Here is the next chapter of "The Great Escape" and I hope you enjoy! Stargazing chapter 2 will be up within the next week (hopefully :S) XD
The Great Escape
Sora's POV
Looking around, the only seat left was beside the new girl, Kairi. I walked over and asked
"Is it alright if I sit here?"
She nodded, slightly smiling. She had a pretty smile, I suddenly noted. Sitting down, I began to munch on my ice cream, enjoying it and the girls chatter. It never failed to amaze me how much gossip the girls knew. Well, Selphie knew. I leaned back in the seat. What more could a guy want? Sun, sea, friends and sea-salt ice-cream. What more could a guy want? I thought, my eyes suddenly drawn to Kairi. Well…..
After a few minutes, the others all wanted to head down to the water. The rest had all come prepared, with swimsuits and wetsuits. We all headed down to the beach, but I hung back, looking at the view that greeted us. I soon noticed I wasn't the only one; Kairi was also staring, but in wonder at the view, her mouth open a little.
I leant over to her and whispered in her ear "beautiful, isn't it?" she jumped at my proximity and words. I laughed a little, and she laughed too, placing her hand over her heart.
"Yeah, I've never seen a view like this" she said.
We began to walk on, my stride matching hers. "So you came unprepared too, huh?" I asked her.
"Yeah," she answered, "Selphie didn't tell me when we met yesterday that we were going swimming." She shrugged, and a smile tugged at her lips.
"It's a part of life for us" I said, "We all practically grew up in the water here,"
I led her over to a stretch of sand close enough to the others, but far enough that we wouldn't get wet. I sat down comfortably on it and patted the place beside me. For what seemed like minutes, we sat in companionable silence, staring out at the sea together. I eventually broke the silence, asking her,
"So what brought you here, Kairi?" turning my head and looking at her.
Kairi's POV
"So what brought you here, Kairi?"
There were so many answers to that question, some I didn't want to think about. So I gave the honest answer, but the one that didn't get too personal.
"My parents got offered the chance of a promotion, and it gave us the chance to move away from Radiant Gardens, so we took it." I heard myself answer.
"Oh? Wow that must have been pretty life changing!" he exclaimed. I turned and smiled at him. It was amazing how at peace Sora made me feel.
"Did you know that before I came here, I had never seen the sea with my own eyes before?" I looked into his eyes properly for the first time. And what I saw made me catch my breath. Sora's eyes were the colour of the sea I had fallen in love with at first sight. His eyes were beautiful…
I distantly heard him exclaim his disbelief, but I was captivated, staring into his eyes. They were so blue. After a few seconds, I realized he was staring at me confused.
"What's wrong Kairi?" he asked me. I blushed, bright scarlet, and stuttered through my embarrassment, "i-it's n-nothing, it's just, your eyes are beautiful" I blurted out. I then blushed even more, noticing his blush.
"They remind me of the sea, that's all" I blurted again. I was so honest around Sora, I couldn't help it. He had the aura of someone who you could trust.
Sora's POV
At first I was a little shocked. Okay, not a little, but a LOT. I mean, it's not every day that someone tells you get told something like that, is it? I felt my cheeks heat up a little more. Crap, I was blushing even more! I glanced at her she was blushing too, her gaze fixed determinedly at the group in the sea, and all I could think about was how cute she was, especially when she blushed. I heard myself ask her for her number- WHAT THE HELL? I thought. It wasn't that I didn't want it-I really did- but I didn't normally do stuff like this. Nothing about this situation was normal.
Kairi responded by blushing even more, and her eyes and mouth opened, and once again, all I could think about was how cute she was, and how much I wanted to lean over and ki- I mentally slapped myself before I could continue with my fantasy. "For God's sake Sora!" I chided myself, "You've only just met her!"
I couldn't believe my own thoughts. I didn't normally act like this. Sure, I had dated before, but nothing serious. I then realized I had been talking internally too long. Coming back to reality, I breathed a sigh of relief. Kairi had been distracted herself; the others had been yelling at her to join. When she looked at me again, she blushed (as did i) but we were able to switch numbers without much mishap (though we blushed when our hands touched, when giving each other our phones.)
As soon as we switched numbers, I got up from my spot on the sand, dusting off my clothes with my hands again (I didn't know why I bothered- they always got covered in sand again anyway).
I turned around to Kairi, saying;
"I'm going to head on now, but i…. I guess I'll be seeing you around?"
She nodded, and I smiled at her and helped her get up, holding out both hands for her to grab. I pulled her up, maybe with a bit too much force, as for a few seconds our faces were centimetres away, almost touching… For a few seconds all I could do was stare at her, into her eyes and breathe in her scent, which was…. divine for lack of a better word. But all too soon she pulled away blushing and stepped back. But my body didn't care as I pulled her back in to an embrace, my arm wrapped around her, and I held her, breathing in her scent. After a few seconds I released her, and said goodbye.
We smiled at each other and I walked off, waving to the others, but when I was a bit farther away, I turned and looked back, at her smiling face.
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