Chapter 67 : If only they knew.

Songs of the chapter :

Conversations in the Dark - Jhon Legend

Adore you -  Harry Styles (my humble boyfriend)

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Chapter 67 : If only they knew.

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I sighed as I turned around, checking how my ass looked in my swimsuit, it looks good but I don't know if wearing a one piece is a smart choice anymore.

The door opened and I looked up to Aaron walking into our room, he's already changed into his swimming shorts, and his body caught my attention. I could spend hours drooling over his arms and back, and no one could stop me.

I immediately looked for Aaron's reaction as he hasn't seen me in the swimsuit before, and I saw how his eyes lit up and he grinned.

"Damn, Oreo, looking good." Aaron said, slowly walking over to me as his eyes gazed up and down my body, checking me out, and I blushed.

"Don't be nice, be honest. Is it okay?" I asked cautiously, looking at myself in the mirror again.

"Okay?" Aaron scoffed, walking up behind me and I saw his expression in the mirror as he stared at my ass, "You're looking fine as hell, I could take you right here right now." Aaron said, wrapping his arms around my waist and I lightly slapped his arm for what he said.

Though I don't mind if took me right here..

I should not be thinking that.

"No one looks this good in a one piece except for my girl," Aaron said, hyping me up and that worked as I started grinning.

"I'm so lucky." Aaron added as he pecked the side of my neck, sending volts of electricity through my neck.

I sighed in content and Aaron smiled at me in the mirror.

Aaron unwrapped his arms from around me and stepped back, glancing at me in silence once again and I raised my brows.

"Damn, you're sexy. Everyone will be hitting on you today." Aaron finally said and my blush intensified.

"Did you purposely choose black to kill me?" Aaron said, his voice going lower and deeper, as he eyed my breasts. My god, he's really checking out everything.

I giggled, and Aaron kissed my forehead, making my heart go warm.

"You're so perfect." Aaron mumbled, as he cupped my face in his hands and then pulled it closer to kiss me.

I kissed Aaron back instantly, and I felt the butterflies go off in my stomach. Kissing Aaron never gets old.

We all arrived at the water park in full excitement, and were quick to pay little money for some rooms, as we were going to stay the whole day and possibly change many times, especially tonight for the bonfire by the beach that's close from here.

Originally, we were going to have a girl's room and a boy's room, but Aaron and I decided to be that cringy couple that wants a room alone. Eventually, we got everyone to follow our lead, each two went into their room, and poor Ethan kept whining about being single and left out in a room by his own.

It didn't really matter, we were in the room for only like fifteen minutes, just to change and prepare ourselves.

Just as Aaron and I's kiss deepened, Rose's obnoxious knock on the door startled us and we pulled apart.

"You can make out later, we want to go." Rose yelled and I gasped.

"How'd you know we're kissing!" I exclaimed.

"I just assumed, but now you confirmed it." Rose said on the other side and I scoffed, frowning as Aaron laughed.

"Okay, we're coming." Aaron yelled back and we quickly put on our flipflops and then made a move for the door.

We didn't hear anything outside so we assumed no one was there. But, we were wrong. The moment we opened the door, Aaron and I were hit, head to toe, with water. Coming out of everyone's water guns. They were literally all just standing there, splashing us and Aaron and I gasped at the feeling of the cold water against our skin.

Aaron laughed and pulled my hand as we made a run, everyone else following us, still firing their water at us.

Aaron was leading us all to the pool and we quickly threw our flipflops off as we jumped in the main pool, that still wasn't crowded, probably because we arrived too early.

We all got our heads out of the water and started laughing, Aaron was behind me and he leaned over me and held my hand under water, making me smile.

"It's so cold." Ethan whined and Rose splashed him on his face, to which he whined even more about.

"Don't be dramatic, it's literally so hot." I said and Ethan raised his brows at me in return.

"That's very rich coming from you." Ethan said, clearly talking about the dramatic part which urged me to act out very dramatically and gasp. I then pulled my head under water and just let go, drowning in the middle of everything and I heard everyone laughing as Aaron grabbed my arm and pulled me back up.

