Misfit Love

The Date

"You're... beautiful. " Xander whispered and gently grabbed my hand. I looked into his eyes.

"You don't look so bad yourself. " I smiled and kissed his cheek, completely forgetting about our friends watching the whole time.

Embarrassed, I looked at them and smiled. "Well? How do I look?" They kept their eyes on me.

"Stunning. " Tank finally said. They all agreed.

I was expecting a strange reaction. They've never seen me so dressed up.

Xander put his arm around my waist and pulled me out the door. "You really do look stunning, Rox. " I grabbed his arm and sighed. "So do you, Xan."

He opened the passenger door to his car and let me in. As I watched him walk around, I couldn't believe this was happening. He has been my best friend for so long. He got in the car and looked at me. "I have a surprise. " I didn't ask, I just enjoyed the ride. He took me to an open field. Miles and miles from town. Then I finally realized where we were.

"This.. this is where we'd run away to..when everything was so terrible at home.. we'd lay here for hours and just talk.. we would forget all our problems..." I felt a tear fall. After all this time, he remembered. I looked over at him and he was smiling at me. I got out the car slowly.

"It's still as beautiful as it was."

"Not as beautiful as you, Roxy."

I smiled to myself. "Why did you bring me here?" he paused before replying.

"I wanted our first date to be special. I wanted you to remember it for the rest of your life." I hugged him as tight as I could. He pulled back and whispered "One second, okay?" I nodded as he ran to the car. while he was gone, I fixed my hair and dress.

He ran back over to me and smiles "Listen.." We were quiet for a second, that's when I heard it.

"No way!" It was our favorite band of all time, The 1975. Their song "Pressure" started playing. As it did, he grabbed my waist and pulled me against his body. He was so warm. I wrapped my arms around his neck as much as I could. He lifted me up so our noses were touching.

I began shaking. We've never been this close.

"Roxy, I've had strong feelings for you since we were kids. I can honestly say that you are my first love." I felt my face heat up. Before he could notice I was blushing, I pressed my lips against his. He kissed me back. I never felt this before. What was going on?My heart was racing, everything just stopped. We were the only things in motion. I pulled away slowly.

"Xander?" I rubbed his cheek gently.

"Hm?"

"I feel the same way. I love you, so much."

This time, he was the one blushing.

"The reason I brought you to this place exactly, is because I wanted this to be the place I asked you to be my lovely lady." he set me down on my feet and grabbed both of my hands..

"Roxy?Will you please be mine?Be the one I wake up to every morning. The person I kiss. The person I love more than my own life.."

My heart was about to burst.

"I'll be all of that to you, if You're that to me. For the rest of our lives." I felt a tear roll down my face. His soft smile made my heart skip a beat. "I swear, I'll be that and so much more." he knelt down and kissed my hand. "I will never, ever leave you, Roxy Ashyln Michaels. Never." I believed him.

I knew this was the beginning of something incredibly amazing.