When I told my mother the big news about Matthew and I, I believe she was more excited than I was; she adores Matt. It was a Tuesday, which meant that I still had three days until the wonderful weekend that allowed me to sleep in as late as I wanted. Also, I could stay out really late with my boyfriend Matt.

After I ate breakfast and finished getting ready, I heard a car door slam outside my house and then the doorbell rang; Matt was here to take me to school. I have a car and my license but we liked seeing each other that early in the morning, singing to each other on the way to our high school. It’s nice.

My mom rushed to the front door and opened it and hugged Matt and told him to come on in. He did as told and sat down on the couch as I sprayed my hair with hairspray.

“Would you like some coffee?” I barely heard coming from the kitchen.

“No thanks, Mrs. Whitmore,” he said nicely.

“Now Matt, how many times do I have to tell you…call me Diane.”

He laughed, “Okay Diane.”

I walked downstairs with my binder and purse and was greeted by Matt who stood up as soon as he saw me.

“Morning beautiful,” he said.

I smiled and kissed him on the cheek, “Morning.”

Mom turned around and looked at us, “Now you two have a good day at school, okay?” We laughed and nodded and were out the door. When we both got into his car, he kissed me slowly and we were on our way.

Hand in hand, we walked through the halls, receiving smiles from people we knew. Some people gave us surprised looks, and one of our friends named Addie yelled, “It’s about time!”

Landon was waiting by my locker as we approached it; he didn’t come to school on Monday and we certainly didn’t tell him our exciting news. He wouldn’t find any of it exciting. The both of us got really nervous as we got closer to him, and he looked at us like we were disgusting. He was pissed off, and I think anyone staring at him from a mile away could tell you that.

“H-hey Landon…” I said while twisting my lock to put the combination in so that I could get my stuff for 1st period.

“How cute, you two are together…I sure didn’t see that coming,” he said coldly. He got up in Matt’s face, or at least he tried to, “You watch your back.”

“Landon go suck a dick,” Matt spat back at him.

“What did you just say?” He certainly didn’t scare Matt, so I don’t know why he bothered to talk.

I got in-between them and gave Landon a dirty look, “Look, Landon…get over yourself and just walk away, it’s not that hard.” He just rolled his eyes and walked away. Now was there really a point to all that nonsense? I think not.

“What’s gotten into him?” Matt asked as I shut my locker and took his hand in mine. We started walking to our 1st period. Honestly, I didn’t know what to say. I can understand how Landon is upset, but really, did he have to make such a big deal about things?

***

Mrs. Nate was talking to the class about The Cold War, which is what I knew a lot about. Really, I don’t see the point in continuously learning about it each year of school. I think we all know enough about it by now. She was giving us a test over it on Friday, so she was reviewing and teaching us some more things that we needed to know, or should I say telling us things we’ve already learned the past three years of high school.

“Let’s hang out today, I want to see you later…” I suggested to my adorable boyfriend.

“What did you have in mind?”

Mrs. Nate interrupted, “Natalie and Matt, could you two please be quiet and listen?” she asked nicely. We apologized and she continued teaching.

“Maybe we could go to the beach? I haven’t been there in a while…it’s a bit of a walk from my house, but it’s worth it.”

Matt smiled, “I don’t mind walking for a long time if I have you there with me.” That sentence made me smile so big and blush like crazy.

“Okay, Natalie and Matt, please go out into the hallway so that you can finish your conversation that must be very important,” said a very annoyed Mrs. Nate. We didn’t question her or make excuses, we gave her respect and apologized and went out into the hall for the remainder of the period.

***

After school was over, the two of us went to both of our houses so that we could change into our bathing suits, then we just walked to the beach from my house. It was a slightly hot day outside, so we had to cover ourselves in sunscreen or else we would be burnt to a crisp.

It took about thirty minutes to get to the area that everyone was swimming at. We spread out a blanket so that we could lie down. Not a lot of people were there, maybe twenty people or so. After all, it was a school day.

We immediately got in the water, which was a little cold, as usual. The waves were crashing violently, and Matt and I went out farther; as far as we could go without going all the way under. I wrapped my arms and legs around him and kissed him as he held onto me. When we pulled apart, a wave got us before we were ready to jump with the wave. The both of us got pushed under and dragged back to the more shallow area.

Matt looked at me funny when I stood up and started laughing at me, “Babe, you might want to fix your top…” I looked down to see one of my boobs hanging out, so I quickly put it back in the suit. I laughed about it, but I was so embarrassed.

“I don’t think I’ve ever been as embarrassed as I am now…”

He laughed, “Don’t worry, I didn’t mind…”

“OF COURSE YOU DIDN’T MIND YOU PIG!” I said while laughing quite hard.

After a while of getting smashed by violent waves, we decided to go lay on the blanket and talk about whatever came to mind.

Today was a good day.