We sprinted into the forest and I snacked on the first few elk I could find. After I got my squeeze, Alec took the lead. We went further through the forest, further than I had ever been until he halted suddenly.
"I want you to close your eyes." he whispered softly at me. At first I wanted to argue. This was all too secretive for my tastes, but Alec looked all so happy and eager.
"Okay," I muttered under my breath. I left my eyes just barely open, peeping through my eyelashes.
"Hey, no peeking!" I responded him by a big fat moan. I heard him chuckling beside me as he took my hands. I thought he was going to lead me to wherever he wanted to take me but instead he scooped me from under my knees and carried me bridal style. I couldn't help the surprised "Whoa!" He carried me like that for about five minutes. I took the opportunity and leaned on his chest. I inhaled his marvellous bittersweet scent. I felt my heart flutter as I thought how lucky I was, to be able to even be this close to him. I was willing to bet most girls would sell their soul for his one kiss.
"Okay, we're here," he said softly. "You can open your eyes now." he was still holding me tightly in his arms. I opened my eyes slowly and as the light filled my eyes, I swear I was surrounded the most beautiful sight I had ever seen. There was a small cottage, standing under a cover of trees. A few sun rays infiltrated through the thick greenery, and the visible dust motes sparkled in the light and looked like crystal dust.
The cottage had a slanting roof with ceramic stone stabs and black curly bars at the windows, and the stone looked it had been there forever but I could still smell the cement. The ground was covered in short grass, which was still covered in dew drops. And to make the place look even more heavenly, there was a pond, filled with sea blue, immaculate water that you would expect a mermaid to swim up and somersault in the air. This was the place I always imagined when I would read Snow White. Who knows, perhaps seven cute dwarfs would come out of the cottage!
"Oh. My. God. Alec, this is beautiful!" I said as I struggled to go back on firm ground. I took my gym bag from his hands and pulled out the camera. I took a photo of the scene and Alec came from behind me and put his hands on my waist.
"I'm glad you like it. It's all in a day's work." he said matter-of-factly, but he couldn't hide from me the pride he was feeling.
"You went through all of this work just for me? Why?"
"I wanted to make you feel happy because well I... feel a very profound, tender er... passionate affection for you." he said, in such a manner that was impossible to understand.
"Erm... Come again?"
"I ... I love you, Sam." he said. This time his voice was barely a whisper but I understood every simple word he said. I was simply paralysed. I couldn't help it but I let the camera drop like some idiotic moron. Unlike me, Alec was quick. He was ready to catch the heavy metal device before it crashed into a zillion pieces on the ground. Suddenly he started looking uncomfortable. I realised I should say something.
Say something, moron! He has just said he loved you and you just stand there like an idiot. But what the fuck was I supposed to say? Me too?
"Oh Alec!" I said and stepped closer to him. He held his arms towards me and I stepped into his cool embrace. He tilted my head up at the perfect angle and kissed me softly. Though the kiss was brief it was filled with suppressed passion and sweetness.
"Alec... I ... Nobody has ever told me that. I though you didn't like like me."
"And why would you think that? I had some doubts myself too. It seemed impossible to expect that you would feel the same for me."
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Fanfiction"Wait. I want you to keep this." he said and he gently lifted my hair and tied his mother's necklace around my neck. His hand lingered softly at the back of my neck. "I can't take it, Alec. I don't know when - if I'll be back." "My mother had told...
