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THERE ARE NO EXPLICT SCENES IN THIS CHAPTER, IGNORE THE RATING
CHAPTER FOURTY ONE
CHARLOTTE's POV
It was Friday morning, and Archer and I were sitting in the kitchen, munching on the pancakes that he had just cooked up for us.
Neither of us had said a word about our big nights, I mean, there was nothing really to tell, but the topic just seemed sensitive.
I didn't mention my encounter with Silo either.
"You know that there is six days until the wedding" Pulling me from my thoughts, Archer dumped his plate in the sink, and sat across from me again, a smile dancing on his lips.
"Don't remind me, please" I mumbled.
Archer seemed to be keen on getting married; I on the other hand wasn't really ready. I mean, yes I loved him, and yes I wanted to spend the rest of my life with him, but I wasn't quite ready yet. You know, I wanted to get around and see sights, have fun with my girls, but being married would change all of that.
"Oh, come on Lottie, its going to be you and me, and that's all that matters" Reaching across, she smothered the frown I wore with his thumb and cupped the side of my face.
"I love you, you know that" I said back, and Archer nodded, "But, I'm just worried that everything is going to change, that I won't be able to have a normal life, like everyone else".
Archer just nodded again, as though he understood what I was talking about.
"You're amazing, and frankly, if you want to do things, I have no right to say whether or not you should or shouldn't. I'm here for you, and I want to make you happy, and if that means by letting you travel the world with Sophie and Katy for a year, then I guess I will have to accept that" Stopping, he took one of my pancakes and chomping on it.
"Hey!" Swatting away his second hand, I stuck my tongue out at him and laughed as his face went numb and he let out a faint laugh.
"So, I packed my stuff and you packed yours, so let's get on the road, the guys aren't going to wait all day until we show up, aye?" Archer smirked, and pinched one last pancake, before running outside with both of our suitcases.
"That boy" I smiled.
Archer was amazing, and it seemed like he took everything fairly well. I mean, he didn't yell or scream about how horrible I was or about how I shouldn't do things like that, actually, he was pretty stoked that I would give up everything just for him, even if it was my love.
I was getting giddy.
"Lottie, hurry up princess" Archer called from outside, and with one last walk around the house to make sure that everything was off, I went to the car, but not before kissing Archer softly and making him moan underneath it.
"So, Mr.I-am-actually-driving-a-car-sober, where exactly are we going?" I folded my legs out in front of me and watched Archer from the corner of my eye.
He laughed.
"That is classified information, Miss Gunner, so I can't actually tell you" He sung and made a left when we hit the highway.
"Aww, Arch, you're no fun"
"Aww, Lottie, you're no fun, either"
"Stop copying me"
"Stop copying me"
"Archer!"
"Archer!"
"You suck"
"You suck"
"Archer sucks cock"
"Lottie sucks cock"
"Ha-ha you didn't repeat me" I squealed, and Archer's eyes lit up for a moment.
"Well, I don't like to lie" Was all he said.
Stupid little prick.
"So how long until we get there, dork-face" I let out a yawn, I mean, come on, it is 6 o'clock, I can barely hold an intelligent conversation until 10 ish.
"About 10 minutes" He stated, and with a backhander, he stuttered to regain himself, "Okay, 7 hours, relax, crazy woman".
"Whatever you say"
We drove for what seemed like ages, or until my eyelids couldn't keep open anymore.
My eyes were blinking, faster and faster, and the fight to stay awake was really not worth it. My eyes were shutting softly, and the soft jazz music coming from the stereo wasn't really helping.
"Don't be a party pooper, Lottie, stay awake" Archer nudged my leg with his free hand.
I swatted him away.
"Go away, Archer, I'm tired" I mumbled incoherently, and Archer snickered.
"What was that Lottie, you want to blow me? Hell I didn't think you had the balls"
I cracked an eye open, "I'm so not in the mood"
"Aww, don't be like that princess" He laughed again and took my hand within his, rubbing circles on my palm with his thumb.
"Stop it, I am trying to sleep"
"And I am trying to drive, but you don't see me complaining"
"You're hopeless"
"You're beautiful"
"You're annoying"
"You're pretty"
"You're going to get punched in the face"
"You're going to get kissed on the mouth"
"You're weird"
"You're amazing"
"I swear Archer, shut up cause I'm tired"
"So you can sleep, but I can't get blown, don't you think that is a little unfair?"
