Strings Connect...

Chapter 4

She woke up in the morning with Sawyers arms still around her. "good morning" he said in a raspy voice. She felt her heart melt hearing his morning voice. "Good morning Sawyer" she said back softly smiling at him. He played with a lock of her hair."I didn't know your hair was naturally curly" he said with a small giggle. She blushed.

" I would like to let you know I have the whole day planned for us. Just you and me." He said smiling and blushing a little. "R-really?" She asked. "Yep" he said pulling her a little closer. He slowly let go of her. "How about we go get ready?" "Alright" she responded. Rhiannon went to her closet and pulled on a black ATL t-shirt, white shorts, black vans, and put on a little mascara. Rhiannon opened her drawer and pulled out her straitener. It took her about 20 minutes to straiten her brown hip length hair. She put her phone in her BVB wallet and put it in her black over the shoulder bag.

She walked out if her room and saw Sawyer waiting for her at the door. He wore a white t-shirt and faded skinny jeans and his iconic black hat. She noticed he had a picnic basket and he has her dads favorite guitar in his other hand. "You ready?" He asked her. "Yepp" she answered. "Good, now follow me" he told her. Rhiannon walked slightly behind him. They were heading to the center of the meadow that was in the woods. They reached the center in about 5 minutes and Sawyer put the stuff down and grabbed a blanket from the picnic bag, and spread the blanket across the ground.

Rhiannon sat down and Sawyer sat next to her. He pulled out two plates, two glasses, and two sets of silver wear and set them up. He pulled out 4 pancakes and put two on each plate and poured syrup on them. he then poured Orange juice in each glass. "Thank you" Rhiannon said to Sawyer. "No problem" Sawyer said kissing her head. She blushed and continued eating. He putt the stuff back in the bag once they were done eating.

"I appreciate that you're doing this Sawyer, but I'm curious to why you're doing this for me." Rhiannon said. "I'm doing this to help you understand that even if you think nobody cares about you, I do." Sawyer said looking in her eyes. Rhiannon blushed and looked down. "Friends care about each other Rhiannon, and I'm determined to show you I care." Rhiannon felt her heart shatter when he said that word again. She wanted to tell him that she wanted to be more than friends but the words were stuck in her head. She knew if she told him he'd laugh at her and reject her.

Rhiannon kept her head down and stayed quiet. "Rhiannon..? Are you okay..?" Rhiannon brought her head up. "Yeah, I'm okay" she even offered a fake smile to convince him more. She's gotten used to giving fake smiles. Hers even looks like a real smile enough to let people think she's alright when she's pretty much dying inside.

He believed her and smiled back. He laid down on the blanket and she laid next to him. She felt his arm snake around her and he pulled her closer to him. She rested her head on his chest and looked up at the clouds. Sawyer pointed to a cloud and said " That one kinda looks like a duck." Rhiannon giggled and pointed to one. "That one looks like a sad face." "You're right, it does look like one doesn't it?" Sawyer said laughing a little. Sawyer pointed to another one. "That one looks like a heart" "half of it's drifting away..." Rhiannon said staring at the same cloud. "Well that's not nice of the other half" Sawyer answered. " It looks more like me now though..." Rhiannon whispered quietly.

"Well, why is your heart broken? Maybe if you tell me I can help you." Sawyer said sitting up, putting her in lap. "I don't think I wanna talk about it.." She said quietly. "Why not? Does it involve me..?" He asked. Rhiannon stayed quiet, she felt his arms snake behind her and he rested his head on her shoulder. "Please tell me what I did to you so I can fix it..." He mumbled sadly. "You called me your friend..." she whispered.

"What? Are you saying we're not friends? Do you think I'm faking all this? Or do you just want to be alone..?" He said hurt filling his voice. "No" she whispered. "You called me your friend when I like you as more than a friend..." she whispered even quieter.