Tatum's POV:

It's been a few days now and things have been going good.Brandon and Samuel seem to be getting along. Sam and I are doing good as well.

"Hey, you guys wanna go and have breakfast out?"Toby asks.

"I'm in."Brandon says and stands up from the couch opposite me.

"I'm gonna pass, guys."Sam says.

"Me too." I say agreeing with Sam.
I think Sam and I could benefit with some alone time.

"Whatever, come on let's go."Toby says to Brandon,but Brandon looks hesitant as if he was speculating whether to still go or not.After a while, Brandon and Toby went on their way.

"So, what do you wanna do?"I ask looking over at Sam.

"20 questions?" He asks. We've been playing this game recently.

"Yeah, you start."I say.

"Okay, umm... what's your favorite animal?" He asks and I laugh.

"Dolphins and yours? "I answer easily.

"Eagles." He says.

"Do you prefer Mexican or Italian food? "I ask.

"Mexican."

"I prefer Italian."I say.I love my spaghetti and lasagne. Don't forget the pizza!

"If you were a lesbian, who would your girl crush be." He asks.

"I think...Melisa Asli Pamuk." I say. She's a really hot actress.

"Who's that?" He asks.

"She's a Turkish Actress/model."

"You watch Turkish movies?"

"Yeah, but with subtitles tough, or in voice overs. It's the best, but I like Turkish series more."I say.

"Yeah? Well what's your favorite?"

"Broken pieces."

"Sounds sad."He says.

"Yeah it is. I would say that we should watch it together but I'll probably get too emotional. That story really hits deep." I say.

"So does that Melisa girl play in broken pieces?"

"No, she plays in Endless Love. I loathe her in that series tough, but then again it's just general fiction."

"Do you think that is what we have? "Sam asks moving closer.

"What?"

"Endless Love?" He whispers, breathing over my neck, then kisses me gently.

"Well, we'll have to see." 

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3 months later...

Samuel's POV:

It's been a few months and I took Tatum out on a few dates and I'm just falling for her harder everyday. I'm taking her out on another date, but this one is different. I have a big surprise planned.

Tatum's POV:

Sam's taking me out on yet another date. The first date that we went on was on my birthday. It really surprised me how romantic Samuel actually is.

He surprises me every time and really knows how to steal my heart.

He told me to dress casual, so I just put on my blue skinny jeans with my hangover long-sleeved black and white shirt and my denim jacket with my vans. My hair is hanging loose in its natural waves.

"Honey, Sam's here." Mom shouts from downstairs.

I grab my phone and rush downstairs.

"Bye mom, Bye dad." I peck them both on their cheeks and head out.

"Bye sweety."

A smile crawls onto my face when I see Sam standing against the side of his car with a blue and white peony flower in his hand. His smile widens when he sees me. Sam is well-favoured. I bite my bottom trying to stay calm. Damn, is it just me or is he getting hotter as the days go on?

I walk up to him and he pulls me into a bear hug and I hug him back. I feel so comfortable in his arms. I inhale his playboy scent.He pulls away and speaks,

"This is for you." He says handing me the peony flower.

I take the beautiful flower and take in it's lovely scent.

"Thank you." I say and peck him on the lips.

He smiles and opens up the passenger door for me to get in. I get in and he closes the door for me. He gets into the driver's seat and starts driving.

"Where are we going?" I ask and I take in the scent of the beautiful peony once more.

"It's a surprise, just wait and see." He says and glances at me from the side, sending me a smile.

"Well now I'm even more curious."

We drive for awhile until I take in the beautiful scenery in front of me. We come to a stop. I get out of the car and breath in the fresh air of nature. We're on top of a mountain with beautiful forestry and blue peony flowers like mine, but mine is different its edges are white and even more beautiful.

"Wow." I say letting my eyes roam around the beautiful place around me.

"Do you like it?"

I turn around and see Sam coming towards me with a picnic basket and blanket in his hands.

"I love it, it's really beautiful." I walk towards him and take the blanket to help him carry.

"Well not as beautiful as you." He says and I feel my cheeks heating up. I roll my eyes.

"Red suits you." He laughs and kisses my now very red cheeks.

"How did you find this place?" I ask, following him into the trees. We reach a big flower tree and he takes the picnic blanket from my hands and lays it down underneath the tree.

"I found this place the day that I moved here. I was just driving around and I found it. I always came here ever since, just to take my mind off of things or play guitar. You're the only person I showed this place to." He says and comes closer to me. He reaches out and I feel his warm hand taking mine and leading me under the tree.

I move closer to him and lay against his chest.
"This is nice."I close my eyes and breath in his lovely scent.

I lift myself to look at him when I hear no response.

"What's wrong?" I ask him.

"Nothing."

"No, there is something. I can see it in your eyes." I say and put my hand on his chest.

He sighs and then speaks. "Okay, it's not anything that's wrong... "he trails off,"...its just..." He sits up and takes my hands into his. "I've never felt this way about anyone ever before. Whenever I see you, I can't help but to smile. Whenever you're far away, I always have you on my mind. Whenever you're near, I always want to pull you close and never let go. I still remember the way that I felt the first time that we kissed. I almost couldn't control myself..." He smiles and I smile back knowing my face is probably the most red it's ever been. "What I'm trying to say is that I really love you Tatum." He tucks my hair behind my ear and stares deeply into my eyes. "You'll never know how much I love you. Trees aren't even tall enough to reach the height of my love for you." He looks up at the tall trees. He reaches out for something in his pocket and he takes out a small royal blue box. I think I'm gonna faint.

He opens the box and inside I see a heart-shaped amethyst and two infinity symbols on each side of the heart with what I think is a silver band. It's breathtakingly gorgeous.

