Chapter Forty-Nine

Sam

I was taking Grace to a beach. I hoped we were the only ones there, and we were. As we drove close to the beach I told Grace to close her eyes. She decided to obey what I said after rolling her eyes and sighing at me. When I parked I told her to take off her shoes.

"Why?" She asked.

"Please, just do it." I said.

"Fine." She kept her eyes closed and took off her shoes. I got out of the car and helped her out. I walked her to the trunk and grabbed a blanket, my jacket, and the picnic basket. With the jacket and blanket on my arm and the basket in my hand I grab Grace's hand with my free one. As soon as Grace sunk in the sand she whispers, "Sam."

"You can open your eyes now." I said. She did as I said, stopped in her tracks, and looked out at the water, and the sunset.

"It's beautiful," Grace turned to me and wrapped me in a hug. She looked up at me and smiled. We walked a little closer to the shore and laid the blanket down. We both sat on it while we, stared and smiled at eachother.

Grace

It was a beautiful night to go on a date at the beach. I was glad that Sam had taken me here.

"Thank you," I said. Sam turned and smiled at me. Sam looked back out at the sea. "Sam?" His head cocked over towards me.

"Yes," Sam said.

"I'm going to be a Roth one day, right?" A smile lit up on Sam's face. He brushed some stray hairs out of my face and looked at me with his soft, yellow, eyes.

"You can be a Roth right now," He whispered. I closed my eyes and thought about the honor of being a Roth. I also thought about having a wedding and saying I do to eachother, and his parents, even though I made up their faces, will be there and my parents will be there. No one will be fighting. The last thing I thought about was a baby, and on the birth certificate was the last name Roth. I felt something that brought me back to reality. Lips touching mine, Sam was the kind of guy I knew would do that, and it brought shivers up your spine. He was the only guy I ever kissed, so maybe it always happened for everyone, I'll never know. After a while of talking about life and kissing Sam reached in the basket and took out a little box. It couldn't be a ring, even though it was small enough. He put the box on my lap. "I have been saving this for a while; it was when you left for college. I just never had a chance that was the right time to give this to you."

"Sam you didn't have to do this, I have so many nice things from you, and money Sam, and we don't have a lot of it."

"Grace, do you want it or not?" Sam asked. We both smiled at eachother and I opened the box. It was a beautiful gold link toggle link bracelet, with a gold heart charm.

"Sam, this is so pretty, I love it. Thank you so much." He helped me put the bracelet on my right wrist. I looked up at Sam and smiled.

"I love you, Grace."

"I love you too, Sam."