I took a deep breath in and joined in on the laughing, "You guys urge me to be this way, it's your fault, not mine."

"Stop victim blaming, we're the poor ones here." Steve sighed, and I narrowed my eyes at him.

"My feet are not touching the floor like yours right now and that makes me angry, do not let me take it out on you." I huffed, and Steve mocked me childishly.

"Can you all not reach the floor?" Joey asked, probably meaning the girls and I.

"I can." Kathrine replied, her being very tall.

"I want your height." Rose whined, she's the shortest out of us and is always struggling with her height.

"You're good, babe." I heard Steve murmur in Rose's ear, and smiled to myself.

I miss the girls so much. I made a mental note to spend some alone time with them today.

Aaron reached his hands out and gently held me by my waist, "Relax, I got you." He whispered, and my heart fluttered as I stopped moving my legs and relied on Aaron to keep me floating.

"Guys, we should try the slides, I'm done waiting." Laurel said, and we all agreed as we swam to the edge and got out of the water.

Aaron pulled me all the way there though, and then picked me up and out of the water.

I squinted my eyes, annoyed by the sunlight, and thankful I used sunscreen. Because I have forgotten to use it before, and my body was not doing okay afterwards.

We all got ready for the slides, but were constantly annoyed by the rules of how each one of us should slide down alone, otherwise, alot of accidents would happen.

"Where's the fun if no accidents happen?" Kathrine whispered to Nathan, Laurel, and I who were all last to slide down and we all nodded in agreement.

"For real, this is not as exciting." I whispered back as we then slid down.

The slide ended up being freaking amazing, and we went for it again. Only this time, for some reason, we stayed in the water, making conversations.

"I say we try the purple one over there." Rose said, pointing at one of the slides ahead from us.

"I say we don't." I huffed and Ethan glared at me.

"Why the fuck not?" Ethan said and I rolled my eyes.

"It's too small, I will literally have a heart attack there." I said and Ethan scoffed, not convinced.

The slide is the one that looks like a tube, so basically, I will suffocate if I try it.

"You guys can try it, I'll wait for you." I said, and we did just that, as I stood down, they all tried it but me.

We spent the next hour like that, going on slides, playfully arguing, and even had icecream.

The girls and I wanted to tan though, and we decided it's best time doing that in the afternoon, so we decided to leave the boys alone for a while.

"Do not stare at girls." Rose said in a threatening tone, her eyes narrowing at the boys.

"We won't." Aaron replied, and I raised my brows at him.

Aaron noticed me and added nervously, "I swear we won't."

"I can look at whoever I want." Ethan said, acting as though he's happy about it.

"Yeah yeah, must be fun being the only single one between your friends." I teased Ethan and he glared at me.

"Atleast I can check out boys and girls whenever I want." Ethan said, and I smiled at that, happy with him getting comfortable speaking of his sexuality.

"That's true." I smiled at Ethan and he grinned, but then my smile dropped as I looked at Aaron, and found him glaring at me.

"I'm just.. I'm just kidding!" I exclaimed and Aaron didn't buy it as he nodded, but didn't make a move to stop glaring, making both of us laugh afterwards.

"Don't eat without us either." Kathrine said, knowing within a week how the boys betray us when it comes to food every chance they get.

"You better not." Laurel added, and the guys nodded, groaning.

The girls and I turned around and walked away, heading towards the lounge chairs, and as we got halfway through, I got a text on my phone which I quickly grabbed from my room earlier, as the girls and I got a bunch of stuff with us.

I instantly opened the text knowing it's Aaron, and I was right.

Mine:') : damn baby

Mine:') : your ass looks amazing from the back by the way

I turned around and spotted the guys still standing where we left them, and Aaron caught my eye and grinned at me, before typing at his phone again.

Mine:') : holy shit I'm actually dating this perfection

My heart warmed at Aaron's words, but he didn't stop there.

Mine:') : I finally get to call you mine, and kill men who are staring at you in this sexy swimming suit

I stared at the phone, walking forward with the girls but not paying attention to anything except Aaron's sweet words.

