Hidden in Plain Sight

*Jaime's POV*

It was Saturday morning and I had arranged with Carly to come talk to her. It was about 8:30 in the morning before I left my house. I feel bad for having to come so early. I know how much Carly really loves her sleep. She likes to stay up real late and get carried away on the internet or playing music and then sleep in until lunch time on her days off. It's actually quite funny when you figure out she isn't exaggerating when you say lunch time.

But it was about 9am when I eventually got there. For a Saturday morning, the traffic was crazy. When I pulled up in her driveway, she was exiting her house, locking the door. She had a beautiful German Shepard dog on a leash attached to her hand. The dog saw my instantly and began barking a bit, scaring me slightly. Carly, dressed in a sporty singlet top and tights with coloured joggers with her hair tied into a ponytail, turned around having not seen me earlier.

She settled her dog and walked up to me. "Oh hey Jaime, I thought you weren't coming until later?" She asked.

I patted her dog who seemed to like me a lot. "No, you said 9 yesterday"

"Oh shoot. I've been telling myself 10 all day. I was just about to take Charlie for a walk, wanna join me?" She asked.

I wasn't really dressed for walking. Black skinny jeans and a shirt. But I agreed to go anyway. We walked down the main streets and onto a less busy road. It was a walking track specifically made for people and their dogs and stuff. It was quiet though a few people passed. For most of the walk we just talked about stuff in general. It was actually quite nice.

After about half an hour of walking, we reached the beach. It was a quiet small beach, but it was beautiful, like a small bay even. A few people were on the beach with their dogs too, but Carly doesn't like to let Charlie of his leash. She doesn't trust him. So we took a spot on the sand and sat down. Charlie sat right beside us.

"This is a beautiful bay" I comment.

"Yeah it is, I walk Charlie here every weekend" Carly smiles.

Right now. She looks so beautiful. She's dressed in a cute sporty outfit and her hair tied back looks amazing. I actually don't think I've seen her tie her hair back. She sits with her arms back, supporting her as she gazes along the oceans horizon. I'd have to be mad to noticed this kind of stuff but I did notice it. The way she smiles, how she smiles with her left side of her lips more. Like a sideways smile.

"So anyways, what was it you wanted to talk about?" She faces me. My heart stopped for a moment.

"Well uh..." I paused. "I kinda just wanted to talk to you about something, but I'm kind of afraid you won't like it" I cowered.

"Jaime, we talk about almost anything and everything. Why is this time any different?"

"Because I like you Carly. Because I really really like you"

I flat out said it. I told her and I didn't stutter. I kinda just made myself say it and I am so glad I did, because I feel like a weight has been lifted off my shoulders. But then I looked at Carly. Another weight instantly bared down on my shoulders again.

She was silent.

"Jaime, I..."

"Oh god, I'm sorry, I shouldn't have said it" I throw kick myself mentally. In slapped myself across the face as hard as I could in my mind.

"No no. I am actually really glad you said so" she smiles. I look at her with a hopeful yet confused look. "Because I actually kinda like you too".

"You... Like me... Too" I clarified.

"Well yeah, of course I do" she smiled.

Ah fuck this. I threw my hands towards her face, pulling her face to mine in the kiss i have been wanting for so long. I kissed her lips hard, my heart beating faster as each moment passed. She didn't hesitate to kiss back, although again she would be slightly shocked. I kissed her once more, a little softer this time as our lips began to part.

I looked up, and her eyes were looking into mine. A smile playing on both our lips.
"Carly, would you wanna maybe be my girlfriend?"

She nodded and whispered a yes.

Notes

IT FUCKING HAPPENED.

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