colby✔️

8 - 'damn slide's got power'

lee

"Colby's gonna be here any minute. I'm panicking. Oh my God." I breathe, pacing around the living room.

"Lee, you're going to be just fine. It's just Colby." Tara says, placing a hand on my shoulder to stop my pacing.

"You're right. I'm overthinking this. It's Colby, the guy that didn't want our first kiss to be when we were both drunk. It's just Colby-" I'm cut off by a knock at the door. "Holy shit, what do I do?"

"Open the door," Kat says.

"Yeah, we'll clean up and see ourselves out afterwards. We're gonna hide in your room." Devyn says, grabbing the wrists of both girls and dragging them back.

I take a deep breath, opening the door. Colby stands there in a pair of black jeans and a black and white striped shirt paired with a black jean jacket with different white details, black high-top converse on his feet, matching mine. His hands are tucked in his pockets and he rocks back and forth on his heels.

"You look beautiful, Lee." He smiles.

"You look beautiful, too." I don't process what I've said until he starts laughing, a small blush coating his cheeks. "Oh, God. You look great! Handsome, attractive-"

"Lee," He laughs, cutting me off. "you're okay. You ready to go?"

"Yeah, I think so." I say, checking my pockets.

"Okay, come on," He grabs my hand, pulling me out of my apartment. I laugh as I stumble behind him, making sure my door closes.

"Can you tell me where we're going now?" I ask, walking beside him.

"No can do, babe." He grins, pressing the button to the elevator. He doesn't seem to be affected by the name he called me, so either he doesn't realize he said it, or he meant it. Either way, my stomach fills with butterflies.

"Why not?" I whine as we step onto the elevator. " You know I hate surprises."

"I do know that, but I know that you're going to like this one, or else I would've told you already." He replies.

"You seem pretty confident in that, Cole."

"I am," He shrugs, a smirk on his face. "I'll tell you what, let's make a deal. If you like the surprise, you have to do whatever I want and if you don't, I have to do whatever you want."

"Deal."

"What do you want me to do if you win?" We step out of the elevator and he leads me to his car, our hands still intertwined.

"I'm not telling you just yet." I tease, shutting the car door. He laughs, starting the car.

"Then I'm not telling you what you're gonna have to do just yet, either."

I hum, watching the buildings as we pass them. "How far away is this place you're taking me?"

"Um, 20 minutes." He replies, placing his hand on the back of my seat and looking behind us. "You can have the aux if you want."

"I was gonna take it even if you didn't give me permission." I grin, making him laugh.

I plug my phone in, turning on Mike's song, We've Lost Touch.

"I always knew you liked his music." Colby says, shaking his head with a smile on his face.

"You have no idea. I know every word to every song. It's not my fault our friend makes some bops."

We both laugh, settling into a comfortable silence- well, as silent as it can be when we're both screaming the lyrics to the songs.

After a long 20 minutes goes by, we pull up to an empty park. Colby jumps out after turning off the engine before I can even blink, running around to open my door.