I do not own twilight. All belongs to stephanie meyer.

Here's Chapter 15! This one is gonna be pretty long. Seth and Ella's Anniversary is coming up next...but for now...I wanna have a little build up to it starting with Leah's engagement and it's gonna end in Chloe's POV...You all are really gonna see a different side of Chloe when she's with her daughter. Hope you all enjoy it :D

~Dazzler 916~

Chapter 15

Moments Like These

(Ella's P.O.V.)

Leah and I nearly screamed when we hugged each other.

"I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT! I KNEW IT!" I declared at the top of my lungs in excitement.

"I know! Isn't it great?" Leah said catching her breath.

"Congrats Sis!" Seth quickly went over to hug her.

"Okay so when did that happen?" I said pointing at Leah's engagement ring.

"About and hour ago.." Leah trailed off with with biggest grin on her face.

"And YOU didn't call US?" I shrieked.

"Well someone over here wasn't answering their phone.." Leah shot a glance over at her brother.

"I left my phone in the car. Sorry Lee." Seth shrugged,

"Mmmmhmmmm and then you were busy with your class Elle. By the way Seth what's up with you and this guy Ella's dancing with?" Leah asked.

I texted Leah during my 10 minute break during class and told her about how Seth was being a total ass today when he met my dance partner.

"He's a douche. Simple as that." Seth told her.

"Here we go.." I shook my head.

"Don't worry Elle. Seth can sometimes be the one to get jealous." Leah whispered.

"I heard that." Seth's voice was muffled underneath the sound of him going through the fridge.

"Out of MY kitchen! I don't have any food." Leah yelled.

"I'm hungry. Go get some!" He replied walking back into the living room.

"Okay so what's the deal? Wedding plans? You should talk to Alice!" I gasped.

"I'm already ahead of you on that one." She assured me.

"You have fun with that one." Seth came back in and plopped himself down on the couch. Leah and I just gave him this look that read "just shut up".

"Quit looking at me like that!" He snarled.

"Whatever babe." I rolled my eyes.

"I have so much to do in the next few months. All this planning and what not. You two are gonna be in the wedding." She told us.

"I better be. I'm your brother. Did you tell Mom and Charlie yet?" Seth asked her.

"Nope. Jon and I are having dinner with them tonight. That's when we're gonna tell 'em."

"Sweet! I get the house to myself." Seth said proudly.

"I'm babysitting Kayla and Aaron. I thought you were gonna come with me?" I said.

"Oh yea that's right..." Seth said sounding not so happy.

"Just wait till you have kids Seth." Leah teased him.

"Just wait till you have kids." Seth mimicked her.

"They're gonna be just as annoying as you when you were younger." Leah told him.

"Crap! I have to drive Chloe over to her parents new house. She's probably waiting for me." I said.

My phone started ringing.

"That's probably her." I said pulling my cell out of my pocket.

"We'll catch up with ya later sis. I have to take her home." Seth got up very slowly from the couch.

"You can move faster than that." I put my hands on my hips.

"Do you wanna drive?"

"Sure. Give me the keys." I shrugged.

"See ya later you two." Leah told us as I began to push Seth out of the door way.

"You better take a nap when you get home." I said as I hopped into the drivers seat.

He stretched out his arms and yawned. "Sure thing. You drive and I'll get started on that." Seth closed his eyes.

I was driving and then within the next 15 minutes my boyfriend was sound asleep with his mouth hanging open snoring.

He's so cute when he sleeps. :) I love it.

Then again there are times when we'll fall asleep together on the couch and he'll snore right in my ear lol.

"Seth" I shook him. "Wake up babe." I said again shaking him even harder.

I turned the car back on.

He wouldn't budge...leaving me with one option.

I turned the radio up REALLY REALLY LOUD and then turned it back down.

The moment the music started screaming in his ears he jumped in his seat and his eyes opened.

"Hey sleepy head!" I laughed.

