Our Summer
Chapter 39
We both stared at each other for a few moments, before smiles spread slowly across each of our faces. His hands were on my neck, just at my jaw line, and his thumbs gently brushed over my cheeks. My hands rested on his muscular biceps. He slid his arms around my waist and pulled me into a tight hug. He laughed. I pulled back enough to see his face.
“What’s so funny?” I asked.
“Nothing. Everything,” he contradicted himself, pulling me tight again.
“You’re always laughing, and I don’t know why!” I accused, with a smile myself.
“Is there something wrong with that?” he finally let me go, and stood back a little, with his arms still at my waist.
“No,” I smiled, and I know I blushed. “I like it when you laugh.”
“Well, that’s good,” he took a small step toward me and leaned his forehead against mine. “It’s cute when you do that,” he said, touching my check.
“Do what?” I asked. My face, by now, was surely fire-engine red.
“Blush,” he said softly, and came ever closer. I glanced down at my feet, digging my toes into the sand.
“Are you nervous?” he whispered.
“No,” I denied.
“Then look at me.”
I did as he said, just to prove I wasn’t nervous – although the butterflies in my stomach said otherwise. My gaze was instantly caught by the blue-green beauty of his eyes. I noticed for the first time that there were also tiny flecks of grey, making them all the more attractive.
This time I stepped closer, and our bodies were pressed tightly together. I found that it was getting a little harder to breath.
“Natalie,” he whispered, taking my head in his hands and tilting it upward. I loved the way my name sounded coming from those lips.
“Lucas,” I breathed, and my eyes flitted to his perfect lips. They were coming closer and closer to my own. There we so close, almost there…
“Lucas!”
We jumped apart guiltily, but Lucas took my hand as Brayden jogged up.
“Hey, you guys want to watch a movie with us?” he asked, glancing at our intertwined hands and then up to my face. I looked down to the sand, uncomfortable.
“Sure,” Lucas decided. “We’ll be up in a few minutes.”
AN: Okay, okay, I know I promised to try for at least a chapter a day, but that was before I realized how busy I was going to be :( Sorry guys. Thanks for sticking with me anyways. (: Love you for it. Read && Fave && Comment. I appreciate it. (: Have a wonderful day. ♥