I'd swim the Ocean for you
DISCLAMER: I own nothing other then the story line, and my made up characters.
CHAPTER 2: You got your head pushed to my chest
The morning was chilly but yet comfortable. It was the perfect afternoon for a stroll in the park, but yet not to chilly to wear shorts. Well, according to Joe it wasn't. I swear, that boy loves those pair of shorts. He must have had those since we were about 10. Did I meantion we're 18. 18 years, and the same pair of shorts. I'm not quite sure if thats even heigenic!
We arrived at the park in five minutes. Once we got there, yelled "TAG! You're it!" and sprinted to the jungle gym. The park was a stress reliever to me. It brought back all my childhood memories, and the innocence that came with it. When you're a kid, you have absolutely no worries. You have this innocence to you. Not a care in the world, and your free. You can sleep in as late as you want, don't have to work, and don't have to worry about who you're taking to prom. Boys are no intrest to you, because they still have cooties. You can dance in your underwear and eat ice cream without worrieing about calories. Life as a kid was so easy! So...simple. How I wish it could last forever. Sometimes, I wish my name was Wendy and that my best friend was Peter. When Joe and I were 6, we always pretended we were them.
FLASHBACK:
"Look Joe, I'm flying!" Of course I really wasn't but, it's called make believe. I love to pretend! Especially pretending I'm Wendy from Peter Pan. Of course, Joe was Peter. He's my best friend. We've been friends since we were 2. Talk about a LONG friendship!
"OFF to Neverland, Wendy! Whoooo! Look at me! I'm a bird-Ouch!" Joe jumped from the top of the jungle gym into a pile of wood chips.
"Are you ok?" I burst out laughing as he spits out a mouth full of chips. "Yuck!" I laughed even harder now. We just sat there, laughing. This park is the best place to hang out!
END
I sit on the same pile of wood chips that where in Joes mouth 12 years earlier. "Remember when we were 6, and you thought it was a brilliant idea to jump from the top of the gym, because you thought you could actually fly?" He runs over to me and plumps onto the ground, laying there, hair full of wood chips.
"Yeah. Ok you know what, Kevin told me that the pack of sugar was really magic flying dust. I mean it was so real!" He had such an innocent expression on. I just laugh at him even more. I lay down on the wood chips, and place my head on Joe's chest. "Oh Joe. What will I ever do with out you?" I say, as I casually pick chips out of his hair.
"You would not have an excuse to gawk at my little brother!" I was shocked. What could he possibly mean by that? Was it so obvious to him that I was falling for his 16 year old brother. I just brush it off, and play along. "Oh yeah, because I am just oh so in love with Nick. I mean how can I possibly be not? I mean look at that hair of his, so...beautiful!" I sarcasticly say to him. "Hey, hey, hey! I was just kidding."
"And so was I!" He looks at me suspicioulsy but shrugs it off.
"That would be weird if you did though" he says quietly.
"What do you mean?" I'm interested now.
"I dont know. It's just. He's my little brother, and you're my best friend. You practically are his older sister, since we're all so close. And not to mention you are older then him. It's just...weird." He had a point, but in other ways, he was so wrong. I mean, sure we are so close, but I mean come on! In so many movies, isn't that always the movie plot? Best friend falls in love with the other one, they both fall in love and get married? Picture perfect. It's possible. Well can't it be?
"Joe, it's not totally weird if it were true though. Not saying it is. I'm just saying...if Nick possibly liked me or vice versa, it wouldn't be that weird. I mean, it's always in the movies. Friends fall for eachother, get married, have cute babies, grow old, die."
"Well, this is isn't a movie. I just don't think you should like Nick"
"Hold on a second! When did I ever say I liked Nick? Wait a moment as I read the conversation notes, yup! Never said I liked Nick. It's in the mental notes." He rolls his eyes at me and gives me a smirk.
"Then why are you getting so defensive?"
I sigh, "I'm not. I'm just stating an obvious point. Even if I did, in some alternate universe, it wouldn't matter. Because to Nick, I'm just his older brothers, ultra cool best friend, who he's known for years. Nothing more. So, lets just drop the subject ok?" He hesitently looks at me for a minute and lets out a sigh.
"Alright. It's dropped."
"Thanks Joe." I get up and make a start to the swings. "Push me? Please?" My face turns into the puppy dog pout that gets him every time. When we were in sophmore year, I had an emergency at school. Nothing to big, but big enough if you are a girl. I was in first period, which is a pretty ironic word to describe last block. Well, because I was in my first day of my period. I wasn't expecting it till a few days later, so I wasn't prepared. Joe happend to be in his spare block, and had a car. I need him to go to the store right away, because a panty liner can't last 8 hours. To top it all of, I was wearing white skinnies. Stupid decision, I know! I asked Joe to run and pick me up some tampons. Of course, being a boy, he said no right away. I wasn't going to just let him get away with that. I mean this is a total and complete catastrophe! So I gave him the look, the puppy dog look. Full of innocence and pleading. He fell for it. I mean come on, who couldn't resist?
We stayed at the park until it started to get really dark. Tonight was such a beautiful night. The stars were shining so bright in our little town of Lake Como, New Jersey. Our town is tiny, consisting of only 1,806 people and my old High School was Academy Charter High School.
Joe and I got back to our homes around 9. I went to my bedroom and sat on my bed, facing my window. I saw Nick sitting on his bed playing his guitar. He looks up and sees me, he just smiles. That perfect wholesome smile. I smile back. I wave to him a good night wave and close my blinds. I sigh and climb into my bed. I just lay there, in the dark. I can't sleep. I just wished I had a boy to lay beside me. I wish Nick would just let me into his life on a more personal level. Or, maybe Joe was right. Maybe it would be to weird for us to be together.
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