College Boys

c h a p t e r t h i r t y n i n e

Mike and I were walking back. Back to where? I don't know. I lived a few miles from here and I had no idea where he lived.

"Where are we going?" I asked.

"Somewhere." He said, vaguely. He seemed like one of those "bad boy mysteries". Why did I want to decode him?

We were still walking in a somewhat comfortable silence. But I was cold as fuck.

I was wearing a short dress in the night-time. This night was really windy.

I could feel my legs shaking.

"Next time we go out, you should wear more."

Next time? We're gonna have another date it seems.

We arrived at a park. There were lots of grassy areas and trees. It looked so tranquil...

....but we walked past all of the grassy areas.

Instead, there was a cerulean river for us to canoe across.

He then walked over to a canoe and swiftly got inside. He showed menhis outstretched hand, "Come on."

I proceeded to climb in. "Aren't you gonna pay?"

"I had this prepared if the date went wrong."

Prepared, huh?

"Okay."

We were then floating across the blue.
I could see a few lights, and they were beautiful. They illuminated our surroundings and I was entranced.

"It's beautiful." I gasped in awe.

"That's why I chose it," he replied smugly, a sly smile on his face.

You're beautiful, I wanted to say to him.

"Anyway, remember how in McDonald's, you were kissing a girl and stuff. Why are you asking me out?"

"You had to ruin the mood, didn't you?"

"Don't avoid the question!" I reprimanded.

"Honestly, I wasn't feeling it with her. I kissed her for fun. But with you, you're fun to be around. And I wanted to experiment a little, seeing as I don't normally ask people out."

I was surprisingly happy for that explanation.

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That's the end of their date!