"Hey," He put his hand over his face to shield his eyes from the light.

"Well I have to go, and you..." I paused to lean over into his seat and kiss him. "You need to go home and take a nap or else Aaron and Kayla are really gonna give you a wake up call when we see them later." I told him.

Both of us got out the car and I grabbed my stuff out of the back seat...I stood there for second...remembering what happened in the back seat of his car not too long ago lol.

Good times ;)

"Ella." Seth put his hands around my waist as I turned around to face him.

Our lips crashed together again but this time it was longer.

This time we were both trying to shove our tounges down each others throat unlike earlier today.

"Are you two done now?" A vaguely familiar voice said.

Chloe was standing on the other side of the car. Staring at us.

"Um—I'll talk to you later." I said as my eyes continued to moved from Chloe's gaze and back to Seth's.

"Okay bye." Seth gave me a quick peck on the lips. "Later Chloe," Seth smirked before getting back into his car.

"Bye Seth." Chloe said in a teasing tone and yet she was looking at me when she said it.

I just shook my head and looked away when he drove off.

"You ready?" Chloe asked me.

"Hold on sec. I need to go upstairs and change real quick." I said running back into the house.

"Well hurry up! Cause I'm a little anxious to get up there as soon as I can. Mom is gonna be back from the airport in 10 minutes and I don't wanna keep my baby waiting." Chloe said as followed me upstairs into my room.

"Sorry I'm late. Seth and I had to stop by Leah's." I paused to try and shove off my leotard. "She had to talk to us for a sec. Oh—and her boyfriend finally proposed to her today." I said.

"Aww that's great...um Ella the shirt you're looking for is over here. I don't think you noticed the fact that you literally just threw it on to your bed a second ago."

She handed me the shirt and I threw it over the top of my head.

"What did I miss today?"

"Not much. We were just working on the routine. All of us were goofing off today and so we didn't get much done—and did I tell you that Randy finally met Seth." I smiled fakely.

"How did that go?"

"Let's just say that Seth pretty much thinks that he's a qoute on qoute douche bag—in conclusion—Seth doesn't like him." I told her.

"Ahahaha. Well damn, I wish I could have been there to see that." Chloe chuckled to herself.

"I wish you could have too. Okay I think I'm ready." I said while shoving everything I needed into my purse.

"Um no you're not. Go fix your hair." Chloe said as she forced me into the bathroom.

I kept it simple and just blow dried my hair straight and then bumped up the ends a little bit with my flat iron.

"Much better...I have your keys—let's go!" Chloe grabbed my arms and nearly dragged me downstairs.

"We're leaving!" Chloe yelled.

"Bye!" Mom, Dad and Megan yelled from the kitchen.

All I knew was that Chloe was very anxious to go back to her parents new house. I haven't really seen it yet, so Chloe is leading the way.

Which is why she's driving my car and I'm sitting in the passenger's side.

"Slow down Chloe before we get pulled over." I told her.

"I'm sorry Elle. I just really wanna get there. I wanna see her!" She said anxiously.

"I'm sure she's just as excited to see you. But please...SLOW DOWN. I don't want you getting my car scratched or anything. Better yet I don't want you to get us into a wreck." I told her.

"Grab my phone out my bag and tell if I have any new messages will ya?"

I reached into the back seat and placed her bag in my lap.

"Okay...you have 2 mesages." I told her.

"From who?"

"Well one is from your mom and then—"

"Read that one FIRST!" She squeeled.

"Madrina said that they just got there." I said.

Chloe gasped.

"Relax! We'll get there when we get there." I assured her.

"Who is the other one from?"

"Oooooo...it's from Gabe." I sang.

"READ IT!" Chloe yelled even louder that time.

"Just checking to see if we're still on for later..." I read.

"Um...yes yes yes yes...text him back and tell him I said yes. But it won't be till about 8 pm-ish cause I'm gonna be with my parents for a little bit." She told me.

