XoXo:Candi:XoXo:
Haha, great. There's a tree in front of my window. If you climb up high enough, you can reach my window…
Misfit_Bassist:
if…? If it means getting to be with you, I would climb the tallest tree I could find in the neighborhood.
XoXo:Candi:XoXo:
When you say things like that, it only makes me want to see you sooner…
Misfit_Bassist:
I'll see you in ten ;)
Ten minutes was an overestimate. After she gave me her address, I sped as fast as I could across town to her very large, colorless house. House isn't the word I would use; more like mansion.What the hell did your parents do to get so rich?I don't belong here; my car sticks out like a sore thumb among the rows of luxury vehicles in the driveways. I should just turn around. She'll understand if I tell her I got lost and I couldn't find the biggest house in Ohio.
I contemplate my next move while still sitting in the driver's seat. I could scale up her tall tree and crawl through her window, or I could drive back home and hate myself for giving up a night with a girl I've been dying to have all to myself.The answer is so damn obvious.
What if I get caught?The alarming warning is loud, but I block it out and quietly open and shut the car door.That's a straight-to-jail punishment. Let's think about this. You'rebreaking into a house in one of the richest neighborhoods in the city, to get the chance to be alone with a girl who you tower over.“I have to do this. I may never get the chance to show Candi how much she means to me.”
The shadows from the other large trees conceal me in the darkened areas of her lawn. I try my best to move around the spotlights brought on by the few lights shining by the curb in front of her house.Only a few more steps until I'm right under her window.
Her overhead light is off, but a pink glow illuminates from her small lamp on her desk. Its light bounces off her magenta colored walls. “Psst, Candi,”I whisper yell loud enough in hopes she'll hear it through the open window.
My adrenaline moves through me like a bolt of lightning when she comes into view. “You actually came!” She calls out after pulling the glass the rest of the way up. I want to tell her not to be so loud, or that someone could catch us, but she's just as excited as I am, and that puts a huge smile on my face.
“Of course I did!” I yell back before beginning my climb up the tree to her room. “You just had to choose the room on the top floor…” I laugh, trying not to snag the ebony strands barely hanging on between the spaces in my jeans.
“Sorry, but you did say you were great at climbing trees…” The cool breeze moves her auburn waves as she peers out the open space.
“One thing you should know about me, I'll do anything to get where I want. Even if that means climbing a tree to be with you.” Out of the corner of my eye, I catch a small glimpse of her grin widening, and it makes this escapade so fucking worth it.
“You're so close! Just a few more inches and you're there!”
“You know, you'd be one hell of a cheerleader…”
“Shut up,” she teases. “Hurry up, it’s freezing outside!”
“Hell yeah, it is, now get out of the way so I can sneak into your room.”
She steps aside, and my hand brushes hers when I make my way in and land on her plush carpet. “Whoa… Someone really likes pink.”
“You have me alone in my room, and that's the first thing you say?”
“Well… I mean, it's hard to miss… and so are all of your awards. I didn't know you were such an overachiever. If you keep hanging around me, I might pull you into the dark side.”
“You don't seem so dark to me, Andy.” She moves her body closer to mine, and it feels like our hearts are beating in the same tempo.Are we both feeling this?
Her full lips are so tempting. I want to kiss her so badly it almost hurts. “Candi…”Don't do the strand of hair behind the ear thing, that's so played out.
“Would that be okay if I kissed you?”And… you did it. She'll never let you kiss her now…
“You're asking me?” I don't know if she's blushing or if it's from the lamp illuminating her cheeks.
“Of course I’m asking…”Oh no. Should I have just gone for it? Some girls don't like spontaneity. Did I just fuck everything up?
“I would love for you to kiss me…”Seriously?!Okay, Andrew, this is it. Don't mess it up. This could be your only chance.