I texted Aaron back.

Me : i love you so much, what did I ever do to deserve you

Mine:') : i said so many nice things you should allow me to make love to you today

I blushed immensely, tucking my hair behind my hair, and almost bumped into someone.

Me : so you're only hyping me up for the sex?

Mine:') : shut up

Mine:') : I can't wait to kiss you, have fun with the girls Oreo

I quickly texted Aaron back that I love him, and will spoil him with kisses when we're back in our room tonight, and then the girls and I got to the lounge chairs.

Rose pulled out the tanning lotion that we brought with us, and each one of us used it on her body.

"So Kathrine, how are things with Nathan?" I asked Kathrine, making her smile.

"Um, really good, we're very happy, except when he snorts all night." Kathrine replied and we laughed in response.

"You guys are perfect for each other, what took you so long?" I said but then realized how stupid that was, because it might give away the fact that I've known about Kathrine for a really long time now.

"You are not one to ask that, Ellie Rosell." Laurel said sternly and I gasped.

"What do you mean!" I exclaimed and Rose gave me a skeptical look.

"You and Aaron have been all over each other since the day you met, yet it took you months." Rose replied, and Laurel nodded in agreement.

"That's not true, I didn't like him in the beginning!" I said, remembering how much he annoyed me the first month we knew each other.

"You both always had a connection and it was obvious, you both just didn't know how to deal with it." Laurel said and I opened my mouth to disagree but couldn't really say anything. I knew she's right.

"Whatever." I mumbled, caving in and Kathrine laughed.

"Have you had sex yet?" Laurel casually asked me, and I widened my eyes, giggling afterwards.

"Maybe." I replied and Rose gasped.

"And you didn't tell us!" Rose said and Laurel crossed her arms.

I furrowed my brows at the both of them, "Why would I tell you, what would I even say!"

"I told you about Steve and I when I got the chance!" Rose whined back.

"Yeah, yeah," I agreed, "but Laurel didn't."

Laurel scoffed, "When Joey and I did it, I didn't even know you!"

"Okay, okay.." I said, not knowing how to escape this, "I know that."

I decided to go with a different route, "I was going to tell you guys, I was just waiting for the right time, it's been only a few days!"

Rose narrowed her eyes at me, not believing me, and then she smiled, "How was it?"

I smiled to myself, recalling the amazing night I had a couple days ago.

"Amazing." I answered curtly.

And then we glanced at poor Kathrine, who had no idea how to act or what to say.

The girls and I spent the next twenty minutes relaxing back, with the sun in our faces as we went through our phones and had some conversations. We ended up getting to the college one, which always ruined my mood because it reminded me of the fact that we all won't see each other everyday anymore at some point.

I'm mostly worried about Aaron and Rose. I don't know if I can leave them.

"Joey is deciding for a college like twelve hours away, but I guess we'll try to manage." Laurel said, pouting slightly. Laurel doesn't want to go to college, and she'll most likely be staying here for the next couple of years, but Joey will be off.

They'll have to do long distance relationship. I always think about what Aaron and I would do in a situation like this, and I know we'll for sure do the same. There's nothing that can keep us apart.

"What about you Kathrine?" Rose asked Kathrine, and she shrugged.

"Oh, I'm already supposed to be a freshman in college, but I took this year off, so Nathan and I are trying to apply to the same place." Kathrine explained.

"Aaron and I are doing the same thing, we're picking the same colleges." I said. Aaron and I have been stressing about this subject for so long, even though graduation is a good three months away. But we're starting to apply to colleges now, so we need to sort this out.

I never really had a college in mind that I want to go to so bad, and neither did Aaron. That worked well to our advantage, because there wasn't a particular place that we both had to try to stick to.

"You know, we never talked about this before, I don't know why." Rose said, referring to Steve and herself.

"That's better than stressing about it months prior." Kathrine sighed.

"Okay but like, screw the boys, how can we end up together." I pouted and the girls started pouting and frowning too.

"For real." Rose muttered, and we looked at each other sadly.

