Falling For You (#wattys2016)

Chapt 7 The right choice?

The reason as to why I was so surprised about the text was that I hadn't given David my number since before we broke up, which means that he had kept my number the whole time. As I stared down at the text I wondered, whether or not to read it, but before I could decide curiosity had already gotten the better of me and I opened it.

"Hey Zoe, it's me..David. Do you want to meet me in the park tomorrow? We should talk" the text read.

For a few seconds I just stared at it, trying to think of a good response. "Yeah sure, meet around lunch" I responded. I felt a smile creep into my face and immediately I attempted to change my facial expression to a poker face. I shouldn't have been this excited. I tried to push my excitement away as I knew that this happiness that I was feeling probably wouldn't last long. David would find a way to mess this up, no doubt.

"Had I responded too quickly? Ugh now he probably thinks that I'm desperate..." I thought quicklybefore placing my phone beside my bed, and closing my eyes. "Well, then again, getting back with a guy who cheated on you is pretty desperate..." I whispered to myself.

It took a while for me to fall asleep, as I had so much on my mind. I was happy when I finally did fall asleep though because I could finally rest. For the rest of the night I enjoyed a peaceful slumber, dreaming about the days when boys didn't matter, and when my biggest problem was accidentally dipping Barbies hair into the toilet. Tomorrow was going to be an interesting day.
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I woke up the next day fully rested, and immediately checked my phone to see if Corey had responded to my text. I was disappointed when I saw that he hadn't even read it yet, but I decided to think that he was probably just busy at the moment and would reply soon. Quickly I ran the down stairs, into the kitchen. I was feeling awfully hungry this morning as I hopped off of the last step of stairs.

"Hey hon" my mother greeted me cheerfully.

"Hey mom" I said, as I took a seat across from her at the table.

My mothers blue eyes sparkled happily as she handed me the large cardboard box of cereal. I smiled as I took it out of her hands, and pored myself a bowl of the crunchy, sugar filled, meal.
"Thanks mom"

My mother nodded her head as she peered up at me, her blonde bangs draped over her forehead.
"Where's Ginny"? She asked quietly.

"I think she's still upstairs" I said cautiously as my mouth was filled with cereal.

The kitchen window was open, letting a cool, spring breeze make its way into our small house. The smell of flowers filled my nose as I took a deep breath. I loved spring time, because I loved how colourful everything looked. Beautiful tulips, filled our yard and our patio was beautifully decorated with large yellow daffodils. Quickly I stood up, walked over to the window, and took another deep breath of the fresh air. The blue sky was so blue that it was almost cartoon like. I felt like I was in a land where nothing could ruin my day. Life for a few moments felt like a dream.
Suddenly I was snapped out of my calming thoughts as my mother began to speak.
"Zoe, come do your dishes, you know how I feel about messes" she said as she wagged her finger impatiently. 

"Fine" I replied, as I walked over to my dirty dish, picked it up, and walked it over to the dishwasher.

"Zoe are you coming shopping with me today"? My mother questioned as she scrubbed our kitchen table with a dishcloth.

"Oh, I can't mom. I have plans" I said feeling slightly guilty for not telling her sooner.

"Oh...that's okay Zo, we can go shopping together another time" my mother replied, her voice hushed.

Suddenly I realized what time it was, and decided that if I didn't start getting ready I was going to be late meeting David.
I hurried up the stairs into my room, closing my door tightly behind me. Out of my closet I fetched a pair of light blue skinny jeans, with tares on either leg and a lose black top. I was quite happy with my outfit besides the fact that my hair looked like I had just been in a wind storm. I would try brushing it but every curly haired girl understands the struggle of curly hair being brushed. Last time I had brushed my curls, was the ninth grade and my friends nicknamed me lion but thank god they had forgotten about that name. I hated it. Thank you Corey for coming up with that one.

After a while I decided to just braid my hair, and put some raspberry scented hairspray in to avoid any flyways. When I was finally done getting ready, I ran downstairs and slipped on a pair of my black combat boots, then began to walk to the park.

Lucky for me, I lived less than a block from the park. In a matter of minuets I had arrived, sitting on the bench waiting for David. It wasn't too long before I could see David approaching me, a huge cocky smile on his face, and his blond hair flipped over his forehead.

"Hey Zoe" he said as he took a seat next to me.

"Hey David" I smiled.

"So your probably wondering what I meant by saying that we had stuff to talk about in the text" he laughed, dimples appearing on either cheek.

"Well, I might have been a bit curious"

David snorted humorously. "Well...I was thinking, that if your ready, I would like to pickup where we left off..."?

I felt my face heat up, as I looked away, unable to hide my surprised smile.
"Assuming that you mean our relationship then Yeah, I would like that too" I smiled.

David's eyes lit up as he spoke. "So would it be cool if I called you my girlfriend"?

"It depends. Are you going to go around sucking face with any other girls"?

"Never again" he assured, grinning.

"Then yes" I smiled, as I felt myself blush harder.

David brought his face slowly towards mine as he pressed his lips onto mine. Butterfly's filled my stomach as I pushed my fingers through his messy dirty blond hair. As we slowly let our lips separate, I wondered if I had made the right choice. Something you probably shouldn't be thinking about right after a great kiss with someone who you thought you really cared about.