Out of my League

Chapter Six

"I've got a lot of things on my mind"
                                            - Yeah Yeah
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I was walking around town, the atmosphere was getting darker and clouds swayed together.

Trees waved high above and wind started blowing. It was a usual day in The Valley, fathers getting home from work and mothers taking care of children. I smelt the air it was damp, then drop.

I felt a drop if water hit my shoulder. I looked up and a dark luminous cloud was above me. Water began trippilling down. It was pouring! The water continues to storm for a few minutes while I was trying to find somewhere to go underneath. Finally the water stopped, yet the sound continued. There was an umbrella over me with Benny holding it above my head.

"Your soaked god damnit!"

"Duh its raining"

"Storming," he corrected me.
I nodded my head and thanked him for coming to me with an umbrella. We walked a little bit of way until we reached the suburban area.

"Say Amber are you doing anything tonight? Or now?"

"Nothing besides drying off, no"

"wanna come over? Dry off there. Until it stops raining. My house is closer either way,"

"Your right, why not" I shrugged. We walked a bit more turning a few roads until we met his house. He opened the door with a key he grabbed from his pocket. Opening the door, he placed his hand on my upper back gesturing me in the house. Benny closed the umbrella and placed it in the corner, shutting the door and locking it back and placing the key in a console table just in hallway of the foyer.

"You cold?"

"Just a little bit," in reality I was freezing my hair was all soaked and clothes were drenched."

"My god Amber I didn't realize you were completely soaked, your gonna get sick!"

"Benny i-i'm fine"

"No your not!" He rushed to grab a towel.

He placed it over my shoulders.

"Thanks Mom"

"You were gonna get a cold if it wasn't for me, and you even still can. I'm getting you warm or your gonna wish you were inside all day"

Staying at his house he offered for me to take a shower, I declined. Rather then a shower he lent me a hoodie and sweatpants. I changed in the bathroom, I found a comb hidden in one of the drawers and brushed my hair until it didn't look all natty. I balled up all my clothes and opened the door to see him on the couch tapping his finger on his leg waiting for me to come out.

"Better?" He asked nicely.

"Much" I smiled.

"The rain doesn't look like its gonna be stopping for a while, what do you wanna do?"

"Not to sure, say where's your parents?"

"Business trip, wont be home for a few days"

"Lucky! My parents are always home," I fell down in the couch lazily.

"Tired?"

"just a bit"  Benny came over and sat by me placing his arm around my shoulder. I placed my head on his and sighed.

He grabbed a remote from off the coffee table and turned on the TV. He put on one of his boring crime documentaries. I slowly closed my eyes out of boredom and drifted off.
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Benny's POV:

A few hours later Amber was wrapped around my waist, we were both on the couch cuddling when I felt her head shift on my chest.

She looked up and realized what had just happened. With a tired look on her face she stuttered ", Did I fall asleep?"

"Yea, you did. Don't worry about it though, you looked tired."

"You sure?"

"Yeah, of course"

I took a look at the clock, 6:00 it said, "What time did your Mom want you home?"

"She just said dinner was gonna be done at five, why?"

"Well it's a little past five"

"Shit!" Amber yelled. We grabbed all of her clothes and ran out of my house. The rain was finally gone and the sun was out, shining on her beautiful blue eyes, adding tint to the small darker wring around the colored part of her eyes.  Before the last turn before her house I stop her, "Amber can I tell you something?"

"Suuree what's up?" her eyebrows furrowed.

"Look, you are so amazing. Your great at baseball an-" Smalls came running up to us.

"Hey Benny, Amber" He gave her a flirty look.

fuck.

Smalls started talking to Amber about his new engineering set.

"Benny can you tell me later?" Amber and smalls walked away.

I was left alone on the curbside when Bertram came up to me.

"Hey man, I saw that whole thing. You really like Amber don't you?"

"Yea man. I do. I'm trying to tell her but I just don't know how at this point."
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