Coconut Colada

Chapter 5

The events of last week kept replaying in my head. It was probably the most exciting thing I had ever done. Yeah, I know what your thinking- but nothing like that had ever happened to me before. I was happier than ever because I might have the chance to see Levi today. We were getting the last of my aunt's stuff and hauling it away for an auction. Mom and dad said Lee and I could explore the neighborhood while they finished packing. This was perfect.

On the way to my aunt's I spotted Levi. He was skateboarding by the intersection where I had first seen him. Beside him was a girl. I feel my heart sink and I scrunched down into my seat. All of the sudden I felt hopeless, as though all my dreams were crushed.

While getting out of the car I grabbed my iPhone and AirPods. I felt like going to the nearby coffee shop.

Some people eat when they're sad, I was the opposite. When I was sad I felt ugly and didn't feel comfortable in my own body. I would get a drink and that would be my evening meal.

I couldn't listen to Green Day because, as I mentioned earlier I always associated memories with songs. Instead I played blaring heavy metal. Somehow this made me happier.

As I approached the coffee shop a familiar face came skating towards me. I kept my head down and entered.

The coffee shop had delicious meals and snacks. I only ordered a strawberry smoothie, because as I said before, I was sad. The lady taking my order asked if I wanted anything else and when I said no she looked slightly confused.

Levi appeared in front of me and was mouthing words I couldn't hear because of my music. Before I knew it he had pulled the headphones right out of my ears.

"Hey, Nora!" He looked pretty happy to see me.

"Hi..." I made it obvious I wasn't happy.

"After you get your smoothie will you come for a walk with me?" He was probably going to explain how sorry he was. So I nodded my head and didn't speak any further.

As we exited I could feel the cold breeze and began to shiver, thankfully my one foot was warm because of the horrible cast.

"Hey Nora, you seem sad. Are you okay?" Levi seemed genuinely worried about me. Little did he know I was sad because of him.

Instead of playing games I got right to business,
"I saw you with that girl."

Levi paused and looked down confused.
"Who?" How was I supposed to know. I shot him a glare and looked away. He continued to think.
"Wait, over by the corner? That's my sister." I suddenly felt super embarrassed and didn't know what to say. How could I have been so stupid. He said he had a sister, why didn't my mind work.

"I'm so sorry, I didn't mean to jump to conclusions," I gave him a worried look which he warmed with a smile.

"It's alright, just know I would never cheat on my girlfriend. Even if we were pretending." Did he just call me his girlfriend?!
"So why are you only getting a smoothie," Levi was clearly confused because that place severed the best meals.

"Well when I'm not happy I never feel like eating." He was the first person I shared this with.
"It's probably because when I'm sad I get insecure about my body." I said while looking at the ground.

"Eating doesn't change your body, it helps it thrive." Levi frowned. I must have been visibly shivering, because he handed me his coat.

"You're shivering because you didn't eat. See how important it is. Your body is perfect and you don't need to change it." I couldn't understand how he managed to give off bad boy vibes and kindness all at the same time.

As we walked back closer to my aunt's house I noticed Levi was planning on taking an alternate route. Right across the road was a park and he was motioning for me to follow him into it.

He matched my pace, even though I was going about as fast as a tortuous.

When we arrived at the park the stage was set up with equipment which I assumed was for a band to play. Kids were in front getting ready to dance to the music. Before I knew it Levi was dragging me over to the makeshift dance floor.

"C'mon Bluhmfeild, show me what you got!" Levi was so encouraging. I began to dance, but in the only way I knew- Ukrainian Dance. It was a great way to dance, but not suitable for this type of music or crowd and the cast made it worse. I was almost certain that I looked like a complete idiot. Levi looked at me, both shocked and amused.

"What, you don't like my dancing?" I smiled sarcastically.

"Well Nora, it's interesting. That's for sure." His grin was the biggest I had ever seen it.

"I'd like to see you do any better!" I said jokingly. Levi took my bet and began doing forbidden fortnite dances. It wasn't long before I joined in, doing the ones I could do at least. Stupid cast.

The stars were slowly appearing. We had been dancing and singing for probably around 2 hours. The last song of the night was a slow song, I could recognize this song from anywhere. It was by Ed Shernan. Dancing in the dark.

"Care to dance m'lady." He held my hands and looked into my eyes waiting for me to respond.

"Oh my GOODNESS!" I jumped and almost squealed. Then I realized I looked insane, I had my hands over my mouth realizing that I had just gotten the attention of everyone in the park. I calmed myself down and in a low tone said, "why of course," trying not to giggle. Levi found this rather hilarious and began to laugh as he held my waist. He kept looking up at me and soon we met eyes we are were both laughing.

"I couldn't help but notice how excited you were that I asked you to dance." What was I supposed to say after to that.

"Yeah, I just like to dance with guys-" Oh my god. Now he's gonna think I just dance with random guys. "I don't dance with random guys- actually you are the first guy that's ever danced with me..." Levi looked surprised.

"Really?" He looked as though he didn't believe me.

"Well do you count 7th grade dances? It was super awkward and the teachers made sure we were far from each other." I had a look of disgust on my face just thinking about it.

"Well if you don't count those, it's my first dance also." Here I thought he was the type that took out many girls, maybe I was wrong.

Levi was gazing into my eyes, I was wearing his jacket. It felt like the perfect night. Then I heard my brother, Lee calling my name. Great.