the boy named clay || 𝐝𝐫𝐞𝐚𝐦𝐰𝐚𝐬𝐭𝐚𝐤𝐞𝐧

the surprise (part 10)

delilah:
clay, i love it. i can't believe you would do this for me!

clay:
what do you mean lilah? i would do anything for you.

and that is the truth. while i am looking in her eyes, the snow falling in her hair, her freckles are shimmering. she is perfect, i can not let her slip away. she is amazing.

i think i love her. i have loved her for so long, i just don't know how to tell her.

clay:
do you want to go and sit down?

delilah:
yes, i would love to.

delilah's pov

we walk to the gazebo and sit down next to each other. we put the blankets over us clay texts someone on his phone. 

i hear the door open and out comes drista with a tray of food. she comes over to the table and gives us our food.

drista:
here is your food lilah, oh and here clay.

clay:
thanks poopface.
(fist pumps drista)

delilah:
you guys are so mean to each other, it is good that i love you both.

drista:
can you be my older sibling instead of clay?

delilah:
no dris, i know you love clay.

drista:
whatever, have fun lovebirds. 

after she leaves i realize what i had said. "it is good i love you both". i look up at clay who is looking at me and smiling. i really hope he doesn't say anything bad.

he looks at the food and doesn't say anything about it, which i don't know if it is good or bad.

clay:
you ready to eat?

delilah:
what?... oh yeah, what do we got?

clay:
i ordered chinese take out, i know it is your favorite.

delilah:
sure it might be my favorite food but what specific order do i get?

clay:
you get orange chicken, chow mein and two spring rolls.

delilah:
you are insane! how did you know?

clay:
just trust me, i know many things about you.

delilah:
oh yeah? like what?

clay:
i know that your favorite bands are daughtry and the fray. i know you like the way snow falls in your hair. i know you like sliding around in your socks at 3am, i know you love making pinky promises, i know you dance when you start eating something. i know you like when i wait for you to tie your shoes, i know you love christmas, i know you love complimenting people and watching their eyes light up, i know you like seeing old couples out on dates, i know you twiddle your thumbs when you are nervous, i know that- 

delilah:
okay okay, i get it! you know a lot about me. how do you know all of that?

clay:
i have known you for some time now lilah. i have had an eye on you for four years.

delilah:
i hope you now i have liked you for so long too. like a long time.
(laughs)

clay:
oh trust me, i didn't know or else i would have asked you out a long time ago. also your laugh is one of the things i like most about you.

he leans over to me and kisses me and i kiss him back. it was just a short and sweet kiss. 

clay gets stands up, he reaches over and picks me up baby style. he then lays us down on the blankets and pillows sprawled out on the floor. 

we lay down and he tucks my hair behind my ear. our eyes meet and we just stare at each other, like there is nothing else around. it feels like it is just us. i lean in and so does he, we connect and i climb on top of him. the kiss is so passionate, like we need each other, like we need to tell each other something. 

i pull away and put my head on his chest, just listening to his heart beat. i hear him mumble something, but i just leave it alone, it doesn't seem super important. he stands up and whips out his phone, to do what, i have no clue.

clay:
come here
(reaches out hand)

delilah:
(takes hand)
what is going on now clay?

clay:
just come here.

he puts one of our favorite songs "can't help falling in love" by elvis. we sing this song together all the time. i always meant it though.

he takes me into the snow, on the path where he towers over me. he puts his hands on my waist and i put my hands around his neck. we sway to the sound of the music, and he sings.

clay:
i can't help falling in love with you... lilah, i need to tell you something.

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

word count: 1145