Chapter 55

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"I'm glad too.", I whispered, hoping that it wasn't all that loud. "About what?",his eyes had this weird glint in them, like he was trying to challenge me or something. He really wanted me to say what I'm about to say, doesn't he? "I'm glad that you're mine now.", thinking back, I would have never imagined myself having this conversation, let alone with him of all people. He pecked my lips again, smiling over his victory. "I love you.", even though he had told me that before, I was still overjoyed to hear them again.

"I love you too.", without hesitation, I leaned forward, placing my lips on his softly, waiting for him to return and take the lead, which, to my surprise, he didn't do. Instead, he opened his mouth a little, like he would normally make me do it. Does he seriously want me to take over? It felt weird,being in control and seeing Nathan so submissive, he even lost the little fight our tongues had, his arms were clinging onto my neck. It was different, but in no way bad, just unusual.

Things changed when Nathan decided to take the lead again, his hand gripping my hair, not too rough, and twisting me to where he wanted me to be. There he is, the real Nathan. I could feel him smile into the kiss, happy about my reactions as I placed my hand against his chest. We parted soon after, it took me a few seconds to recover from... that, looking up at the one that caused it. "Interesting wasn't it?", he released my hair from his grip, smiling at me innocently, like he didn't just do that.

"Interesting indeed.", I laugh quietly, still looking at him. "So, do you want to get out of the water and do some sunbathing before we get ready?", he suggests, licking his lips a few times. I simply nod, following him out of the pool and over to the outdoor couch, where my towel and phone was still laying. I grabbed the black device, checking the time and missed notifications. It's already 4pm and Alex wrote me two messages.

Hey, just wanted to tell you that moms home already, she left work earlier today.

I'm so excited for this, my brother is finally coming out of the closet!

Unnecessary, but thank you for remembering me yet again. I sighed, putting my phone back on the surface of the couch, wrapping the towel around me. Even though the sun was still really hot, I started to shiver. Nathan had a towel wrapped around him as well, his hair dripping onto his body. "Alexis pretty excited about today.", he smiled, before answering. "So am I, but please don't worry about it, okay?", he rewrapped his towel, so it would cover me as well, pulling me closer to him. "I won't.", we stayed like this for a little while longer, before I decided to head home again.

I knew, I'll be seeing him in only a few hours, but it was still a little painful to leave him behind. We kissed again, like we didn't want to miss the feeling of each others lips while being apart, smiling at one another one last time. While walking over to my place, I put the towel around my neck to cover up the hickey, that was probably even worse than yesterday.

As I entered the house, I saw my mother pass the door, rushing through the house like she lost something important. "Mom? Everything okay?", she soon after appeared again, a stressed and excited expression on her face."Everything's just fine, but I'm just so excited to meet whoever you invited.", she was on her way to do what ever, but stopped and turned around once more, "Oh, where were you anyway?" My mother had already left, so I just answered, wondering if she even heard me.

"I was out swimming with Mika and a few other guys.", her head popped up from around the corner,"I'm happy that you're starting to do more things with other people than Claire." She then disappeared again, so I just headed up to my room to calm down a little before starting to get ready. He would be here in about two hours, so I'd still have plenty of time. Suddenly my door opened and my sister came marching in a huge smile on her face as she hugged me tightly, out of the blue. "I'm so proud of you.", Alex sat down on my bed, watching me from her spot.

"Thank you, I guess.", I grinned slightly confused, but happy that I have a sister who supports me, even when I didn't even support myself. "So, you think you can help me with that?", I took the towel off of my neck,revealing the hickey I had hidden before. Her eyes widen before she burst into laughter, pointing at it with tears in her eyes. "Holy crap, that's some serious work he did there. Wait, did he bite it?", she walked back over to me, her eyes squinted together. "Yup, a few hours ago, but it's actually from yesterday, I used concealer to cover it.", her fingers traced over it, at least she was more gentle than Nathan.

"Okay, no problem, you just go take a shower, you reek of pool water, whatever they put in it. I'll take care of that as soon as you're dressed, otherwise you're just going to rub it off again.", she flashed me a reassuring smile,almost pushing me out of my room and towards the bathroom. "I got it, I got it, no need to push me brother.", I locked the door behind me, sighing to calm myself down a little. I didn't even realize how fast my heart was beating out of excitement.

I looked at the reflection of the mirror showing my face and... neck... well, she said she could cover it. I take my trunks off, placing them over the edge of the bathtub before stepping inside the shower. The warm water felt good against my skin and helped me relax. "There is really no need for you to be nervous.", I whispered to myself, rubbing over the scars on my wrist.

While showering, I started to sing a little, trying to keep it down, so no one could hear me,rinsing of the foam that smelled like apples, or whatever that was. I missed the scent of his shower gel, the masculine smell that always lingered around him. I get out of the shower, realizing how long I must have been in there already. Grabbing one of the towels, drying myself off and wrapping it around my waist, before heading back to my room. My sister was still sitting on my bed, looking down on her phone.

I slipped a pair of boxers underneath the towel, before dropping it to the floor, only then, my sister lifted her gaze up to me. "Ready to get styled?", she grinned widely, putting her phone down and walking up to my closet,skimming through a few things before actually starting to grab some button up shirts, pants and t-shirts. "Try this with this, then after that, this with this.", she handed me two sets of clothing,putting her hands on her hips as she waited for me to change in to the first option. A plain white button up with simple black jeans. "A little boring, don't you think?", I turned to my sister, watching her as she analyzed my body.

