The Lake Chapter 6
(Will's POV)
I open my eyes slightly and can't help but smile at the sight of Sonny laying there inches away from me. I moved in closer and wrapped my arms around him, holding him close to my heart just as I promised I would the night before.
For the first time in my life, I felt like everything was finally falling into place. The years of heartbreak I went through where finally over. I was finally here with the love of my life, the boy from the lake I feel in love with a so many years ago. And the best part of all of it is that he's in love with me too.
I really didn't want to wake him, because honestly, I could just stare at him like this forever. but I couldn't no longer contain myself, so I leaned in and whispered softly into his ear, "I love you so much Sonny", hoping this would be enough to make him open his beautiful eyes.
As soon as the words rolled off my lips, he began to move around. I pulled away far enough to let him move around, but before I could even move away, he grabbed my arm, wrapping it tightly around him and cuddled in closer to me. "Where do you think you're going mister?"
"No where. I was just trying to give you some space to move around."
"Well, I don't need any space to move around", he said, turning himself over so he could face me, still wrapped up in my arms, "All I need is you Will...I love you..."
"Oh Sonny...", I gasped out, his words left me speechless to say the least. Instead of trying to find the right words to say to him, because no words could ever explain the way I feel about him, I decided to show him exactly how I felt by closing the small gap between us, pressing my lips effortlessly against his and started what turned out to be the most electrifying kiss we ever shared.
We pulled away from our kiss long enough to breathe and stared into each others eyes from a few long seconds, neither of us feeling the need to say anything. Everything was just so perfect. Waking up in the arms of the one you love is truly the best feeling in the world. It felt amazing! Sonny was amazing...
After a few more intense kisses and extreme groping on my behalf, Sonny finally broke the silence, "You know I could get use to waking up like this every morning?"
"Oh really?", I said acting giddy, "You know that one day, this could be a possibility Sonny. We can wake up every morning just like this", once again, enveloping Sonny's lips with my own.
His hands caressed me from top to bottom, tracing every part of me like I was a picture being drawn by him. He was an artist, and I was his latest masterpiece...I've never really felt like a beautiful person, but Sonny makes me feel like the most beautiful person in the world. I noticed he was smiling through our kiss, but I couldn't help but wonder why? So I had to ask him, "what's the matter, Sonny?"
I reached up and slowly began to stroked Sonny's hair, letting my hand come down to caress the side of Sonny's face with both of our eyes were locked onto each others. Nothing could tear them away from him. Suddenly, Sonny leaned over and passionately kissed me, leaving me to subsequently moaning into his mouth as my hands continued to explore Sonny's perfectly taught body.
"Oh Sonny, I want you so bad. Make love to me please", letting my every move show the utmost desire I felt for him.
He pulled away from me slightly, "Oh Will...I want you so bad too. It is taking everything I have to restrain myself."
"But why are you restraining yourself? Sonny, you don't have to do that with me. I'm completely yours for the taking", I managed to let out in between kisses as I watched his eyes slowly rolled back in his head.
"Will, do you know what you do to me? You drive me absolutely crazy! I have never felt anything like this."
"I've never felt anything like this either Sonny, but why are you holding back?", I asked, trying so hard to understand, "I don't want you to."
"I know Will, and I don't want to either. It's just that I have to make sure that everything is okay before we do this. I've wanted you for so long, and I ain't about to mess it up by having sleeping with you for all the wrong reasons. As much as I want you, and believe me I do, I can't be with you until you completely understand why I had to stay away from you."
"I told you Sonny, when you're ready to tell me why, I'll be here to listen. I love you, and nothings ever going to change that for me."
"Well...", he said as he took a deep breath, "I'm ready to tell you now."
I smiled, "Okay...Just remember, I love you Sonny. And nothing you're gonna say is gonna change the way I feel about you...Nothing!"
He half smiled and looked away from me. I could see this wasn't gonna be easy from him. So I decided not to push and to let him start when he was ready, hoping that once he saw that I wasn't going anywhere, he would be at ease to start.
(Sonny's POV)
"Will...I had to go away back then I was completely in love with you, did you know that?", telling him exactly how I felt the last time I saw him three years ago.
"No Sonny, I had no idea you felt that way back then, but that doesn't make any sense. If you loved me so much, why did you leave me? Why did you stop answering my letters?"
