Newly single.

chapter 16

I wish we were too.

But I couldn't say that not to him anyway. So I just moved my hand on to his and squeezed it and as his gaze met mine I then in turn looked down at the floor and moved my hand back to my side, remembering the shitty rollercoaster relationship that i had previously. I was too young to know what love is and it was just a rush just as we left high school and went into college everything changed, I changed. I think that the move from high school to college made me more confident, more out-going and most importantly more shit proof. From my past experiences I have built an Iron curtain around my heart and I think Dominic was breaking it down.

We just continued eating our pizza and just talking about general stuff like the news and what we enjoy doing in our spare time, stuff you would talk about on a date but it wasn't a date, it was more relaxed. I liked it.

After we were both full to the brim with pizza it began to get dark and we lay on the picnic mat staring at the stars. And we still talked about the stars; I found that Dominic enjoys reading up about astronomy and pointed out the stars to me.

'Look, over there you can see the big dipper'

He traced the constellation with his finger just so I could see what he meant...

'And there's Apus, look... And over here you have Aquarius, do you know the story behind the Aquarius constellation?'

I shook my head... but really i just wanted him to carry on talking about the stars, so he did...

'Well... The water carrier represented by the zodiacal constellation Aquarius is Ganymede, a beautiful young lad. While tending his dad's flocks on Mount Ida, Ganymede was spotted by Jupiter. Jupiter then became enchanted by the lad and flew down from the mountain in the form of a large bird, snatched Ganymede away to the heavens. Ever since, the lad has served as cupbearer to the gods.... Beat cha' didn't know that'

I looked at him and shook my head again and honestly replied,

'No i didn't but it's very interesting... Tell me more'

And once again I turned my gaze back to the stars.

'I can't, it’s getting late and I really need to be getting you home... Else your mother will use my balls as Christmas decorations'

I couldn't help but laugh at his bluntness and his cheeky grin that was plastered on his face. So he stood up and held his hands out gesturing for me to take hold of them, and I did and he pulled me up right and walked me off the mat. He put the empty pizza boxes in the bag and tied a knot and put it in the bin by the entrance to the car park, folded the mat up and put it all back into his travel box. I just stood and watched with a glazed look of happiness painted across my face. He was just so lovely, but at he paused and watched me watching him I quickly turned away and gazed back up at the stars.

'Dominic?'

'Yes?'

'What is this place called?'

'This is Brimham Rocks... We're not allowed to be here... but no one checks anyway, as long as we clear up after ourselves we'll be fine.'

He finished packing everything thing away, then walked up, stood next to me and joined me in watching the stars

'I like to come up here and watch the world go by, it’s so peaceful and no one can ever find you...'

Moments went by as we just stood still in silence, but it wasn't awkward at all. I think with the evening we had just spent together we had exhausted all possible conversation for tonight and it was nice, comfortable and relaxing completely opposite to awkward.

'Right then missy, I best be getting you home now... Come on, let’s go'

As much as i didn't want to get on the death trap I guess I had to. I can never remember seeing the stars as bright as that down in London, in fact I don't think I ever did see them where I never went out to look at them or because of all the light pollution i couldn't anyway. Eh I don't know... But what do I care about the past, without it I wouldn't be here.

Time seemed to fly by once we had got onto the bike and had set off home and the next thing I knew we had pull into our street and then onto my driveway behind mum's car. And I couldn't help it... It became extremely stereotypical of movies! But...

'I had a really nice night thank you'

'Well I’m glad I save you from the sleaze ball, because I had a really good night too. I hope that we can do this again...'

He looked up at me, leaning on his bike, just you know chilling. His puppy dog eyes searching my eyes for an answer, hoping for a yes so I replied,

'Yes I would love to do this again'

He stood up straight and walked towards me, his chest was so close to my chest I could feel his heart beating. I turned to walk away but he grabbed my hand pulled me in and kissed me, gently on the lips. Sparks shot across my body and I held his arm for stability as my legs became lame and began to turn into jelly. So I kissed him back. It felt like hours but was only really seconds then I quickly pulled away, opened the door jumped in the house, turned and as I closed the door I just smiled at him and he smiled back.

I had had a wonderful day and an even better evening.