Don’t Cry Baby

It is cold today for the first time in almost a month, rain breaking the hot dry streak we've had. The smell of the cold damp earth is overpowering but, it has always been my favorite scent.

While walking to the grocery store, I listen to the patter of rain drops on the hood of my rain jacket and suddenly I'm so focused on that, it's all that I can hear. I am so lost in the beautiful sound and the way it feels against my face as I look up; loving the cold jolt the drops send through my body. I don't even notice him come up behind me until he grabs me by my shoulders and spins me around.

"Jesus Christ Ty you scared me half to death." A deep laughter breaks through the sound of the rain. He smiles down at me, because he's at least a foot taller than me.

"Sorry baby I saw you from my kitchen window completely lost in your own thoughts and I couldn't resist taking my chance." I roll my eyes. I do it often, daydream about nothing and everything.

"Hello, earth to Ashley." I punch Ty in the arm, and he acts like I stabbed him, of course, typical Tyler. How I put up with this dweeb I do not know. He grins and pulls me into him. His soft lips planting themselves gently on mine. I feel the warmth only for a second before he pulls back smiling. I take a minute to scan his features as he smiles down at me. The light stubble I can see on his skin makes him look even older. His beautiful blue eyes dressed in thick lashes hold my attention.

" Where are you off to my love?" He takes my hand in his and squeezes gently.

"Grocery store, care to tag along?" He nods and kisses me gently on the cheek. I enjoy the feeling of his calloused hands against my innocent unscathed skin. The warmth of his body brings me comfort. He falls in step beside me as we walk in a comfortable silence through the rain towards the store.

We really shouldn’t be going to the store together, the looks that we get from the people around here. My parents are well known in our small community, they own a small flower shop on main street and donate to the community centre often. When news about our relationship surfaced and we started to be seen together around town, people were not happy, my parents included. There is a bit of an age gap between us, Tyler is 21 and I’m just 16. Tyler has always said I am mature for my age so we try our best to ignore what other people say but, it can get hard to see each other when my parents try to keep us apart.

I brought him over once for dinner at our house, it ended in an argument and my dad throwing him out. Since then, we've had to sneak around and act like we aren't together.

We near the grocery store, the closer we get the more anxious I feel. Ty stops us before we get to the front door. He turns to face me and holds both my hands gently in his scanning my face. His eyes stop on mine and he rubs his thumb across the top of my hand.

"You're nervous about us being seen together." I nod sheepishly and look down at me soaked sneakers. Ty places his hand under my chin and lifts my face up to hers. He places a kiss on my lips and smiles at me. His hand lingers under my chin before dropping to his sides.

okay." I crack a small smile and stand on my tip of my toes to place

He pulls me into a hug, and I melt into him enjoying the feeling of his strong arms around me. I breath in his scent and let it calm me down.

ways so

If things were different, I would want to be seen with him everywhere we went. As I near the store I see that

I see one of my

know.” I look up at her, her brown eyes hold so much pity. I pull my arm from her grasp and take a

her car. I shake my head and walk into the store. I never liked her anyway, she always brings her kid to our house

with me when she said

…

from the store, had already called to inform them she had seen me with Ty. Of course, I had to sit through a lecture before dinner about what company I keep and how he is bad news. After their lecture I endured the most awkward

I could go and hide in

sits on a shelf to the left of my bed and I hold my favorite book in my hands. Just the feeling of the pages beneath my fingers can make even the worst day better. I have probably read it over 100 times but, I just can't stop.

He always says but, I've fallen for the beautiful characters and I can't bear to part from them for longer than a month. I have read it

good book can help you escape reality, it transports you into its world. He doesn't read so he just thinks I'm rambling when I go on about literature. It is one thing we do not have in

and look down below. There standing

through my body. As I lifted my arms to open the window, Ty gets a good view of the underwear I am currently wearing under this baggy t-shirt and grins. As he climbs up the side of the house towards the window, he winks at me. Using the tree that’s planted directly outside my window he pushes himself inside my room. As he comes through the window he manages to, not so gracefully, fall onto his face. I freeze as I wait to make sure I can’t hear footsteps running towards my room to throw him back out the window he just fell through. Once I realize no one is coming I let a small giggle escape my lips. I help him stand up , he gets to his

a kiss and then I lick his cheek and let out a giggle. He wipes the spit off and gives me an evil grin. He picks me up and throws me over his shoulder. I let out a gasp

them in all the right places. He lets out a growl and his eyes darken. He leans

my wrists tighten as I let out a soft moan. The stubble on his face scratching against my skin and giving me chills. He pulls away from my neck and sits up, he looks down at me and my eyes meet his. He smiles down at me before crashing his lips against mine. I pull his bottom lip into mine and bite down. I low growl escapes his throat. I wrap my legs around his waist as he

and he takes the hint. He sits up and takes his shirt off throwing it somewhere in the room. His lips meet my neck once more, he trails them down my neck towards my collar bone. He slides my t-shirt up as his mouth continues to explore my skin. His lips find my chest and soon they’re on my nipple. I bite my lip to stop the moan from escaping as his teeth graze the nipple causing a shudder to ripple through my body. I feel him grin against my skin as he trails kisses towards my other breast. He kisses and sucks, I can’t help but allow a moan to escape. His lips meet mine once more muffling my noises. I notice just how much he is enjoying this as he presses his hard on against me. He reaches down between my legs and moves my