Head Up, Pretty Girl
Chapter 4
What did he just say? My mind was in spirals as a pulled away
slowly and looked him in the eyes..
those big, beautiful blue eyes. I blinked hard to make sure
I'd heard him right, and apparently gave him a
confused look. "What's wrong?" he asked me. I
realized I was staring. How embarrassing. I didn't know
what to
say, so.. I improvised. I pressed my lips against his hesitantly
until I felt his reply. My heart could have won the
Indy 500 at that moment in time. Man, the kiss felt so good. The
only problem is that it felt more lusty than loving.
But, there was some love there. There were hidden feelings that
ran through my head as we kissed. When I pulled
away I looked at him and noticed I had pushed him all the way
back on his porch. Whoops.. must have not been paying
attention to him that much. I mentally laughed as he looked at me
with rouge cheeks, his head leaning back on the
porch. "Well, damn," he said. I was so
embarrassed. "I'm so sorry," I
explained,"I don't usually-" He cut me off.
"Come here." he took me by the hand and led me into his
house through the back door. We walked into his living
room. He put his hands gently around my face and kissed me even
more passionately than before. He backed up
my body toward the couch and I stopped giving him a cautious
look. "I just want to kiss you," he said. He looked
up at me with those sparkling blue eyes and I went back to
kissing him. I let him guide me to the couch. He laid me
down and made sure I was comfortable before we continued. My face
was blistering hot, as it always was when I
would make out with a guy, but this was different than making
out. I felt something with us and I knew we were going
to go places. He was on top of me propping himself up as he
kissed me. The radio was playing and we moved to the
beat. I had never done anything like it before. He
stopped occasionally to ask if I was okay, which I would
always reply
a breathy "yes". I stopped him for a minute to
look outside. It was getting dark out already. I put my
hands on his shoulders, my weight forcing him back, and I flipped
roles. I bent down to kiss him, keeping the rhythm of
the
music. Sometimes I stopped to see his reaction and looked
at him. Face, still red, still adorable. Eyes, still
blue,
but filled with desire. I looked down at my
phone.
u need 2 come home now
It was from my grandpa.. I
swear I'm going to hell for teaching him how
to text.
I looked down at Justin in an "I'm sorry"
manner. I got up and started for the door. "I'll
call you tonight.. I might be back
soon." And I walked out. I got to the edge of the
street until I heard footsteps behind me. He spun me around
and kissed
me. He moved us from the darkness into the illumination of the
street light. I stopped and looked at him,
smiling.
"I'm not ashamed of you.. I'm not ashamed of
us.. but I am a little scared about how I feel.. I will text
you, call you,
whatever you want, I promise you." He gave me one
last strong kiss and then let me go. I ran down the street
to the library and up my grandparents stone
library. Almost no lights in the house were on and my
grandpa was looking out of the kitchen window as I walked up
the man-made stairs to the back deck. He did not
look happy.
Head Up, Pretty Girl
I
decided to head up to Ricky's real fast. Ricky had been a
family friend for my whole life and owned his own
drive-thru. He'd be thrilled to see me and, truth is, I
really wanted a mountain dew slush. i walked uptown past
my old gymnastic center, which was now emptied and
seemed ghostly. Right across the street was
Ricky's. Usually,
there was a lot more traffic on this street, but oddly enough,
not today. "It's not a holiday," I said aloud. I
looked both
ways again like my mother had always emphasized, sighed, and
crossed the walk to Rick's. I walked in, the bells on
the door chiming in harmony behind me. I looked around, keeping
an eye out for Ricky. He wasn't there. I felt a groan
in my throat. I was burning up. "Can I get a small mountain
dew slush, please?" I asked, somewhat panting.
The cashier chuckled a little and then mustered a "yes
ma'am." I paid him the buck-fifty that i owed him and
then i
was out of there. i looked down at my slush. he had given me a
purple spoon-straw. Fact one, I loved spoon straws, and fact two,
I loved the color purple. "Today is gonna be a good
day." I found myself roaming past the library again,
coming up on Justin's house. I saw him from a distance. he
looked the same as he did last summer; tan skin,
not skinny or chubby, but just the right size, dark brown hair
like mine, and short as usual. he was wearing a star
wars shirt and blue athletic shorts that didn't match. I
tried glancing over when I could, but I knew he was staring at
me
and i didn't want him to think I stalked his life.