"Got it. You gonna stay over there till Nora goes to bed?" I asked her.

"Mmmmhmmm."

"I won't be able to come and get you. I'll be babysitting—"

"It's alright. I'm gonna have Gabe come and get me. Plus I want my parents to meet him." She said.

"Meeting the parents already?" I gaped.

"They already know about him. Nora will be sleeping by then but still..." Chloe looked in the other direction and trailed off.

"Are you blushing?" I asked her.

She just bit her lip and smiled.

"You really like him don't you?"

Technically that was a stupid question I asked her but she doesn't really know that yet. Pretty soon Gabe will tell her everything and depending on how things go...it might get better or worse.

Chloe has kid now and Gabe doesn't know that—yet.

I know Chloe...and I'm pretty sure that she's really gonna put things into caution when it comes to Nora therefore this is really gonna take some time.

Chloe is a little more guarded about things now and it will take a while for Gabe to understand that.

"I feel like I'm rushing into this—I mean I don't want a repeat of...well y'know." She told me.

I nodded.

"But there's more to it now and it scares me."

"Look Lo...Gabe is one of the sweetest guys I know. He's so much better than Cody. So much better. His sister even thinks that you two are good for each other. You deserve him. And if you haven't noticed... he likes you." I said.

"Well it's not gonna last long I can assure you that. I'm sure once I tell him about Nora which won't be until I know I can really trust him...then he'll just leave. Like any other typical guy not wanting to be tied down in ANY way possible."

"Trust me when I say this Chloe...Gabe is different. He really is and I understand that Nora is gonna come first when it comes to what you think it best. But just take it easy and breath. You're overthinking this. I'm sure once you really open up to Gabe you will like what you find—" I began to say before she interrupted me.

"That's just it May! I already have and I can't help it. No matter how hard I try to just keep up my guard—I-I mean when I with him I can't help but feel like I—"

"Couldn't be happier?" I guessed.

"Yea." She nodded. "Almost kind of like that." Chloe thought to herself.

"I understand how you feel," I told her.

"No you don't...and even if you did how would you know?"

"Because no matter how much Sasha being gone messed me up...I couldn't help but just enjoy myself when I was with Seth. I felt the exact same way when I first met him...Look Chloe I know you feel a little confused about all of this right now. But trust me when I say everything is gonna make sense in the long run. There are just some things you're gonna have to learn and they're not just about yourself...they're about Gabe also." I told her.

The ride got very silent as we finally pulled up to what I think is her parents new house.

"This is it." Chloe breathed.

Both if us got out the car and walked up to the door.

I rang the doorbell.

"DOOR'S OPEN!" I heard someone yell.

We walked in.

"Mom? Dad?" Chloe yelled.

"Hey girls!"

"Padrino"I yelled.

"Dad!" Chloe ran and hugged her father.

"Yo he echado de menos papá" She told him.
(I've missed you dad)

"We've missed you." He said to her.

"Hola Padrino." I waved.

"Come here." My godfather gave me a great big hug and kissed the top of my head.

"Good to see ya." I said.

"Where is she?" Chloe asked right away.

"Upstairs with your mother. They'll be down in a second. She's been asking for you ever since they got here." He chuckled.

"So hows school going for ya girls?"

Chloe and I looked each other right in the eye when when said one simple word... "BUSY!"

"Oh and I'm starting to dance again." Chloe added.

"So I've heard." He nodded.

"Mama?" A young and very childish voice yelled from upstairs.

(Chloe's P.O.V.)

"Mama?"

That was her.

My baby.

"Elenore?" I quickly got up from where I sat and ran down the hall and back to the front door where the stairs where.

"Nora look? Who's that?" I heard mom say from the top of the stairs.

"Mama!" Nora yelled at the top of her lungs from my mother's arms.

I gasped. "Hi Baby!" I grinned.

Mom carried her down the steps then stopped half way so she could run down by herself.

