Chloe's POV
"Perfect." I say to myself. I give my newly painted nails a blow, in an effort to dry them.
I hear someone calling my name from outside,
"Bird!" The person - who I can tell by the deep pitch of their voice - is a male. Or Abby.
I rush across my room and open the curtains to my balcony. Leaning over the side, I catch a glimpse of the person. It's not Abby, it's... Josh!
"J-" I start, but he shushes me.
"It sure is a beautiful night out tonight." Josh says, looking up that the stars shining in the sky, and our vast, beautiful garden.
"But it sure would be prettier with you." He gestures at the stone bench under a tree in the middle of our garden.
It's isolated.
Far from the house.
We can be alone.
At last alone.
I nod eagerly, and slip my sparkly gold Sperry's on.
A few minutes later, I'm sitting on the cold stone bench by the fish pond Under the cherry tree in our garden. Pretty much the most romantic place in the world.
"Hey, we need to make up for lost time." I gaze into Josh's deep, shining, blue eyes, smiling. I wrap my arms around him, and he does the same, kissing me back. And for a minute, the only sound in the garden is our breathing and our kissing. It's silent.
Finally, I release him.
For a while we just sit there and smile at each other.
Josh's stomach growls.
He rushes to apologizes, "I'm sorry, I just haven't had much today because I had five hour practice and I just got home. Paige gave me a candy bar but-"
"Geez Josh. No need to to testify to me. Why don't you come on in? Binge on some junk food." I joke.
He gives an uncomfortable smile. "You sure?"
I laugh, "Yes! Of course I am. You're like family here... And I could already tell you came from practice." I wink, wrinkling my nose.
The two of us head inside, hand in hand, together at last.
