My eyes opened at the sound of someone throwing a rock against my bedroom window. I shot up in bed and looked around the pitch black room lit only by the hot pink comforter. The sound hit again. Mum had to take my night light today of all days when there wasn't even a moon outside. CRACK! There it was again for a third time, and it was definitely a rock. I slipped out of bed and slowly tip-toed to the window. Bobby was hanging in the tree next to my window, and in his hand was a glowing jar.
I glanced over my shoulder at my closed bedroom door, my eyes straining to see if mum or dad heard the smashing sound of the rock. My heart hammered in my chest as I lifted the window making sure it didn't squeak.
"What the hell are you doing? I asked, my voice a harsh whisper against the silence of the night.
"I heard your mum made you get rid of the night light," Bobby replied, shoving the jar into my hands. I took it and narrowed my eyes at him with a raised eyebrow as he swung like
Tarzan into my bedroom window.
"Who told you that?" I asked with my cheeks burning. I was glad for the darkness for once
-because Bobby couldn't see how much his presence affected me.
"What an idiot!" I exclaimed. I watched as Bobby shrugged and pulled two more jars from his rucksack. "I couldn't fit them all in. I didn't realise how hard it was to climb a tree with one arm!"
"What's in these?" I asked as Bobby set them up on the ground, and the room began to dance with the light. Thankfully, my cheeks had returned regular again, but soon as his eyes rose to mine I felt the burn rising up, and I had to look away.
Bobby was in my room in the middle of the night.
"Fireflies," he replied, and my eyes snapped back towards him watching as his thin lips turned into that crooked smile.
My jaw dropped as I took a step forward.
"You put what in these?"
Bobby's brow furrowed over his face.
"I spent an hour catching fireflies for you," he said, and I watched as his throat rose and fell as he swallowed. "Don't worry-I poked holes in the top."
He moved closer to me, so I could smell his cologne-the one I'd bought him for his sixteenth birthday a few days earlier. I tried to hide the deep breath I took of him as he moved my fingers across the metal top, so I could feel the holes he poked there. He smirked at me again with his fingers still over mine.
"Thank you," I said. "But how can I keep them?"
Bobby shrugged. "I did think of that after I'd caught them. "
He reached into his rucksack and pulled out a butterfly with pretty purple wings because he knows that's my favourite colour. He went to the plug socket and plugged it in.
"It will go off in the morning, so your mum and dad will just think it's one of those scenty things that you girls love so much."He looked over his shoulder before sitting down on my bed. "The real issue is what to do with the fireflies now."
My eyes pierced over to the window he came through. "Let them go?" I whispered with a cute smile.
I watched Bobby's eyes flash over mine, and i knew he was coming up with some devilish plan One that i would obviously go along with, like always. I never could say no to him or his brother, Luca, for that matter. He turned and grabbed a few of the stuffed animals from the chair by the bed and stuck them under the sheets, so it looked like there was a body.
"What are you thinking?" i asked, my breathing quickening as he came over and took the jars I wasn't holding and put them back in his bag. He then took the one i was holding and put it in the spot where the night light had been.
"It would've been a lot easier to carry the night light!" he said as he slipped it over his shoulders and ducked out of the window.
I followed him and leaned out the window.
"Bobby"
He sat on the limb below holding his hands out to me. "I promise i won't let you fall," he whispered, and i couldn't deny the rush that streamed through my veins.
Bobby would be the death of me. I followed suit and slid down onto the limb into his arms. They wrapped protectively around me, keeping me from his chest up to his muddy brown eyes. They sparkled under the light of the bright moon as he smiled down at me, and i could feel my pulse quickening.
"One section at a time, just follow me lead," he said, and before i could respond he was shimming down the tree.
Before proceeding i took a deep breath, this wasn't something that i was used to but i trusted him. I took a look down at him, i closed my eyes as the ground spun and my stomach twirled.
"Bobby, it's too far!" i said as quietly as possible.
"I'll catch you!"
I priced my eye lids open as i shook my head and he nodded his.
"Ella!"
"Fine!" i replied as i closed my eyes and let go.
"See?" Bobby said as his arms wrapped around my waist.
"Fine," i mumbled, unable to hide the smile that crept onto my face from the adrenaline rush. He approached me with his soft hands that slipped perfectly into mine, and my heart faltered for a moment before my gaze locked on his.
"We should go to where i got them, the lake."
"What if we get caught?"
Bobby raised his eyebrows. "Not going to happen, Ella."
"You'll get your new car taken away!"
Bobby sneaks out all the time, and he never gets in trouble!
Luca was the golden boy, he could do whatever he wanted. Bobby was not, he was the boy all the girls wanted, including me but he always had a wall around his heart.
"He's older than you," i replied.
"Two years, big whoop!"
I stared at him, my chest rising to my chin and he wriggled his eyebrows. There was no convincing him otherwise. Both Moura boys were stubborn, especially when it came to me (Their best friends). I didn't want him to get into trouble again because of me, but that smile was melting me.
I looked up at the star filled sky and nodded.
"Let's get this over with!"
"Yes, Ma'am," Bobby replied as he handed me the back pack and leaned forward, so i could jump on his back.
"Go, Bobby!" I laughed as he ran forward. The worry faded as his arms tightened around my thighs.
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