Infatuation

Choopter 5 ~ Nightswimming

I pull up to the café, parking my bike at the small rack in front. I walk in and get my smiley-face mini backpack caught on the door as everyone looks at me wrestling the back off the handle. Parker suddenly appears and handles (wink wink) it with ease, then takes my hand and leads me to the table he was seated at. He even pulled out my chair for me before I sat down. D a m n.
"So hey," he was the first to speak.
"Hello. So what's the ~game plan~ here?" I ask.
"Well, it's a surprise. But you can know that it does involve water."
"Wow," I say. "Very informative, my good sir."
"But of course, madame," he answers back with a bow and hand gesture. "Here, I saved you half a chocolate croissant. Did you want anything to drink?"
"No, but thank you," I say as he hands me the croissant and take a huge bite, then immediately cover my mouth and giggle. He smiles at me.
"Well, let's hit the road then, shall we? I know we only just sat down, but I'm dying for some swimming, aren't you?"
My eyes light up at the fact. I *love* to swim, even more than I do reading. I stand up and take his outstretched hand as he leads me out of the café, and I shove the rest of the huge croissant in my mouth.
"Plibth ith muh bipblt," I mumble through the bread hanging out of my mouth.
He laughs through the word," What?"
I take the bread out of my mouth as I'm holding the keys to my bike lock," This is my bike."
"Ooooooooh," he says as I, again, put the croissant in my mouth as I unlock my bike. "Hey," he says, and I look up. He puts his hand on the side of my face and looks in my eyes, and takes a bite off the end of the croissant. I then, of course, break out in laughter to the point where I kneel to the ground because I don't know why.
Then we walk and talk as he leads me to where his house is, about a 20 minute walk away. He takes me through the gate to the side area of the house, where there is a small garden between the house and the fence with a gazing ball, various birdhouses, and small plants. He parks my bike by a sneaky lawn gnome hiding behind a bush before taking both of my hands and looking me in the eyes.
"Are you ready?" he asks.
"Oh, I don't know. Should I be scared?"
"Maybe. Are you scared easily?"
"Kind of."
This makes him put his arm around my waist and hold me close.
"Well then, get ready."
We walk into his backyard and he has a beautiful in-ground pool. Then he puts his hand on my shoulder and jolts me while he goes," Blegh!" and I scream.
"Why would you do that you butt," I say as I giggle and push him by the arm. "I still have to change."
"Oh yeah, sure. Come with me!" he says like he's having the time of his life.
He leads me to a beautiful sunroom where we take off our shoes, and then a living room with white rugs and a blue couch, and then up some stairs and through a hallway until we reach his room. He brings me in and gestures to his bathroom, and I close the door as I walk in. First I accidentally turn on the fan, then the second light, then finally I turn on the main light. I slip off my clothes like water and slide into my flirty two-piece. I put on my shorts over them just because, and gather up all my stuff with one hand while I open the door with the other.
His eyes basically pop out of his head as he turns around, and just looks me in the eyes with that wow look as his mouth hangs slightly open.
Then he sticks out his hand like always and says," Well, wanna swim?"
"I couldn't want anything else," I say as I take his hand and we stride down to the poolside. I take some sunglasses out of my bag and put them on, then slip off my shorts and slather on some sunscreen. "Hey, can you get my back?" I look up at Parker as I ask.
"Sure thing," he says as he wildly smiles his uneven smile which couldn't be more perfect. I feel his warm hands on my back and can't stop smiling, how can this be? Me, sitting in Parker Dennis' backyard about to go for a swim.
"Do you need some done?" I say as he stops, and he kindly replies with a friendly yeah.
I get his back too, and then set down the suntan lotion. Then I stand at the pool's edge, looking down at the water.
"BLAGH!" Parker yells as he jolts me again and scares me into the water.
He jumps in after me and we both resurface before he starts running after me and chases me around before he corners me. He picks me up bridal style and slyly says to me," Gotcha."
I push him slightly before we are just there, looking into each other's eyes, only inches apart. Then we lean in closer and closer, and he kisses me. I wrap my arms around his shoulders and it's like him and I were fireworks, and he lets me down to stand but our lips never part. Then his hands are on my waist, then hugging me, then they're picking up my legs and hoisting me up as I put my hands on his face. We part and we're both panting, pressing our foreheads together and looking down wondering what the hell just happened.