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I woke up. Sunday morning. Tomorrow marked the 2 week "Spenceversary" Of when I first met my Spencer.

I looked over and saw the clock. In 20 minutes my parents would be in here waking me up to drag me to church. They knew I hated it, but didn't know why. 

To hell with church. (Pun intended). When my parents told me to get up, I explained what happened last night.

"Please? I'm feeling so tired and I don't want to go today."

"Honey, its important! You need to go"

"Mom, I cant. I'm sorry"

I was even surprised about how stern I was with her. Kind, but extremely stern. After a small "Ok" From her, I went back to sleep. But not really. While they were getting ready, I had my phone.

7:45: To Spencer

Hey :) Wanna hang out today? My family is going to church so ill be home alone...

I sat in bed contemplating what I was asking. I knew what I wanted. I wanted for him to come over and for me to hug him, hold him, cuddle him,  kiss him, and just be with him.

My phone buzzed.

7:47: From Spencer

Ok? I thought that was againt the church? But Id love too.

I sighed. I didnt want to be defined by something that wasn't me. I texted back.

7:50: To Spencer

Yeah... About that... Just come over. K?

SPENCERS POV:

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I might have started to freak out a little bit. I'm a really shy person when  you first meet me, I am a pretty quiet, reserved person. But I'm going farther and farther out of my comfort zone around Jesse. When he is near, I feel.... Safe.

I Jumped up immediately and went running through the house. After brushing my teeth, showering, combing my hair perfectly, and doing everything to look perfect. Until I passed the guest room. There was a person in there! It was David!

Stop. Breathe.

I thought to myself, "Jesse will keep me safe. He will keep me from getting hurt."

My fists unclenched, and my heartbeat slowed. I walked slowly down the hall, so I wouldn't get my heartbeat racing again. As soon as I rounded the corner, I speed walked up the stairs, and went down the hall into my room. I did some final checking to make sure I looked fine.

There was a knock on my bathroom door.

I opened it up, and found my mom smiling sweetly. She ushered me out, which annoyed me a little bit because I wanted to look perfect for Jesse.

"Hey, can I talk to you about something?" She asked. her voice was serious and it scared me a little.

"Sure" I said back.

"So after you went to sleep last night, we put David in the guest room. I want you to stay as far away from him as you can. Jesse and I were talking, and I think you will be happy to hear that he will be coming over every day this week after school."

My heart jumped. I was going to have him all to myself? I was excited.

She continued a few seconds later.

"But after things settled down, him and I were talking. He went up to check on you before he left. You were asleep. I followed him, but he shut the door when he was in there. When I opened it back up a little bit, he was stroking your hair gently. After that, he leaned down and kissed your forehead and turned around. I kinda panicked and ran out leaving the door open---"

That was the last thing I heard. I had fainted again. When I woke up, my mom was by my bed with a glass of water. After I drank it, I remembered what she had said and I almost fainted again when she said:

"Spencer??? Why did you faint?"

"Uh, Emotional Stimuli, remember?"

But this time I knew that it wasn't because of fear, or anger, or anything. I had fainted because I finally was getting what I wanted most. Jesse. I couldn't believe that it was finally happening. Then I remembered that me and Jesse were supposed to hang out soon.

I felt like I was about to throw up.

I was so nervous, but excited at the same time. I hoped he would finally make a move. My hands were getting sweaty just thinking about hanging out with him.

"Whats wrong sweetie?"

I stopped biting my lip, and responded "Jesse asked me if I wanted to hang out today..."

My mom stood me up, and straightened my shirt.

"Go to him." She said. I stumbled/walked out of my room, and texted Jesse.

8:24: To: My Boy

Hey! Sorry I uh, fell asleep again. Ready to go!

After hitting send I anxiously walked around my living room.

My phone buzzed.

8:24: From My Boy

Awesome. Ill come pick you up. See you in a sec.

And now the true panic set in. I was going to hang out with the boy I loved, who apparently loves me back, But neither of us are brave enough to say it???

A few minutes later, his car pulled into the driveway.

I yelled "Bye Mom!"

She  yelled back jokingly "Don't forget to use protection!"

"AHHH! MOM!"

I heard her laughing upstairs. I walked out the front door. The immediate flash of cold wind in my face made me forget about my worrying. Just for a second though. I jumped into Jesse's car.

"Hey" I said to him forcing a smile.