"Come here!" I said as I reached out my arms for her.

Once Nora got down to the bottom of the steps she ran towards me and I scooped her up into my arms.

The way Nora fit so perfectly into my arms as I held her close to me...just like a puzzle piece. Finally, I'm being reunited with my baby.

It's the best feeling in the world. Nora held onto me so tight with her little arms.

I began to kiss her face so many times to the point where I had lost count of how many kisses I gave her.

But she didn't care. She just smiled. Nora missed me and I missed her. Things couldn't get better than this.

Now she can really be happy. After a moment of overly spastic joy thing began to calm down.

Nora just placed her hand on my cheek and gazed at me with her shockingly green eyes. All I could see was Cody. Her eyes are just as green as his.

Not to mention she really has her father's hair. It's noticably red, yet it's a good blend between both mine and Cody's. Her hair is even more red in the sunlight.

It was down to her shoulders. I still continued to hug my daughter and I stroked my hand over the back of her head.

"Mi nena hermosa." I murmured softly.
(My pretty baby)

This what I needed. Being that far away from each other wasn't such a good idea.

My daugther is a flat out "Mama's girl" and I had this gut feeling that she would start to get too upset if I left her.

She was crying her eyes out the day I left for Washington and then I had to no choice but to fly back to Florida nearly 5 days after arriving in Washington all because she was getting out of hand and she really wanted to see me.

My daughter is a necessity. Moving here was choice.

And that choice wasn't working out so well and this was my only option.

Atleast I feel that she's more safe up here in Forks. Cody doesn't know that she's up here and it's gonna stay that way. Nora's NEVER scene her father. But Cody does have pictures of Nora and it's only because he wouldn't stop asking for atleast one.

I sent him two. One for him and one for his parents.

Now that she is here, my only worry is that Cody will find us. My thoughts of what could happen to Nora and I with Cody are all based off my passed memory of Nora's birth...

When he hurt us.

In the end all that matters is that she's safe.

Everything is gonna be so much better now.

"Mama cry. You sad?" Nora said as she studied my face carefully.

"No Nena...Mama is just very happy to see you." I told her as I wiped the tears from my face.

"My Mama," My daughter hugged me once more and rested her head right under my neck.

I still think it's crazy that's she's really starting to talk. She'll be 2 in January and I feel like she's already starting to grow up too fast.

"My Nena." I cooed.
(nena means baby in spanish for those who are wondering what it means. It's a very common spanish nickname for a child)

Nora began to wiggle out of my arms and pointed in the direction behind me.

"May!" She asked as her eyes went to Ella's and then back to mind.

I just chuckled and smiled at her actions.

"Yes, that is Ella." I told her.

"Go say hi. Go on..." I encouraged her to walk over to where Ella stood.

Without attempting to be shy like she normally is, Elenore waddled over to Ella and lifted up her arms.

"Up!" Nora told her.

Ella gave me a nervous look. And I could tell that she was wondering if it was okay from if she could pick her up.

"She's practically your niece. Go ahead. She wants you to hold her." I said.

Ella hesitant at first but then she willingly picked Nora up.

"Wow." Ella said in astonishment as Nora looked right at her and smiled.

"May?" Nora asked her. That's as close as Nora can get to saying her name right now since Ella is a little hard. But Ella understood that she was talking to her.

Ella just nodded and then looked back at me.

"She's so darling." Ella told me.

"Thanks." I blushed.

"Mama." Nora quickly reached her arms out towards me affter only a minute of being in Ella's.

She eagerly went back into my arms.

Nora just had this adoring look on her face and I could tell that she really missed me.

"Well don't say hello." I heard my mom say.

I placed Nora back down on her feet and went to go hug my mother.

"Thank you for doing this," I whispered to her in Spanish.

"You're welcome mi quierida." My mom said.

"Hmmmm...I can't believe she's actually here." I sighed.

"She's looks so much like you."