It's a little silly to be overthinking the situation before anything happens, but we're so scared because we know it's very difficult and tough luck to go to the same college. We just have to accept the fact that we won't see each other everyday like we have since elementary school.

"Guys, stop." Laurel whined and I sighed in agreement.

"Change the subject, change the subject." Rose said and we did.

We tried to converse with Kathrine as much as possible, just to make her feel more comfortable around us, and it worked as she started making jokes and telling us about herself.

"Your jokes are actually good, where were you when Ellie tortured us with hers?" Laurel said to Kathrine and I gasped, taking offense.

"Excuse me!" I said and Laurel laughed.

"Stop trying to be funny, you're only funny when we make fun of you and you overreact." Laurel said and my jaw dropped.

"I'm actually going to kill you." I said, but before thinking of ways to murder Laurel after we finish tanning, my phone rang.

I picked it up, and Aaron's soothing voice filled my ears. "Hi cutie."

I giggled at that, "Hello."

"When are you girls coming back?" Aaron asked. The girls and I have been on our own for an hour and fifteen minutes. It's definitely been a while.

I glanced at the girls, "They're asking when are we finished."

"Let's go back now." Rose said and we started picking up our stuff.

"We'll be coming now." I said to the phone, hearing Ethan's whining voice in the background.

"Okay, we're near the main pool, so just go there and we'll come to you." Aaron told me but I couldn't stop laughing at Ethan's voice.

"What's he whining about?" I laughed, referring to Ethan.

"He wants to eat now." Aaron said, and Ethan apparently heard that because he stopped talking and I'm assuming he took Aaron's phone from his hand because his voice filled my ears next.

"Why do we have to pay the price and be hungry, while y'all take care of yourselves?" Ethan snapped at me.

"Don't be an ass, we're coming back now!" I replied, and Ethan mimicked me, making me laugh.

"Ouch!" Ethan said, and Aaron's voice came back.

"I just hit his head." Aaron said and I giggled.

"Okay, I'll see you." I said, and the girls and I stood up and walked between people, as I guided them in the direction of the main pool.

"Bye, Oreo." Aaron ended the call and I told the girls where they want us to meet them.

Upon seeing us, Ethan quickly started screaming at us to go get food now, but we knew that if we ate and then moved around again, we'll probably feel sick so we told him no and continued exploring the place.

We were now at one of the bigger slides, and as usual, we each had to slide down on our own.

Aaron had different plans though.

"Pretend like you're stuck at the top, and I'll come help you and bam, we go down together." Aaron whispered his stupid plan to me and I laughed.

"That won't work!" I said, as we kept stealing glances at the workers, making sure they're not hearing us.

"Oh come on, I wanna do this with you!" Aaron said.

"But-" I made an attempt to talk but Aaron pushed me towards the slide before I can.

"It's your turn." Aaron said and I walked awkwardly and sat myself on the slide.

Fuck. How do I do this?

"You can go now." The man guarding said to me, a bored expression on his face.

"I know," I chuckled, not knowing how to lie, wishing I gathered the lying skill from constantly lying to my parents, "I think I'm stuck, can you believe it?"

"How?" The man replied, his brows furrowed as he walked a couple steps towards me, to check what I meant.

"Oh my god, she's right, here, let me help you." Aaron said and quickly grabbed my waist, as he kneeled behind me and pushed us down.

The guard started whistling at us but we paid him no attention as we laughed our hearts out, the slide was long but very quick, and I leaned back against Aaron for support, who wasn't on his knees anymore but sat down properly.

Aaron and I reached the water, and once our heads were back up, we laughed with everyone else.

"You guys are so annoying, the man looks pissed." Nathan said, and we erupted into laughter even more, as Aaron and I avoided looking at him.

"What if he calls someone on us?" I asked Aaron.

"It's okay, we'll tell them I was helping you and then I pushed you forward accidentally and went with you." Aaron said, and I giggled.

Ethan was still frowning and being a moody bitch so I told him just that. "Why are you being such a moody bitch today?"

"Because, I'm starving! When will we eat!" Ethan said, and we all huffed at him, wanting to try more stuff out, but Ethan won't shut up. He won't go on his own because there's really no fun in that. There's a food court here and we all want to go together.