"Hey" he said to me, with his lovely smile.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Uh, that depends. Where do you want to go?"

I really didn't care where we went. As long as it was with him.

"Wanna go see a movie?"

"I don't know, bad things seem to happen when we see movies" He said jokingly.

I laughed, and playfully punched him in the arm. We both laughed.

"Well then what do you want to do?" I asked.

"Why don't we..... Oooh I know!"

Jesses POV

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I knew where I wanted to go. I thought for a moment. I jingled the keys I snagged from my dads drawer, to make sure they were still there. Luckily for me, my mom and dad were both very "High Up" So to speak in the church. They would definitely be gone all Sunday.

I made a right, and pulled out onto the freeway.

"Where are we going?" Spencer asked.

"I wanna show you something." I said.

We passed under a big sign that read "BIG COTTON WOOD CANYON: EXIT 225".

I made my way to the right, and exited. After a gorgeous drive up the canyon, I turned off onto a dirt road. I jumped out, and used one of the keys to unlock the gate to the road that is off limits to regular pedestrians.

I got back in the car, and pulled up. After a drive full of twists, turns, and winding switchbacks, we finally made it where I wanted to be. I pulled in, and there it was. My families log cabin. Built 90 years ago by my great grandpa - By hand.

I believe that we all need somewhere beautiful. Somewhere to "retreat" too when the world is telling us that we aren't enough, or that we always fell short of the mark.

I parked the car, and jumped out. I made my way over to open Spenser's door, but then realized that this wasn't a date, and he had already opened it. I motioned for him to follow me.

"I love it here" He said with wonder in his voice.

"Its beautiful isn't it?" I said.

I used the second key to unlock the front door, after ringing the door bell, just for fun. (Literally a door bell. My great grandpa attached a literal bell next to the front door). We walked in, and I could instantly smell the wonderful smell of sawdust. The logs still held their smell after all this time.

We walked over to the grand fireplace, and I started a fire. It was November, getting closer to December, and winter had definitely set in.

The cabin living room was shaped like a rectangle. One of the 2 long sides had a couch, and the parallel had a HUGE window, with the back door next to it. The short side was cut off by a diagonal fireplace, and the other had a door that led to the kitchen. A flight of creaky wooden stairs went up to the 2nd floor next too the couch.

We took off our shoes, and just talked for a while on the couch. We looked over the huge window overlooking a valley? We always called it "The Dropoff" because if you walked about 200 yards from the back door of the cabin, it was flat, then almost completely vertical. It dropped down into a river at the bottom, and then back up another mountain on the other side.

We sat and played games that had been there for a long time. We looked through a drawer full of records, and put one on the record player. Something, By the Beatles. The same song that I had thought of when I got close to Spencer.

Suddenly I remembered something about the dropoff. It hadn't been used in years. But I knew it still existed.

A Trail.

He must have recognized I was in deep thought, because he trailed off into silence.

"You Okay?" He asked

I stood up, and motioned for him to follow me.

We put our shoes on, me shooting a knowing smile. I took him out the back door, and back past a Pine tree that must be hundreds of years old. I took him down a steep traverse, Down switchbacks, over and under fallen trees, and sometimes even got to grab his hand to steady him while he jumped over or off of something.

Eventually when we heard running water, I knew we were getting close. The smell of fresh pine filled the air. It was about 4:00, ad the sun was beginning its decent. The glow of the sun went through the massive pine trees above us, that were moving in the wind and creating beautiful shadows.

We jumped down the last bit of trail, and just looked around.

"Wow" Was all Spencer could manage.

"I haven't ever shown anyone this before. But I wanted to show it to you."

Suddenly Spencer walked around in front of me. He took a step forward, with lights reflecting off his eyes and illuminating his beautiful face.

He leaned forward, and before I knew it I was getting the thing that I had wanted for what seemed like an eternity.

He kissed me, and everything was perfect. I put one hand behind his neck, and one on his back and pulled him closer to me. My eyes closed, and I sensed out everything but the angel standing in front of me. I could feel him smiling against me, and I knew I was doing the same.

After we pulled away, we rested on each others foreheads for a minute, without words.

He pulled me into a tight hug, and I held him back.

This is home.

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Sorry about the long update. I took a while to revise this chapter to get it to convey the feeling I wanted it too. Thanks guys! VOTE COMMENT MESSAGE AND RECCOMMEND!

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