"And yet she looks like Cody too. Especially with her hair and her eyes." I said looking down at my daughter.

"So who is this Gabe boy that's coming to get you later?"

Of course my father was waiting to ask me about that.

"He's a really good friend of mine." Ella told him.

"I think we'll be the judge of that. Either way Ella we trust that you're keeping Chloe out of trouble therefore he must be a good kid." My mom told her.

"Don't worry...he is." I assured my parents.

"Hey well I have to get goin' over to Sam and Emily's. See ya at home. Bye everyone!" My friend quickly made her way out the door.

Mom and Dad casually went back into the kitched leaving me and Nora alone.

"So...looks like it's just you and me." I sighed.

I sat down on the steps with Nora in my lap. We just sat there looking at each other and I couldn't help but smile. Nora rested her head right under my neck and put her hand right on top of mine.

To think that her hands was even smaller nearly a year ago, and her hands are still no where close to the size of mine.

"Mama." Nora cooed.

"Mi dulce niña" I whispered to her softly.
(My sweet baby)

Things are finally going back to the way they used to be...except now I have Nora here with me.

That's what makes it even better.

(Ella's P.O.V.)

It's almost 6 o' clock and they're still at it.

To think that kids can be so energetic. I'm surprised they're not sleepy or anyting right now.

Then again Emily said they woke up from a nap right when we got here. Gotta love babysitting toddlers.

"How do you manage them? They're like energizer bunnies!" Seth exclaimed.

"Please. I'm sure you were the same way when you were this age." I rolled my eyes.

"Are you kidding? You should have seen Leah and I when were little...though Leah was a lot worse that I was."

"Last time I checked Leah said you were the cry the baby." I mumbled.

"SHE told you that? Now that is a bunch of bull shi—"

"CHILD EARS!" I yelled as I covered Aaron's ears with my hands.

Seth just shuddered at the thought of what he almost exposed his little cousins to and then pretended to zip his lips.

"Very smooth." I nodded.

"Now that was a slip up."

"You better watch the language. You better not talk like that around our kids." I said as I pulled Aaron into my lap.

If only you could see the look on Seth's face when I mentioned kids.

"That's not happening for a while." He ran his fingers through his hair.

"So you do want kids?"

"Two boys." Seth told me as he held two of his fingers up.

Wow.

How typical.

"Two boys?—hmmmm...better yet why don't I just have a litter of puppies and then we can call it good. How about that?" I teased.

"Wow babe, that was so funny that I forgot to laugh—ha...ha...ha."

"Funny?" Kayla looked up at him and asked.

"Don't worry about it Kay." Seth gave her a pat on the head.

"Come here Kayla..." I motioned for her to sit right next to me. "Your cousin is just being stupid." I said.

"Hey?" My boyfriend scoffed.

"Stupid?" Kayla pointed at Seth and then looked back at me.

"No Kayla. Your cousin is not stupid. He's just being—"

"Alright come on Kayla!" Seth took her off of my lap and sat her on his shoulders and ran around the room.

"WEEEEEEEEEEEE!" Kayla screamed.

"Air pane! Air pane!" She screamed as Seth ran around the room.

"Be careful!" I cautioned.

"I got her!" He assured me. I let out a sigh of relief and then watched as Seth lifted Kayla up in the air.

Her high pitched voice filled the room and she had the biggest smile on her face.

I remember when I was little how my dad would always sit me up on his shoulders and run around the room. I would put my hands up in the air and I felt like I was having the time of my life. Flying around the room. Watching Seth play with Kayla reminded me of that. Aaron followed them around the couch and then he was jumping up and down waiting of for his turn.

Seth put Kayla down and picked Aaron up. He was just as loud as his sister.

"Okay buddy I'm down." Seth panted while lifting Aaron up off his shoulder and plopped down on the couch with Aaron in his lap.