A different guard suddenly showed up, whistling at us to our left and I thought she was going to call Aaron and I out, but she didn't.

"This isn't the main pool!" She screamed, so we can hear her, "You can't stay in here, people are trying to come down," she pointed at the top of the slide, "and you're stepping in the way."

We already knew that. We knew very well that when you get to the bottom of the slide, you're supposed to quickly head out, but I guess we just want to be assholes today, and get into trouble.

"Okay, we'll be out now, calm down." Steve said, but lowered his voice at the last part.

We all were trying really hard to surpress our laughter, and once we left the pool and walked away from the lady, we started laughing again.

We went to get food, because admittedly, Ethan wasn't the only one starving, we've been doing this for four hours, and we only had a cone of icecream each.

We thought it'd be a good idea to go back to our rooms and get ready for the night's bonfire which is five hours away.

After snapping many pictures, we eventually made it back to our rooms and the first thing Aaron and I did was argue over who gets to shower first. I won the argument.

I got out of the small bathroom, and was met by Aaron, who was still shirtless, which made me wanna stop and stare for endless hours. He's so damn perfect.

"Stop staring." Aaron instantly had to throw in an annoying comment.

I couldn't help but compare my reaction months ago when I would deny checking him out to now as I said, "You're my boyfriend now, I can stare as much as I want."

Aaron and I keep bringing up the 'You're mine' thing constantly, probably because we got together so suddenly without planning to prior, making it hard to believe we're together now.

"And you're my girlfriend," Aaron said, standing up and walking towards me, "I get to touch whenever I want."

My breath fastened and chills crept on my back as Aaron pulled me very close towards him by my waist.

I was wrapped in my towel, and had to hold my hand over it to keep it in place, but with Aaron acting like this, I kind of don't want to.

Aaron paid no attention to the fact that my towel could fall any moment now as his tongue swiped across my lips, and explored my mouth later.

I placed my free hand on Aaron's neck, trying to feel more of him.

Aaron sighed into the kiss as my hand made contact with his neck and then we pulled away to catch our breaths.

"I kept the water running for you, be careful not to slip, the floor is very wet." I murmured and Aaron nodded, and then kissed my forehead.

"Am I going to find spots of your hair everywhere?" Aaron said, scrunching his face as he grabbed his towel from over the bed.

"I hope you do." I narrowed my eyes at Aaron and he chuckled as he went to the bathroom.

I changed into some comfy clothes I had with me. But then I decided that I wanted to wear Aaron's T-shirt that I kept two days ago, which he had no say in. So I did just that and then lied on my back over the bed and scrolled through my phone.

Aaron was way quicker than me in the shower, and when he got out with his towel hanging on his hips, his chest exposed to me, I pretended to be unfazed.

Aaron put on some clothes and then joined me on the small ass bed.

I giggled as Aaron kissed my cheek, and then cuddled me as we discussed how fun the day was, and how fun the night will probably be too.

"You don't call me Oreo as much as you used to." I suddenly pointed out and Aaron chuckled.

He's been calling me too many nicknames since we got together, and occasionally, Oreo comes up.

"You're my Oreo," Aaron said as he placed a soft kiss on the side of my head, "and my princess," Aaron kissed me on my cheek, "and my baby." Aaron finished by kissing my neck, tickling me a little.

"I love you." I sighed at the comfort of being in Aaron's arms.

"And I love you, Oreo." Aaron said, putting emphasis on Oreo, making me smile.

"You make me so happy, Aaron." I whispered in all seriousness, and Aaron cupped one side of my face and turned my head upwards a little to look me in the eye.

"And you make me the happiest, as you always have. I promise I always will be there for you." Aaron said, and looking into his eyes, I saw the honesty of his promise. For once, I was hearing a real and genuine promise.

Eventually, Aaron and I fell asleep, but it was only for two hours as Aaron woke me up at seven, knowing I needed an hour to get ready because we're leaving by eight.

