My Newsie Best Friend

Let's Go Spy

Sky's POV

I couldn't believe I'd actually scored a date with this little cutie. I stared into her eyes from across the table. Becca was so different from every other girl I'd met.

We had both cleaned the coffee off of us, and headed over to Schmackary's. Now we were sitting across from each other at a table, eating the best cookies in the world. "What kind of cookie did you get?" I asked her, trying to break the ice.

"Chocolate chocolate chip." She replied, her mouth completely full. "Cool. I got peanut butter fudge." I told her, even though she probably didn't care.

Ben's POV

"Hey Bre.." I came up behind her and whispered in her ear as we were all heading our separate ways. She stopped dead in her tracks and tensed up. "Don't worry, it's just me." I stood in front of her so she could see.

"Oh. What do you want?" She asked, relaxing a bit. "Wanna go spy on Becca and Sky's date?" I asked slyly. She giggled flirtatiously and smacked my arm lightly. Was she actually flirting with me? Score!

"Why of course! Let's go." She laughed some more, grabbing my hand and pulling me down the street. She never let go of my hand as we slowed to a walk. We strolled down the sidewalk on our way to Schmackary's.

"You're still holding my hand." My leaned down and said quietly. She blushed profusely and muttered several apologies. She had tried to pull her hand away from embarrassment, but I held tight and smiled down at her.

"Why'd ya tense up?" I asked, my curiosity getting the best of me. "Huh?" She pretended to be confused. I could tell by very voice inflection that she knew exactly what I was talking about.

"Earlier when I whispered in your ear. You tensed up and look terrified. Why?" I asked, matter of factly. "I don't know what you mean." She was trying to play dumb, and it was adorable because it wasn't working.

"Ok. I'll drop it. I'm sorry." I knew it was time to back off when she denied it a second time. "It's ok, don't apologize. I'm just a little agitated. I didn't get much sleep last night." She sighed.

"Oh, I'm sorry." I squeezed her hand, and again she tensed up. I looked at her questioningly, wanting to know why she was always on alert like that. "What? I didn't do anything." She frowned.

"I didn't say you did." I shrugged. She looked at me with what could only be described as adoration. As we continued walking, every slight sound or car passing would make her jump.

Each time this would happen, I would squeeze her hand. I felt really bad that I couldn't do more, but I didn't want to make her feel uncomfortable.

A man accidentally bumped into her from behind. She jumped nearly two feet in the air, shrieked, and latched on to my arm. She started to hyperventilate.

"Hey, it's ok. You're safe." I wrapped my arms around her protectively. "Don't hurt me." She breathed. "I won't hurt you. Don't worry. It's all ok. I would never hurt you." I reassured her.

I pulled her over to get out of the way, and looked her in the eyes. "I will never hurt you. You are safe with me." I confirmed. She nodded, grabbing me in a tight hug. I hugged her back and held her just as tightly.

I held on to her for dear life. It was crazy how much she'd come to mean to me in a few short hours. I wouldn't trade her for the world. She pulled away. "Let's go spy now." She grinned, eyes shining.

Bre's POV

We were getting ready to walk into Schmackary's, just as Becca and Sky were coming out. "Your date is over already?" I asked, frowning. "No, we're just continuing it somewhere else." Sky winked at Becca.

"Maybe we could still go in?" Ben motioned to the amazing cookie shop. "Like as a date?" I nudged him. "Sure, why not." He raised his eyebrows and smirked, which made me smile.

Ben was certainly unique. I really enjoyed spending time with him, even though he annoyed me to death at first. Maybe this could work out; but before thinking of the future, I had a date.