They Call Me Emo Girl

Chapter 31: Battery Powered

Jitters and uncontrollable bouncing. These are just a couple of the things that consume me as I am sitting here, waiting for Aspen to make his grand arrival. The mix of nerves and excitement swirling through my veins.

I lightly tugged at the sleeve of my dress as I looked at the clock once again. He'll be here in 5 minutes. I was lost in my own world, the sounds of my mother and friends' chatter in the background. Why did I need to dress fancy? Where is he taking me? Why the hell am I so nervous?!

Before I could find any answers the obnoxious ring of the doorbell pushed me back to reality. I went to answer the door only to find that my mom was already turning the knob. Of course. Yanking the door open, she smiled and moved aside to allow Aspen in.

Immediately familiar chocolate eyes met mine along with his striking smile. Even if I wanted to, I couldn't help but return his with one of my own.  He reached a hand out for me to take.

"Oh my! You two are just so adorable. Can I take your picture?"

And there's my mother, effectively ruining the moment with that amazing timing of hers. I go to say something about it but Aspen beats me to it.

"Actually, we kinda have to  leave like right now so we can make it to what I have planned on time."

"Huh, well that's ok! Have fun and take care of my baby."

"I always do."

With that he pulled me out the door and to the passenger side of his car. He opened the door for me and smiled as I got in. Such a gentleman. Once in the car he pulled out of the driveway and laced our fingers together.

"You look absolutely beautiful Ry."

Blushing, I took a breif moment to glance him over. He wore black skinny jeans with a black button down shirt. His sleeves were pushed up to his elbows and he had a black blazer that came to his elbows as well. He looked handsome.

"Thank you, you don't look too bad yourself."

I sent him an over the top wink and we both laughed.

"So where are we going that we have to get to on time?"

He chuckled as we came to a stop light.

"Oh, I just said that so your mom wouldn't take pictures. I know you hate when she does that. And I'm not telling you where we're going."

I pouted but let it go as I turned to look out the window.  The city lights were beginning to fade and I wondered where he could possibly be taking me that was this far away. Trees whizzed by but I couldn't think of anywhere in particular.

Slowly, we came to a stop at the entrance of the forest where a boarded trail began. It had began to get dark on our way here and I couldn't make out whether or not I knew this place. Aspen got out of the car and came around to open my door. After I was out he reached into the glove box for something before shutting the door.

He turned to me, in his hand was a red scarf, and suddenly I had a case of deja vu back to when he had shown me his house for the first time.

"You're blindfolding me aren't you?"

"You could figure it out along the way before we even get to the surprise. I promise I'll guide you and you won't even trip once. Please?"

Sighing, I allowed him to tie the scarf over my eyes and lead me onto the trail. He led us carefully through the forest for a few minutes until we came to a stop and I no longer felt the wooden boards under my feet.

"Ok, I'm going to take the scarf off now, but keep your eyes closed until I say."

I nodded and felt him lightly tug on the scarf, it quickly falling from my face once untied. Keeping my promise, my eyes remained shut as I waited for permission to open them. My heart slightly racing at the suspense of the surprise.

"Open them."

Not a second after the words left his mouth, my eyes opened and I took in my surroundings. As I registered the sight in front of me my hand flew to my mouth, it was all I could do in an effort to stop any on coming tears.

We were in a clearing and in front of me was a small table set up for two, with different foods and beautiful decor. Lights had been hung from the tree that stood beside the set up and hung down over the table.

(A/N: This is the closest picture I could find to what I was picturing. So just imagine this set for 2 and at night ok? Ok.)

With wide eyes I turned and saw Aspen already looking at me, taking in my reaction.

"Well, do you like it?"

"Like it? This is the nicest and most beautiful thing that anyone has ever done for me. I love it, almost as much as I love you."

Aspen's eyes lit up and he leaned forward to press a light kiss to my lips before taking my hand and leading me to my seat. He sat across from me then took some food and put a portion on each of our plates. I couldn't help but feel special.

"Aspen, what did I do to deserve all of this? It's absolutely amazing but I can't see what I did."

Reaching his hand over, he took mine in his before smiling at me warmly.

"We hadn't spent any real time together lately and I wanted to make it really nice for us. I wanted you to feel special because you are special to me."

Just like that, the tears I was holding back earlier had made their escape as a single tear made its way down my cheek. Aspen gently wiped it away with his other hand.

"Thank you. This is truly amazing."

"Good, now let's eat."

Laughing I nodded and we went on to eat our food. A moment later a question came to me.

"Aspen, how did you get the lights to work out here?"

He chuckled.

"Batteries. Lots of batteries."

I laughed with him and at that moment I realized, it didn't matter who put a note where or who found out about our relationship. For the only thing that matters is that right now, we're happy.

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