The Summer Moon
Chapter 85 -

Malia

Waking up wrapped in Ty's arms was absolute heaven, I could absolutely imagine doing this every day for the rest of my life. I snuggled deeper into his chest and Ty sighed, still half asleep, but wrapped his arms tighter around me. The past few days here had been everything I wanted for my birthday, and the perfect break that Ty and I really needed from all the drama. I felt closer than ever to him, I honestly have no idea how I'm going to go back to our life at home where I don't get to see him all day every day.

I was however, looking forward to finally spend some time with Alana, it was starting to feel like I'd invited her on this trip but barely had any time for her. I was really hoping she was enjoying her time with Emily though. Ty had called Liam a couple times during our trip and it didn't seem like anything was changing in their relationship anytime soon. I was actually feeling pretty bad for Liam, I could only imagine how hard it must be for him. Plus, I've known Alana basically my whole life and her middle name is practically commitment issues, so even once they did start a relationship I was doubtful about how long it would last.

"Morning gorgeous," Ty whispered in my ear. His hand found his way into my hair, running through the strands while his lips traced down my jaw setting their own fire. I thought to myself again how amazing it is waking up together like this, my legs tangled with his, his lips so close to mine. "I couldn't agree more," I looked up to see Ty smirking and shook my head at him. I still hadn't figured out how to block him out but I actually didn't mind it. It was pretty romantic after all, and Ty did his best to try to give me privacy whenever I needed it.

The two of us spent a little more time cuddling in bed than resumed what had come to be our normal morning routine here. Ty made breakfast while I made coffee, then we ate out on the porch and watched the waves in the water. We usually only made it a few minutes after eating before Ty's hormones were going wild and he was carrying me off to the shower, not that I had been in much control either lately. It was like I couldn't get enough of him, no matter how much time we spent together I just kept wanting more.

"So are you ready for one last surprise?" Ty said, spinning me in his arms as I finished packing my bags. I raised my eyebrows at him, there was no way he had more surprises, he had already done so much for me this weekend. From the surprise party to this trip, I'd had the best weekend of my life.

I looked up to see that playful sparkle in his eyes, a bright smile on his face. Gosh he looked so cute sometimes. "I still haven't given you your birthday present yet," He smirked at me and I widened my eyes.

"What? I thought this whole weekend was my present!" I practically shouted at him, but Ty just zipped up our bags, slung them over his shoulder then took my hand in his and began pulling me towards the front door. "Ty you already bought me a dress, new shoes, you threw a huge party for me, you brought me here for the weekend, I don't need another present!" I shouted after him but I was starting to feel a little giddy, anxious to know what it was.

Together we walked outside and around to a large garage on the side of the property. I'd looked at it several times over the weekend but never thought to wonder what was inside, until Ty stopped in front of the large sliding door, typed a pin into the key pad and the door slowly began to raise. His hands rested on my hips as he pressed up against my back. I could feel his excitement matching mine as the door came up, and behind it revealed a shiny white Audi that matched Ty's with dark tinted windows and black tire rims.

"You're joking," I couldn't help but gawk at the car in front of me, but a huge grin was spreading across my face. This car was gorgeous, way too much for a birthday gift obviously, but totally gorgeous. There's no way I could accept this. "Oh I'm serious and you absolutely are accepting it. Really this is more of a gift for me than you, now I don't have to worry about you getting hurt riding your bike or walking around town, and I'll be able to see you more since you can drive yourself over to my house whenever you want. Plus, as happy as I am to carpool with you always, I want you to have some more freedom to explore around here with your friends, and you're going to need a way to get to school in the fall," Ty said into my ear, making a chill run down my spine as his breath brushed across my cheek. I spun in his arms placing my hands on his chest, the biggest smile on my face. Was this real? I had to be the luckiest girl in the whole world. Then as I leaned in to kiss him, he pulled back just out of my reach.

He laughed at me while i scowled at him then said, "which brings me to part two of your gift." My eyes widened again, there's more?

"Part two? You said one last surprise!" I gently hit my hand against his chest, he was going so overboard for this birthday.

