When I had arrived at Emily's, I saw Sam leaving the house. He gave me an approachable smile before running into the woods. I ran into the house, throwing my keys on the table beside the door and flopping down on the couch.
"Emily!" I yelled into the pillow. I heard a laugh before the couch sunk underneath Emily's weight. She patted my head.
"Awe, c'mon Kim. Tell mama what happened," I groaned before flopping over.
"It's horrible, Em!" I took the pillow and covered my face, trying to push the blush away.
"What do you mean?" She asked, leaning back and continuing mixing the cake ingredients that once sat on the table.
"Well, I had this dream last night…well, not a dream…well, I'm not exactly sure what it was…Anyways, I had a dream and 'woke up,'" I put air quotes with my fingers, Emily smiled, "and hot hands were everywhere. I felt trapped in a sauna, it was that bad. So, I scooted back and grabbed something, I don't remember, and I saw Paul. I think we talked a little but my brother came in. I turned around to see that Paul was gone. It was the weirdest thing ever…" I trailed off, looking at the door. It felt as if I was waiting for someone to come in…wait.
"Where's Paul?" I asked standing up.
"Sleeping at his house," she said, going into the kitchen. I ran out of the house, ignoring Emily's calls. I hop into my truck and drove straight to Paul's. When I got there, Cam's car was out of the garage and I knew his mom wasn't there, she was in jail again.
I ran up the stairs, ignoring the front door, before running into Paul's room. When I opened the door, I sighed in annoyance.
Paul was asleep with no shirt or blankets on. All he had was a sheet that covered his waist. I walked over the bed and picked up the alarm clock.
"Wake up, Paul-y," I whispered into his ear. He moaned, nodding back into sleep. I smiled before slamming the alarm clock back onto the table.
"What the hell?" Paul yelled, shooting out of bed. He wasn't facing me but the bathroom. "Is something wrong? Where's Kim? I swear to god-" I cut him off.
"Oh, shut up, it's fine. We need to talk," I walked out of the room, Paul following a few seconds later. I sat down at the familiar table.
"Were you in my room last night? I wasn't going to ask like this but I decided bluntness is probably the best route with you," I said, lifting my feet onto the table.
"No," he dragged out, sitting across from me.
"Well then that dream was pretty damn realistic," I said, sitting my head on the back of the chair and running my fingers through my hair.
"Oh," it was quiet after that, for about five minutes before I broke it.
"So, I had another dream but then again, it might be real," he nodded for me to continue. I described to him my second dream, trying to keep everything real and all the words in the right order. He just nodded and kept looking at the floor until I was finished, "So, why'd you want me to tell you?" I asked.
"I…can't say now, you're not ready," he said before standing. I grunted in to annoyance. I looked at a shirtless Paul, trying my damn best not to look at him; he was shaking. Badly shaking. I furrowed my eyebrows before walking up to him.
"You don't have to tell me now, just-soon, please," I said, placing my hand on his shoulder. He looked me in the eyes, still shaking before completely calming down.
"Today's our first date, pick you up at four," he said before kissing my cheek and walking away.
"What? No!" I yelled before walking to the bottom of the stairs. "Paul, I never said that I wanted to go."
"Will you?" he asked, turning around, smiling politely. I crossed my arms, trying to look defensive.
"Maybe, maybe not," I said quickly. He smiled again.
"I'll be there at four, if you don't want to go; don't be ready." He shrugged before walking upstairs. I baby screamed before stomping out of the house.
By four, I was sitting on the couch in an old middle school t-shirt and jeans. My hair was in a big bun on the top of my head and I had no make-up on. The doorbell rang and I smiled at myself.
I opened the door, smiling until I saw what Paul was wearing.
"Oh, you got the memo," he said, smirking before holding his arm out. "Ma' lady/"
"Fuck me!" I said angrily before walking out of the house, walking straight past a smirking Paul and to the beat up truck he had.
"Well then," he said simply, getting into the driver's side. I ignored it and rested my head against the window. If you haven't guessed it, Paul was wearing cut offs and an old t-shirt that fit snuggly around his new muscles. I rolled my eyes at myself before watching the trees run by in a giant green blur.
When the car stopped, I sat up quickly, looking at our surroundings.
"What're you doing?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at him.
"Well, you seemed really happy when we were little here, so…" he said shaking his head. I sighed, defeated before getting out of the car. I walked over to the playground, smiling at the set up. Paul was walking beside me, hands in his pockets, looking so nervous it was funny. When we arrived at the little blanket by the tire swing, I sat down on the pillow. Paul smiled at me before sitting across from me and handing me some food.
"Well, how's it going?" and the rest of the afternoon was pretty simple. Paul and I talked and joked. No arguments and it felt like I was talking to an old friend. He pushed me on the swing before leading my back to the car, having already put everything in the cab. I started climbing in the front seat before a hot hand landed on my wrist. Paul led me to the back of the truck. He lifted me into the bed of the truck before following me.
"What're you doing?" I whispered, he laughed before pressing play on a small radio in the back of the cab.
The song that came on surprised me. It was Prince's 'Darling Nicki'. He smiled shyly before grabbing my hand and dancing.
"This isn't the kind of music you usually slow dance too," I whispered in his ear, blushing madly.
"So," he ignored. I rolled my eyes.
"How'd you remember?" I whispered, laying my head on his shoulder.
"Because you said it," he kissed my head and we spent the rest of the night dancing to the sound of Prince in the background.
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