Aaron splayed his little body right over Seth's stomach as they layed down on the couch. Aaron proped himself up on his hands and knees and looked at Seth.

"Hey bud." Seth mumbled.

Aaron placed his hand right over Seth's eye and started hitting him with his little fist.

"Whoa—hey hey hey!" Seth said trying to move Aaron's hands out of the way.

"He's just playing with you." I giggled.

"Little dude's got a punch."

"Please Seth you're a wolf. He's barely hitting you so how can you feel that?" I told him.

"Aaron take it easy!" Seth sat up and placed Aaron on the couch next to him.

"Aww Seth. You're gonna let a baby beat you up?" I chuckled.

Aaron bounced up and down on the couch and continued to make his adorable little baby noises.

"Hun gee!" Aaron patted his tummy.

"Okay okay," I picked Aaron up and brought him to the kitchen to put him in his high chair.

I started to fiddle through the cabinets and grabbed the box of Teddy Grams.

"Ella give me some of those!" Seth jumped off the couch and stood next to me in an instanst.

"You can't wait I gotta give Aaron some first—Hey Kayla you want some?" I held up the box so she could see what I was holding.

"Teddy Grams! Teddy Grams!" She ran into the kitchen.

I grabbed a little bowl and poured in some for her and then I poured a little bit on Aaron's tray for him.

Aaron was already at it and started shoving them into his mouth. The boy sure did have an appetite. His sister on the other hand quietly went back to sitting on the floor and watching tv.

Seth stood right behind me and wrapped his arms around my waste. I turned around so I could face him.

"They're not looking." Seth said pressing his forehead to mine.

"No are you crazy! Not in front of them." I pushed his face away and walked out of the kitchen.

"Ella c'mon!" He whined.

"Seth..." He took both of my hands and slowly started to bring me towards the hallway.

"Just one kiss?" He begged.

Seth leaned over me as I leaned up against the wall...

I bit my lip and looked up at the ceiling. He was staring at me and I wasn't buying it.

"What the hell—" My attempt to resist didn't last long at all.

I grabbed his face with both of my hands and crashed his lips to mine. We were at it for a good minute or two lol. He really held on tight to my waist and I nearly jumped up and wrapped my legs around his waist and he held me there.

Okay so were starting to get a "little" carried away.

"La la!" I heard Aaron yell.

"Seth" kiss, "Seth" another kiss..."Stop— stop— stop— cool down for a sec." I told him. He finally put me back down on my feet.

I started to walk out of the hallway, I got a really hard smack on my butt which caused me to yelp.

"Seth Clearwater!" I turned around and glared at him. Seth on the otherhand just put his hands up like he was completely innocent.

"It wasn't me." He lied.

"Mmmmmhmm. You ain't gonna get none of this on Thursday if you keep that up." I sassed.

"Whooooooohooooo." He called.

"Okay Jared." I stuck my tounge out at him and walked back into the kitchen.

"Mo! Mo mo mo mo!" Aaron started banging on the table top and kicking his feet.

"You did not just call me Jared." Seth followed after me.

"Maybe I did...cause for a second there you were acting just like him. Then again Kim keeps him in line," I told him.

"Yea yea."

"Here ya go." I poured some more Teddy Grams onto Aaron's tray.

"Hey!" Seth held out his hand waiting for me to give him some.

I reached my hand into the box, grabbed 3 Teddy Grams and placed them in Seth's hand before putting the box away.

"That's it?"

"Seth...your rediculous." I shook my head.

"You love me, that's all the matters." He bluffed. I grabbed his hand and brought him back to me.

"You bet I do." I whispered before planting a quick peck on his lips.

"Oooooo!" Kayla stood up on the couch and covered up here face with her hands...and yet she still had the nerve to peek through the slits of her fingers.

The room got silent for a few moments and then Seth and I busted out laughing.

"Gotta love kids these days." I chuckled.

