Forgive us

Macey spent the night with Johan again, he took her to her place to grab clothes after their shift ended. Johan didn't want to leave Macey alone, especially with her crazy brothers around. They had slept in the same bed again which both of them seemed happy about. Macey felt bad though, she had so much baggage and they had literally just met. What could she offer to someone like Johan?

Macey woke before Johan and decided to cook him breakfast. Yes they were going to meet Asher for lunch but that was at 1 pm, it was only 10.30 am now so they had time. Johan stirred in bed reaching for Macey and waking quickly to see she wasn't there. He could smell bacon though so he quickly got up heading into the kitchen.

Johan walked over to Macey wrapping his arms around her waist from behind and pulling Macey into his chest. "Morning gorgeous, smells good"

Johan said before kissing Macey on the temple. "Morning, take a seat. The kettle is on so I'll get you a coffee" Macey replied. She wanted to show Johan she appreciated his help. "I could get used to this" Johan commented before sitting at the table to watch Macey.

Macey served up bacon and scrambled eggs with toast and coffee. She sat opposite Johan. "Thank you for everything, Johan. Thanks for letting me stay. I'm sorry I'm just a problem" Macey said quietly. "Macey you aren't a problem at all. None of this is your fault ok? Besides you can stay here any time as long as you cook" Johan replied trying to lighten the mood.

Macey laughed, the dorm had a shared kitchen so she mainly had microwaved meals but she did love to cook. Her mum had taught her before she passed away. "It's nice to be able to cook again" Macey replied. "Oh, so you are using me for my kitchen?" Johan asked pretending to be offended. Macey nodded her head yes glancing around the kitchen. "Oh the stove is my bae" she replied causing both to break out laughing.

After breakfast, Johan insisted he wash up seeing Macey cooked and sent her to shower. He couldn't wipe the smile off his face. They had spent an hour talking and joking. It was like a first date which they still hadn't officially gone on. When Macey was done in the shower Johan headed in and was ready in record time. They had just over an hour before meeting Macey's brother and he was going to use that to take her to the beach.

"Come on Macey, I want to take you somewhere" Johan rushed out of the bedroom once he was dressed. "Ok, calm your farm I'm ready" Macey replied. Johan dragged Macey out to his car. He opened her door and quickly kissed her before running around and hopping into the car too. "So where are we going?" Macey asked. Johan just smiled at Macey and kept driving.

Within a few minutes, Johan was parking the car within walking distance of the bistro they were meeting Asher. He opened Macey's door for her and held her hand walking the opposite way of the bistro. Johan led Macey towards the beach, it wasn't the best first date but it would do for now.

"I owed you a date and breakfast this morning and a walk on the beach seemed like a good compromise until we get a proper date" Johan finally spoke up. Macey looked at Johan who seemed to be really nervous. "It's perfect, thanks Johan" Macey said kissing Johan on the cheek and then taking off down the beach towards the water. Running in the dry sand with shoes on wasn't easy though. Johan soon caught up to Macey tickling her sides causing Macey to shriek out in surprise. She hadn't been tickled since she was 7 years old.

Macey couldn't help but laugh and soon tackled Johan to the ground to prevent him from tickling her more. Johan pulled Macey down with him causing her to land on top of Johan, she tried to scurry off him though because she was worried she would hurt him. "Shit sorry" Macey raced out trying to get up but Johan pulled her back looking into her eyes. She looked so carefree at that moment and he loved seeing that.

After sharing a long kiss they both stood up covered in sand but neither seemed to mind at all. They both attempted to help get the sand off each other but that led to more tickling and laughing with Macey trying to run from Johan and him chasing her.

Asher pulled up outside the bistro glancing around to see if he could see his sister. It was 12.30 pm when he arrived. He wanted as much time as he could get with his sister. When he didn't see her, Asher walked closer to the beach. He saw a girl with red hair running around laughing. Asher couldn't help but smile thinking of his sister and how she loved the beach as a child.

Asher couldn't help but watch the couple playing on the beach. They were too far away for him to see their faces clearly, but he couldn't take his eyes off them. As it got closer to 1 pm, Asher realised that he hadn't spotted Macey. He turned around scanning the area and still didn't see her anywhere. Asher turned back to the beach and spotted the couple again heading towards him. As they got closer he realised it was Macey and Johan.

Macey was still laughing as she got to the steps leading off the beach. She had sand in places she couldn't reach without showing people her bits but she had had so much fun. She forgot all about her brothers even just for an hour. "This was a perfect first date" Macey complimented Johan smiling. "I have sand in places that no sand should go" she added laughing. Johan leaned in and kissed Macey with both of them smiling into the kiss.

"Good to see you still love the beach" Asher said startling Macey who hadn't even seen Asher standing there. Macey swung around to look at Asher and he noticed immediately that her smile wasn't as big. How could be have contributed to that when she was a kid? When she was playing moments ago, he saw the carefree little girl she used to be. Her smile was bright and her red hair flew wild in the breeze just like when she was little. The minute he spoke though it was all gone.

"I just need to go to the bathroom and then I'll be out" Macey mumbled out heading over to the female restrooms. Johan followed her pulling her into his side. "Macey, you got this. I am right here and I won't let him hurt you again" Johan stated before kissing Macey on the forehead and heading into the men's toilets to get the sand out of his pants. He wanted the carefree Macey back so he was mentally planning something for them to do after they got this shit with Asher sorted.