Chapter 282 - Ocean – Time Moving On Part 4

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Ocean

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I had finished the exam first. I don't think that I rushed through it at all, and I was certain that I did a more than adequate job on it as well. I just didn't want to linger once I knew that I was done. And shortly after I was done, literally within seconds, Makai had finished and caught up to me. That was pretty cool if you asked me.

Another thing that was cool, was being able to hide away from the school until it was time for us to head home. Well, not exactly until it was time to head home. We needed to head back to Coach's class first, but until then, we were able to just sit up here on the roof of the school and talk until the exams were all over.

I was going to be able to just sit here with Makai. I was going to be able to talk to him. We could talk about things that didn't have to do with swimming or studying. I swear we had been so hyper focused on those two things over the last few months that I literally felt like I was losing my mind.

Now that I was actually taking the exams that would end this school year, I felt like I was able to relax. I felt like I would finally be able to focus on the things that were coming up that I needed to worry about. I could finally focus on my upcoming wedding. I could focus on Makai's birthday. And before that I could focus on graduation and my graduation party that would come shortly after that.

To be honest, I already planned on it being a giant party for the four of us. We would have a big celebration for me, Makai, Ben and Ryan at the house. And I already planned on something else that was going to happen during that graduation party as well.

Well, assuming that Makai and the others were OK with it, I was going to be announcing something major to the people that came to the graduation. I wanted to let all of our friends and family in attendance know that we were getting married. Since it was just going to be about a month or so before the wedding, if any of them didn't know and wanted to attend, they would need to know about it soon.

I didn't think that the others would have a problem with telling everyone about the weddings. They were going to follow through with it no matter what their families thought about it all. and to be honest, so far the only people that would have a problem with it were Ben and Ryan's parents.

I don't think we needed to worry about their parents though, they definitely were not invited to the graduation party. This was going to be a happy occasion. It was just going to be filled with positive energy and people that cared about us.

I think thinking about all of this while sitting on the roof of the school next to Makai. We had come up here to kill the two hours or so that was left until the exam time was over. I was enjoying the fresh air and the calm tranquility of being in this peaceful place with someone that I loved so much.

"You're awfully quiet today, you know that." Makai called out to me, effectively breaking me out of my thought filled stupor.

"Oh, sorry. One thought led to another and then another and before I knew it, I was contemplating so many different things in my head. I guess I have just been a little overwhelmed lately." I can't believe that I had just done that. I brought him up here with me and then I just ignored him. I am the worst mate ever. "I am sorry that I ignored you." I hung my head in shame at the very idea of what I had done.

"It's fine. We have all had a lot on our minds lately. It's understandable that you feel a little burnout and out of it. I don't mind at all. I am just as happy to sit here with you on the roof and do nothing more than enjoy this breeze and watch the horizon. We're together, that is all that matters to me, Ocean." And with that, Makai leaned in and kissed me on the cheek.

"I love you." I said it so naturally and easily that I hadn't even realized I was saying it until it was out of my mouth.

"I love you too."

We sat in silence for a few minutes. We were just staring off in the distance and watching the sky without saying or doing anything. We had our arms wrapped around each other and were holding hands with the other arms crossed in front of us. It was nice, and slightly romantic.

"Hey, Makai.." I finally broke the silence around us.

"Yeah, baby?" He didn't turn to look at me, he just kept holding me. 

"There is something that I was wondering about."

"About what?" He finally pulled away and turned to look at me, but he still had his left arm on my back and his right hand holding onto my left.

"Well, when we get married, who will take which last name? I mean, if I took yours then I would be Ocean Rivers, If you took mine you'd be Makai Shores. I don't know if either of those combinations would be good. But I don't know what you think about it."

"Well, I think you're right about it not fitting either way. If you take my name or if I take yours, it will seem like one of the names is less important than the other. Given that we are both men so we don't have that whole misogynistic tradition of the woman taking the man's last name to worry about. In our case, we're both the 'man' so it wouldn't be easy for either of us to do that."

"Yeah, you have a point." I tried to process what he was saying and I realized that there really was a big problem ahead for us both. "I mean, we could just keep our own last names. But I kind of liked the idea of us having the same name."

"Yeah, I know, it would be nice. So, how about this. We will talk things over and come up with a new last name. A name that works for the both of us. How does that sound?" He was smiling at me as he asked that. I could tell that he was passionate and happy about it even though it was a spur of the moment thought.

"I think that would be a good idea. If we thought up a new last name that would be ours and ours alone, then we would have the same name, but we wouldn't be prioritizing one name over the other. And something tells me that neither my parents nor his would have a problem with us choosing this option for ourselves. They were supportive of us in just about every aspect.

"Now, Ocean, with that settled, though the name is not picked out yet, there is something else that we need to discuss. And that is where we should be going on our honeymoon. You know that I will not let you go without having one. So, start thinking about where you want to go and what you want to do." He was grinning at me as he said it so I knew that he was looking forward to this as well.

"I think that I can think of something interesting. I mean, if we're going for romance more than anything I might be at a loss, but if we're looking for a trip that we both will enjoy, then I think that we can manage that with no problem at all." I started to think of things that I would want to do and places that I would want to go with Makai. This was going to be fun.

"I think we can have a little bit of fun and a little bit of romance. I mean, we're still teenage boys, we are going to want to have some fun. But we are also young and in love so we will want to show that to each other and the world. I think if we focused on the things that we personally want to do, then we will be fine. So, make sure you think about all of that stuff too." He had definitely got me thinking, that was for sure.

"I will. Man, there is a lot for me to be thinking about right now. Graduation, our graduation party, your birthday, our wedding, our honeymoon and moving into our place. It's going to be a lot." I tried not to feel overwhelmed about it all, and to be honest, I was more excited than nervous about it.

For the rest of the morning, we sat together and talked about the first thing that would be coming up. Well, the first two. Graduation and our party. We talked about who to invite, what to serve, and the silly games and attractions that we would want to rent so that people had a good time. I had a feeling this was going to be the party of the school year. Part of the reason being, we were putting four people's worth of effort into it, because soon we would be adding what Ben and Ryan wanted too.

After that, we headed back down to Coach Dickson's classroom and got ready to leave for the day.