(Chloe's P.O.V)

It took me almost 30 minutes to get Nora to go to bed. Then again she's had a very exciting day so I don't blame her. My pretty baby was fast asleep and before I left her room I gave her a quick kiss on her cheek.

Now it's really time to go get ready. Gabe's taking me out. :D

As always I wanted to look good for him. So I snuck into my parents room and took one of my mom's cute dressy shirts. She always took my clothes and I always took hers...

It's what we do LOL.

In the end I guess you could say I get my good taste from my mother...

It's just one shirt, she won't notice.

Nora was sleep I had to be as quiet as I could in the bathroom. I just did a quick touch up and curled my hair just a little bit.

When the doorbell rang...my heart started beating even more.

I shoved everything back into my bag and ran down stairs.

"Tengo la puerta!" I said as I walked down casually.
(I got the door)

"Chloe es que mi blusa?" My mom asked me.
(Chloe is that my blouse?)

"Tal vez, tal vez no." I shrugged as I went to go answer the door.
(Maybe, maybe not.)

My mom took another look at the shirt I was wearing under my cardigan and then she pursed her lips together.

"Próxima vez será mejor que pregunte antes de ir y tomar las cosas de mi armario" My mom gave me a parental stare.
(Next time you better ask before you go and take things from my closet)

"No te preocupes mamá. Voy a lavarlo y darle de nuevo a usted mañana" I just rolled my eyes.
(Do not worry Mom. I'll wash it and give it back to you tomorrow)

I answered the door and there he was...looking good as usual.

"Hey." I said giving him a hug.

"You look nice." He smiled.

"Thanks." I blushed. "You look good too." I told him.

"Chloe?" Now my dad was standing by the stairs with his arms folded.

"Um Gabe these are my parents...Mom, Dad...this is Gabe." I introduced everyone.

"Hola." Gabe waved.

Okay that was cute. He even said hi in Spanish. Then again Gabe took Spanish all four years...that's what Ella told me and from what she says, Gabe's pretty good.

Maybe he'll just continue in Spanish and really impress my parents.

"You speak Spanish?" My father asked out of plain curiosity like he did with every other boy he meets.

"Almost fluently." Gabe said.

"Hmmm...¿Dónde planea ir con mi hija?" My father asked.
(Where do you plan to bring my daughter?)

"Vamos a la playa" Gabe told him. He wasn't hesitant at all when he pretty much told them that we're going to the beach and that was pretty much it.

"It will only be for about an hour or two." I assured them.

My parents exchanged a quick glance.

"Have her home by 10." My dad said.

"Yes sir." Gabe nodded.

"Dad,"

"Chloe Estrella Lupe, you call me when you get back to Ella's." My dad said as Gabe and I walked outside.

"I'm suprised you didn't say my full name for once. You only used the beginning." I teased.

My father just continued to stare Gabe down...well it's more like up since Gabe is a little taller than him lmao.

"Te amo Papi! Te amo Mama! Adios!" I said before closing the door.

We started walking to his car.

"So um...how was day?" Gabe asked shyly as he put his hands in his pockets.

"To be honest...I don't think it could get any better than this." I smiled.

"Oh—don't worry I'll get that." Gabe stopped me before I could even manage to put my hand on the car door. How sweet of him to open it for me.

So the ride was pretty chill. I just kept asking him questions about how community college was going for him.

From what he says it's not bad at all.

So I've come to a decision...after I graduate and since my parents made all this effort to bring Elenore here.

I'm gonna apply for community college and then find a place of my own for me and Nora. That's what it's gonna come down to anyway.

Elenore comes first and so I have to make some changes...right now I just wanna be sure that I can trust Gabe first before I come close to mentioning my daughter.

It was a lot colder than I thought it would be when we got to First Beach. I was trying to pretend that it wasn't cold at all when we started sinking our toes into the cool sand.

"Are you cold?" Gabe asked me.

"Huh?—oh no I'm fine." I lied.

"No you're not." Gabe started to take off his jacket.

