Chapter 23

"You look beautiful." Alec said, I felt my face heating up a bit "Thank you, you clean up nice too." I said . "Thank you, shall we go?" he asked me. I nodded my head. "Auntie I'm leaving , see you tonight." I yelled. "Have fun. " she yelled back .

"Okay then, let's go." he said and started walking towards the door. I walked after him and once he walked out the door I followed him and closed the door behind me .

Alec walked towards his car but instead of walking towards the drivers seat he walked to the passenger seat door and opened it . "Here you go." he said, I entered the car the said" thank you ."

Alec just smiled at me then went to his seat.

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"So where are we going?" I asked Alec after he had driven for a bit. He looked at me while smiling , " First we're going to go eat something , but the rest of night is going to be secret." e told me with a wink.

I nodded my head , ' the rest of night? we're not only going for dinner?' I thought to myself.

A while later we reached the diner that Adam's sister , Lilly, owns . Alec parked his car then went out , and I did the same.

We entered the diner and we immediately saw Lilly and she saw us too. She smiled at us and walked towards us. "Hey guys , how are you doing?" Lilly asked , "Hey , we're good, what about you?" I said.

"I'm good, come on let's get you guys seated ." she said and took us to a booth in the back. "Here you go , just call me when you're ready to order ." Lilly said then left.

Alec took one of the menus that Lilly left and I took the other. We stayed in silence for a bit while looking at the menus . 'What should I order?' I thought to myself .

"So , what are you ordering ?" Alec asked me. I looked away from the menu and looked at him. "I really don't know, do you know what you're going to order?" I asked him.

"Well I come here often and my favourite thing to order is the fettuccini alfredo , it's really good, I think you should try it." Alec answered . I thought for a second then nodded my head , "sure , I love pasta. I'm sure I'll like it." I said with a smile.

Alec smiled at me and nodded, then he called over Lily to order.

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"This is really good!" I exclaimed after I took a bite out of the dish , Alec laughed at me then said, "See I told you, it's the best pasta I have ever eaten ." Alec said , I just smiled at him and we both continued eating.

"So can you tell me what we are going to do after this?" I asked him once we were both finished with our food . "Nope " Alec said , "Come on , I hate surprises you gotta tell me ." I whined , "Claire you'll see soon ,okay?" he said and I just glared at him . Lilly came to our table and put the check on the table then left.

Alec and I both put our hands on the check , I quickly looked up at him , daring him with my eyes to try and take it from me. Once he saw my look he gulped down then said " I'm not even gonna fight you on this , we can split the bill."

I nodded and smiled in satisfaction . Alec just sighed and got his wallet out as I did I.

After we paid the check we walked out of the diner and went to his car. Once we were seated , he asked "are you ready?" , "I guess." I said with a shrug and a sigh. He nodded his head and started driving.

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"Why are we here?" I asked Alec confused. We were parked outside Ari house , but from what seemed like a back entrance that leads to the barn directly.

"Come on , you'll see." Alec said and went outside , I looked at him in confusion but followed him nonetheless .

We walked together towards the entrance and since it was open we walked directly towards the barn. There Brady was standing, when he saw us he waved us over then quickly walked into the barn .

Alec and I continued walking and when finally reached the barn , Brady slowly came out with two horses . I was surprised , I looked at the horses more closely , when I noticed that one of them was Onyx !

"Hey there girl." Alec said and started stroking the other horse on her head. Alec the looked at me , "I heard you're good at riding horses , right?" he asked me, I , not knowing what to say, nodded my head.

"Perfect then , come in we're riding." Alec said with excitement in his voice and took the horse from Brady. Brady handed Onyx to me and smiled , "You guys enjoy." Brady said then went back in the barn.

Alec got on his horse and I got on Onyx. Since I had no idea where to go I just followed Alec .

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"I didn't know you could ride ." I told Alec , we have been riding for just under 10 minutes and we took a different trail than the one I took with Ari.

"Yeah , I have been riding since I was a kid ." Alec told me. Now we were riding side by side , I looked and smiled , "So , who is this beauty ?" I asked referring to the horse .

"This is my baby , Candidus." Alec said proudly . "Candidus." I mumbled under my breath. "It's a perfect name for her ." I then told Alec . The reason I said that is Candidus is a white horse so it fits her perfectly.

"Thank you , I thought long and hard for that name. After all this is my precious baby." He said, "Since when did you have ?" I asked him. "For about six years I guess ." Alec answered my question.

I nodded my head then we continued riding in peacuful silence.

After a while we reached an empty land that had a hill , I looked over at Alec and he looked ready to go on top of it . I just continued riding along with him to see where we would end up.

After a little of struggled we reached the top of the hill. Alec got down from Candidus and tied her to what looked like a place for horses . I ,too , got down from Onyx and did the same as Alec did. There was water for the horses so they started drinking from it.

After I was finished with Onyx , I looked over to Alec and I saw him sitting at very top looking mesmerized so I went there and sat down beside him.

It was beautiful . The land and it's different hill and meadows , the trees that were scattered all along, and slightly further away , there was a whole land filled with flowers that looked like they were glowing .

And the best of it all was the river. It was in the middle of everything. It was so clear and it sparkled. The reflection of the sky was on it , it was so mesmerizing .

I felt Alec tap my shoulder , so I turned t face him . His face was lit brightly , he pointed with his finger to the sky , so I looked up .

The sky was even more beautiful. The sky was as clear as water with not even a single cloud to be seen. The moon light glowed on my skin and the stars shone like I have never seen them shine.

I looked back at Alec to see that he was already looking at me .

"Claire ." I heard him whisper , "Yeah ?" I asked him still mesmerized with everything.

"Will you be my girlfriend?" Alec asked. I felt my eyes widen and cheeks started to heat up . I was at a loss for words . I had a million though that went through my head when I finally was able to find the correct word.

"Yes."