we are reckless

chapter two;

as we walk out of the building daniel walks over to a car and starts it. 

"oh my god! this truck is my dream car!" i tell him.

"my father got it for me right before college so its new off the lot!" he says.

"wow."

i realize my jaw is at the floor and i blush hoping he doesnt realize it. he hops into the front seat and revves the engine. 

"get in!" he says quietly.

i get into the passenger seat and put my seat belt on. 

right before we leave he asks me one simple question...

"ever been to the river?"

while driving with one hand he puts his hand on my leg. i bite my lip and put my hand on top of his.

"sometimes why?"

"you'll see" he grins ear to ear and speeds up down route 28. 

"do you do this often? i mean take late night car rides into the city?" i ask.

"do you always ask so many questions?"

in my head i think "touche"

as we arrive to our adventure he tells me to close my eyes, he takes my hands and lead my to the river side.

"you can sit down but dont open your eyes yet...i want you to be suprised" he chuckles.

so i sit on the edge where its nice and grassy and put my feet in the water...its rather warm for september. 

"ok, go ahead." he says. 

i open my eyes and instantly im amazed, i look up at the towers and see there colors reflect off the water. 

"daniel....its...its beautiful" i say with amazement. 

"i thought you'd love it...i saw this place on my way to the art institute and when i met you i just though "what a perfect place to take the perfect girl" and yeah i know you only just met me...but i want to get to know you and i want us to have late night hang out sessions like we are tonight, and i just kind of want to be more than friends but im scared to open up to you and for you to see my screwed up side, i dont want to scare you off...." 

he starts to lean in...i have a million different feelings running threw my body, when he kisses me...he pulls me closer and i run my fingers threw his hair and he wraps his arms around me when i feel him smile against the kiss. his head leans against mine and he stares into my eyes. 

"wow" i say while he takes my hand and intertwines it with his. 

"go out with me kenzie, i just want to show you that im a good person, that i would never hurt you" he says. 

"i believe you, just know my fathers a cop for the state" i laugh.

"haha, i will show him how good i can treat you someday"

"good." i smile. 

he slowly takes my face and kisses me passionately. 

"thank you for bringing me here tonight, this was absolutely perfect" i say before he stops

"your welcome, anything for a beautiful girl...i hope i didnt make you uncomfortable by saying that...i just..." before he can go any further i kiss him. 

"its fine hun, but we better be getting back its a quarter to 3 in the morning and we both need alittle sleep before our morning classes...by the way...what classes do you have?..." i ask.

"psychology, and theatre" he says kind of nervously.

"mmmm actor ;)" i wink at him.

"what about you miss kenzie" he smiles that gorgeous smile. 

"psychology, theory and harmony" he looks at me with a raised eyebrow. 

"sing me alittle something" he says.

"ok"

"nervously i begin to sing the a team by ed scheeran. 

i stop in the middle of the song and laugh. 

"your blushing you know that? your beautiful."

"ive never sang for anybody really, never joined the choir at school because of stage fright, and i was the smallest girl with the big voice that nobody heard" i say hestintally. 

DANIELS POV. 

"well, i hear you" i grab her hand, pull her close, and kiss her on the forehead. 

we get back into my truck and head back to campus.

we get back to campus and i run over to her side of the car and open the door for her.

"thank you" she giggles and blushes. 

even though i just met kenzie i smile when she laughs...i cant help but worry about what shes going to think when shes sees me have a bad day. 

*FLASHBACK*

"i saw you two together anna, dont think i didnt" i scream at her. 

"daniel, nothing happened, we're just friends, your over exaggerating" she says while tears stream down her face.

i walk away and my hand connects with the glass window. 

*FLASHBACK OVER*

"daniel, daniel!" i hear mackenzie say with fright.

i find myself hunched over with my fists clenched over the cab of my truck. 

"mackenzie..." i go to comfort her and she takes a step backwards.

looking at my hand i see it covered in blood.

"oh my god..." she says.

"mackenzie...im so sorry...i blacked out ...i cant believe this..." as tears start to form, mackenzie comes over and tells me everythings going to be ok.

"i think my hand is broken..."

"yeah, me too...i think its time to go to the hospital..." she gives me a quick grin and offers to drive, and i let her. 

we go to the emergency room and i instantly get taken back to one of the exam rooms. they clean up my cuts and tell me i need stitches and an x-ray.  so they take me back to a  room with a giant machine and tell me to put my hand down on one of the tables so they can get a clear picture of the break.  twenty minutes later they come back with the results...and yup! its broken for sure! so they tell me to sit down and relax my hand as much as i can and ask me what color i want the cast to be. 

"blue" i say.

an hour and a half later im all stitched up and casted and ready to go. the doctors tell me to come back in 8 weeks to get another x-ray taken so see if the bones in my hand heal right or if i might need surgery.

"thank you dr clayton" i get up and shake his hand and walk out to the waiting room to where i find mackenzie sprawled out on one of the couches. she looks so perfect, beautiful, and just like shes alittle girl again. like she has no worrys in the world. i sit down next to her and start to whisper in her ear. 

"hey kenziebear. i think its time to take you back to your brother and get you tucked in to bed..." 

"mhmm,"

she wakes up a bit enough to walk back to the truck, pulls herself into he cab, i shut the door and she falls asleep again against it. 

"only if you knew how sorry i am kenzie..." i say quietly. 

she squirms a bit then shes dead asleep once again.