"Good morning" A deep voice whispered in my ear as a pair of lips pressed against my neck.

I hummed in delight and turned over to face Will. "Morning" I smiled at the boy staring back at me.

"How are you so beautiful all the time?" He whispered.

My cheeks burned red at his words. This boy knew exactly what he was doing. He smiled at my blush and pressed a kiss to the tip of my nose. "Happy one year anniversary, snowflake" He whispered.

My eyes widened at the thought. "Oh shit, you're right. Happy anniversary, babe" I told him and kissed his cheek. I hadn't brushed my teeth, I wasn't going to kiss him with morning breath.

"Go get your pretty little self ready, I'm taking you to brunch." He rubbed his hands down the length of my body.

"What time is it? I need to shower" I told him.

"Almost nine, I gave you enough time to shower and get ready" He answered and my heart melted. The fact that he knew how long it took me to shower and get ready killed me.

"I love you, Will" I smiled at him.

"I love you more, sunshine" He pressed one last kiss to my forehead before I got up to shower and get ready. I grabbed a pair of underwear and one of Will's shirts. I would figure out what to wear after I get out of the shower.

I had to make sure I shaved my legs and armpits. I obviously washed my hair and body and I was finished. I stepped out and dried myself with a towel. I changed into my underwear and Will's shirt. This specific shirt basically swallowed me whole and I loved how Will's smell encased me. It was probably one of my favorite shirts of his to wear. I wrapped my hair up in the towel and walked out of the bathroom.

"Good morning, mama" Christian waved at me as I walked over to the closet with Will and I's clothes. Mine filled most of it for now, but I mainly stole Will's clothes anyway. Christian was gathering his stuff and putting on his shoes.

"Where are you going?" I asked him.

"To visit my mom and brother. The little tyke has a karate tournament and I told him I would come and watch."

"Have fun and tell your mom I said Hi." I hugged him.

He smiled and hugged me back. "Of course, you know how much she loves you." He grabbed his wallet and keys. "Alright, I'm out of here. I will see you guys later. Happy one year." He called as he left the dorm.

I went back to the closet and picked out a flowy black romper with a self tying bust. The shorts went just above my mid-thigh. I quickly changed into the outfit and grabbed a pair of black sandals to put on later.

I checked the time to see it was nine fifteen. I went into the bathroom and brushed my teeth and started on my makeup. I did my normal everyday makeup with the addition of some eyeshadow and lip gloss. After makeup, I started on my hair. I didn't do anything special except blow dry it after my shower.

It was nine forty-five by the time Will and I finished getting ready. We got our wallets and keys and made our way to his truck.

Will drove the eighteen hours from Texas to Indiana with his stuff in his truck. It was two weeks before I showed up and spent the summer with him. I only had one week left before I had to move back to Texas. This summer has been amazing and I'm not ready to go back and face the music of everything at home.

Will slid his hand in mine and led me to his truck. He opened the passenger door for me, as always, and made sure I was all the way in before shutting the door for me and going in on his side.

"Are you ready for an amazing brunch followed by a day of specialness all for you?" Will asked me as he gently rubbed my thigh that his hand was draped over.

"If I get to spend the day with you, I don't care what we do" I smiled at him. He squeezed my thigh slightly before he pulled into a parking lot of a cute little building. I've seen it occasionally in passing since I've been here but I didn't know what was here.

"Hena's Tearoom?" I read the sigh aloud.

"Haylie said it was the best here. I trust her judgement" he shrugged and opened the door for me. We walked into the restaurant hand in hand. He opened the door for me and still never let go. He went to the hostess stand. "Table for two?" He asked.

She smiled up at him and led the way to our table. "Your server will be with you soon" She smiled.

"Thank you" I told her and took my seat. Will took the seat across from me. He smiled at me and set his hand on top of mind on the table.

"Did I tell you how stunning you look today?" He asked with a smirk on his face.

I felt my cheeks heat up at his compliment. There was no doubt that there's a pink tint covering my facial features. "Maybe a couple times" I shrugged.

"Hi guys I'm Rebecca and I-" she trailed off as she set her eyes in Will. Her eyes went wide with shock as did Will's. I looked back and forth between the two of them as I tried to figure out what was happening.

"Mom?"

"William?"

They said at the same time.

This time it was my eyes that went wide. This was his mother? His biological mother?

"W-What? I mean, H-How?" She stuttered. "After all this time I'm finally getting to see my baby boy again." She smiled at him fondly and reached up to touch his face. He grabbed her hand before she touched him.