Tears were now forming in his baby blue eyes. This broke my heart even more. I had to tell him the reason why I did what I did, I definitely owed him that much.
"Will...back then I was sixteen and you were only thirteen. I didn't want to live my life without you, but how was I to explain that I was madly in love with a thirteen year old boy? My mom would've kept us apart for sure. We probably would've had to move and I would have never seen you again. I couldn't risk that. I left because I had hope that one day soon we would be reunited. My heart ached for you. My soul cried out for you. Thinking of you was the only thing that kept me going. I've kept all your letters Will, each and every one of them. Some I've hanged up on my wall to remind me of the time we shared as kids, some on the other hand I've kept around to remind me of what I was fighting for. The rest I've kept hidden inside a box, locked away safe. And when I felt lonely and alone, I would take them out and read them over. But there's one letter, one that I've framed. Because that was the first time you signed "Love Will". It's when I read that very letter, that I knew for sure, that I was in love with you." "
He didn't say a word and continued to look at me with a sincere look of compassion but yet, he kept his heart somewhat guarded. I could see it in his eyes.
"I'm so sorry Will. I never wanted to hurt you. I...I'm so sorry ...", I whimpered out, before I completely lost it and broke down into tears.
Before I knew it, I felt the man of my dreams wrapping his arms around me, pulling me in closer to his body as he began whispering sweet nothings into my ear, "It's okay baby, I'm here and I'm not ever going to let you go."
I kept my face buried in the crook of his neck, holding on to him for dear life. Never wanting to let him go.
We just laid there holding each other for several minutes, when I finally started to calm down. Will pulled himself away from me and gently cupped both sides of my face with his hands, aligning it with his own. So I was now looking into the gorgeous eyes of the perfect man laying here next to me.
Before he could say anything, I started pleading my case once again, "Will, what other choice did I have? How was I suppose to explain to people that I was in love with a thirteen year old? I knew that if I truly wanted to be with you, that I had to make sacrifices. And one of those was to wait for you, until you got older, hoping that you would still felt the same way about me as I felt about you."
At first, he didn't say anything. He just continued to stare back at without saying a word. But I could see in his eyes, that my words had an effect on him as the tears flowed freely, tracing a wet line down the side of his face. He begins to lift his hand up to wipe them away, but I stop him before he does, "Let me do wipe those tears away", I said, brushing them gently off his face with my thumb, "I'm the one who put them there, so I should be the one to take them away. I never meant to hurt you Will. It breaks my heart to see you like this. I'm sorry for hurting you, I'm sorry for not calling you to tell you I was okay", I busted out into tears again, "I'm sorry for ever letting you think I didn't love you, because I did Will. I loved you so much."
At first, he didn't say anything. He just continued to stare back at without saying a word. But I could see in his eyes, that my words had an effect on him as the tears flowed freely, tracing a wet line down the side of his face. He begins to lift his hand up to wipe them away, but I stop him before he does, "Let me do wipe those tears away", I said, brushing them gently off his face with my thumb, "I'm the one who put them there, so I should be the one to take them away. I never meant to hurt you Will. It breaks my heart to see you like this. I'm sorry for hurting you, I'm sorry for not calling you to tell you I was okay", I busted out into tears again, "I'm sorry for ever letting you think I didn't love you, because I did Will. I loved you so much."
"I know you loved me Sonny, come here...", he whispered, taking once again into his arms, "I had no right to make this all about myself. I'm so sorry...", he began to cry himself.
Once the tears subsided and the everything was out in the open, I finally felt a sense of relief coming from Will. He pulled me on top of him and smiled, "So all this time you thought I was worth waiting for?"
"I did, and it was worth every minute of it. I would do it all over again if it meant having you in my arms."
"Sonny...", he managed to breath out, but not able to finish his sentence.
"I mean every word of it Will, you're the best thing that's ever happened to me. I love you babe, and I want you to know, that I'm never going to take my boyfriend for granted ever again", smiling harder as the word "Boyfriend" rolled off of my lips.
"So, I'm your boyfriend?", he said acting all surprised.
I chucked, "Yes, my boyfriend! And you're all Mine!"
"Well, since you put it that way, why don't my boyfriend show me just how much loves me?"
"Shit!"
To be continued...OXO