The Shades of Blue

8. Stars in your eyes

Jo had always loved stargazing, it's her favorite thing to do whenever the families go camping together. Blue, Garrett and Jo would sleep in the trunk of her dad's pick up, staying up quite late to talk and play games with each other. Jo knew a lot about stars and would tell them stories about each constellation, while Garrett would wake everyone up in the morning. Blue and Jo were also similar at the fact that neither of them can get up early and always slept in. One time, Garrett drove the pick up with both of them still sleeping in the trunk around the hill and not one peep.

Blue drove all the way to Pasadena because there was one hilltop where no one ever came but had crystal clear view of the night sky. Garrett discovered it once and since then the three had been loving the spot.

Blue always kept some blanket in his car because one time Jo fell into a pool and almost froze. Jo laid down the blanket, sat on it and watched Blue taking out a mini speaker to play some music.

-" Ughh I can never stop loving the view here."
-" I know, it kinda surprises me that no one ever find this place out."
-" Even better haha! I intend to keep this our secret."

With a contented sigh, Jo laid down next to Blue. They both looked up at the sky, marveling at creation when Blue turned to her and said:

-" I'm really happy that you agreed to go on this  date with me. I'm having an amazing time."
-" I'm glad too. To be honest I kind of didn't want to at first because I didn't want to make it uncomfortable between us, but now I'm glad I did."
-" Why would you think it'll get uncomfortable between us?" Blue seemed surprised. Jo would be the last person in the world he could ever feel uncomfortable around.
-" Well I mean, you're you, and I'm me. Go figure." Jo shrugged again.

Smiling softly, Blue turn around and laid on his side with his head resting in his right arm. Jo got a bit flustered at how close they are right now. His face is only a few inches away from hers, his eyes were sparkling and he was smiling.

-" What do you mean I'm me and you're you?" He smiled tenderly. God he smells so good, Jo thought to herself before calming the butterflies in her stomach down to talk to him.
-" Uhmm in case you haven't noticed, there are about a million people online who are literally swooning over you."
-" Yeah but I'm swooning over you though."

And Jo knew, deep down in her guts, she's in big trouble.