As Jeanette entered the park, she stopped to catch her breath. After her heartbeat returned to normal, she saw Simon sitting on bench with a telescope in front of him. He was looking through the eyepiece, and twisting a knob. Jeanette just sighed dreamily, as she started to walk over to him.
"Hey Simon." She said, startling him.
"Oh, hi Netta. I didn't even hear you coming. Probably because of those flats." He said with a grin.
"Yeah, I was Brittany-ed" she said.
"Anyways, I hear that tonight is when Saturn is supposed to be closest to Earth this year. We should look for it." He said excitedly.
"Yeah, that sounds interesting!" she said just as excited. "I see you bought your telescope. Cool."
"Yeah, I thought we'd see the stars better with it. Let's get started."
And with that, the two chipmunks sat in the park for about an hour, watching the stars and constellations, talking and chatting, laughing and giggling, enjoying themselves.
Then, Jeanette looked at her cell screen and saw it read: 10:13.
"Oh, man. Simon, it's getting late. We better get going." Jeanette said quickly.
"You're right." He said, while checking his watch.
The two gathered their items, and quickly walked down the street. Within 5 minutes, the two stood outside of the Miller's residence in an awkward silence.
"Well," said Jeanette, trying to fill the silence, "It was fun."
Simon smiled shyly, and agreed.
'Say something stupid!' said voices in both of their heads.
"Well, I'll, uh, see you tomorrow, at school." Simon half stated, half asked.
"Yeah" Jeanette stuttered.
Then, Jeanette turned and walked into her house, but not before waving shyly at Simon.
Once she was in, she noticed Ms. Miller had nodded off on the couch, still wearing her reading glasses. Jeanette let out a quiet giggle, and walked over to her mother. She gently pulled off her glasses and set them on the table. Then, she gave her a quick kiss on the cheek, and made her way upstairs towards her sisters.
"Hey Jean! Where have you been?" she asked right after Jeanette stepped in the door.
"On a date! With Simon!" Brittany said teasingly from across the room, with a smirk on her face.
'I wish. Like he likes me like that.' Jeanette thought.
"Hello? Earth to Jean?," said Eleanor.
Jeanette snapped out of her trance."Oh! What?"
"Where were you?"
"Me and Simon went to watch the stars in the park for a while. No big deal. And it was not a date" she said, more towards Brittany.
After a couple more minutes of talking, Jeanette slipped in the bathroom to take a shower, put on her pajamas, brushed her teeth, combed her hair, and all that.
By the time she was finished, both her sisters had slipped into bed. Eleanor read a book with her lamp on, and Brittany had fell into a deep slumber.
Jeanette decided to join Brittany.
"Goodnight Ellie."
"Night Jean!"
What? I'm back in the park with Simon. But where's his telescope? And why is he in a tux? Why am I in a dress? What's going on here?
"You look absolutely stunning tonight, Jeanette."
'But he always calls me Netta-what is wrong, here?'
"Uh, thanks Simon."
"You know you look gorgeous under moonlight."
"Thank you, I'm...flattered."
"And your eyes just dazzle people, your dress flatters you eyes...so...much"
He's gonna kiss me? He's gonna kiss me! Uh-oh!
"I love you" he whispers.
Jeanette's eyes popped open as she realized she was still in her bed. She felt her brow and realized she'd been sweating. She layed back as she whispered "Oh. My. God."
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