Too Close [Wattys2015]

Chapter 37: Reckless Lovers

Sneaking out with butt hurt jerk made me fill with happiness, mostly to just be with him. To not have to hide as much or worry about any problems- we seemed carefree and reckless.

And I loved every ounce of it.

The radio was bursting through the speakers- so loud I worried we'd mess up the speakers, but when butt hurt jerk  decided to sing along with the radio I sang with him.

He had one hand on the steering wheel while the other was holding one of my own.

The sky was getting darker as our love grew fonder. "Hey!" I yelled over the music.

He turned it done a few notches so I could continue. I smiled before continuing. "Does your dad know you're gone?"

He nodded. "I told him I'd be out with some friends little did he know I don't have any besides you, plus you're my girlfriend. So you're both."

Girlfriend. He said girlfriend. We were officially back together. Somehow I was caught back up in the thought of our first kiss. . .

"Hellooo?" He stretched out, waving a hand at me.

I looked at the red light we were stopped at then back to him. "What?"

He blinked. "You were just smiling all crazily and staring into the distance."

"Oh," I blushed. "I was just. . .thinking."

The light turned green and he started driving again. "Oh, yeah? About what?"

"Uh, yeah. And it was just things. Like random, crazy things." I say, looking out the window.

"Well, okay then." He decided not to press about it. I turned up the radio and soon enough we were both singing again like little kids.

***

"Well look what the cat dragged in," Mandy smiles at us, tying her apron tighter around her. "Haven't seen you in a while."

Jerk face- haven't used that nickname in a while- smiles at her. "Look at the cat!" We walk to sit down and she follows. "I think we'd want the same thing."

Mandy nods her head. Then she looks at him playing with my fingers across the table. "It's about time the two of you got together."

"Oh, we have been for quite some time. But, uh, thanks." He smiles at her and she gives me a wink before walking away.

"I've missed this place," I smile looking around at the small wooden tables. The warm air hugging me in a comforting way.

He sighs. "Me too." He keeps playing with my fingers. He grabs my hand, making me look at him fully, and kisses each finger softly while he looks at me through his eyelashes.

His looks sends shivers throughout my body and my cheeks warm up at his innocent stare. He looked innocent, but sometimes he wasn't.

"Here is your two hot chocolates," Mandy sits the drinks down. "Also, I brought some sweet bread that's homemade." She smiled and walked away.

The bread was just like regular bread, but it was in a circle and it had a sweet taste to it, plus it was amazingly warm.

"Whoa," we both say at the same time after our first bite of the bread.

He takes a small sip of the hot chocolate and so do I. I sigh after I take a drink. I really missed this place.

"So, do you have anything else planned for us to do, jerk face?" I ask him after we're done.