A Wave Of Desire

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Makai

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Well, that was one hell of a way to ring in the new year. It was such an amazing night for the both of us. And to top it all off, I had asked Ocean to marry me, and he said yes.

Who would have thought that I was going to ask someone to marry me when I was still in high school? Yeah, I definitely didn't think that was going to be what happened to me when I was still so young, but I didn't really care. I was happy. I had found my mate. I had found the one person that I was meant to be with for the rest of my life. I had found the one and only person that would make me happy forever and ever. This was the best thing ever.

We stayed home on New Year's Day, just basking in the glory that was our blissful life together. My mom and dad weren't here now, so it was just the two of us. That meant that I didn't have to worry about embarrassing my fiancé when I kissed him at random times. And I didn't have to worry about him not wanting to snuggle with me while we watched a movie together. We were back to our normal lives.

I was still kissing Ocean almost every time that he said babe. He had caught onto what I had been doing, but there was no reason for me to stop doing it. He liked that I kissed him for saying it, and I liked that he said it and that I got to kiss him. So, it was a win-win for us to keep the kisses going.

On the second day of the new year, and the day before school was due to start again, we needed to get some shopping done. We hadn't restocked the house in a little while and we needed a lot of things. It was just the two of us again, but we both ate a lot, so we needed a lot of food.

When we left for this shopping trip, I decided that we should take one of the other vehicles in the garage. We were going to be getting a lot and I didn't know if it would all fit into my car.

I drove us to the normal store that we went to when shopping for groceries and other household items that we needed. We grabbed a cart and kept our distance from each other as we walked through the store.

I couldn't help but think that if we were open with our relationship, we could have a lot more fun while shopping like this. That wasn't how things were right now though, we would eventually be open and let everyone know, but not right now. Not until we were out of high school. That was something to look forward to, going to school as a fully out and open couple. I couldn't wait for that.

"Hey, Makai, do we need more orange juice yet?" Ocean asked me as we walked down the refrigerated aisle.

"Yeah, we should get some more. And grab a gallon of milk too. Oh, and some eggs." Mom and dad had helped us go through quite a bit of our staple items that we needed. That was fine, it was their house after all, but that just meant that we needed to replenish a lot of stuff.

"On it." Ocean went to grab the items that I said we needed while I grabbed some cheese and yogurt. "Here you go." He set the items into the cart with a smile and looked around at what else was near us. "Is there anything else that we need over here?"

"Nah, I think we're done with this section. Let's head over to the meat department, we need to get some more for the next couple of days until I have Janice or Yvette finish the shopping for us."

"Alright sounds good."

The two of us walked along the store and I could tell that Ocean was smiling more than he usually did. It made me smile which probably made us look like a bunch of creeps. Even now I could feel someone watching me which was probably because of the stupid grins on our faces.

Once we were at the meat counter and looking at the selection that there was for us to choose from, I couldn't decide on what to make for the next few days.

"Do you have any preferences for what to have for dinner?" I asked Ocean so that he could be the one to pick for me.

"Hmm, I don't know, maybe some fried chicken, that sounds good. Or some balsamic glazed pork chops. French onion chicken sounds good too. So does beef burgundy. I just don't know." He laughed at the difficulty he was choosing what to eat.

"I can get the stuff for all of those and make them over the next few nights." I grinned at him as I started to make my selections.

"Why are you guys having dinner together?" I heard a very unpleasant and extremely unwelcomed voice coming from behind us.

"Huh?" Ocean gasped and spun around. "What do you want?" He glared at Brittney who was giving us a weird look.

"Just what I asked a moment ago. Why are you guys eating dinners together. Are you living together? Why are you shopping together like this?" The look on Brittney's face said that she found our entire situation to be wrong.

"I'm just staying at Makai's house while my parents are out of town." Ocean was ready with an excuse that was prepared ahead of time. It was what we planned to say if someone ever questioned us, but this was the first time that we had needed to use this excuse.

"Really?" She didn't look like she was convinced at all. "You're eighteen, Ocean, why can't you just stay home alone?" She glared at him.

"You know I can't cook." He retorted. "My parents don't want me eating out all the time, so I decided to stay with a friend while they were gone, visiting my aunt."

"Uh huh, right. That just doesn't make sense to me at all. You're an adult, a grown man. This just seems fishy, if you ask me."

"Well, that's cause you're trying to find something wrong with it. I am staying in one of Makai's guest rooms so that I can not starve to death. My parents didn't even leave me with money to eat out for crying out loud."  I could hear that Ocean was starting to get angry and annoyed at her prying.

"I can't believe this." I could see that Brittney's face was turning red. "This is what you prefer to me?"  She pointed at me with an accusatory finger. "You're just fucking wrong, Ocean. I can't believe you of all people would do this."

"I don't know what the fuck you're talking about. You're being stupid." Ocean grabbed the front of the cart that I had been pushing and started to pull it. "Come on Makai, I just want to get out of here."

Ocean stormed off toward the check out without us getting any other groceries. I didn't blame him, though. I was pissed about what had happened and worried about what was going to come next.

We paid for the small amount of groceries that we had got, bagged them up, and loaded them into the car. We were in the car and halfway home before Ocean said anything else.

"GAHHHH!" He screamed in frustration as he grabbed onto his hair and pulled it hard. "This is so fucking bad. She's going to start telling everyone that we're living together. She's going to cause problems for us. She's been out to get me since I rejected her attempts to get me back. She's going to ruin us."

"All she saw was us shopping together. There is nothing else that she can use against us." I tried to soothe him, but I don't think that it was helping all that much.

"No, this is going to end horribly for us. I just know it is. She's going to turn the whole school against us. She is going to cause everyone to hate us. I just know that she is."

"Calm down, Ocean." I spoke in a soothing voice. "You need to remember that most of the school doesn't even like her anymore. She ruined her popularity when she tried to cause a scene last time. Don't worry about it. We're going to be fine." I didn't like seeing him look so upset and worried. I wanted to make him feel better, but I didn't know how.

I had to agree with Ocean a little bit, though. Even though I wasn't going to tell him this, I had a feeling that there was going to be a few problems for us starting soon. I didn't tell Ocean, because I just knew that it would make him worry that much more.

When we got home, I put the groceries away while Ocean went to swim. He was so worried and keyed up that he needed to do something to calm his mind. When I was done with putting everything away, I went to join my fiancé at the pool. I had hoped that swimming together would be enough to calm us both down at least a little bit. I don't think it helped though, not really.

The next day, we were supposed to go back to school, back to practice. That was going to start putting a lot more stress on the two of us, and if we added a rumor about us living together to the mix, that would just cause even more stress and issues.

I'm sorry, Ocean.. I wish I would have been able to stop this from happening.