"You're right. Next.",clearly she enjoyed bossing me around like this, but this time, I was actually grateful for her company, too big would have been the anxiety of this upcoming event. And after numerous different combinations we finally settled for a black and red plaid button up and the same black jeans from before. Alex forced me to leave the first few buttons open, she said it looked sexier. Well, whatever, as long as she's going to help me with that hickey.

Nathan would be here any moment now and my sister was still covering the red, purple, blue, whatever colored spot on my neck. She used things I couldn't even pronounce, even something that was green, for what ever that was useful. After a few minutes she was done and I have to say, she did excellent work, even the teeth marks were as good as gone. "Thank you so much.", I hugged her tightly, flinching as the watch I had just put around my waist vibrated.

I'm on my way, anything you want or don't want me to say? -heart emoji-

I inhaled and exhaled deeply,before typing my answer, my heart pounding inside my chest and my hands sweaty and clammy.

Just be the person I fell in love with, I bet they'll like you too.

I mentally slapped myself for writing such cheesy things, but I guess that's okay since we're officially together now. My sister looked at me, her face displaying a mixture of nervousness and happiness as she spoke: "He's here,are you ready?" Why did that sound like a line of a horror movie? I simply nod, slightly week-kneed as we make our way downstairs, my mother and father both looked really good, as they waited for me to come downstairs. Confused but still friendly looks on their faces. I bet they were expecting someone else.

Seeing Nathan took my breath away for a few seconds, his hair was perfectly styled , their black suiting his white tight shirt and black pants. His fathers Dog Tags were dangling from his neck, as he turned to look at me, his smile instantly widening. I guess I was too nervous to even do anything,instead I just stood there like a complete idiot, staring at Nathan and Alex who both looked at me with pure amusement on their faces."So, Sky, why don't you reintroduce him?", my sister pulled her eyebrows up, her head bobbing towards the boy standing next to her. Wait, when did she sneak past me?

"Uhm, mom, dad, this- this...is... Nathan... uhm...", my hands were beyond sweaty, you could probably safe a village in Africa from water shortage with the amount of fluid that seemed to be pouring out of every pore my body has. Finally, he came to my rescue, extending one hand towards my mother."Hello, I'm Nathan and I'm Sky's boyfriend.", he smiled his brightest smile as he shook hands with my mother and afterward my father. He had said it. Now it's the part where we pray.

Nathan walked over to me, giving my hand a light squeeze as he grabbed a hold of it. I wasn't really paying attention though, the only thing I was doing was stare at my parents who kept staring at the hand that was holding mine. "Well,I'm happy for you. I'm so glad you finally found someone you can truly trust, no matter the gender.", my mother broke the ice with tears of joy in her eyes as she pulled me into a hug. "I was so worried that you'll never learn the true meaning of love because of your phobia.", her hands were rested on each of my shoulders,gripping them tightly.

"Mom, thank you so much. I was so scared of telling you guys.", I looked over to my dad who was smiling at me, before giving me a hug as well. "You shouldn't have, we're your parents and you deserve to be happy more than anyone after all you've been through.", this time my dad spoke,before placing his big hand on Nathan's shoulder. "And you better not hurt my son, he should be truly loved." Why do I deserve to be happy more than anyone else, what is so special about me? The boy who was still holding my hand nodded, a grin on his face as he turned towards me.

"He really is the most amazing person I've ever met and I'm so glad he chose to be with me. And sir, there is no need to worry, I'll take care of your son.", I smile at him the widest and happiest I ever have. Everyone was right, I should have told my parents about him, about the feelings I weren't able to identify during that time. Nathan placed his unoccupied hand on my cheek, leaning in for a kiss. In front of my parents. But at that moment I didn't even care. I kissed back,breaking it soon after and looking deep into his eyes. Beautiful eyes of I may add.

We smiled at each other for another few seconds, before looking back at my parents who were both smiling at us, my dads arm wrapped around her waist. My sister jumped in front of us, pulling my face down towards herself to places a wet, and I mean wet, kiss on my forehead. "That's literally disgusting, Alex.", I rubbed her drool away, trying to get it off on her own clothes, which caused me to chase her a little though the hallway and into the kitchen, where most of the food was already done.

With my mission completed, I walked back to the others who already started heading towards the dining room. Obviously, I snatched the chair next to my boyfriend,sliding into the chair with a smile on my face. My mother brought the food in and almost demanded us to make sure and eat all of it. Both of my parents literally, holed Nathan with questions, like, where are you from, how are your grades, any problems with the law and so on and so on. He kept his cool through out the questioning, leaving a pretty good expression on my dad, who seemed satisfied with his answers.

"I think he's a good guy.",were his final words and with that, we finished our meal with only a few other questions that were directed at me, consisting of When did you get together' or 'When did you realize you loved him'. Nothing big, since I knew the answers to these in my sleep.

We got together yesterday and I fell in love with him the heartbeat I laid eyes on him.

Simple and yet so hard to understand, maybe I wouldn't have figured it out without the help of my friends. And Jordan since he's not really my friend yet. Or never, who knows.