Chapter VII

It’s Saturday morning, and it’s been a few weeks since Skye got his tree house, and we’ve spent so much time there together.  I’ve even started leaving the balcony door unlocked in case it gets cold.

I see a note on the vanity, and open it.  He hasn’t stolen something, has he?  I open the note, and it says:

Come to my “house” when you wake up.  I have a surprise there. With love, Skye.

Before I go there, I go into my bathroom and get ready.  I put on a bit of makeup and brush my hair and curl the ends a little.  I just put on a white top and denim skinny jeans, and come outside.  Shoes don’t matter.

I don’t see him in the tree house, but I do see a note on his dresser, and open it out of curiosity.

Hey Beth, follow these notes until you find me. The next one is in your house somewhere.  With love, Skye.

Oh no, I hate scavenger hunts.  I go back into my room and put on my boots and jacket.  I know I’ll be outside for awhile.  While I’m there, I look everywhere upstairs, and don’t find it.  I go downstairs and look in the living room, not there.  Mom’s bedroom and bathroom, not there.  The study, not there.  The kitchen, not there.  It doesn’t seem to be anywhere in the house.

Out of curiosity, I open the microwave and there it is.  A piece of paper that reads:

Good job finding this one, Beth.  The next one is in your backyard.  With love, Skye.

Dang!  My backyard is huge!  Anyways, I go out the back door and look down at my feet and see a note right tucked under the door mat.  That was way easier than I’d expected.  It reads:

Heh, Beth.  You thought it’d be hard.  Anyways, take 15 normal steps straight and then go left 8 steps exactly.  Trust me.  With love, Skye.

Great, now I actually have to walk in the fields for the first time—which really shows how much I go outside.  At least Skye gave me steps.  There are actual vegetables growing in the fields, so it’s very helpful that he gave them.  I take fifteen steps, like he ordered, and I’m walking through the tomato plants.  I reach a little clearing on the fifteenth step, and start going left, into the corn area.  On the eighth step, I start looking around.  At eye level, there’s a note stuck on the foliage.  It reads:

Only one more note after this.  Walk ahead 12 steps, turn right, and walk ahead 40 steps. With love, Skye.

Okay, last one.  This should be simple enough. I walk 12 steps, and am still in the corn, I turn right, now facing the forest, and I’m really hoping he doesn’t try to take me in the forest, because that’s not what I want to do.  Plus, the woods have scared me ever since I watched Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs at the age of four.

On the thirtieth step, I’m at the edge of the forest.  It’s alright, though, only ten steps away.  I see a hammock in the distance, and I realize it’s probably there.  I walk up to it, and it’s in the hammock.  I open it, and it reads:

Prom?

I start smiling as I look up, and I feel a tap on my shoulder, and jump. 

“Don’t startle me like that!” I yell as I kiss him on the lips.  It’s the first time we’ve ever actually kissed, and it’s beautiful.  It only lasts a second or two, but I love it.

“Yes,” I say. “Yes, thank you.  I can’t wait.” I’m smiling so much now.  I wrap my arms around him and squeeze tightly.  He does the same.  I don’t want to leave this moment for anything. 

We both decide to sit in the hammock, and we just stay there silently for hours.