Wyatt
"Are you still cold?" I ask quietly.

Katie snuggles closer to me. "No. Quit worrying, I'm fine."

I sigh. "Sorry Baby, but I'm going to worry. It was forty degrees outside and you got soaking wet."

Izzy pauses the Tv and gives up a dead look.

"Sorry, Iz." We both say quickly.

We're all sitting in Katie's basement watching Stranger Things.

Katie couldn't believe I only watched the first two seasons and never finished the last two.

After we confessed our undying love for each other, (Tyler's words not mine) we came to Katie's house.

I used the excuse that Katie could get hypothermia if we didn't share a blanket.

If I'm being honest, I just wanted to cuddle with her.

Now that she's my REAL girlfriend I will be able to cuddle her whenever I want.

Which will be a lot, I'm pretty sure physical touch is my love language.

"Might as well leave it unpaused they're not watching it," Ava complains from the ground.

Ava and Derek are snuggling on the floor and Tyler and Izzy are on the other side of the couch Katie and I are on.

"We are too!" Katie whines.

Tyler gives her a blank look. "Really?"

Katie blushes. "Fine, we weren't."

Derek scoffs. "That much was obvious."

"I'm just going to put this out there before y'all get super serious. When we are together there must be at least three inches of space apart." Tyler says.

Katie's eyes narrow as she sits up. "Hold up, that rule applies to everyone, correct."

Tyler grins. "No, just you two."

Katie crosses her arms and I stifle a laugh at her pissed-off look. "For three years I've had to watch you and Izzy; now it's payback time."

Tyler sits up, matching Katie's pissed-off look.
"This is totally different, I don't want to watch YOU kiss and be all lovey-dovey with some guy. No offense Wyatt."

I smile. "None taken."

Katie turns around to look at me and then back at Tyler. "It's because I'm a girl isn't it."

"It so is!" Ava gasps and Izzy laughs.

Tyler shakes his head annoyed and Derek rolls his eyes.

Izzy pats Tyler's arm. "Cut them some slack, it's new love. Do you remember how it was for us?"

Tyler sighs. "Yeah, I guess."

"It better stay PG. Like the kisses better be appropriate enough for hallmark." Derek yells.

Katie grins. "What if it doesn't?"

Derek matches her grin. "Then I'll make a little phone call to a certain place saying your dating a minor."

My eyebrows scrunch. "Dude, I'm eighteen."

Tyler's eyes widened. "Wait, seriously?"

I laugh and Katie relaxes against me. "Yes, I turned eighteen last month."

"So, that means we are all adults," Izzy says.

"Yeah, well, Ava's old enough to buy beer." Tyler chirps.

"I'm not though," Ava yells back.

"I guess I'll have to wait three more years." Tyler mumbles.

Ava sits up. "How are you a high school senior at nineteen?"

"He had to repeat the sixth grade," Izzy says.

"Me and Ty are nineteen and the girls are eighteen," Derek says.

Ava nods in understanding.

I don't leave Katie's till around midnight and the next day we go for a trail ride.

We're sitting under a tree watching the horses graze.

"I want to tell you something," I say.

"What?" Katie whispers.

"I'm going to Clearbrook in the fall," I say nonchalantly.

Katie whips around with a huge grin. "Seriously?"

I smile. "I forgot to tell you yesterday, but right after we broke up I sighed up."

Katie wraps her arms around my neck. "That's awesome!"

She pulls away slightly. "Oh my gosh, I just realized something."

I give her a teasing smile. "What?"

"I'm going to be dating the college quarterback."

"All the girls are going to hate me," Katie whispers.

I tuck a stray strand of hair behind her ear. "They won't hate you."

Katie rolls her eyes. "They will, but who cares I'll have you."

"What's your favorite thing about me?"

I tilt my head to the side pretending to think. "Uh, you have an amazing butt."

Katie gasps and punches my arm. "Be serious Muriel."

I laugh. "I was."

Katie raises her eyebrows in question and I smile. "Besides your super hot butt, your eyes."

Katie blushes. "My eyes? They're the color of flipping grass."

I lean closer to her. "No, there absolutely mesmerizing."

I place a quick kiss on her nose and she giggles.

"Okay, your turn," I whisper.

"My turn for what?" Katie asks.

"What's your favorite thing about me?"

Katie looks down. "I don't want to say."

I chuckle. "Oh my gosh, it's my super hot body isn't it?"

Katie looks me up and down. "Actually your body is pretty average."

I fake gasp and start ticking her.

"Okay, okay, it's your killer smile," Katie shouts.

I stop and stare at her face. "The smile you said didn't work on you?"

Katie nods.

"The smile you said every girl loved, but you?"

Katie nods again with an ashamed look.

I smile said smile. "You couldn't resist could you?"

Katie sighs. "No, I couldn't."

I pull her closer to me and press a kiss on the top of her head.

"I love everything about you, Wyatt," Katie whispers.

I pull away to look into her eyes. "Almost hitting you with my car was the best thing to ever happen to me."

Katie smirks. "And to think I absolutely despised you at the time."

"Ah, how things change," I say.

Katie scoffs. "I judged you before I got to know you."

I give her a quick kiss on the mouth. "And know?"

Katie pulls me closer to her. "Now, I love you all my heart."

"I've been in love with you ever since; it just took me a while to realize it," I say against her lips.

She kisses me and I feel a spark shoot through me.

Every kiss is better than the last.

We pull away and I rest my forehead against hers. "I love you, Katie."

"I love you too Wyatt."

🥲 This chapter was bittersweet.

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