Purpose

Are We Out of the Woods Yet?

Mallory let Justin take the lead. He firmly grasped Mallory's hand and led her outside, into the calm, serene, tranquil, woods. She could barely contain her excitement as Justin strolled along so handsomely. The movement of his legs made Mallory find herself short of breath, she could barely keep up with Justin's powerful, yet graceful strides. Watching him move was captivating, he moved with the same grace a swan had. The perfect metaphor for something so graceful and beautiful. 

Mallory found her self staring and looked away for a quick moment, so it wouldn't seem that she too interested, but secretly she was head-over-heels in love with Justin, and he could sense it as well.

They didn't talk, but it was okay. The silence with Justin was music, it was always a masterpiece.

"Tell me something about yourself" Justin said finally. Mallory was in shock, she would have expected Justin to do all the talking she figured since he probably had better life experiences, but here he was, putting himself aside and wanting to know more about the person he loved.

Loved. That wasn't the right word. There was a special connection between them that couldn't be described with such a simple word like love. No, Mallory and Justin's love went much deeper than such a tiny, insignificant word.

"Well I have do-". Mallory's words were cut short as a squirrel flew out of nowhere and latched itself onto Mallory's face. Mallory shrieked and ran, but she couldn't get the squirrel off. She wasn't very aware of her surroundings, but the one thing that she was aware of was Justin running to her courageously. Justin clutched her with strength of a Spartan, with those beautiful muscly arms. "Don't worry, I have you now" Justin said very irresistibly. He calmly grabbed the squirrel from Mallory's face, and let it free into the woods. He's kind to animals, too, Mallory thought, in awe of his bravery.

She was very conscious of Justin holding her with his powerful arms. All of sudden, Justin doubled over. Mallory took a step back, what could possibly be wrong with him? "I didn't want you to see me this way" Justin said, "Run, get away from me".

Mallory watched in horror as his hair slowly  got longer, and he got smaller. Justin began to grow a tail, despite how disgusting it looked she couldn't help but notice how attractive it looked on Justin. Finally she saw how Justin went from a sexy, hot, pop star to a small gray squirrel. "No this can't be happening" Mallory thought to herself. She couldn't believe that she had just lost her lover. She wanted to cry, scream at the gods for beings so unfair. She jus-

"Are you okay?" Justin asked with a look of concern in his eyes.

Mallory blinked. She snapped back to reality. It had just been a daydream, Justin was still with her looking as perfect as ever. Mallory wanted to cry tears of relief, but she forced herself to keep her cool. "Umm yeah. I'm mostly fine, but I think the squirrel bit me and gave me rabies. You need to suck it out" Mallory said, knowing perfectly well that that wasn't the case. The truth was this was all a plan to get Justin to kiss her. 

Justin cradled her face with his soft hands. He leaned in, and Mallory could smell his minty breath. He kept getting closer.

Finally their first kiss was going to take place.

"You look fine, I don't think the squirrel bit you" Justin said, completely ignoring the implication in Mallory's statement.

Rats. Her plan was foiled.