylor said of who wouldn't be cold in the 4 in the morning. I looked over at him and noticed he was actually shivering. I took some of the blanket off of me and gave some to Taylor. Him and I sharing a blanket, watching the sunrise. Right then and there, I realized that I was falling for him faster and faster. And for once, I actually accepted my feelings for him.
Suddenly, Taylor's eyes brighten up and pointed in front of us. "Hey, look the sun is rising," he said. I looked in front of us and saw the sun rising. It was the most beautiful thing I have ever seen. #4 checked off my list. Taylor and I both smiled and continued to sit there, watching the sunrise together.
End of flashback…
I giggled at that flashback. It was one of the greatest things he has done for me so far, but it gets better and better. Like this one time…
Flashback…
We were in Taylor's extra room as he calls it. The room was pretty much empty with only a small couch, a rug, and a flat-screen TV. But I called it the relax room, Taylor didn't think so. I was sitting on the small couch, just waiting for Taylor to come back because he said he needed to get something from the other room. I heard footsteps coming from the down the hallway and I thought it was Taylor coming back. But it was just Makena. When she saw me, she smiled and ran to the couch to sit next to me. I giggled and said, "Hey Makena! How are you doing?"
"I'm doing pretty good, why are you here?" Makena asked.
"I have no idea, but your brother wants to do something in here," I told her.
"Oh, I see." She said slowly and a slow smiled spreaded across her face. I looked at her curiously and said, "Uhm, something the matt-" I was cut off when she said, "Hmm, since Taylor's somewhere else right now I guess I can say it."
"Say what?" I asked curiously. I was getting curious and curious by the second. "Well, you know Taylor talks about you like a lot?" She said. My eyes grew big and said, "Seriously?"
"I'm serious. He talks about you a lot, like I mean like a lot. Most the time, he tells us both of your adventures during dinner time or lunch time. I think he's falling in love! Wow, to think he would never fall in love and find a pretty girl like you." Makena said. I smiled and said, "You're not lying to me, right?"
Makena shook her head and said, "Nope, I'm not lying. Cross my heart, hope to die. I swear. Sometimes he's just smiling or humming a tune. He so did not do that before he met you. I'm serious, it's like you've changed him, but for the better of course." She smiled and then hugged me.
"I like you, you know? I can't wait to be your sister-in law." Makena exclaimed. I was surprised when she told me that. But I would love to be her sister-in law too, I thought.
"Wells, I have go to go before my brother comes here and tackles me to ground knowing I said something to you. Well, see you later Marie," Makena said. She stood up and left the room.
I smiled about what she just told me and couldn't believe what I just heard. Is Taylor really falling in love with me? I hope so! I was still smiling like a fool when Taylor came inside the room with an easel, paintbrushes, different colors of paint, a cup full of water, a stool, and a board to paint on (I forgot what it's called). Taylor looked at me weird and said, "What are you smiling about?" I snapped back to reality and my smiled faded away.
"Oh nothing, I was just thinking of something. Don't worry about it." I explained. He looked like he didn't believe me, but he decided let it go.
"Okay, what ever you say," He said. He started setting the stuff up and while in the process I asked, "What are you doing?"
"What does it look like I'm doing? I'm setting this up for you." He answered.
"No, I can see that but why?" I asked. He stopped at what he was doing and raised his eyebrows at me. "You don't remember? This was on your list," he said. I shook my head no and said, "You know me, I don't have good memory." He shook his head smiling and said, "Number 6 on your list, paint someone special to you."
I finally understood what he was doing and said, "Oh yeah! Now I remember." He shook his head, smiling. He continued to set things up and was finished after 2 minutes. "Okay, so you're ready to paint. I'll just come back later when you're finishing painting. I'm sure you can paint your family my memory I'm guessing." He was leaving the room when I held onto his right wrist. "Don't go!" I said.
"Why? You want me to watch you paint?" He asked me. I shook my head no and said, "No silly, I want to paint you."
At what I said, he smiled at me. "I'm special to you?" He asked. I nodded and said, "Of course you are. After what we've been through, you're the most special person to me."
"Wow, I guess I am," he said and sat down on the couch. I sat down on the stool and dipped the paintbrush into the water, then into the color brown. "Okay, I'm ready to paint. Are you ready to be my model?" I asked, looking over at him.
"Uh yeah. Ready as ever. But, what do I do?" Taylor asked me. I laughed and said, "Just act natural, do whatever you want."
"But I don't know," he said. "Just pretend you're in a photo shoot, act natural Taylor," I said to him. It's not that hard, is it? He looked hesitant at what he was going to do next, but then he posed like he was in a photo shoot. Wow, I thought. He looks handsome as ever. I then started to paint him and continued until I was fully done.
2 hours later…
"Are you almost finish?!" Taylor whined. Man, he's such a whiner. Well, I can't blame him since he's been still for about 2 hours now. I was done with is body and face, but I was just adding some finishing touches.