"Tatum, I want forever with you so will you please accept this promise ring and be mine forever." He asks and I'm left speechless I part my lips multiple times to say something, but nothing comes out.

"Can you say something please. You're making me nervous. Okay I understand if you think I'm taking things too fast so... "I cut him off by kissing him and he smiles in the kiss then kisses me back.

I pull away and hug him.

"Yes, yes, yes, yes, yes, I'll be yours forever and you'll be mine."

He pulls away and slips the ring on my finger.

"Wow, it's really beautiful." I gasp.

"Yeah it is. The band is made out of white gold."

"It must have been expensive you really didn't have to buy an expensive ring. Anything would have been good enough." I say.

"Well, this one was specially made for you. It's the only one like this in the entire world." He
says and I play with my promise ring.

"You're worth it." He says and pulls me on top of him, now I'm straddling his lap. He pulls me in for a kiss and kisses my lips slowly. I slip my fingers through his hair and lightly tug on it. He let's out a moan and before I know it, his on top of me and now kissing me wildly. The way he makes me feel is unexplainable.
He slips off my denim jacket and slips his warm hands underneath my shirt, caressing my skin. This moment feels completely magical with the light breeze shaking the thin branches above us enough to cause pink flowers to fall lightly atop and around us.

....

After our makeout session, we ate dinner and watched the stars. Soon after, we were on our way home.

"I had a really great time."I say and touch his shoulder. He stops in front of my house and removes his seat belt then leans over and kisses me.

"Me too." He says and I stare at him in awe.

"You're so beautiful, you know that." He says and I can't help but to blush.

"Wanna come in and spend the night?" I ask without even realizing what I just said.

"What about your parents?" He asks.

"They aren't home, they're spending the night at my grandmother's and Toby is out with some friends so he'll probably be back by tomorrow." I say.

"So it'll only be the two of us?"

"Yeah, I guess so."

We head inside and decide to watch movies.

While I get the popcorn ready, Sam picks a movie. I walk to the living room and put the popcorn bowl on the coffee table and sit next to him.

"So what movie did you pick?"

"Well...I'm still thinking about it, maybe Annabelle?" He suggests.

"What no way. I don't feel for a horror. Why would you wanna watch Annabelle anyway?" I ask.

"I have my reasons." He smirks.

"You want to scare me, that's why."

"Now why would I wanna do that?" He asks playing dumb.

"Ugh, just pick another movie. Maybe a Jim Carrey movie, something we can laugh at. I'm gonna go upstairs and change into something more comfortable and I'll bring you something of Toby's that you can change into." I say and he walks up to me.

"I'll go with you, maybe help you." He says and wraps his arms around my waist.

"With what?"I look up at him.

"I can help you get undressed." He says with a suggestive look.

"And what about the dressing me part?" I ask feeling my cheeks burning up.

"Meh, that part can wait." He says and just in a flash he picks me up in bridal style and before I know it we're in my bedroom on my bed.  Sam hovers over me gazing into my eyes intently. He gives me a lingering kiss on my lips and then stands up and pulls me onto my feet.

"Why did you stop?" I ask. He says nothing and steps closer then tugs at the hem of my shirt. I take a step back not knowing what to do or say.

"What's wrong? It's okay, we don't have to get into something deep. I don't wanna take it that far with you, not yet..." He trails off, "...I know one thing for sure, and that is that if you want something to last forever, you can't rush it." He says and takes my hands into his warm ones.

I think I've just melted! What did I do to deserve him. I'm glad that we crossed paths and got to know each other. He is really incredible. The sound of a car pulling up in front of my house pulls me out of my thoughts. I rush to my bedroom window. I see Toby getting out of his black dodge challenger srt8.

"Dammit." Sam says.

"I gotta go." He says and opens the window on the side of my room.

"Wait, where are you going?" I ask and shut the window then pull him away.

"You'll get hurt, plus he probably saw your car already so there's no point in running away." I say.

"But if he sees me here, what will he think?" Sam says with a worried expression on his face.

"You're overreacting, come on let's go downstairs." I take his hand and I lead him downstairs.

"Hey, Tatum I'm__"Toby cuts himself off when he sees Sam.

"What are you doing here?" He asks and looks at Sam.

"I told him that he can stay for the night and we can throw a movie marathon." I said pointing at the movies on the coffee table.

"Hmm, really? So why were you upstairs?" He asks.

"Stop with the big bad brotherness "I say and roll my eyes.

"Get Sam something of yours for the night. I'm gonna pop some more popcorn in the microwave and get in my pj's." I say and make my way to the kitchen. I get more popcorn,put it in the microwave and head upstairs to get changed. I walk past and see Sam and Toby looking through the movies.

Samuel's POV:

Tatum walks into the kitchen and I stand there in front of Toby not knowing what to say.

"Uh_"I get cut off by Toby just as I was about to break the silence.

"Hey, just because we're friends, doesn't mean that you can just do anything with my sister. She's still young, so if you're getting wrong ideas about her. I think you should just leave her alone, don't play with her, she's not a toy." Toby says.

"Woah, you got it all wrong. I promise, I have good intentions with Tatum. I wouldn't do anything to hurt her." I say truthfully.

"If you do anything to her that you're not supposed to, then you're dead." He says and glares at me.

"I already told you. I really love Tatum, I would never hurt her."

"Love is a strong word Larsen. She's still young. She doesn't know what love is and neither do you."

"Come on man, let's just talk about this later." I say frustratedly. Who does he think he is to tell me what I'm capable of feeling.

"Mmm. Let's just pick a movie."I add. I take the movies and look through the stack to find something to watch. I'm not even really in the mood for this anymore.

"Oh and by the way. You're not gonna sleep in her bed or in the same room as her. You can sleep in the guest room." He says and walks off.

"Luckily I got here in time." He mutters.