"Stop acting like a freaking child." I said, as I ran the straightener over a piece of my hair, like I have been doing for the past fifteen minutes.

My hair is naturally soft with just little waves, so it never takes me more than twenty minutes to straighten it, which apparently to Aaron, or boys in general, is a long time. If only they knew.

Aaron has been whining since I began getting ready about how bored he is, over and over again. He's especially bothered because every time he makes a move to kiss me, or come near me, I scold him. I can't have him distract me while holding a hot tool.

"When will you finish!" Aaron replied, whining even more and I sighed.

"I'm almost finished." I said and Aaron shook his head.

"No, I meant everything else." Aaron said and I nervously laughed, giving him a sorry look through the mirror, watching as he pouted adorably on the bed.

"Well, I still need to do my makeup, but I'll dress very quickly, maybe thirty minutes." I answered and Aaron threw his back on the bed.

"That's too long!" Aaron groaned and I rolled my eyes.

"Well, start getting ready if you're that bored." I said, finally finishing with my hair as I plugged out the straightener and placed it away on the floor, for it to cool off.

"I'll finish in five minutes and then will have nothing to do." Aaron said, and I went to the other side of the room to grab my makeup bag.

As I went back towards the mirror, I made sure to stop over Aaron, and give him a quick kiss.

"I still don't know what you're wearing, show me." I said, and Aaron got excited upon having something to do.

It's ridiculous really. It's only been fifteen minutes and he's that out of his mind?

Aaron showed me what he's wearing and I praised his outfit. I love his sense of style.

"But did you get a jacket though? It'll probably get chilly." I said and Aaron nodded.

"Yeah, I got one." Aaron replied and I began applying my makeup.

I was barely three minutes into doing my makeup when Aaron walked over to my side, and sat silently, staring at me.

I stopped what I was doing and looked at him, "There's no way I'll be able to finish with you looking at me like that."

"Why not?" Aaron responded, not making any attempt to move away.

"It gives me anxiety." I muttered and Aaron shrugged.

"Not my problem you look so fine, I can't even keep my eyes off you." Aaron smoothly replied, making me blush shyly and then continue blending in my foundation.

But then Aaron started to get really annoying.

Aaron held up my eyeliner, "What's this for?"

"It's literally obvious and you can read what it says." I replied, trying to focus on my face rather than Aaron's attempts to entertain himself by distracting me.

"Eyeliner, what is that?" Aaron said, and I could tell he just said that to piss me off, because ofcourse he knew what it is.

"Stop." I said, and grabbed the eyeliner from Aaron's hand and placed it back on the floor.

As I was starting with my eyeshadow, Aaron had the courage to suddenly grab my hand that was moving the brush, "Let me help you with that."

I gasped and quickly pulled both of our hands away.

"You were gonna mess that up! Stop! Please!" I exclaimed and Aaron didn't reply when I scoffed.

"You're too cute when you're angry." Aaron said and I got even angrier. I hate when he calls me cute while I'm getting pissed off.

"And you're too annoying." I whined.

For the next twenty minutes, I suffered with my makeup more than I ever did, thanks to Aaron randomly pulling my hair, and constantly asking me about what step I'm doing and which product I'm using.

And then Aaron started putting on his clothes as I did the same. I went for ripped light shorts with a white bralette, and added a brown belt to compliment the look. I made sure to bring a hoodie with me for when it gets cold.

"You ready, Oreo?" Aaron asked and I nodded.

"I'll just grab my purse." I mumbled as I made sure I had everything that I needed with me, and then Aaron and I headed outside to see everyone else.

"You look very hot right now, especially in these shorts." Aaron whispered to me as we walked towards Nathan and Kathrine and I blushed, not replying as we greeted the cute couple.

We all gathered together and then each left in different cars. The car ride to the beach was only ten minutes, it was very close from here.

When we got down, we were immediately able to spot some people we know or have seen from school, and then many strangers.

Everything looked really nice, the weather was amazing too.

My eyes went into a random corner with food, and I made a move to walk over to it before Aaron stopped me.

"You don't know who's food is that, and what's in it." Aaron said and I frowned.

