Alice's POV

His hand was gently caressing my cheek, his other one on my wrist. Still being in a state of complete shock, I didn't know what to do. But eventually, I could feel myself melting into the kiss, wrapping my arms around his neck. I could feel him smiling against my lips, pulling me even closer.

I could feel every little movement, his warm skin under my arms, his hands lightly fluttering across my cheek, tangling themselves into my hair and his finger rubbing my thumb while pulling me closer towards him until there wasn't an inch between us.

I was out of breath, and I pulled back, wanting to stay alive, but as soon as I had taken in a single breath, he pulled me into him again, his lips crushing mine in a passionate kiss. This kiss wasn't as sweet as the one in the supply closet. It was, but it was more passionate. As if he was more into the feeling of my lips against his than portraying his emotions. To be honest, I wasn't complaining.

Suddenly, I was in his lap, right on top of him, and I could feel the water tickling our toes. It was perfect. So perfect that I was wondering if the entire thing was actually happening. However, Luke's teeth nipping my bottom lip made everything real, and his tongue was suddenly inside my mouth, playing with mine.

I pulled back, not being able to take the lack of oxygen for much longer. I was so out of breath, I couldn't even look up at him, heaving as I greedily took in the air around me. After I had finally caught my breath, I looked up at Luke. He had the nerve to look like he had just taken a light jog, and wasn't out of breath at all. How? Was he even human? Or was he a vampire or something?

"Have I ever told you how hot you are when we're kissing?", he asked, smiling at me cheekily.

I lightly slapped him on his shoulder, narrowing my eyes at him. Trust Luke to make even the most serious situations lighthearted. He just chuckled, pulling me close to him and hugging me tight. I melted in his arms, feeling his taught muscles against me.

"I hope you understood what I was trying to tell you.", he whispered, rubbing my back.

I looked up at him, biting my lip nervously.

"I did.", I whispered. I was extremely nervous. I don't know why, but I was. "I have a question. Since when have you... liked me? As more than just a friend."

He smiled at me again, pressing a light kiss on the palm of my hand.

"I wish I had a romantic, cliché story like "since the day I set my eyes on your beautiful face", or something. But that's not true. To be completely honest, I don't know myself. I just remember seeing you for the first time, and thinking that we would be great friends.", he said, rubbing circles on my back.

His comforting hands on my back were soothing, and I could feel the nervousness fading away into nothing but comfort.

"You were always someone that I just clicked with. No matter what.", he continued. "And along our friendship, I fell. Super duper deep. A little too deep. And I never came back. Because you were always so amazing and beautiful. You were my everything."

I was extremely overwhelmed. To think that he had liked me all this time... I couldn't imagine it. Not because it was a bad thought, but because it was too good to be true. And I couldn't believe that I had only recently fallen for him. How could I have not seen him as more than just a friend? The entire thing was beyond me.

"I don't know what to say... I just-"

"Shush." Luke cut me off, putting his finger on my lips. I stared at him, waiting for him to speak. "You don't need to say anything right now. Just let me hold you."

His arms tightened around me, my chin getting caressed by the dip between his shoulder and the side of his neck. I relaxed, my eyes automatically closing. I was so relaxed, it was a little concerning. Shouldn't I have been jumping around in happiness, or worrying my butt off, wondering how to reject him? For some reason, I felt none of the two feelings. I was completely at peace.

Suddenly, I felt a long, cold, string-like structure around my wrist. I looked down, surprised, just to see Luke's hands wrapping a bracelet around my wrist. I held my breath in surprise as he closed the beautiful, silver charm bracelet's clasp. I looked at it more closely, and gasped. The charm bracelet had a surfboard, star, wave, "L" and "A" charm. Luke smiled at my reaction, pointing at the charms and starting to tell me about them.

"A surfboard for the love that we share for surfing, a wave for all the times that we've sat at the beach together, a star for your intense love for the stars and our initials to represent the two of us.", he murmured, staring at me.

I was completely and utterly flabbergasted, staring at the undoubtedly super expensive thing in shock. It was beautiful. Absolutely beautiful. Not because of the fact that it was mad of shining silver, but because of the love and thoughtfulness that Luke had poured into it. I could feel the buyer of the bracelet pressing a kiss to my head, making me melt on the inside.

I could hear him whispering to himself, saying, "Suck it up, idiot! You have to do it!"

I knew exactly what he was going to do, and I smiled at his pep-talk, one hundred percent sure that he thought he was talking to himself internally.

I waited for him patiently, quickly adjusting my position so that I looked dignified when he asked me. I sat up straight, all the noises around me disappearing. I could only heart the loud, steady beating of my heart and the sound of Luke breathing in deeply. He turned towards me, clearly nervous.

And he asked me the question.

AYYYY! ANOTHER CLIFFHNAGER! Anyone else think that I should get married to them? XD Anywho, I hope you enjoyed this chapter, and also hope that you're squealing at the two lovebirds as much as I am! XD Make sure to comment, vote and share! Love you guys! Peace out! <33333