Smooth Criminal

Chapter 5

The dinner date with Sam went smoothly. So smoothly that Neva was having a hard time to believe that it was going so well. She was on edge the whole time at breadsticks. She couldn't help but jet her eyes around the room, trying to see if anyone was going to ruin this seemingly perfect date. Sam was perfect, there was no doubt in Neva's mind. This is what she wanted. The impressions, the deep conversations, the lame jokes, sitting there with Sam was exactly what she wanted to do that night. Or any night. Focusing on Sam helped calm her nerves throughout the date, and by the time they started strolling through the park, Neva;s nerves were close to nothing as they told each other stories of their childhood. 

"So you're telling me that everyone in your mom's work remembers you because you pulled the fire alarm?" Sam asked, holding in his laugh. The Neva lightly hit his chest with her free hand. "Don't laugh! I ended up stopping a full day of work for the employees!" Neva explained. 

"Yeah, but normal false fire alarms can be shut down for the maintenance, your mom's work had to have the fire station come in to turn it off." Neva blushed in embarrassment. Sam continued, ignoring her bashfulness. "I've heard of something like that! When the fire alarm is pulled at school it gets disabled by the janitor, not the fire department!" Neva rolled her eyes and suppressed a smile. "Alright, alright I get it." She gave in, " I was a bad girl who shouldn't have pulled the fire alarm at her mom's job. But I've improved since then." 

"Have you really?" Sam questioned, "I don't think good girls beat up stars like Rachel Berry." Neva rolled her eyes again. "She had it coming ok. Just because I beat her up doesn't make me any less than a good girl." Sam nodded in agreement, stopping at a park bench. "Alright, you have a point." He said, sitting her down on the bench. He smiled down at her, "Nothing can make you anything less than an angel in my eyes." Neva blushed and suddenly gained interested on her fiddling fingers. Sam reached behind her and reached into a bush. He pulled out his guitar and strapped it on. He rested one of his legs on the bench to support his guitar as he tunes the strings. 

"Which is why I trusted my guitar to hide inside a bush all day, in hopes that no one steals my baby, to surprise you with a song." Neva rolled her eyes and tried to keep her cool. In reality, her heart felt like it was going to flutter out of her chest. "You glee members just can't help but use music to express your feelings can you?" Neva joked. Sam lightly laughed and shrugged. "What can I say? Music is a universal language. Even for feelings." He said, "But you can't stop me from singing this song to you so don't even try." Neva pretended to sigh in defeat. When Sam saw that she wasn't going to stop him, (Not like she was actually thinking of stopping him), he beginning to start strumming the first chords. First G, then to C, then back to G. Neva recognized these chords and tried to stop herself from crying right away.

You know I'd fall apart without you
I don't know how you do what you do
Cause everything that don't make sense about me
Makes sense when I'm with you

Like everything that's green, girl I need you
But its more than one and one makes two
Put aside the math and the logic of it
You gotta know you're wanted too

Cause I wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
Never let you forget it
Yeah, I wanna make you feel wanted

Anyone can tell you you're pretty
You get that all the time, I know you do
But your beauty's deeper than the makeup
And I wanna show you what I see tonight.

Cause I wanna wrap you up
Wanna kiss your lips
I wanna make you feel wanted
And I wanna call you mine
Wanna hold your hand forever
Never let you forget it
Cause, baby, I, I wanna make you feel wanted

As good as you make me feel
I wanna make you feel better
Better than your fairy tales
Better than your best dreams
You're more than everything I need
You're all I ever wanted
All I ever wanted