Author's Note : Here it is , Chapter 3 , i hope you guys like it .


Eric drove past a huge school pointed to it and said, "This is our high school Cal, Dade High, home of the Dade Dolphins."

"Wow Eric, it's huge."

"I know Cal, and once you get inside with all the students, it seems even bigger."

"I'm scared Eric, this is the first time I'll be going to a new school, I only know one person and…" She started to babble on about how scared she was.

"Calleigh relax," He put his hand on her shoulder "It's only a couple weeks into June, we don't start school until September, and I'm sure you'll have some more friends by then Cal, and besides that, I promise I'll be right here with you the entire time."

"Eric, you can't make that promise."

"Yes, I can Cal, and I truly intend on keeping it, no matter what I have to do."

"Eric, what would I do without you?"

"You'd be a lost girl in a big city."

They were pulling out of the school parking lot, and Eric's cell phone rang. He had a short conversation and hung up.

"Calleigh, my mom asked about you and she wants to know if you can come over our house for dinner tonight?" He asked her.

"Ummm, sure Eric, I'd love to." She said with a smile on her face.

"Y'know Cal, my mom really loves you."

"I love her too; I think she's such a sweetheart."

"I think you remind her of my sister."

"Eric, what happened to your sister?"

"Oh, nothing bad Cal, she's away at college, it's her junior year, me and her were really close before she left, and I can't wait until she comes back so she can meet you, she's gunna love you Cal!"

"Oh, I hope so Eric, where are we going next?"

"Well, it's your pick, we have enough time to go to The Aventura Mall or the boardwalk, and we can shop around and still have time to go back to my house for dinner." He told her.

"Okay, I chose the mall because if we go to the boardwalk, I'm really gunna wanna get in the water so I figured we can save that for another trip right?"

"Yeah Cal, you're gunna love this mall, it's fucking huge."

"Eric, I know this is random, but I love the little nickname you have for me." She said going off on a tangent.

"What? Oh, you mean Cal? Yeah I think the name Calleigh is beautiful and I just think Cal is a really cute nickname for it."

"Why thank you Eric." She smiled at him. "How long will it take for us to get to this mall?" She asked trying to learn a little more information about the setup of the city.

"It'll probably take about 35 minutes or so to get there, but trust me it's worth it." He said.

"Eric pardon me, but you're like the only boy I've ever met that's so excited about going to the mall."

"I'm not always excited about going to the mall; I'm just really excited about taking you to the mall."

"Eric, I just can't believe that we've only known each other for a day."

It seems like I've been waiting for you all of my 16 years being on Earth.

"I know Calleigh, I already told you, me and you get along better than some of my childhood friends."

Calleigh loosened her seatbelt a little and slouched down in her seat. Eric turned the radio up a bit; he really thought that the song that was blasted through the speakers now, was pretty appropriate for how he felt at the moment.

You give me a feeling that I never felt before
And I deserve it, I think I deserve it
It's becoming something that's impossible to ignore
And I can't take it

I was wondering maybe
Could I make you my baby
If we do the unthinkable would it make us look crazy
If you ask me I'm ready
If you ask me I'm ready
Why give up before we try
Feel the lows before the highs
Clip our wings before we fly away
I can't say I came prepared
I'm suspended in the air
Won't you come be in the sky with me

They were cruising down the highway in his car. He looked at her tiny little form and discovered she was sound asleep.

Wow, she's gorgeous when she's sleeping.

About 15 minutes later.

Eric had already parked his car, and now he was hesitant about waking his sleeping beauty up from her nap. Yes, HIS sleeping beauty, while he was driving, he was having a mental tug of war about her and finally he had promised himself that no matter how long it took, he wanted a real relationship with Calleigh, he wanted to be able to hold her hand and kiss it whenever he wanted, he wanted to be able to call her his baby, he wanted to be able to provide only the best of things for her, because that's what his baby deserved. It seemed all too awkward to him that his feelings were so strong for her and they've only known each other for about a day and a half, but everything was so natural when they were together. He smiled to himself. He reached over to her and rubbed her arm gently trying to wake her, but that didn't work.

"Querida, wake up we're here." He lulled softly to her gently stroking her arm; he didn't want to wake her too abruptly.

Calleigh's eyes softly fluttered open and met with his.

"Did you enjoy your nap Cal?" He asked her.

"Yeah, it was very refreshing, but I didn't mean to fall asleep Eric." She worried that he might've been mad at her for falling asleep.

"It's alright Calleigh, you didn't miss anything on the ride up here."

"Wow, this mall is huge Eric." She said while getting out of the car. They walked towards each other and she linked arms with him, and he looked down and smile back up at her.

"C'mon partner." She said and they ran across the street and literally ran into the mall.

As soon as she stepped foot into the mall, a huge smile merged across her face.

"Oh my damn Eric, look at all these stores!" she said to him while looking around the mall from just the entrance.

"I told you Cal, I just knew that you'd love it."

"I mean, I don't even know where to begin Eric." She said as they took more steps towards the center of the mall.

"Well, I know my sister's favorite store in this mall is forever 21, you like that store Cal?"

"Eric, forever 21 is like one of my favorite stores of all time. Can we go in there Eric?" She begged.

"Sure Cal, whatever you want." He grabbed her hand and they walked towards the direction of the store. They entered forever 21, and Calleigh felt like she was soaring high with the angels from above, she was in pure bliss. She shopped around the store asking Eric to hold a couple of items for her, after about 12 items, she went into the dressing room, coming out after every new article of clothing to ask Eric what he thought of it. She tried on a really cute off the shoulder short sleeves top, which had a big smiley face with sunglasses on it. Eric really like the shirt, because to him, it showed that Calleigh could be hardcore, but she still had a playful teen side. They continued the process of her trying on clothes, and him giving her his opinion. She walked out of the dressing room, this time with her regular clothes on, but Eric looked at her feet, and noticed that she had a different pair of shoes on her feet. On her feet, Calleigh had a red pair of heels, they were about 3 ½ inches high, had sling back straps, and a peep toe in the front. Eric's mouth dropped when he saw how perfect she walked in the stilettoes.

"Damn Cal." He said still in utter shock.

"Do you think there too much Eric?"

"No Cal, those are some sexy ass shoes right there."

"So you think I should get them?"

"Hell yeah Calleigh!"

She changed back into her regular shoes and grabbed the clothes that she had planned on buying. Eric and Calleigh walked up to the register together. Once again, Calleigh reached in her purse to pay for the items she had bought, but Eric beat her to the chase.

"Eric, seriously?" she said to him.

"Calleigh, I told you earlier that anything you bought today, I was going to pay for, I have a job Calleigh, and I don't mind spending money on you Cal."

"Yeah, but Eric I don't want you to go broke just because I want a new outfit, I don't think it's fair to you Eric."

"Calleigh, I'm paying for it, end of discussion." He said in a strong, firm voice. It actually turned her on a little bit.

He grabbed the bags of off the countertop, and the left the store. "You know Eric, sometime in the near future, I'm gunna find a really good way to pay you back."

"Calleigh, you don't have to pay me back at all. No, you know what, here's how I want to be paid, all I need from you is to just give me the real you 24/7 Calleigh, that's all I want from you." He sincerely told her.

"Eric." She whispered. She stepped up to him and wrapped her arms around his neck, his arms immediately went around her tiny waistline, she slightly pulled back, but only to place a tender kiss on his cheek. They just stayed like that for about 2 minutes, in each other's warm embrace. Then, they became aware of the stares that people were giving them. Calleigh giggled and they linked arms again and started walking down the mall again.


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Next Chapter is dinner at Eric's house , the end of the friendly date and a little bit more.