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Chapter 3 (you've never lived...)

*Friday night*
"Dakota sweetie be sure to pack a bag for the weekend because we are going to the Taylor's cabin for the weekend remember."mom says. "Oh mom I can't my teachers are giving us more homework and Kyle said he'd help with it this weekend." I lie. "Oh I guess you can stay here it's only for the weekend."mom says shrugging.
*Saturday*
"Bye sweetie we'll be back Sunday night really late so don't wait up for us."mom says. "Bye mom bye dad have fun." I say as they get into the car with the Taylor's. They drive away and once they're around the corner I run up stairs and change for my date with Christopher. It doesn't take me long to get ready but once I'm all done There's a knock on the door. I open the door think it's Christopher but instead find Kyle . "What do you want Kyle ?"I say only opening the door less than half way. "Well I heard your parents we're going out of town and I thought it'd be a good idea to keep you company."he says. "Thanks but no thanks Kyle I don't need any company sorry." I say closing the door before he can say anything else. About a half an hour later Christopher knocks on the door. "Hi." I say with a small smile on my face. "Hi, I brought you something."he says pulling a bunch of roses from behind his back. "Oh Christopher you didn't have to do that." I gasp taking the roses. "A lady always deserves roses no matter what the day it is."he says making me blush. "Let me put these in some water you can come and sit down if you want." I say moving the door so he can get inside. Once he walks through the door I walk into the kitchen and fine a vase. I put the flowers on the table and walk to where Christopher is. "Are you ready to go?"he asks. "Yes, but what are we doing you never told me?" "Just dinner and a movie nothing too fancy."he says with a grin. Christopher leads me to a car and helps me in. "So ms.Harris what would you like to eat?"he asks me. "Um anything?" I ask. "Anything you want love." After thinking about for a while I finally decide. "I've never had pizza." I say. "You've never had pizza," he says in shock."you have not lived until you've had Julian's pizza we have to go there." I giggle at him and he turns and grins at me. He starts the car and soon we're in a comfortable silents. It doesn't take long to get to the pizza place that Christopher was talking about. Christopher jumps out of the car and I'm about to open my door when I hear him shout no. I watch him in confusion as he runs around the car and to my door before opening it."Sorry but I have to open your door it's the gentlemanly thing to do." I giggle and get out of the car. "Milady." Christopher says holding his arm out. I giggle locking arms with him and follow him to the pizza place. "Chris!" I hear someone shout once we're inside. I look up at him and he nods his head in the direction of the voice. I follow Christopher further into the building. "Hey guys." Christopher greets a table full of boys I can only assume are his friends. "So Chris who is this lovely lady?" One of the boys asks and I hide myself behind Christopher. "Gentlemen this is the lovely Dakota Harris,love these are my friends whose names you'll learn later on." Chris says. I peak my head out a little and weave. "Oh come on girly we don't bite don't worry."the one with dark skin says. "She's just a bit shy I'm sure by the time you see her again she'll be ms.chatty Cathy." Christopher says grinning down at me. Christopher says goodbye to the boys and finds a round booth in the back for us. "Okay ms.Harris because this is your first time having pizza I'll be nice so how about just plain cheese,"Christopher says. "now the real question is ms.Harris what kind of soda pop would you like?" "I've never had soda pop before so I don't know." I say shrugging. "Oh my ms.Harris what kind of life have you been living?"he says in shock of my lack of outside world experience. "Well, my mom thinks soda pop will just make me hyper and she doesn't like the idea of me eating something that's not made in a house kitchen or by a woman." I explain. "Why is that?" "My mom says that it's the woman's job to cook and clean and do whatever it is to make her husband happy she's says 'if he says jump you should already know how high.'" "And she tells you this stuff?" "Well yeah she's always told me this she taught me how to cook, clean and, how the kitchen should be organized, she's told me I have to have breakfast, lunch and, dinner waiting for my husband and never forget the news paper." "And you believe all of this?" "I don't have anything else to believe in." I shrug. "Well let me tell you about this life you could have,"he slides closer."imagine a life where you live in an apartment, no husband, no boyfriend just you in a city working and eating what you want like pizza and drinking soda pop all night and day." I giggle at the thought. "It sounds nice." "So now ms.Harris you have that to believe in."