"Isaac, wake up!" Scott whispered lying next to Isaac facing him, gently stroking his cheek with his left hand. Isaac slowly opened his eyes. It was nearly dark out; outside the window Isaac could see the sun almost setting with a hue of blue and orange. Scott was dressed in a dark green v-neck, a jacket, and jeans. What's happening right now? Isaac thought.
"Scott, what time is it?" Isaac said with a sleepy smile.
"It's seven-thirty." Isaac was still napping and recovering from their trip to the gay club the night before. "I thought you could go somewhere with me," Scott got up out of the bed still looking at Isaac sprawled on the bed in the clothes Scott had given him that first night. They were Scott's and Isaac liked the feeling of having Scott so close.
"Oh, and where would that be?"
"Well that's just gonna have to be a surprise, won't it?" Scott said with a playful smile.
Isaac couldn't say no to Scott, Why does he even ask? Isaac thought. "Alright, let me get dressed."
Scott's smile grew even wider, "Great! I'll be downstairs." With that, Scott left.
What's he planning? Isaac thought.
After Isaac threw on a pair of dark jeans and a grey sweatshirt he headed downstairs. Scott was waiting by the door.
"Lookin' good!" Scott said smiling. Always smiling.
"Do you think?" Isaac struck a pose on the staircase. Hand on hip, head tilted down and a broody look on his face.
"I'm having trouble keeping it in my pants," Scott said jokingly. "Come on or we'll be too late!"
Isaac descended the stairs quickly. "Late for what?"
"Ah, ah!" Scott said, pointing a finger into the air. "Spoilers!"
Isaac followed Scott outside into the crisp late afternoon air. They climbed onto Scott's bike, Isaac holding Scoot tightly around the waist, and set off down the road. Where's he talking me? They went across town. The streets were relatively bare with little to no cars on the road. Scott pulled onto a side road that took them up into the hills. Soon they were surrounded by forest. Tall trees lined the path and Isaac could hear the birds and animals scurrying in between the foliage. This is beautiful, Isaac thought. He closed his eyes and felt the wind on his face and through his hair. The sun was getting lower and lower in the sky.
"We're almost there," Scott shouted.
They made a quick turn onto an even smaller path through some trees. After a few minutes they came out of the thick woods and into a small clearing overlooking the city. Isaac could only stare. Beautiful.
Isaac hopped off the bike and Scott followed suit. Scott took Isaac's hand and led him to a small area of rock that hung off the side of the cliff. On it, Isaac could see a large blanket, a few pillows, a couple of baskets and a cooler. Isaac stopped. Scott continued and stood next to the blanket.
Isaac looked from the blanket to Scott. "A picnic? Did you do this while I was asleep?" Isaac was beside himself, a large smile creeping on his face.
Scott only smile. "Sorry I dragged out of bed. I wanted to do this with the sunset."
"No..," Isaac said. "Don't worry about it. This is… amazing!" Isaac walked toward Scott and hugged him. "What did I do to deserve this?" Isaac wondered aloud.
Scott made a short laugh, "Good question."
When they parted Isaac stared into Scott's eyes and paused a moment.
"I love you," Isaac said quietly, still smiling.
"I love you too."
They sat down on the blanket and cracked open everything Scott had set up: sandwiches, cold water bottles, Coke, chips, green grapes, PBJ's, green and red apples, and more.
"You did all this yourself?" Isaac asked.
"Not exactly," Scott said. "My mom helped me with the peanut butter and jelly."
Of course. Scott had told his mother of their relationship after they came home late last night and was confronted at the door. She was clearly worried about we're they'd been.
"Where the hell have you two been? When I came home you were gone!" Melissa McCall said frantically.
"We just went out for a bit! Nothing life-threatening or anything," Scott said, trying to calm her down.
When she wouldn't, Scott gave up and told her the truth: that he and Isaac were together and have been for a little while now.
Melissa sat there, seemingly stunned. "I knew it," was all she said.
Scott was truly stunned. "Wait… you knew? How?"
"Well, it's been over a month, Scott, and neither one of you have ever asked to get another bed for Isaac. The dots kind of connect themselves."
After they were done eating Scott and Isaac inched up and sat with their legs dangling over the edge of the cliff, side-by-side. Isaac stared out over Beacon Hills. "The city's beautiful from up here," Isaac said quietly.
"I know. It looks almost normal, doesn't it?" Scott said, resting his head on Isaac's shoulder.
Isaac laid his head on Scott's and took his right hand in his left.
By now the sun was almost gone under the horizon; only a light orange hue remained in the dark blue sky.
They sat there, together, quietly until the sky grew dark. Once the star dotted the sky they returned to the blankets and pillows and laid down, Scott under Isaac's arm.
"I wish we could be here forever," Isaac said. "I wish we could stay here and not go back and deal with all the crap that gets thrown at us."
"Me too. I'd stay here forever if I could," Scott said as he tightened around Isaac. "But life doesn't work like that."
"I know," Isaac said quietly, as if to himself. He looked up into the sky. "There are so many stars."
"What if we could leave?" Scott asked.