Chapter 39

"Uh, where are we going?" I asked cautiously. Judging from the direction I was being pulled in it looked like we were walking over towards Keaton and Vanessa. Oh my god this is a bad idea. "No! Wes! We can't go over there!" I bit my bottom lip. I had no idea how Keaton was going to react to this.

"Calm down Aves, I'm just going to introduce myself." He loosened the grip that he had on my bicep but I didn't escape. I had to follow him to make sure he didn't embarrass his brother too badly.

Vanessa saw us first. She had handed Keaton her phone to show him something and saw us walking right towards them. Her eyes didn't move from us until we were standing right in front of them.

"Hey." Wes said giving her that little half smile. At the sound of his brother's voice Keaton snapped his head up at us.

"Wes, what are you doing here?" Keaton asked with just a hint of contempt in his voice. His eyes flashed over to me and he asked a silent question: what the hell is he doing? I just shrugged. Wes was spontaneous; he didn't have to have a reason for doing something. It was actually one of the things that I liked most about him.

Vanessa was standing there really confused so I nudged Wes in the rib cage so he would start talking. "I'm Wes, Keaton's brother, and this is Avery, my girlfriend but also Keaton's BFF." Wes said sticking his hand out to the girl. She took it instantly and smiled at us.

"I'm Vanessa. I think I've seen you around school, you're on the football team right?" She was still smiling. I could tell why Keaton liked her so much. Her brown, wavy hair was just past her shoulders and she had these really stunning green eyes. She was perfect for him, always smiling and laughing. She was definitely his type.

Wes nodded. "You gonna come to any of our games this season?"

"Sure. If they don't interfere with any of the soccer games." She replied looking in Keaton's direction. Oh my god please get married already. Vanessa turned to me next.

"I haven't seen you around school though. Do you go to Huntington Beach?" The question was so innocent; she didn't know that I was leaving in four days. But getting a reminder that I had to leave didn't exactly make me any more comfortable with the idea of going home. Wes and Keaton got pretty quiet too. I had to answer before it got awkward.

"Uhm, no I'm from New Jersey so I'll be going back to school there next week." She nodded slowly, looking between Wes and me. She gave me a sad smile, letting me know she had caught on. I was extremely thankful for the coming subject change.

"Aww, nice hats guys. You look so cute!" Vanessa said grinning. "Keaton, take a picture of them!"

"Photographic evidence that I was actually wearing this?" Wes said jokingly. I laughed and he opened his arm out to me. I snuggled into that familiar place under his arm and waited for Keaton to get the lens cap off his camera.

"Okay guys! Say cheese! Get it? Cus you're dressed like mice-"

"Keaton!" Wes and I both interrupted laughing.

"Okay, okay! I'm taking it." He raised the camera up to his face so he could see through the lens. I smiled and then a few seconds later I saw the flash go off. Vanessa leaned over Keaton's shoulder to see the picture. She grinned at us.

"Aww! It's cute!" she gave me a thumbs up.

"You wanna take another?" Keaton asked. I was about to go back to the pose we were just in when Wes picked me up and placed me on his back. The shot was perfect. Wes and I were grinning like idiots. I had my arms wrapped around his neck, hugging myself to him. Then to top it all off, Sleeping Beauty's castle was in the background. I asked Keaton to email me this one because I was going to make it my phone background.

We talked with Keaton and Vanessa for a few more minutes before deciding to go on some more rides. We waved goodbye to them and Wes called over his shoulder, "Bye bro, you guys can go back to making out or whatever you were doing before we got here." I don't think I had ever seen Keaton so red. Vanessa too. They were both just awkwardly standing there, trying their hardest not to touch with us looking.

Wes was laughing and I thumped him on the arm. "You're horrible!" I said while laughing. I couldn't help it, I had to laugh. Wes smirked at me.

"Just performing the duties of the big brother." He said interlocking his fingers and stretching them in front of him. "Public embarrassment and teasing him around his girlfriend. That's two birds with one stone Aves." He chuckled. I could tell he was happy for Keaton though. If he didn't like Vanessa he would have broken up that relationship right away.

I looked over at him as the sun hit his cheekbones perfectly. He was gorgeous; I couldn't believe that he was actually my boyfriend. He's super cute, funny, and talented. He's the entire package; and he's into me. That was the part that completely blew my mind. He was my first boyfriend, my first kiss (If you don't count Timmy Petriah in the second grade and Gabe Salvatore in the sixth), and the first guy to ever really notice me.

All of us met up for dinner later that day, even Vanessa joined us. Everyone was excited to meet Keaton's new girl and Drew and Wes went on serious protection detail. Even though they didn't say it, they made it pretty clear that they would ruin Vanessa's life if she ever cheated on Keaton. It was ridiculously harsh, but also kind of sweet. They were both looking out for Keaton because they cared about him, not like they would ever admit that. But it was true.

Around 9 when it started to get dark, our group made its way over to the fireworks. We picked out a section of grass that no one had claimed yet. We all sat down, eyes fixed on the horizon waiting for the show to start. It was kind of cold out tonight. There was a constant breeze blowing around the park. I must have been shivering because Wes gave me his sweatshirt. I must have been glowing. I loved all those movies where the couple is walking out of a date, or prom or something and the guy puts his jacket around the girl's shoulders to keep her warm. I don't know why, but I've always wanted that to happen to me.

Pewwwww! Paaaaaah! Pewwwwwwww pewwww! The fireworks started whizzing into the night sky. I've seen fireworks before, but nothing quite like this. It might have just been because we were at Disney, but it just felt more magical. I turned to Wes to see if he felt it too. His eyes weren't fixed on the sky, but on me. It was pitch black now, but I could still see him smiling. His chocolate brown hair was in his eyes ever so slightly, it had grown out again. He leaned in and I thought he was going to kiss me. But instead he moved his lips over to my ear.

"Did you have fun today?" He whispered to me.

"You have no idea. Today was amazing." I said moving my hand on top of his.

"Amazing because you had incredible company right." He said flashing me that cocky grin. Most people would find that irritating, but I liked it. People needed to joke around, life didn't have to be so serious all the time.

"Yeah, spending today with Keaton was pretty cool." I said teasing him back. I saw a fire light behind his eyes, not of discontempt, but of admiration.

"Avery Brayden you are a piece of work." He laughed leaning in closer to me.

"Yeah, but I'm you're piece of work." I said cupping his face. I let my thumb trace the contours of his jaw softly. I saw that little half smirk forming and moved my thumb to the very edge of his mouth. I stroked upward as if trying to get him to smile. He finally did and closed the space between both our lips. I could feel myself smiling as he laid me down on the grass, hands on my hips. This was literally the perfect ending to the perfect day.

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