"If I was actually bothered to come up with a comeback, I would, just so you know"
"Na, I reckon you can't think of one, so you're using your sleepy-ness as an excuse"
"Whatever floats your boat, Archer"
"But I don't have a boat"
"How about the plastic one in the games room?"
"I kind of broke it. Sorry"
"Argh, this is so not worth my time"
"LOTTIE!"
"Archer!"
"I don't know"
"Fuck me drunk"
"Okay, just let me pull over"
"I swear"
"I swear"
"God, no, not this again"
"God, no, not this again"
Pulling my eyes open completely, I glared at Archer who was whistling carefully to a tune that sounded far more interesting than our boring conversation.
"Shut up, and let me sleep"
"No" Archer reached down and pulled a CD from underneath his seat. Sliding it into the player, he pushed play and the car was filled with an automated silent.
That was until Archer started singing along with the music.
"Hey, you, you're a pretty girl, you're pretty artificial and I wish there was enough of you to come around" His voice was scratchy, no doubt about it, but hey, he was keeping himself occupied while I trying to sleep.
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"Mayday, Mayday, someone, save me" I opened my eyes and rubbed them slowly, completely ignoring my surroundings.
"Archer?" I sat up fully in my seat, and caught a glimpse of the little dyed black haired boy smiling at the mountains around us.
I guess you never really appreciate true beauty until your fiancé drives you to the middle of nowhere and makes you watch him, watching the surroundings.
I pulled open the door, and now my fingers felt like they were going to fall off.
"It's cold" I mumbled, and pulling out the jumped that was sitting on Archer's seat, I threw it over my shoulders and walked up beside him.
"It's pretty"
"Yeah..."stopping, he looked at me and gave me a big smile.
"Hold on, don't use that, 'but you're prettier' phrase, it is so over done"
"Actually I was going to say, yeah, it's pretty and it makes you look like a dung beetle" He laughed, which earning him a 'I hate you'.
"So where exactly are we?" I asked.
Archer put an arm around me.
"This place right where our feet are, is called Echo Point, and those big monstrosities, are the 3 sisters" He stretched his free hand out to point at the mountains across from us.
"Okay" I nodded.
"Once upon a time, there were these three sisters, and they loved each other very much, but they were incredibly rude to others. A wizard saw this, and told them that if they didn't act like nicely to others, he would punish them. The girls didn't listen, so when they did something bad, he turned them into rocks" Archer mumbled.
"Really?" Now I would pay to listen to that kind of story.
"I don't know, that's what I heard, it's probably bull though" He shrugged and began walking off in the other direction.
"So are we close yet, or do I have to wait another few hours" I caught up to him and took his hand.
"Only a little while longer" He smiled down at me and kissed my lips softly.
Catching him around the neck, and he wrapping his arms around my torso, I kissed him harder, my lips pushing his. His tongue touched my lips and I opened for him, carefully letting his eager self get within me.
"I think we should get going" Pulling away from me, he pointed to the car and dragged me over.
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We drove for hours straight, six long, tiring hours until we managed to find ourselves in the slightest, remote place.
Stepping out of the car, I held a hand to my throat.
It was beautiful.
A vineyard sprung carefully from the delicate greens of the grass, and a small little cottage on a hill was the only other life around for what seemed like miles. Archer tugged my arm around him and walked me up the long pathway and towards the cottage.
"Archer, how absolutely gorgeous is it?" I was too stunned.
The cottage had those little blue flap windows and a comfortable blue door, with a small roof and curtains cast carefully over the glass.
"Yeah, I supposed its okay" He shrugged and knocked on the door softly.
"Costa, Costa, Ai!" A women called from inside the house and throwing the door open, she looked at us.
"Archer!" Her voice laced in a heavy accent.
Archer nodded, "Ci"
The woman pushed herself through the doorframe and caught my fiancé around the neck, her hands placed lightly on his cheeks as she kissed them, saying words in a foreign language to him, which he responded to exactly.
Pulling away, the lady looked at me, and I couldn't help but smile.
Her white blonde hair was fading, and the only remanent of her old beauty was the vibrant green of her eyes. Laugh lines crossed her face in every direction, but instead of making her look like a reptilian bag, she looked like a teddy bear.
"Charlotte is you?" She asked in broken English.