"I'm not your baby boy" he grumbled before giving me an apologetic smile. The next thing I know he gets up and darts out of the restaurant.

"I'm sorry" Will's mom, Rebecca, said to me. "You must be his girlfriend and I ruined your date. I feel terrible. How long have you two been dating?" She asked as if she was interested.

"One year today. Um if you don't mind, I'm gonna...go" I said awkwardly and darted out of the restaurant the same way Will did a couple minutes ago.

I looked around and saw Will sitting on a bench outside the restaurant with his head in his hands. I walked slowly up to him. I gently placed my hand on his back. He flinched and slowly looked up at me. He let out a breath of relief when he saw it was me.

He had tear streaks down his face. I had never seen him cry before. He leaned into me and I wrapped my arms around his body and stroked his hair. His body racked with sobs and we stayed like this until he stopped crying.

"I don't even know why I'm crying" he sniffled. "I hardly even knew the woman. She left when I was four. The only reason I knew what she looked like is because of the pictures my dad showed me. How can someone do that to their family? How can someone just leave and not even look back? She left behind her husband and her child. Who does that?" He ranted.

I rubbed his back soothingly. "I don't know, I've been asking myself that question for over ten years" I told him. "My mom did the same thing."

"I'm sorry I ruined our date. I know this isn't exactly how you wanted to spend our one year anniversary. It was supposed to go so much differently" he said with his voice thick and his eyes puffy and red from crying.

"Hey you didn't ruin anything. As long as I spend this time with you, I am perfectly happy. I just wanna be with you." I gave him a small smile, which I'm glad he returned. "How about we grab some ice cream at the store and just eat ice cream and watch movies? We can go out to eat for dinner, if you really want to." I suggested.

He nodded slowly. "That sounds great sunshine" he pressed a kiss to my head.

***

The door to the dorm opened revealing Christian on the other side. His brows furrowed as he saw Will and me on the futon. We decided to stay in for dinner instead of going out. Neither of us really wanted to be around a lot of people.

"What are you lovebirds doing here?" He asked. "I thought you had a whole day of stuff planned"

"We did but some shit came up and we decided to stay here instead" I told him.

"I saw my mother. My biological mother" Will told Christian. As close of friends that Christian and Will are, I assumed he already knew about his mother.

Christian's face fell. "I'm sorry man. I'm about to go out with the guys. So I'll leave you two alone"

Will shrugged. "It's all good man"

Christian changed really quick before bidding goodbye and leaving again.

I sank closer into Will. My legs were over his, my head was on his chest and his arms were wrapped around me. Every now and then he placed a soft kiss on my head. The movie ended but neither of us felt the energy to change it. We both stayed exactly where we were.

"Do you remember our first date after Ryan was born?" He asked me out of nowhere.

"When your parents went to Kenzie's soccer game?" I said recalling the date.

"Yeah, you were singing in the car on the way to my house and you looked so perfect. You changed into my sweats, the gray under armor ones that were too small on me and I kept them for you. I made you pizzadillas and we watched Remember the Titans."

I looked at him with a face that imitated shock. I was speechless. I can't believe he remembered that. I hardly remembered what movie we watched much less what pair of sweats I wore. "Y-yeah I remember that. Why?"

"You fell asleep in my arms and it was that moment that I knew that I was going to spend the rest of my life with you. Yeah, I knew I wanted to spend my life with you before. I didn't want to wake up to a face that wasn't yours and all I could do was hope that you'd be mine forever."

Tears had come to my eyes at his words. I don't know how I ever got so lucky with him. He's literally everything and I couldn't wait to spend the rest of my life with him.

"After that moment, I knew. I knew that one day I would marry you and we'd have beautiful children. It was in that moment that I wasn't going to hold another girl in my arms unless she called you mama"

The tears started falling down my cheeks with a smile on my face.

"Stop, I can't with you right now. We're eighteen years old how could you possibly know now that you'll be with me forever."

"Because I'm madly in love with you and I would be in physical pain if I ever had to live a day without you being mine"

My heart turned to goo. He would be mine for the rest of my life. We would have beautiful children together. He's already thought of all of this and we're only eighteen. We've been together only a year and we're both madly, irrevocably, and endlessly in love.

"I am helplessly in love with you William Orion Erickson"

"I am desperately in love with you Cora Maeve Barnes" he whispered lovingly into my ear.