Dolan Filled Summer [ E.D ]

Are You Sure?

          My fingers wrap around the car door of the jeep as Ethan smiles and places his phone down. He turns the car keys in the hole while the engine roars notifying us the car is starting.

          "Why do I smell coffee?" Ethan says as he begins to laugh while keeping his eyes locked on the road. "I got into a fight with coffee and as you can smell, I lost!" I retort as I smell my arm drenched in the smell of black coffee. He starts to laugh as he takes my hand and dabs his tongue on my forearm, "Black coffee?" he says he watches my eyes waiting for the answer. "I'm assuming, I just didn't know that Hunter likes black coffee," I say as I squint my eyes hoping for a good response. It wasn't good.

          "Hunter. You saw Hunter?!" He says as his jaw begins to clench. "Man that guy pisses me off! After you guys kissed, I think he's still trying to get with you." He says as his voice transforms from angry to calm. 

          "Gosh, that sounds clingy, I'm not trying to be-" He tries to reply to his previous comment as his the back of his left hand gently grazes my cheek, but I pause him. "No- you're protective, I like that. Plus, I would never go after Hunter." I reply with a smile on my face as I begin to rub his thigh with my hand for his assurance as his eyes are still locked on the road. I can see his jaw begin to clench harder, as a smirk appears on his face and mine.

          "You don't know how happy I am that you said that," Ethan says as his hand reaches over to the opening in front of my seat and pulls out a brochure. He hands me this brochure with a picture of a huge beach house on Sonoma coast, only the most beautiful beach in Cali! "What is this?" I say as I begin to flip through the pages.

          "So, I was thinking our group should take a little vacation. It a 2-hour drive, not that bad. Plus-" He says as he keeps on trying to convince me, but I cut him off.

          "I love it!" I reply as I intertwine my fingers in his hand that was gently laying on his thigh while he drives with his right hand. I move my body closer to his as I gently peck his cheek. His head rotates to smile at me while we were stopped at a red light.

         "Also, I know this is really soon and we just went on our first date, but there are a lot of rooms in the beach house If you don't want to share a room, but if you do that fine too, and we can share a room, or not, its completely up to you-" He rambles as his cheeks are bright red from nervousness. "You're too cute" I reply as I admire his strong facial structures and giggle at his rambling.

          "Gray and I have been planning this for a couple months, and I just want my favorite girl there," Ethan says as a smile grows on both of our faces, as I rub my thumb on the back of his hand as our hand begin to feel a little sweaty for being intertwined so long.

         "So who's going?" I ask in excitement, "Me, Aaron, Jack, Gray, and Grays girl." he replies as he pulls into our apartment underground parking garage. "Ouuu, Grayson has a girl! Who is it?" I ask as I open and the car door and exit and wait for his response eagerly. "Her names Brooklyn, kinda funny because she came from Toronto too!" He says as he begins to laugh and all I can think about is how familiar the girl's name is.

          Ethan wraps his arm around my waist as we make our way upstairs to his condo. We enter to an empty condo, as I check my phone to see that it immediately connected to the WiFi. I walk towards his living room to sit on his soft navy couches as he begins to fill a cup of water. 

          "Rach, do u want any water?" he asks, while he continues to fill up his cup. "I'm good, thanks." I try to say in a normal voice as I scroll through my phone to see all the hate comments I've been getting from that picture posted of me and Ethan kissing.

          Ethan plops down beside me with his water as he tries to glance at my phone, but I quickly shut it. I'm strong and as much as I wanna say that these comments aren't bothering me, they are. 

          "What were you looking at?" Ethan asks me curiously, "Nothing." I say as I try not to make eye-contact with him, knowing that I'm such a bad liar, he'll figure out something is wrong. I want to tell him, but I don't want him to feel like the bad guy or that it's his fault for me being said. It's not his fault.

            "Rachel, please show me. I know somethings up" Ethan says as he places his index finger and thumb under my chin, moving my head towards him as our eyes lock. I put my fingerprint on my phone and hand it to him as he scrolls through my social media as his facial expression goes from serious to sad. 

          "Eth, it's fine-" I say as I reach for my phone. "It's not fine, what so ever. I don't want to be the reason you feel pain, ever!" He retorts as he places my phone in my hand.

          "Are you sure about us, us dating. Is this a good idea?" Ethan replies as he stares blankly at his black television screen. I remove myself from my couch and wrap my legs around his waist while he sits, as his thighs support me. His stare moves from the television to my eyes. I wrap my arms around his neck and tug on his hair. "I don't know. Are you sure?" I say seductively while biting my lip as I stare at his pink, plump lips. 

         "Kiss me and I'll tell you," Ethan says as he tucks a strand of my hair behind my ear and moves his hands to my waist, pulling me closer. Our lips interlocked with his lips pressed tightly against mine. The feeling of his lips were smooth and supple as his hands graze my sides. Something was different about this kiss, I new feeling took over me, was it reassurance. That this wasn't going to end of over some rude comments. Our lips moved in-sync while his pursed tightly over mine.

          I began to hear the handle and locks of the entry door to Ethan's and Grayson's condo jiggle. I continue to tug on his hair gently and graze my teeth along his bottom lip for entry, assuming the person by the door was Grayson.

         "So Hunter was right!" I hear a familiar voice yell as the door swings open. Ethan and I remove our lips from each other to see Grayson and Emily standing in the doorway as we all stare in shock. 

AN: I'm back.