"I'm almost finish, stop whining you little boy. I'm just adding some finishing touches." I said to him. He suddenly stood up and it looked like he was in pain. He murmured something about how his body was going to ache in the morning. Taylor said, "Since you're adding some finishing touches, then I shouldn't be posing still." I laughed and said, "I know, I just wanted you to suffer."
"What? You're mean!" He exclaimed. "Then that I guess that means I get to look at the painting then." He then took the board and held it up in his hands. "Hey! I wasn't finish!" I exclaimed.
"Well, you made me suffer so now I get to see it," he said and continued to look at the painting. I stuck my tongue at him and smiled. He smiled back and said, "Wow, this is really amazing. I never knew you were a great painter."
"Well why do you think I wanted to paint someone special to me?" I asked him. "Oh, I don't know, probably because they or he means the world to you, right?" Taylor asked.
"Right and plus, you know you love that painting." I said. He smiled and said, "Sure do! But here, you can keep it. Keep it in your room, so you can always look at me." He winked and gave back the painting to me.
"Sure! But I'll keep it, because I accomplished something big." I told him and winked.
End of flashback…
I looked across my room and saw the painting hanged up on the wall next to my computer. I still couldn't believe what Makena told me. That was a great day, but this last thing he did with me was this…
Flashback…
Again, I was at Taylor's house. I had just had dinner with his family and I'll tell you it was great and unexpected. First, his parents are just hilarious. Second, they told me all about Taylor when he was growing up. How he was such a dorky little boy. I guess I'll learn something new from them any day. Right now, Taylor and I are outside his backyard. Taylor had gotten out a long ladder and was settling it against the wall to get to the roof. He told me that we'd be star-gazing, which was number 9 on my list of accomplishments. I was ecstatic when he told me we'd be doing this, but a little scared because I've never been on the roof. But Taylor told me that'd he be there with me the whole time and wouldn't let me fall. Taylor went up the ladder first and man, he was way up high since his house is two stories high. I was beginning to have my doubts when Taylor shouted, "Come on Marie, the view here is great!"
"Uhm, I'm scared." I said nervously. He looked down and said, "You can do it, I know you can. Just have a little faith in yourself. Whatever you do, don't look down and I'll be here when you get up. I promise you." I nodded and started going up the ladder. I was beginning to shake even more until I heard Taylor's voice. "You can do it, just few more steps and you'll be here with me." A few more steps, I thought. Just a few more and then I held onto Taylor's hand. He helped me up onto the roof and put his arm around me. "There you go, see you made it and I'm still here," he said comforting me. I nodded my head and said, "Thank you. Whew, that was scary."
"At least you made it and now as a reward, look up." He instructed. I looked up and up there, I saw so many stars that I have never seen before in my life. It was absolutely beautiful and epic. I was in awe and smiled big. I suddenly saw a light past through the starry night sky and gasped. "A shooting star! Make a wish Marie." Taylor said. I was about to make a wish, but then I decided to not. "So what did you wish for?" Taylor asked.
"Nothing," I simply answered.
"Why not?" He asked.
"Because, I have everything I need here." I answered and looked at Taylor. I smiled at him and he smiled back.
"Really?" He asked. I nodded and said, "I have my family, I have good grades, I have the greatest friends, I've had some of my wishes accomplished, and most of all I know I have you in my life." When Taylor heard that, he smiled big. Our faces were suddenly so close together that I think we were about to kiss. I was breathing fast and our faces continued to come close. Both of our eyes were close and just a little more, our lips would be touching. I could feel his breathing going faster and faster. Oh how long I have waited for this moment to come, to finally be his. This moment is just perfect, him and I on the roof, with a million stars above us. The moment is just right. Just a little more, but then my phone started ringing. Oh great, I thought. I picked up my phone and answered it.
"Hello?" I said
"Marie, go home now. You have school tomorrow." My mom said.
I sighed and said, "Okay, okay I'm coming home now."
"Okay, bye." My mom said.
"Bye." I said and hung up. Thanks mom, I thought. I looked at Taylor and saw that he was looking up, gazing at the stars.
"Was that your mom?" He asked.
"Yeah, I need to go home now. You know, school tomorrow." I said slowly. When I said that, he looked kind of sad. "Okay, let's go. I'll drop you off home," he said.
"Okay…" I said. Why do things seem weird? Well, of course. We were just about to kiss, but then my mom called. Great way to ruin things, mom.
End of flashback…
I sighed and thought more deeply. But how come we didn't talk about what happened later? How come he hasn't kissed me yet? Why not? Ugh, I thought. This is agonizing to figure out. Things did go back to normal. You know the typical talking, teasing, laughing, and bonding thing, but we never really did talk about the whole kiss thing. I just don't know… but why is all I want to know. It's pretty obvious he likes me and it's obvious I like him too, but why isn't anything happening? Sigh…
A/N: Ta-da! So mainly this chapter was full of flashbacks, but they were pretty cute, right? What do you think is going to happen in the next chapter? I know! Lmao, you'll see. I'll update in a few days, so be prepared. Please REVIEW/SUBSCRIBE! Thank you very much!