"Turtle?! You got me a turtle?! Oh my gosh, oh my gosh." She hands me the tank and I hold it up, admiring my new turtle.
                          
"Oh my gosh." I repeat.
                          
"I forgot he was-" Martha starts, but I interrupt her.
                          
"Is."
                          
"-obsessed with turtles."
                          
"Eleanor, why would you do that to me? Now he's gonna love this turtle more than me." Alex says. Everyone laughs and I just keep admiring my new turtle.
                          
"Thank you, mom." I say.
                          
"No problem sweetie."
                          
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
                          
My family leaves and I keep admiring my new turtle.
                          
"Have you thought of a name?" My bed sinks down as Alexander sits on it.
                          
"Nope." I turn to him. "Why'd you tell my mother I was gonna show you the town?"
                          
"Because it would give you time to use my gift." Alexander goes to my closet and pulls out a target bag. He hands it to me and I pull out the contents.
                          
"Is this a bath set?" He nods his head.
                          
"You said you wanted to take a bath." I smile, kissing his forehead.
                          
"Thank you. I also got you something." I go to my dresser and I hand him the journal and pen set. "I got you this, you know. So you could write on the go." Alexander eyes the journal in his hand. He quickly puts it aside and grabs my face. He pulls me close to him but doesn't actually kiss me.
                          
"Thank you." He places a kiss on my lips. I grab the bath set.
                          
"Well, I'm gonna take advantage of this. Wanna join me?" I ask. He raises his eyebrow.
                          
"Seriously?"
                          
"We don't have bathtubs at the campus, this would be like one of your only chances to take a bath." Alex thinks about it, then he nods his head.
                          
"Okay. If you're okay with it."
                          
"I'm more than okay with it. Are you okay with it?"
                          
"Yes."
                          
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
                          
Alexander and I are standing in front of each other, towels wrapped around the waist.
                          
"Should we like, count to three or?" He asks. I shrug.
                          
"I-I don't know."
                          
"Let's count to three."
                          
"1."
                          
"2."
                          
"3." We both drop our towels and immediately look down.
                          
"Wow okay. That's a penis." Alex says.
                          
"Same to you. Alright." I step into the bath first and I take a seat. I let out a sigh. "Oh my gosh, this is what I missed." Alex comes in after me, sitting in between my legs. He rests his head on my chest and I rest my hands on his stomach, feeling it rise and fall when he breathes.
                          
"See, we could take a non-sexual bath." I say. Alex laughs.
                          
"Sure. It's gonna turn sexual in a second. Watch."
                          
"No, it's not." I say, but I can't resist. I have Alexander naked right now. The thought gets me excited, but I try to restrain myself so Alexander doesn't feel my excitement. "Unless you want it to." I whisper. Alexander is quiet for a while.
                          
"Do you want to?" He whispers.
                          
"Do you want to?" I ask.
                          
"Yes." He says, barely a whisper. He turns around to face me. "I-I'm ready."
                          
"Are you sure?" He nods his head. I can't believe it.
                          
"I'm positive. I'm ready."
                          
*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
                          
Wow.
                          
That's all I can really say right now.
                          
Just...wow.
                          
"That was...amazing." Alexander says.
                          
"Yeah."
                          
"Yeah."
                          
Yeah.