The Book of Us

'My Little Getaway'

As i approached the shed, I looked back at Grace, she mouths 'Go!' And shoos me in its direction with her hand. When i don't see any thing outside the shed, i look inside. Nothing. A hand grabs my wrist and pulls me out the back gate. Who ever it is, they put their hand on the small of my back, the other on the back of my head, pulling me closer to them. Nathan. Of course. Who else would my body be so familiar with, the way my body fits into his, quite perfectly. The way he breaths, tickling my neck. He just looks at me with those chocolate brown eyes. Even in my 2" stilettos i can't reach his lips when i tilt my head up as far as i can. Then playfully whimper "Why am i so small!?". Nathan smirks and leans his head down so our lips touch, but only for a moment. Until he pulls away.

"You look beautiful," he says looking at the dress

"Grace insisted i wear this, when i just wanted to wear a Harry Potter merch. t-shirt and jeans."

"Will Grace be out soon?"

"Why is Grace coming" i ask

"Ohhh, Grace didnt tell you. You'll find out soon. Are you gonna be able to run in those shoes?" He asks, changing the topic pretty quickly.

" i have ballet flats in my bag, should i put those on?"

" yeah, leave those shoes in the shed." As i walk into the backyard and open the shed door, Grace comes out the back door.

"You two ready to go? Finished all your snogging and shít?" She asks.

"Let's go," is all i say. Frustrated at her most recent comment

Nathan takes my hand and guides me in the right direction. At that moment Kristen comes out of the back door screaming "NATHAN!!" and we three idiots run from her. Nathan and Grace guide me to the lake monger recreation club. "We hire a small room here every Saturday evening. Two rooms usually, and we just hang out. Although, Grace and James are usually pretty anti-social."

"Grace?" I ask her, surprised

"Well after that day Nathan walked in on us, James and I might have been like a 'thing'. And this is usually the only time we get to see each other all week so..."

"Fair enough. I wont judge you if you allow me to be with Nathan."

"Really?!" Nathan asks, getting exited.

"Yes," i say in return with a slight smile, "But, i mean, like, only if you want to. If not, that's fine. I mean-" I'm cut of by arms surrounding me. I feel protected in Nathan's arms. I feel like i belong there. But we break apart when Ruben, Nathan's friend, opens the door and lets us in.

"James is in the other room, Grace," Ruben says. Grace walks into the other room. Nathan sits down on the last vacant chair so I sit on the arm. "We have Mario Cart, Monopoly or Just Dance for the video games I got today. Votes for Mario Cart," he asks. No show of hands, " Well I guess I'm alone with that one. Monopoly, any one. Nathan, ok that's one. So I guess you two want just dance?" He aims the question at me and his girlfriend, whose name I do not know yet. We both nod.

The game starts and ends, just as the night did. I met Reuben's girlfriend she was polite, but I could tell she was a b*tch just under the surface. As we walk back, Nathan pulls me down an alleyway, "you never reminded me how my hand on your lower back was a familiar position," he tells me.

"Shut up..." is all I reply with, but before I can continue, his lips come onto mine. I laugh when his hand makes its way to my lower back and we're both trying to laugh-kiss before realizing it's impossible. We each take a different entry to the house. We all manage to get inside without anyone seeing us. We're in the safe zones, for now.