"Well this surprise has multiple parts," he corrected me with a wink. Then pulled an envelope i hadn't seen before out of his back pocket and gently passed it to me. I closed my hands around it, then looked over to see the local university's emblem on the front. No freaking way. I tore the envelope open impossibly fast, scanning my eyes over the first sentence. "You got me into school?" I looked up at him, tears coming to my eyes but I held them back.

"I want you to have everything you want in life Lia. I didn't get you in though, your hard work and good grades did, I just did a little persuasion to get them to consider your application for this fall instead of waiting until next year," Ty's hand came up to brush my hair out of my face then rested gently on my cheek. I lost myself for a moment in the blue of his eyes then sighed and pulled him into the biggest hug, squeezing him as hard as I could.

"You're so wonderful," I managed to say, suddenly feeling at a loss for words, but I knew he understood how I was feeling. Ty chuckled and wrapped one arm around my shoulders then reached behind his back one more time. Bringing his hand back around to show me a small box wrapped in sparkly paper.

"and last one I swear, part three," he smirked at me. "Ty!" I shouted at him but I eagerly took the present anyways, already excited to know what was inside. I tore the paper off to replace a wire picture frame beneath, holding a picture of Ty and I that I hadn't even realized had been taken. It was the night of the alpha ceremony, Ty and I were dancing but seemed completely oblivious to the world around us. I was smiling up at him, looking like I had just been laughing at something he had said, and the way he looked down to me made the whole world stop. Then, in the bottom right corner of the frame, Ty had pinned a small note which he had written I'll love you always.

As I stared at the photo my eyes began to burn again and the tears came down my cheeks in a steady stream. I looked back up at him and threw my arms around his neck, lifting myself up to reach his lips. "The best gift I could've ever asked for this year was you. Thank you so much for all of this Ty," I whispered to him, my voice breaking.

"Anything for you. You've changed everything for me, you're my whole world. My whole life I thought I'd never feel this way about someone, but then you came along and stole my heart. And I'll say it to you over and over again for the rest of our lives, I love you Malia, so much, and I always will." Then his lips were on mine, his hands brushing away the steady stream of tears overflowing onto my cheeks. I pulled him in as close as I could, never wanting his lips to leave mine again. Ty and I savoured the moment, staying like that as long as we could until finally Ty's phone rang interrupting us. Ty took the call and I knew it was definitely about the pack because he had his serious voice on and by the thoughts passing through Ty's mind I figured it was just another update from Liam.

"Hey so I actually wanted to ask you something," Ty asked, as he came around the back of the car to where I stood. He popped open the trunk and dropped our bags inside then looked up at me once more, my eyes already brightening when I realized what he was thinking about.

"I think that's a great idea!" I clapped my hands together already getting excited. A double date with Liam and Alana would be so much fun, I'd be able to spend time with Alana and still not have to be apart from Ty. Plus, hopefully we could work on getting the two of them together, Liam definitely had to start making some better impressions on her.

"I love that you can do that," Ty smiled at me and I knew he was talking about how i had just heard the thought in my mind. I giggled back at him, I really loved it too, and we'd definitely become a lot closer with each other's thoughts flowing in and out of our minds. "But I was thinking we'll have to be sneaky about it. Like you invite Alana and we'll just have Liam randomly show up, or maybe tell her it's a date and we just won't say it's with Liam," he offered up making me laugh. "You're so sneaky, I love it," I kissed his cheek. Ty just shook his head and chuckled, and we were both thinking the same thing, we make quite the team.

"Ready to go home?" He asked me, holding up the shiny pair of car keys which made me grin ear to ear.

"Yes!" I jumped up and eagerly grabbed the keys then ran around to the drivers side, climbing in while Ty climbed in the passenger side. I went to put the keys in the ignition and quickly noticed an extra key hanging from the ring. "What is this for?" I turned to him to ask and he gave me a small smile back. His hand closed around mine, "It's actually a key for my house, I meant what I said earlier, I want you to be able to come over whenever you want," Ty explained and my heart fluttered in my chest. This weekend seriously couldn't have been anymore magical with him.