RPOV

"I can't believe we're doing this," I said jumping in my seat.

Dimitri turned onto the highway.

"You said you wanted to do something different, go someplace you've never been before that I haven't already taken you to so-"

"Yeah, in the city, close to home but…I've never left the city limits before. And going to Disney Land is beyond outside the city limits. Couldn't you have thought of something close to home?" I ask nervous.

Dimitri only laughed and pulled onto the highway that led toward California. Going on a road trip to Disney Land wasn't exactly what I had in mind but this could be fun too.

"This seems like more fun. Besides, I never get to do anything like this and now seems like a golden opportunity."

"You never get to do anything like what?"

"Be spontaneous. I'm not the kind of person that just picks up and goes somewhere. I like order and plans. This is different," he said eyes on the road. His voice sounded dreamy.

"Well I'm glad I'm the person that you're sharing this adventure of yours with."

He glanced over at me, brown eyes smiling.

"Me too."

We had a lot of little moments like this.

At the street fair he'd taken me too, he won me a teddy bear after like a million tries and fifty dollars, I was so exited, because no one had ever given me anything before, I hugged him. It took a moment for him to relax and hug me back but when he did, I felt like the entire world stopped and it was just he and I alone.

It was a little awkward afterward and I was embarrassed but Dimitri only chuckled when I blushed, hesitated with a soft kiss to my forehead, and grabbed my hand to go to the next game.

He won me a giant Winnie the Pooh there too.

It was one of those games where you lift the giant hammer to get the ball thing to hit the bell at the top.

He got on the first try and honestly I wasn't that surprised.

With muscles like that I was sure he could've done it with one hand. I even stood next to the bell thing imagining what it would be life if he did it shirtless…

Lissa was right I liked Dimitri.

I'd had crushed before, on guys I saw at school or who lived in the neighborhood but this was something different. I felt a tight tugging on my chest when Dimitri was around and I was almost always fantasizing about him.

"What're we gonna do first when we get there?" I asked.

I was trying to block out the next fantasy of Dimitri and I alone in a hotel room.

"Mmm… we'll probably get there at night so we'll check in first, dinner, sleep, breakfast and then Disney Land," he listed.

"Wow. You really are a planner," I laughed.

"I'm better when I'm organized," he said simply.

"What do you mean?"

"I told you before that I got into some trouble when I was a teen."

"Yeah…"

"It's mostly because I acted without thinking. I know it sounds stupid but thinking everything through meant I had to care about everything and take care of everything, being the responsible one in the family so I figured if-"

"If you did everything spontaneously, you'd feel better," I interrupted.

"No. I'd feel nothing at all. Things were better when I was numb. My family wasn't perfect. Nothing as bad as your family, no offence-"

"None taken. I thought you and your family were close."

"We are but things were different when I was younger. My mom went through some issues and my grandmother had to raise my sisters and me."

I didn't want to be pushy but I was curious.

"What about your dad?"

"Only around when it was convenient."

"That sounds familiar," I mumbled.

"Things eventually got better."

I glanced at him briefly hoping the same would happen to me.

We drove in silence for a few moments. I stared out the window and he kept his eyes on the road probably as lost in thought as I was.

After a while of watching the sun set, I felt a warm hand reach over and rest on mine.

I didn't look over at Dimitri. From my peripheral I could see he wasn't looking at me either but we both felt it, I could tell.

Warmth, the presence of another person being so close.

I turned my hand over so that it was faced up in his.

He squeezed it once, barely.

I smiled and let my eyes close into a nice, quiet sleep.