Chapter 19

I opened the door to my room and allowed him to go in first. “So, what do you think?”

“I think it’s a pretty cool room.”

He looked out the window, “Wow you have a view of the Schmerz house, that’s not cool.” He looked at me and smiled. “So, let’s get to know each other, tell me about you.” I smiled back, “Well, I came from Virginia, my mother and I used to live in a place a lot smaller than this. I was happy at the place we were at before, but after my father died my mother wasn’t so happy there anymore. There were a lot of memories. So when she got her job promotion she took it and now we are here. This is my cat Leo, downstairs is my dog sally, I love the outdoors and have a great sense of humor. Anything else you would like to know?” Connor sat down next to me on my bed, “No I think that will do for now. Tomorrow we will get this stuff done as fast as possible so we can take care of this once and for all. Right now, I’m having feelings running through me I haven’t had for awhile and you’re causing them.”

 

I looked down at my feet and back at him, “Is that good or bad?” He got close to me and whispered, “You tell me”. At that moment we were centimeters away from kissing. He then cupped my chin in his hand and kissed me on the lips. It felt like everything stopped and my heart sped up so fast I thought I would pass out. This lasted awhile. When we broke apart from the kiss, it left us both breathless. “..I-I’m going to s-say that’s a good thing.”  Connor responded with, “I agree one hundred percent with you.”

 

“After what happened today with Brian, I don’t want to rush anything, if that’s alright?”

“That is perfectly alright, I understand and it’s always good to take it slow.” He replied

“Well, what now?”

“Let’s go for a walk, shall we?”

“We shall”

 

Connor then took my hand and we walked downstairs and then outside, also letting my mom know we were going for a walk. We headed towards the safe part of the woods, going in the direction to the lake. We walk side by side quietly listening to the night sounds. The moon was high and bright giving off enough light for us to see where we were going. When we stopped at the cliff where the lake was, we sat down and watched the reflection of the moon in the water.

 

“I hope everything goes as planned tomorrow”, I said.

“Oh, I’m sure it will”

“I trust you, when I’m with you now, I feel safe. I also felt safe with Brian. But this is a different feeling. Somehow it’s different.”

“Well, I want you to feel safe with me and I’m glad you trust me. I’ll protect you, no matter what happens, that’s a promise.” He then wrapped his arm around me and held me. Before I realized it, I drifted off to sleep. When I woke up, I was still in Connors arms, only I was being carried. “Well, hello there. You feel asleep, and I thought it would be good to carry you home instead of disturbing your sleep. We are almost there.”  I smiled at him, “I think I can walk now that I’m up.”     “Are you sure? I can carry you all the way.”   “No, that’s alright, I don’t my mom to think something’s wrong.” He then put me down and allowed me to walk. I took out my phone, it was 9:35, and my curfew was 10:00. “Wow, be glad you woke me up, my curfew is 10:00.” We both laughed.

 

When we got to my porch he stood in front of me. “Well, goodnight and thanks again for everything”, I said.  He replied, “You’re very welcome and I’ll see you tomorrow.” He leaned down and cupped my face in his hand giving me another kiss. “Goodnight”, he whispered. “Night”, I replied. He then left and walked back to his house which was to the right of mine.

 

I opened the door and saw my mother and Pete sitting in the living room. “Hey you guys”.  My mother looked over, “Hello honey, I was that walk, you were gone for awhile”, she asked. “It went pretty well, we actually fell asleep, well I fell asleep on Connor at the lake. We watched the moon’s reflection on the water. It was very peaceful.” My mother smiled, “That’s good honey, I’m glad you had fun. I would like to meet his parents some time.”  “You will mom don’t worry. I’m going to bed now, I’m so tired.”

 

We said our goodnights and I headed to my room shutting my door once I was in. I changed into my PJ’s and climbed into bed thinking about the day’s events. Most of all I thought about tomorrow and what all that was going to happen. At least it was only Sunday. Putting on my stereo with soft music playing, I got relaxed and drifted to sleep.