COUNTRY GIRL - The 7th summer

Chapter 27 - Haz

Eventually Kitty let go of Tom and wipes the tears off her face. She turns to me and comes snuggling against my chest without saying a word. I won't lie, I'm glad she does. I wrap my arms around her and rock her gently.

-- I've fallen through a roof, you through a bridge, what next?, I say playfully to try and cheer her up.

-- You idiot, she mutters.

We start walking again and make it to the pond. Kitty only separate from me to lie down on the grass in a heavy sigh. Tom and I sit on the bench of the picnic table. I think we're good, about the whole punch in the face thing...

-- Well, Tom says, I don't know if this was fun but we sure will remember that camping trip!

-- Yeah, I reply. By now I should know not to listen to your ideas...

He nudges me with his shoulder and I hear Kitty giggling.

-- You're both idiots, she says staring at the sky. I think with you I had enough emotion for the whole summer.

The afternoon passes and we are still lasily hanging out by the pond, talking again about random things or just listening to some music. Kitty is really getting more and more comfortable around Tom and they got caught up in an animated conversation that I was not really participating to, about some dance show I never heard of. He even made her dance! Well, it was more like showing her one or two moves but still!

I also noticed she's back on calling him Thomas, but she lets him call her Amy and I don't know what to think about that. This is getting too complicated...

We switched places along the day and now I'm sitting against a tree with Kitty between my legs, her back on my chest. Tom is lying in front of us, legs and arms spread. In the end she still chooses me, right?

I feel stupid thinking that. Maybe he is not flirting with her after all? Maybe they are just really becoming friends?

But why do I keep hearing that little voice in my head telling myself that she'd be better off with him?

-- Do you mind if I head back, Tom says sitting up. I should call Elle...

-- No problem dude, I'll meet you up later, I reply.

He nods and walks away. It kinda reassures me that he still thinks about Elle. Unless he wants to call her to break up?...Nah, I don't think so.

And I don't want to care about that now cause as soon as he walks away, Kitty twist her neck, put her hand behind my head and pulls me into a soft kiss. This wipes my brain blank and I just enjoy the moment. This is what our thing should be!

And we do have some unfinished business... Plus, I need to make up for what I did to her...

I kiss her neck gently. We don't say anything, she just tilt her head to give me access to more skin. I like that we don't need to talk sometimes.

-- It's Wednesday, she says.

Well, maybe she wants to talk...

-- Yeah? And?

-- Granny always goes at Mr Kingsley's on Wednesdays...

I look at her puzzled and she smirks.

-- She doesn't come home until 7...

Oh...Oh!

-- You still want to-? I mean...after-

She shushes me with a kiss.

-- Yes, silly. You're not drunk anymore and we have a house for ourselves. Why wouldn't I?

I stare at her, searching for a way to put words on what's on my mind because the little voice is her again...It ends up just being:

-- What about Tom?

-- Well he's off calling his girlfriend, isn't he?

-- Yeah but...I meant...

-- Oh my god Harry, she sighs. Are you still on that jealous paranoïa trip?! I thought you'd be happy that we get along. You were the one-

-- I know, I know, I grumble.

Why do they keep telling me that I'm the one who pushed them to each other?!

She turn over and kneel between my legs. She looks right at me and cup my face with her hands.

-- Harry, I've been dreaming of that since that night we kissed last summer and nothing or no one can change that.

Maybe she was about to keep on talking but I heard enough. So I pulled her into a kiss...and things got a bit more intense...