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Chapter 14 : Physics test

Chapter 14

Friday night...

Riker POV

I walked home with Kayla. We dropped off our backpacks at my house, and then we left again. We walked down the sidewalk together. I had my arm around her shoulder as we walked. Finally, we got to this restaurant I'd picked.

We went in and got seated.

"So um... This is really embarrassing, but um... I don't have a lot of money. And I'm spending like all of it on tonight, so do you think we could get dinner to share?" I asked, feeling my cheeks turn red.

Kayla nodded. I sighed in relief. That was literally killing me all day long...

"Alright, great. You pick what we get."

Kayla flipped through the menu, and finally pointed to something. She'd chosen spaghetti. That seemed to be one of her favorite foods.

"Ok, cool. And what do you want to drink?"

Kayla texted me.

"We should get a milkshake to share."

I laughed.

"Ok, sounds great."

When our waitress came over, I ordered everything for us. And she brought out our food pretty quickly after that.

Later...

Riker POV

We'd just gotten home from town. After dinner, I'd taken her to an ice cream place, and we just sort of hung around there for a while.

It was almost dark by the time we got back to my house.

"So um... What time do you have to be home?" I asked.

Kayla texted me.

"I told my mom I was sleeping over a friend's. But if she knew that friend was you, she'd kill us both, so don't tell."

"She doesn't like me?" I asked.

"No, it's not that. She wouldn't like me sleeping over a boy's house. Especially if that boy is my boyfriend, which you are!"

"Wow, you text fast... But yeah, I get it. My mom would probably be pretty mad if Rydel slept over her boyfriend's... But she doesn't even have one, so..."

Kayla took my hand and intertwined our fingers.

"Alright. So let's watch a movie. I think I might want to get changed first though. Did you bring pajamas?"

She shook her head no.

"Ok... I have some clothes you can borrow if you want..."

I led Kayla up to my room. I pulled out a pair of sweatpants and a shirt for her.

"They might be kind of big, but they're the smallest clothes I have."

Kayla nodded, and went to the bathroom to change. I quickly changed in my room. When Kayla came back, I was already done.

"Ok, let's go watch a movie," I said, grabbing her hand.

We sat on the couch together. I picked a comedy, not feeling like I wanted to be scared tonight. I spread a blanket out over us, and put my arm around Kayla. She cuddled close to my body.

Later...

Riker POV

When the movie was over, I looked down at Kayla, and she was asleep in my arms. I used the remote to shut off the TV, and then I closed my eyes, falling asleep minutes later.