Love and Spice

Chapter 4: The three words

A couple of days later, Tylor went out with some friends, and I stayed at the house. He told me he would only be gone a few hours and that when he got back, we would go watch the sunset on the beach. He gave me a sweet kiss goodbye and left. I decided to text my friend Susie and ask her if she wanted to come over and watch romantic comedies and do each other's nails. She said yes, and brought Beer, nail polish, candy, and popcorn. When the doorbell rang, I rushed to the door with my pajamas still on, and my hair still in a messy bun. I opened the door, and she walked in putting all the goodies on the table. After she put the things on the table, she gave me a huge hug. Susie and I had been friends for 12 years, and she was one of my only friends I had left.

She saw the wrap on my foot and asked what happened. I told her all about it, and she didn't care; she was just relieved that I was ok. She grabbed a target bag full of nail polish in all different colors. She took all the nail polish out, and there were like 20 different nail polishes, not including the bottom and top coat. “Dang girl, you went all out”. I said in excitement. “Well we haven't seen each other in a while, and I wanted us to have options”. She replied. I just smiled and started looking at all the different colors. There was red, orange, yellow, pink, light and dark pink, purple, 3 different shades of blue and green, white, black, and so many more. I decided to do my nails a sexy red, and a clear glitter on top. I did my toes white, with a blue glitter on top.

She did her nails a light pink on her fingernails, and a light purple on her toenails. We were having a blast. After we finished painting nails, she grabbed the beer, candy, and popcorn. We turned on The Summer I Turned Pretty, and opened our beers, laughing and crying as we watched the first season. Once we hit season 2 of the summer, I turned pretty, and she got up to use the bathroom. When she came out we got underneath the blankets and continued watching. I got a text from Tylor telling me he was going to be out for another couple of hours, because he and the guys wanted to go bowling. I was totally ok with it because I was having a blast with Susie.

We had gotten to the middle of season 2 of The Summer I Turned Pretty, and I quickly ran to the kitchen and grabbed another beer for each of us out of the fridge. I closed the fridge door, and leaped on the couch, and Susie just laughed. We were about to turn the show back on when she saw condoms on the table. “Chloe”? She asked, sounding shocked. “Yeah, what's up”? I replied not thinking anything of it. “Are these what I think they are”? She grabbed the small box and showed it to me. I thought s**t! “Uhh”, "Maybe,” I said, not knowing what to say. “Oh my god”, actually, that's amazing, who's the guy”? She asked eagerly, and she wasn't upset, which I was so relieved. “Ok,” I let out a big sigh. “Don't freak out,” I told her. “Ok, ok, I won't, just tell me, I am dying to know”. She genuinely seemed interested. “Tylor,” I finally said. “No fucken way”. “Chloe, that's crazyawesomeme”. She said this while she was freaking the f**k out with joy.

She was actually ok with it. She said she wanted details now! I told her everything, every detail, starting from when we first started talking, till when he kissed me, and every detail of that amazing s*x. She was in shock and was teasing me about whether I was going to start moaning just from thinking about it. We just laughed, and I felt so happy and relieved that she was ok with it. She was the only one who knew about Tylor in the first place, and now we were a couple. I got another text from Tylor, but this time it was a picture of him and his buds at the bar at the bowling alley. He reminded me that he was only having one drink, and if he decided to have more, he would get an Uber. He was so sweet, I thought to myself. Susie grabbed the remote and played the next episode of the summer. I turned pretty. We were both drooling over Conrad and Jeremiah and crying and laughing on every single episode. We just got to season 3, and Taylor was still not back, but I didn't mind. I was just happy he was having a good time. Susie and I finished the summer, I turned pretty, in tears, laughter, half drunk, and sick to our stomachs. We did have beautiful nails though. We got off the couch, threw all the trash away, and moaned because we were so stiff and sore. She grabbed her things and gave me a huge hug goodbye. She told me to keep her updated on me and Tylor and that we needed to do this again soon.

She opened the door, got into her car, and drove away. It was 4:00pm and Taylor was still not back, no text, no call, no information. I was getting a little worried and anxious, partly because we only had two hours until sunset, and he had been out since super early this morning. I got off the couch, grabbed the condoms from off the living room table, and put them in the drawer in the bathroom. I then folded the blankets and threw the beer cans in the recycling. Then just as I went upstairs, to go into my room, my phone rang. I was Tylor! I was so happy, I answered the phone on the first ring. “Hey Chloe, I am on my way back, in an Uber, sorry I took so long”. He said the second he answered the phone.

“It's ok, just get home safe, I can't wait to watch the sunset on the beach with you”. Me too, Chloe, by the way, get into a nice dress, I have a surprise,” He said, sounding excited. “Wait, really, yay, I can't wait”. I said in an excited tone of voice. After we hung up the phone, I grabbed my white beachy dress out of my closet, and white flip flops. I slipped off my pajamas and put on the dress. I went into the bathroom, took out my messy bun, and brushed my hair. I then put some mascara on and lip gloss, and grabbed my small white purse. I then slipped on my flip-flops and went downstairs. I sat down on the couch, and then the door opened. Tylor walked in, in a nice shirt and shorts. He opened up his arms, and I dropped my purse and ran into them. He grabbed me by my waist and picked me up. I put my legs around him and we hugged tight laughing.

He then put me down, and I looked up at him as he leaned down and put his lips on mine. He told me I looked beautiful, and asked if I was ready. I told him yes, and we headed down to the beach. The beach was only a 10-minute walk, so we walked down there. He picked me up in his arms when we got there, and told me to close my eyes. I took my sandals off and threw them on the sand. He set me down, and I felt the sand between my toes, and I could hear the ocean waves. He told me to keep my eyes closed until he told me to open them. “Open them”. He finally said in nervousness. I opened my eyes and saw a candlelight dinner on towels, the candles were fake, and there was my favorite food on plates, with a bottle of champagne. I literally started feeling happy tears come to my eyes.

“Do you like it”? He asked nervously. “I love it”, "You are the best”! I leaped into his arms and slammed my lips on his. We sat down and ate the beautiful meal, and drank the champagne. We watched the sunset, talking here and there, but just enjoying each other's company. When we were finished eating we cleaned up the dishes and put them in the bag. Then we lay down on the towel and looked up at the stars. He put his head on my chest. I rubbed his head softly and then kissed him gently on the head. Then he said… “I love you, Chloe”. He said in a very soft tone of voice. My heart stopped, and then I asked him, “What did you just say”? I said in shock. “I said.. I love you”. He repeated. And sounded so calm, and realistic. I replied… “I love you too”. I sat up and put my soft lips on his, then I left some tension, and then put my tongue in his mouth, he did it right back, and then we started making out. He got on top of me and kissed me on my lips and my neck. It felt so amazing, and it felt so unreal.