Georgia Rose

Rain

"Hey," I say while I walk in to the room. I observe him sitting on my bed. He looks kind of nervous. "You don't have to be here." 

"Do you want me to be here?" I stare at him shocked by his question.

"I mean of course. I think it's just awkward. It's not like you're my boyfriend or a bestfriend. I mean I hope we can be friends." I say looking away.

"Okay. So what are we supposed to do for two hours?"  He asks. 

"We could watch a movie," I then realize we just came from the movies, "Or maybe a walk to the park?" 

"Alright, cool!" 

We then leave my room. 

"We're going to go play basketball at the park. Text me when food is almost done." I tell my parents.

"Alright, stay safe!" My mom smiles. 

We then walk out of the house. 

"It's so nice out here! It's like the perfect temperature!" I say while grabbing a basketball from my garage. 

"It really is." 

"Do you think this dinner is going to be awkward?" 

I giggle at his question, "If you make it awkward."

"I'll try really hard not to." He laughs at his response, I can tell he's not convinced of himself.

"Don't worry about it." I nudge him. I notice the sky start to get gray, but I don't think much of it. We continue walking to the park. When we get there, we start running to the hoops because the whole entire park is empty.

"Whole park to ourselves!" I laugh. He grabs the ball from my hand and starts dribbling it. "I have no idea how to play basketball." I admit. "So can we just play horse?" Horse is a game where you shoot the ball from anywhere around the hoop and if you make it in the other person has to make it in from where you were standing. If you miss the shot you get a letter. Whoever spells horse first, loses. 

"Sure, why not." He smiles. We start playing and when we're done I realize how bad I am at playing basketball. He made it in at every shot I shot at, while I missed every shot he shot in. I then start whining complaining he's a cheater. "Want to play again?" He offers.

"Nah, let's go on the swings. I'll race you!" I say already sprinting to the swings, beating him this time. "Ha!" 

"Whatever!" He laughs. We then start swinging. I lean back admiring the feeling I have. I feel so free on the swings I don't know why. I just feel like i'm flying! I then glance at Dean, he winks at me and then does a flip off the swing. I scream thinking he was falling at first, slowing myself down. "Ta-da!"

"You scared the hell out of me! How did you do that!" I clap. "If I tried that i'd some how land straight on my head!" 

"Try it!" He insists.

"I want to live to see tomorrow, Dean." We laugh. He then keeps insisting I try it so I do. "Fine, but i'm not going to swing as high up as you were! I then start kicking my legs up and back until i'm at the height I feel safe at. He watches me. I realize how scared I am. " I can't do it!" 

"Yes you can! Do it! Please!" he begs, "It's fun!" I close my eyes and slowly bring my butt to the edge of the swing and I hop off. I feel like i'm frozen in time as i'm being lifted up in to the air, I begin to smile. I then fall straight on to my feet. I felt like I was some professional gymnastic girl. I then feel the pain in my legs. 

"That hurt! But it was really fun! Yet, i'm never doing that again." I laugh. 

"I told you it was fun!" He smiles. We then walk over to the tire swing. I sit on it quickly. 

"Spin me!" I smile at him. 

"If you say so." he says. "I must warn you, I am the master of spinning tire swings." I start laughing. He then lifts up the swing and starts running around. I start screaming constantely, when he lets go it goes even faster. I continue screaming until it comes to a stop. I lean my head back as if i'm dead.

"You weren't lying, were you." I state. He laughs. "I'd offer to spin you, but i don't think I can walk." 

"It's okay," he smiles. He then lifts me up and carries me on to a picnic table. "Look." He points to the sun that is starting to set. I just then notice how beautiful the sky looks. It's like a hot pink and a neon orange. It's gorgeous.

"Sunset!" I say excited. I then sit up, he sits next to me and we watch the sunset in silence. It was only about a 5 minutes process. Before we know it, it's dark outside. I jump from my phone ringtone going off with a text from my mom who is letting me know dinner is ready. We start walking back. While we're walking I feel water drips on my face.

"Ew, you're spitting in my face!" I say looking away.

"Am not!" he defends himself. Then all of a sudden rain starts pouring down. We immediately start running and laughing at eachother in the rain. When we reach my house, I put my hand on the door knob. "Wait!" he says while grabbing my hand. I stare at him, watching the rain drip off his face. He stares at me speechless. He then grabs my face and kisses me. And the sad thing is, I let him do. I wanted him to do it. And i'm glad he did. My dream kiss in the rain. I then hug him. My mom then opens the door. 

"Come on kids! You guys are soaked!" She says while handing us towels.