"You don't have to do that. It's nothing—really I'm fine." I assured him.

A cool Fall breeze filled the air and I shivered when it hit my skin.

"Nice try." Gabe shook his head and willingly put his jacket around my shoulders.

He's like 6'4 and I'm only about 5'8...and his jacket is fairly big on me...but I didn't really care because it was warm.

So very warm and I loved it. Gabe and I continued to walk.

Pretty soon we lost track of time and before I knew it, it was already 10:30.

Ella got home about an hour ago and we three-wayed my parents through her house phone and they fell for it—thank you God. I don't know what is about Gabe but he's just...perfect. That's just about the only way I think I can put it right now. He listens to me—I mean he really listens and it makes it all even better when he just looks as me...and he smiles.

My God his smile... :)

Gabe is just an amazing person...on the inside and out.

At the same time...I'm starting to realize that I like this boy alot more than I thought I did.

I take that back.

I LIKE HIM!

I MEAN I REALLY REALLY REALLY LIKE HIM!

And I'm scared.

Scared that it's gonna end all too quickly and I'm gonna end up in the same grueling situation.

Damn it Chloe stop it!

I've developed this horrible habit and I've been OVERthinking things alot latetly and now I'm starting to annoy myself.

"You seem a little tense. You okay?" Gabe asked me out of curiousity.

I shook my head. "It's nothing." I smugged.

Gabe looked away and started chuckling to himself for a moment.

"What's so funny?"

"You know you say that alot?...it's nothing...y'know it doesn't take me long to realize what you claim to be nothing is actually something." He said.

"Yea so what? I say that alot—big deal...and why are you so concerned about it?" I snapped at him.

"Whoa slow down here Chloe. I was just wondering...and on top of that I really care about you." Gabe admitted.

I froze.

I'm just imagining things. He didn't say that.

"Chloe?" Gabe waved his hand in my face.

"Did you just say that you care about me?" I asked him.

He looked me right in the eye and nodded.

"Okay forget it—I can't hold this in anymore." Gabe got up from where he sat and started pacing back and forth with his hands over his head.

Scrunching my eyebrows togethers in confusion I told him "I'm confused."

"You shouldn't have to keep anything bottled up...you can trust me." I assured him.

Gabe snapped his head back in my directions and then came towards. He grabbed my hands and and rubbed them gentley with his warm thumbs. He's always so warm.

"I really like you Chloe." He murmured.

I took in a subtle gasp and just looked down trying not to catch his anticipated stare.

"I really like you too." I whispered faintly.

Things got quiet very fast. The sound of incoming waves crashing at the shore is what broke the silence. Either it's just me or is his heart pounding just as hard as mine. Did we just admit out feelings for each other? Who am I kidding? It's going to fast.

"Chloe," His warm hand lifted up my chin so we could stare deeply into each other's eyes.

Uh-oh...

Oh my God he's leaning in.

My brain is telling me to just walk away and don't even bother.

My heart is telling me to just go with it.

What the hell am I getting myself into?

I leaned in this time. Back and fort, step by step...little by little...and our faces kept getting closer and closer to each other.

My hitched breathing made him stop for a second.

Being only about an inch away from my lips he whispered to me in Spanish,

"Sólo déjame saber cuándo quieres que deje de."
(Just let me know when you want to stop)

Our lips met for what felt like forever...and it was only for a quick moment...that's when it hit me that something just sparked.

"Wow," I breathed.

Gabe didn't say anything, I couldn't find the words to say anything else.

In the end all I could think about what just happened nearly 3 minutes ago.

Either he kissed me...or maybe I kissed him...or I'm just imagining all of this.

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That was the longest chapter so far. Lot's of stuff just happened...mainly with Chloe. So what do ya think? Can't wait to read all about it :). Seth and Ella's 3rd anniversary is NEXT and things are gonna start heating up.

Much love,

~Dazzler 916~