"KENNA!" he shouted across the street. I looked over
obviously now. he
was waving like a little kid, which was kind of adorable. I
walked to the edge of the sidewalk and again looked both
ways. There were about 20 cars coming from each side of the
street. Really? The streets hadn't been busy all day
and they choose now to be busy? We looked at each other from
across the street, chuckling at the irony together.
There was a gap between the cars coming, so i ran across as fast
as i could. I looked back as the car zoomed past where
i was just running. I made it. I mentally patted myself on the
back for not dying. I looked at him and he was smiling back
at me. "What?" I said, blushing a little.
"Don't expect me to run across this street for you all
the time." he laughed
again, his blue eyes intoxicatingly gorgeous. Then, without a
word, he took my hand and led me to his backyard.
Why was this so natural, I thought to myself, being
careful not to think out loud like usual. We sat down on his
back step together and I looked around, being socially awkward. I
felt his warm hand come to my face, pulling my eyes
to his. The feeling was like a blow to my stomach, knocking the
wind out of me. but it had never felt this right before.
he slid his hand down to my waist and pulled me in closer.
Naturally, I laid my head on his shoulder.
his voice broke the awkward-yet-not-so-awkward silence.
"I really want to kiss you
right now, but my body just won't let me."
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Head
Up, Pretty Girl
Chapter
2
"Hey, gramps," I say as I walked in their front door,
stepping on the creaking ramp leading into their dining
room.
It always drove my grandpa nuts when I stepped on it.
"Walk over it," he said casually. Saw it coming.
"And you aren't
gonna be on that damn phone all night." He hated when I
texted, or did anything with technology for that matter,
considering he was old fashioned. "yeah, yeah, nice to see
you too. Food? I'd love some." I made my way to their
fridge. He always had homemade pizza (which was better than
most pizzerias) and made me chip dip occasionally.
I walked through the hall and passed the laundry room filled
with my music boxes and snow globes from when I was
littler. My phone buzzed.
Whats
going on?
I had to wait for my grandparents to go to
sleep... Crap. My grandpa never liked me walking around Ada
because
he considers me his little girl. Which.. I guess I am. He's
basically my dad... I decided to give it a shot.
"Grandfazzahhhh."
He was watching Seinfield and drinking a tall glass of milk,
his nightly routine. "No." Ugh, he knows me too
well.
"But... I haven't even asked you yet! Hear me
out," I poked out my bottom lip. "You're staying
here." Okay.. this over
protectiveness has gone way too far. I am glad that he cares
about me.. But, I'm almost 16. I can (and should) be
able to make my own decisions. You think he'd cut me a
little slack, considering I'm an honor student and just
an
all-around good kid.. Well, as far as my family was concerned I
was good. "Just let me run up to Rick's, please.
I want
a slushie and I'd had to ask you or grandma to get up and
take me. You need your rest." There it was again, the
silent
pause that meant he was pondering. "There and back,"
he said sternly. i heard my grandma's voice out of her
room.
"Take your time, Kenny-bird. You need to walk for
volleyball anyways. Leave that child alone, Larry." I
loved my
grandma.. Although, she was a little crazy at times (and by
times I meant most of the time). "Thanks, be back
soon."
I put on my flip flops and ran to the bathroom. I looked
in the mirror at myself. Long dark hair pulled back in a
high
ponytail with navy blue headband, navy blue tshirt, and jeans
shorts with navy blue flip flops I had just gotten from
Old Navy. I looked like I usually did- not pretty, not ugly. Ah
well, I barely knew this kid and the last time he saw me
I was 30 pounds heavier. I put on some of my clear gloss and
headed for the back door. I walked down my
grandpa's
steps that he made with his own two hands and gazed at the back
yard where I'd had so many memories.
Walking down the stone driveway and onto the sidewalk, I smiled
and pulled out my phone.
Be outside. I'm on my
way and I don't want to be kept
waiting.
And, like always, two seconds later:
Waiting on my porch.
i smiled again and put my
phone in my pocket. I started thinking to myself, realizing
what this was becoming.
What I didn't understand is how it was becoming so
natural.
I made my way to the end of the drive, looked both ways, and
then crossed the not-so-busy backroad to the library.
should I keep going?
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