victoria's point of view

'ready to go, vic?' richie asked me as he picked up my bag of things for the beach

'almost done, i just need to find my bathing suit' i answered, scrambling around my room trying to find the striped one-piece that had been lost in my room from last summer

i sighed, giving up after looking for it a solid ten minutes,'let's go, richie baby' i told him as we exited the room

'but did you find it?' he asked me, richie was already wearing his hawaii themed bathing shorts with a plain white t-shirt

'nope, but we'll improvise'

i wore one of richie's hawaii themed button down shirts over a white tank top, and then dark blue denim shorts that went right over my knees

we both had flip flops on, and steve was going to drive us to the beach

when we arrived, we were about to leave when steve confirmed the plans and handed us a twenty dollar bill

'here you go guys, buy some lunch; and meet me here in exactly six hours. stay safe!' he said to us as he drove off and we nodded

we walked for a little bit, and finally arrived on the beach

it was a huge and beautiful beach, yet no one hardly used it

we were all alone as we set our things down

richie took of his shirt as we both flipped off our shoes and held hands towards the water

at first touch, the water seemed a little chilly;

but after walking deeper in; it felt nice and warm

it was may, and the weather was finally warming up

summer's coming soon, and everyone's excited for it

i felt a cold splash of water snap me out of my thoughts, it was richie

he laughed as i was completely covered in water, still in my clothes

'you won't be laughing soon, tozier' i said while running over to him, making sure to splash him extra much on the way

once i finally came close to him, i jumped on him, engulfing him in a hug and pushing both of us down in the shallow water at the same time

he wrapped his arms around me, as we were both laughing

we looked into each other's eyes, and we both became quiet

'i love you, victoria harrington'

'i love you, bitchy richie'

i smiled at my nickname for him, one that hadn't been used in what felt like months, even though victor criss had just called him that last week for his daily beating from the bowers gang

he splashed me again, and i did the same to him

we got up, and started chasing each other, seeing who could take it

after about twenty minutes, i yelled,'alright, alright! you win! i surrender!'

he smiled as he ran over to me and hugged me, toppling us over again

'richie, you're the best-' he interrupted me by smashing his lips on mine

'as i was saying, before you interrupted me,' i laughed

'i can't wait to spend the whole summer with you'

his smile quickly turned into a frown as i said those words

'what's wrong, rich?' i asked him as i stroked his hair and face gently

'you forgot, didn't you?' he said, almost in shame

'our anniversary is in like three months though, i didn't forget you noodle head'

i smiled again, but his frown stayed the same

'it's not that, vic'

now i was getting somewhat confused, his birthday was in december; what could i be forgetting?

'then what is it, baby?'

'victoria, i'm moving'