Chapter 26

A Chapter by Tiff-AH!-knee�

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“Hey.” Joshua said when I picked up the phone. School had been boring, as usual.

“Hi.” I honestly didn't know what was going on between me and Joshua. I mean, were we dating now or not? Was I going over his house today or vise versa? I decided to wait and hear what he said.

“So...what's, uh, going on today?” He asked.

“Aren't we hanging out?” I asked.

“Yeah, we are. Oh, I mean, we are, right?”

“Yeah, I guess.” I don't know how this conversation could've gotten more awkward, or confusing.

“Where, uh, do you want to hang out?” He asked.

“I'm not sure. Any where's fine with me.” That's the truth.

“Um...how about the park?”

“The park?”

“Yeah.”

“Yeah, I guess. That sounds pretty cool.”

“Yeah...so,uh, I'll see you at the park at four o'clock?”

“Yeah, four o'clock.” I agreed.

“Okay, bye.” Click.

Here's the weird thing. Joshua says he likes me, but every time we talk to each other, it's a really awkward conversation. Then I feel awkward the next time I talk to him, because I don't know how I'm supposed to react around him.

Life, and boys, were confusing.

X.x.X

Dad dropped me off at the park at two fifty-something, and I thanked him before getting out of the vehicle. I didn't know where I was supposed to wait so I just kind of stood there as dad drove off.

“Izzy!” Joshua called.

I turned towards his voice. “Hey, Joshua...” Awkward. Awkward. See what I mean?

“Hey.” He was panting. He must've ran over to me. He had gotten next to me pretty fast.

“So. What're we planning on doing?” What did a blind girl do at the park? Honestly?

“Um...swing?” I guess I could swing.

“I guess I can swing.”

I began walking but then realized I didn't know where the swing set was. I froze. Joshua caught my hesitation. He intertwined my fingers between his and pulled me to the swing set.

He helped me sit down on one of them. Totally unnecessary. I could've sat down on one of the swings by myself, he would've just had to show me where it was. There was no need for him to touch my hips that way. I didn't tell him that though.

I pumped my legs to get myself going. “So...Joshua?” I asked, making sure my voice was loud enough for him to hear.

“Yeah?” His voice was equally just as loud.

“Why do you put up with me? I mean...I'm blind for god's sakes. Don't you get tired of me not being able to see you?”

“Not really. I mean, sometimes I forget and I just want to nod, or shake, my head and I can't do that around you...”

I was pumping my legs, and getting the butterflies in my stomach. “Weightlessness” I think it's called. “I see!” I yelled back.

“Then there's other times!” He yelled. “That you being blind irritates me completely!” I was shocked. I irritated him. I let go of the swing chain, accidently of course, and then I was falling. Oh, god. How high had I been? I tried to land on my feet, but I couldn't really tell where the ground was. I landed on my knees and kind of rolled. Although when explaining this it seems like a long time, it was actually only a matter of seconds in which this occurred.

“Oh my god, Izzy! Are you okay?” Suddenly Joshua was beside me, so I just fell onto my back.

“I don't know...” I didn't think I had been more honest with anyone in my life.

“Oh, jeeze, this is my fault!” Joshua began to ramble. Being me, and never hearing Joshua ramble before, I didn't know how to react.

Instead of trying to hault his rambling I just simply whispered “Me being blind...it irritates you?”

“Yes, Izzy! I didn't mean it in a bad way though, you didn't let me finish. I was going to say that it irritates me that you can't see how beautiful you are. If you could, it would make this relationship so much easier! You would know why I feel the way I do about you. You think so little of yourself just because your blind, when in reality you're the most amazing girl I've ever met!” I didn't know what to say.

I was speechless. I couldn't come up with a cute, witty response. I decided to go with “This relationship?”

“Oh, Izzy!” He sounded exasperated but seconds later I knew he wasn't.

I was about to respond, but even the simplest hint of what exactly I was going to say was gone when Joshua placed his lips on mine. Laying on wood chips, kissing Joshua after just practically falling to my death, felt pretty good. He was so gentle, and his hand on the side of my face made me feel like the most important girl in the world.

I was experiencing “weightlessness” again, but this time I wasn't on a swing.

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