The Chance

Chapter 24

A/N: I didn't proof read. :P

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When we arrived, I didn't give him a chance to speak and took the liberty of ordering. I ordered a family size meat lovers pizza, a large box of mojos, a big size of Choco sundae milk shake and a root beer. Then go on asking him what he liked to order for himself.

The look on his face when I asked what he like to order for himself is priceless, I feign innocence "What?" and raised an I brow.

I see a corner of his mouth lift shaking his head with amusement in his eyes, he decided to just order a large root beer since he still felt full from the dinner at the event earlier.

The waiter was about to leave when I thought about something and asked for our orders for take-out.

Soon after we received our order and settled our bill, of course Ethan paid for everything. I really don't think that I can finish the whole thing by myself I just want get back at him for nearly giving me a heart attack, not that all these food aren't going to give me any.....huh?...didn't thought about that.... I guess my revenge was really sort of dumb...but whatever. Pizza is Pizza baby!

I gave him the direction where I want to go and when we reached the area, I just helped him carry all our food out and we settled on eating by the swing in the park. These was the same swing where I used to play when I was still a kid. The place never really changed much except for the part where they added a sand box near the swing area which wasn't there before.

I couldn't help but moan as I take a bite on my slice. I heard Ethan stifle a laugh at my reaction. "What" I asked.

He just shook his head with one corner of his mouth lifted.

"Thanks for buying me pizza" I said to him, and yes I am hogging the whole box..haha!

"Thank you for coming as my date tonight." He replied.

I blushed when he said the word date. Good thing that it was a bit a dark here in the park, only lamp posts are our source of light, so I am confident that he is not seeing my tomato appearance. I lightly pushed with my feet to move the swing where I am sitting.

"here.." I held the box of Pizza to him, I kinda' feel a bit bad for hogging the Pizza and he looked so lonesome only drinking his root beer.

He chuckled, "Are you sure? there might not be enough for you left?" He teased.

I narrowed my eyes at him and pursed my lips. Though it was a bit dark and he cannot see the redness of my face I am sure it's not that dark for him not to recognize what my expression is like.

I was about to pull away when he reached out.

"No! no I was just kidding!" He said with a laugh as he hurriedly pick up a slice.

"Thought so." I said mockingly.

"why did you decide to eat here anyway?" Ethan asked I can hear the smile in his voice. I was actually to focus on savoring the pizza to look at him. "I hope you're not planning to murder me after feeding you right?" He joked.

We are not alone actually in the park some people are still around, talking, jogging you can hear the sounds of crickets and the whooshing of the wind and the movement of the trees. It was a cloudy-windy night so that we cannot really see the stars, causing also to limit the light we receive from the moon.

"ha-ha you funny," I said sardonically but we'll see. I might actually want to eat fresh meat after this" I tried sounding ominous.

It was his turn to laugh sardonically at me.

We lapsed in a comfortable silence, I was smiling from ear to ear when I decided to answer his question, "Eating pizza on a swing is one of the best way to eat pizza."

I was surprised when he actually boomed a laugh at my explanation, I wasn't even trying to be funny I was serious, I tried to look hurt by his out burst but I couldn't hep it. I was looking at him with wide eyes like he is an alien or something, I am still not used to hearing him laugh a lot but it is really nice to hear.

"What is the second one." He asked when he got to pull himself after the laugh not noticing my gawking.

"Well...ahem, I haven't been here for a while." He just waited for me to continue not interrupting the silence. I know that he is just waiting for me to start talking again. "My Mom and Dad usually come to this place every weekend, we will order the same pizza and they will let me play in this swing, as I grew older they still brought me here every weekend, but instead of playing with other kids or on the swing, I sit with my mom and dad and we talked like old buddies. Them telling stories of their childhood, how they met, their job etc... I do the same to them. My parents are like my best friends."

"Where are they now?" Ethan asked.

I didn't answer for a while as I felt the sting in my eye. I continue to push the swing...until it stopped. "They're gone." I said. I never cried even once when my parents left me. I feel the stinging in my eyes but the tears never came. I also do not understand why I am telling this to him. I normally don't talk about this things to anyone, but somehow I felt comfortable sharing to him something I am not used to.

I didn't know how long I stayed silent. My thoughts were cut-off when a warm hand touched my cold ones holding on the chain for the swing. "I'm sorry." Ethan said.

"You shouldn't say sorry, you did nothing wrong." I said to him, "Enough with the flash backs are you enjoying the Pizza?" I asked.

He seem to understand that I didn't want to talk about it anymore. So we changed the subject and talked about others stuff like our favorite movies, favorite songs, favorite quotes. Etc.. We only stopped talking when we felt rain drops falling on our heads, we hurriedly threw our trash and carry with us what is left of the mojo's. Yes, just the mojo's. What? Ethan only took one slice and I ate the rest, I was also able to finish my drinks while we were talking I am not into wasting food so inhaled everything. Wait. Did I say inhaled, I meant I ate everything. There, sounds better. ( I really have to stop correcting myself in my head).

Anyway, We are already soaking wet when we got in to his car. Laughing like crazy after running around like kids in the park under the rain. I don't know when was the last time I actually felt this happy and relaxed. As our laugh subside what's left is the comfortable silence.

"Thanks" I said out of the blue.

"Hmm?" He turned his head to look at me from the windshield. There is still a smile plastered on his face.

"Nothing." I returned his smile, we just stared each other for a while. I don't know for how long. it could be minutes, or hours, or it can be just seconds... all I know is that we are slowly pulling closer to each other, until our faces are close enough to feel each other's breath. Close enough to stare and look deeper in his green eyes...and then...

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A/N: Toinks.. Cliff hanger.. hahaha don't worry I will try to update as soon as possible.. sorry for the long hiatus... didn't mean to.. I just couldn't find the time with my busy schedule... hahah I bet someone is going to call me out for my crap excuse, anyway. Thank you for the readers who is still waiting for me to update, you're all pretty awesome you know, right?

 So while waiting for me to update again, you can go and read my other work. Its finished. Just one very long chapter but I am sorta proud of it.. it is my first short story to finish, plus the story is really close to my heart.. so go a head read, comment and vote for it.. the Title is "The One That Got Away".

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