Out in the Garden: Cammie's First Kiss
The next morning I went out into my garden. Remember when Zach said that "We've got no boundaries"? He's got that very right.
"Who's there?" I say, responding to the sound in the bushes.
I creep slowly to the bushes. "Don't be frightened. It's just me, Zach." He says, coming out to see me. "How do you like that? We could totally sneak out just to see each other everyday."
I don't know what he meant by that, but I thought it sounded like a very great idea. "Shall we? I mean since only we know about it, we can make this our special meeting place."
He laughs and pretends to think hard, looking down at the ground. He looks up to see me and smiles, "Sounds like a plan. Since this is our new special meeting place, what do you say we do?"
"Hmmm… Why don't you come up with something since I'm the newbie here? I mean you've lived here longer right? So show me something fun."
Zach smirks and leans in closer to me to whisper in my ear, "Look forward to it 'cause I'm sure you won't regret it."
He takes my hand to lead me down to the back of the garden and I can't help but notice how sweet of him to do all this, especially with a new girl like me.
We head down to a lake at the back of the garden. Zach tells me no one knows about it just like the gardens, he says it's also his secret sanctuary. I don't know what he's planning, but it sounds like we're going to be getting really wet since he told me to bring some spare clothes along.
"It's one of the places I love to go to, you know," Says Zach. "And I've got a feeling you're going to love it here too."
I laugh and say, "Surprise me." Then, he did the thing I less expected him to do. He pushed me into the lake! I thought it was really embarrassing of him to do, especially now that he is laughing. I had to get revenge on him. So, I pretended to drown and I know that this seems cliché, but it worked out really well. He fell for it! I stayed under water for as long as I could.
"Cammie! You still there?" He shouts out. "Cammie, this is not funny, so come out!" So I waited 'til he would come and get me. He dived in and looked for me. And when he found me, he carried me up and I burst out laughing when he said, "Oh my, God. Please be alive."
"Missed me?" I laugh out.
"Cammie!" He shouts. "That was not funny! I seriously don't want to lose you again!"
"Again? You never did." I tell him.
His face suddenly changes the second he hears that. 'Sorry, I just never really had anything to lose before," Then he takes my hand and says, "Come on, let's go have fun."
He takes me to a tiny waterfall and it was beautiful. He splashes me, then, I splash him back. We were so silly just having fun. Then, he stopped to take off his shirt and put it aside. I looked away but I couldn't help but stare at his body, those abs. The sun's light reflecting off his body with little droplets of water shining on him. He was so gorgeous. Could he get any more perfect? Well let's find out.
He was walking back to me when I couldn't help but notice how he was staring at me, it was so deep and luring. Then, he splashed me once more and I looked away. I don't know if it was the really loud noise from the waterfall or if it was just me, but I just felt lost, too paralyzed to do anything but stare down. "Sorry, I…I..I didn't mean to do that," He lifts my chin up with his hand. "I just wanted to have some fun…..with you."
Zach Goode was perfect in any way. From his eyes to his hair to the way he talks to the way he moves. But the kiss, the kiss was incomparable. He moves his hand from my chin to the back of my head through my hair. He moves closer, our face only inches apart with our eyes locked, with our wet bodies pressing against each other and that's when the moment comes. His lips push against mine. Softly at first, but goes harder every second. Kissing as if it's the end of the world, as if we've known each other for so long. But we've only just met yesterday. And I don't know everything about him yet. So I push him away, knowing this isn't supposed to happen yet.
"I've got to go now," I say. "My sisters must be looking for me by now. Wouldn't want them to get worried."
"Cammie! Cammie! Wait up!" Zach shouts and runs to me. When I reach the garden, I try to run back to my house as fast as I can, but Zach was faster than me. So, he reaches for my hand. "I guess I'll be seeing you again tomorrow, right?"
I felt there was no reason to avoid him. I mean a kiss is just a kiss right? So I smile and nod at him. I run up to my room when Liz sees me and says, "You're soaking wet, Cammie!" I go inside my room and stare at a mirror. I touch my lips and go back to that moment with Zach and it got me smiling. Zach Goode just officially became my first kiss! I slammed onto my bed and thought about the moment all day long.
At dinner, me and sisters had a conversation. 'Well somebody seems to be in a good mood. Cammie?" Macey says. "Yes, I'm talking to you."
"What makes you say that?" I say.
"Well you can't seem to stop smiling. See!" Macey declares and I start to blush. "Sooo what happened today? Is it that guy we saw yesterday? The one that caught your eye?"
"Macey! It's nothing! I'm just feeling good today, that's all."
'Aw c'mon! Don't be shy! So tell us, what happened?" Macey asks.
I didn't want to give away too much, so I just told her, "Nothing much. We just hung out and talked."
"Hm…is that so? There seems to be more to the story than you say so. But we'll leave it at that. For now, let's have dinner." Macey says. I just love my sisters.