“Yeah, because I’m the indecisive one here.”  I said joking around, but that was all it took to get Ashley up as she grabbed both my wrists, not hard, but just so she could flip us over so she was straddling me.

“First of all, you know that’s not true.  Second, I’m sorry I took so long to get my head out of my ass and actually ask you out.  And third, I’m really glad I here with you right now.  Because this summer will be the best ever, especially because I’ll be spending it with you pretty girl.” She said emphasizing every point with a kiss. 

“Aren’t you the romantic type!?!  I would have never guessed…”

“Well, you shouldn’t judge me by my past relationship because that was pretty much shot to hell once we started sleeping in the same bed together…that’s all I could think about.  That’s why it felt so good waking up with you today.  Because I knew you were mine, and I was yours, it’s just amazing.  I haven’t felt this happy in a long time, like since before my dad died.”

Once Ash said that I knew she meant everything.  I knew it before, but that was just to solidify it all.  We didn’t talk about her dad very often, in fact I think I can only remember talking about him with her like twice… around the anniversary of his accident, but now she didn’t seem too depressed by mentioning his name.  I could still see sadness in her eyes when she said dad, but it wasn’t like before, I could tell she could make it through.

“You’re the reason I was able to make it through high school Spence.  I know I’ve always said Madison was there for me when my dad died, but I still couldn’t get out of my depression I was in.  Once I met you, I could look forward to our time alone and doing stuff with you.  I was actually happy when I spent time with you.  I am so, so happy that I’m here with you because you’ve been the one to heal me.  Thank you.”

With that, I leaned up and captured her lips in mine to try and convey all I felt for her in that kiss.  She quickly slipped her tongue into my mouth, and as we battled for dominance, she slowly took over.  She moved her one hand to rest at the hem of my shirt, comforting me with a gentle squeeze while her other arm supported her from lying completely on top of me at the side of my head. 

We spent most of the day in bed, talking about the most random things, just relishing in the moment together….and of course some heavy make out secession.  I mean really, what else did you expect!?!?!?! As cliché as it sounds, I am finally with the girl of my dreams, and all I wanted to do was take her on my bed, but we decided it was best to not rush into the whole sex thing just yet, even though we had a hard time with it and teased each other like crazy. 

At about 4 though, Ash’s and my cell phones both went off….She had a text from Aiden while mine was from Kyla.  They said the same thing… Get your ass out of bed lovebird and come over so we can talk by the pool, bring your girlfriend if you must

Haha….yeah, we both just started laughing, but decided it was best to go talk to them so later we would have two less people to tell about our relationship.  After all, we definitely couldn’t keep it a secret we were together, we could barely stand to not be touching each other, even if we were just holding hands. 

So I changed, and this time I did it so painfully so for Ashley benefit…I could feel her eyes watching my every move.  I had like four of Ash’s swim suits at my house anyway from borrowing them so many times, so she just changed into my favorite one of hers, it was black with silver strings and could hardly pass as something that kept her covered up.  I did put back on the clothes Ash let me borrow before, because they still smelled like her and I loved it. 

After we had changed, we decided it was best to not keep Aiden and Kyla waiting, I mean they did basically push us together, or at least Aiden did.  And I loved him so much for that, so we walked hand in hand over to Ash’s house and back into the pool area to see just how badly we would be harassed…in a loving way, ha.