"I'm sure there's no drugs in there, it's fine!" I responded but Aaron shook his head and didn't let me eat from there.

We went on talking to different people we knew for a while and got offered many drinks which we accepted.

I grimaced when I spotted Brad in the distance talking to some guys, "His face makes me wanna puke."

Aaron looked to where I was looking to see who I meant and he continued for me, "His face makes me wanna kill myself."

"Or kill him." Aaron muttered under his breath but I heard him.

I wasn't going to let this prick ruin my day, so I chugged down my drink and turned my head away from him, and Aaron did the same thing.

"If I get drunk today, please remove my makeup before I sleep." I said to Aaron and he laughed.

"Don't get drunk." Aaron replied.

"I will try not to!" I said in a shrug. I really don't want to, but apparently everyone's drinking the whole night, and there's a huge chance I'll keep doing that with them.

For the rest of the night, we took pictures, ran after each other, even met new people, and I kissed Aaron alot.

Four hours later, it got pretty chilly, so I wore the hoodie I brought with me, and everyone else covered themselves too.

We wanted to be extra so after joining everyone on the big bonfire, we decided to burn some wood away from everyone on our own and sat around it.

"I can't believe he's sleeping." Ethan chuckled, sounding tipsy as he poked Joey's cheek that was lying on his shoulder.

"He got pretty drunk, that's why he's out of it." Laurel said, keeping her eyes at the sky, where the stars scattered and looked amazing.

"Guys this is so fun, we should keep on doing different things like that." Rose said and we all agreed. All we ever do is eat.

"Look at Steve." Kathrine suddenly said, laughing as she pointed at Steve who was obviously very drunk too, and he was leaning on Rose, his eyes almost completely shut.

We were all super tired at this point, but what saved Aaron and I from passing out was the little nap we took and the fact that we didn't even get tipsy tonight.

I yawned and then placed my head on Aaron's shoulder, who wrapped his arm around my side and pulled me closer.

The fire was giving us enough heat to keep us warm, and that's what's making us even more sleepy.

We all knew we should just head back and sleep. But deep down, we all wanted to stay. We were having a really good relaxing time.

Everyone was quite for a while and I took the time to look at every one of them, and wondered why they were able to make their way to my heart super fast. How did they become so important to me?

I looked at Ethan. The honest boy, who never hid who is, and always did things according to what he liked only. I think about how adorable he is, and how he makes us all laugh. We may mock him alot, but he's our bundle of energy.

Then my eyes fell upon Joey. The quiet guy who knows exactly how to treat women, who has respect for everyone. The most sane out of us that always makes us aware of what we're doing right and wrong.

And Laurel. Someone I can call a best friend. She blended in so well with Rose and I, and I knew it's because of her unique personality. She was shy but fierce at the same time.

I looked at Nathan and chuckled to myself as I thought about his obsession with Harry Potter. I think about how he constantly tries to talk about the movie and how we shut him up. I think about how he trusted me and asked for my help in his love life. I remember how much he cares and asks how I'm doing every once in a while.

I glanced at Steve and remembered quickly how he came off as a player, but was actually the most down to earth person I know. He was always honest about his feelings, and he knew how to listen.

I looked at Rose for a little too long. This girl has been the closest friend to me ever, I don't remember my childhood without her. I think about all the girl codes we share, all the people we met together, our stupid exes who treated us like shit, until we found special people. I think about her and hope I'll see her enough throughout college because her smile makes my day, and she understands me more than anyone ever will.

I look around at everyone and stop wondering. These are my people, because they're kind and funny. I think about how they befriended me for Aaron, but ended up being real friends of mine.

Aaron.

Aaron Owens is the boy who has my entire heart. I love Aaron for many things, but mostly his soul. I see my life in his eyes, and I know, nothing will ever be the same now that I have him. Everything will always be better with him by my side. I sigh, and snuggle closer to him. I found love at a young age because of him.

I didn't know my eyes were drooping until Aaron whispered, "It's okay, close your eyes for a while princess."

I felt Aaron's soft touch caress my hair, and closed my eyes in pure bliss.