I giggled.
"Yes, ma'am" I gave her a grin, and the woman took my face within her hands and kissed my cheeks softly.
Wow, I haven't hand one of these kisses in ages.
"You is, what is the word Archer?" The lady held herself carefully, trying to come up with some word.
"Annoying, weird, beautiful?" He spoke different words, counting them off with his fingers.
I, on the other hand, resisted to give him the finger.
"Too thin. Aiy" The woman grabbed my hand, and on the way in swatted Archer across the head and swore at him.
Archer shrugged and followed, giving me a look that practically screamed, 'ha, she's going to kill you'.
Pulling me towards a small little table in the front room, she sat me down and smiled at me, give a evil glare towards Archer. She then excused herself, and went somewhere else.
"She is so cute" I squealed.
"Yeah, that's my grandmother. Whenever we go camping, we camp out in her backyard, all 3 or so acres" he smiled.
Turning around, I admired the small room.
Photos covering every wall, of her children, grandchildren, of her home, and of her and a man. Of course, there were plates everywhere, decorative, and a faint smell of something sweet.
"You get used to her, I mean, after she fattens you up" Archer laughed.
"Oh"
The petite woman came back into the room, ushering with her a pile of sweets and deserts.
"You eat, for me" She smiled and I nodded, picking up a lemon tart looking thing and taking a bite out of it.
Wow! It was sweet.
"Good?"
"Yes, it's delicious" I smiled at her, and she left for the other room.
At that instant, I took another bite and smiled widely at Archer, who had his elbows on the table, and his face in his hands, watching me carefully.
"What?" I asked with a full mouth.
He shrugged, "Nothing"
A few minutes later, the woman came out again, but this time I felt kind of bad because I didn't know her name.
"Costa is outside with wine, you come" Stopping to reach for my hand, she said something to Archer in her hushed voice, and he came up beside me, taking my free hand.
"She likes you" He mumbled against my neck, kissing it softly.
"Really?"
"Yeah, really"
Following the lady outside, I was shocked to see the sight. The green of the hills, and the grape vines lined up in rows so carefully thought out, that it looked almost magical.
"Charlotte, this is my husband, Costa" The woman smiled, pointing at a man sitting in a rocking chair, with a glass of red wine in his hands.
The man mentioned something to his wife, and Archer laughed. He then turned to face me, a toothy grin forming words.
"Beautiful" He nodded and the woman agreed.
"Thank you and it is nice to meet you" I mumbled, my cheeks beating red.
"Marie, you make dinner for eat?" Costa took another swig of his wine.
The woman, Marie, said something to him in Spanish, before swearing as she made her way back into the kitchen.
"You marry Archer, soon?" he asked.
I nodded, "In a few days or something"
"Good, good"
Costa turned his attention to Archer, and speaking to him in his fluent tongue. Archer responded with the same language, except it sounded way better coming from him.
"You try grape for taste" Costa abruptly turned to me and handed me a bowl with ripe graphs in it.
Taking one from the top, I pushed it between my lips and savoured the sweet flavour.
It was beautiful.
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"despedida" Archer called to the two people standing by the house, waving at us.
They yelled the same response back, and I found myself, smiling and waving at them.
"67 years Archer, how romantic" I hummed, leaning back in the car seat and smiling to myself.
"Sure" He mumbled.
Turning off onto another pathway, Archer made a sharp left and followed a road, that zoomed past the hills, over a few creeks, until we made it into an open camp area.
"Finally" I screamed, and scrambled out of the car.
Sophie and Katy were just as thrilled, jumping up from logs which were situated around a small fire, to join me.
"Thought you would never make it" Katy laughed, tossing her red hair behind her shoulders and squeezing me.
Sophie agreed.
As a good fiancé, I left Archer to do everything, settling down onto one of the wooden blocks and chatting away.
"Did you see how many McDonald's we passed on the way here? I mean there had to be at least 14 or some absurd number like that" Sophie spoke .
She was right though.
"Hey girls, you want to go for a swim?" Sean yelled from within one of the tents pitched up.
We all nodded, I mean, who would honestly turn down an offer like that.
Archer was finished around the same time as the other guys, and smirking, we all looked at each other, suspicious looks in our eyes.
And just like that, Sophie's hand motioned a flick and a dirt pile was clear on Sean's face.
"This means war!"