The next day I was finally released from the hospital, Austin had stayed with me overnight and was now driving me home. The car ride was filled with awkward silence until we pulled up to my house. I was first to break the silence,"Thank you"
"For what?"
"For saving me, for being there for me. Thank you for being you. Whoever said you were an ass was wrong, you're a great friend."
He smiled,"I'll always be here for you, Nikki."
I smiled back and was about to get out of his truck when he stopped me.
"When is your dad coming back from his business trip?"
"Two, maybe three weeks, why?"
"Why don't I come over and keep you company?" He said, a devious grin in his face.
I laughed,"I think I'm good, plus I'm not a hoe."
"Oh c'mon, five minutes ago you were all", he tried to make his voice high pitched,"'Thank you for being you.'"
I laughed even harder,"I do not sound like that!"
"Yes you do!"
"Okay, how about I'll take my shower and change and we can go do something together?"
He gasped dramatically,"Miss Nicole Angel, are you asking me out on a date?"
I laughed for the millionth time,"Nope, not yet. How did you know my name was Nicole?"
He chuckled,"Oh please, people named Nicole always go by Nikki."
"Okay", I said in between laughs as I was getting out of his truck. Once inside, I run up to my bathroom to take my shower, I look at myself in the mirror. I look drained and my hair was a faded lavender silver color. I take my time in the shower, making sure to wash the smoke smell out of my hair and skin. After my shower I throw on ripped black skinny jeans, white high tops and my California sweatshirt. I put my hair in a messy bun and start to do my makeup, I put on my mom's heart locket. My parents divorced when I was only seven, when my mom was moving out she dropped the locket on the floor. I've kept it ever since.
The doorbell rings snapping me out of my thoughts, I skip down the stairs to the front door to see a grinning Austin.
"So where shall we go?", I ask as we walk down the sidewalk.
He puts his hand on his chin, pretending to be thinking,"Let's go to the lake"
"At eight o'clock?"
"Why not?!"
I giggle, tonight is gonna be interesting.
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20 minutes later we are sitting on the dock at Crystal Lake.
"Its so pretty out here," I say
"Oh yeah, I remember you saying you're a night person"
I sigh and lay back to look at the stars. I hear the dock creak as he lays next to me, I then feel him playing with my hand.
I smile and look at him, only to see that he is already looking at me. I got lost in his blue eyes, they were sparkling under the moonlight. We fell into comfortable silence, where its was just us. Hands entwined, eyes lost in each others and the stars up above us.
This boy takes me to my fantasy, every time I'm with him he seems to take me to Neverland.
