Okay, I guess my writing skills weren't so far stashed away after all. Two chapters in less than a day, not bad, is it?
I hope you still like it. Oh, and by the way: this is not beta-ed, so any faults and misspellings are my own.
Chapter Seven
"Dude, Dana," Cody sighed, "let me tell you: you've got to loosen up a bit."
Dana couldn't help but look offended. She'd just spent the better part of an hour telling Cody every weird thing that had ever happened to her and all he had to say was that she should loosen up?
"What? Why?"
"You don't seem to have any fun in your life, everything you're telling me has to do with studying and school and…" Cody broke off, helplessly.
"So?" she replied, "what's wrong with studying? That's what I do, what I'm good at!"
Cody smiled and threw his arm around the girl next to him. With his other hand he ruffled through her hair when he replied:
"I know that you're good at school, first-rate outstanding even. But that doesn't mean you can't have a little fun in your life, does it?"
Dana pushed his hand away from her hair, but she smiled flattered and asked:
"You think I'm outstanding?"
"Of cause you are!" Cody's smile grew even wider, "You are the most outstanding girl I've ever known. The smartest and brainiest and best girl ever. You've always been and you'll always be, my Dana-Burger!"
Dana felt her face flush at the compliment. Sure, the praise was a bit exaggerated, and coming from Cody (who never saw anything bad in anyone) it didn't mean as much as if it had come from... a date for example, but still…
…being complemented always felt good, didn't it?
"Thanks, Cody!" Dana whispered and took another sip of throat-burning Whiskey.
Cody frowned slightly but didn't say anything.
Earlier there had been a bit of an argument about the Whiskey. Cody hadn't wanted Dana to drink any more of the strong alcohol, with being underage and all, but Dana had simply scoffed at his concerns and knocked back another shot.
If she had to endure a night full of soul-exposed talking to a half-naked hot guy she couldn't date (because that would just be too weird, wouldn't it?), and if on top she had to be half-naked herself… then she wouldn't hesitate to make all that at least bearable by drinking a bit of Whiskey, okay?
Okay, so…
'Where was I?' Dana thought. The two or three shots she'd drunk had left her mind a little bit fuzzy. 'Fuzzy, that's a funny word… oh, right! Fun! Cody said that I needed more fun in my life!'
"So," she turned towards Cody, who's face (and half-naked body) suddenly seemed to be too close, "what kind of fun should I have in my life then? The kind of fun I had tonight when my date tried to molest me in my step-dad's truck which he stole in the end?"
She frowned slightly. "That scumbag!"
"Dana!" Cody shouted surprised, "such a harsh word coming from a lady!"
"Pfft!" Dana sneered, "he deserves it, doesn't he?"
Cody grew suddenly serious. "He deserves much more than that if you ask me!"
"Right, he does!"
"Right!"
Silence stretched between the pair on the couch. Each of them seemed to think of things they'd like to do to the scumbag Tom.
Then Dana suddenly remembered something. She took hold of Cody's uninjured hand and squeezed it slightly.
"In case I didn't tell you before, Cody. Thanks for saving me. I don't know what would have happened if you hadn't stepped in. Thanks for… for being there I guess."
A pair of clear blue eyes locked with warm chocolate brown ones for a long second, transferring gratefulness and appreciation towards Cody. He smiled in return, genuine and warm and then he gazed onto their clasped hands and replied:
"That's what I'm there for, isn't it? Cody the savior of women in all sorts of trouble."
"Yep," Dana smiled back, "The perfect knight in shining armor!" She thought about the story of his life he'd told her earlier and added more serious: "Always around to save someone, but never being rescued in return."
"What?" Cody frowned bewildered. "Why would I need rescuing?"
Dana whispered: "I don't know, do you?"
Did he?
Cody didn't know how to react. All he knew was that suddenly there seemed to be not enough air to breathe and Dana seemed to sit way too close by his side.
Her face was merely inches away from his. Her bright blue eyes seemed huge and her mouth, her intoxicating red lips moved slowly forward.
"Dana?" his voice sounded breathless and insecure.
And then Cody's last breath got stolen by a pair of warm lips capturing his own in a tentative kiss.
TBC
That's it for now. I hope you like it.
