A/N: Sorry, for the wait everyone… been a little preoccupied… tehe but since the smoke detectors decided to give everyone in my house a wake-up call around six this morning, and I couldn't fall back asleep again, I wrote. :)
Lifeguard On Duty
Chapter 12
After we danced to a few songs, we finally noticed Arthur had brought out our dessert, so we went back to the table. Ah, how I love cheesecake!
"Oo! Cheesecake?! My favorite!" Ashley was beaming.
"Mine too!"
"Really?" I nodded. "Cool!"
"Yeah… what could be better? I mean it's cheese… and it's cake. Amazing."
She laughed. "Dork."
I smiled. "Oh well." There was a pause in conversation, and I broke it with, "I'm glad you came tonight, Ashley."
She smiled. "Yeah? Me too."
"So… this date hasn't sucked then?"
She laughed, shaking her head. Then grabbed my hand and looked into my eyes. "This date has been perfect." She smiled brightly, and I'm sure I mirrored it.
"Good! I just wish it didn't have to end."
"Well it doesn't… not tonight anyway." Huh?
"What do you mean?"
"Come to my place after dinner. We don't have to do anything, just watch a movie or something."
I thought for about a nanosecond before agreeing.
When we got to her house, we went straight to Ashley's room. I sat on her bed as she chose a movie and put it in. There was a stuffed giraffe on her bed, near her pillow, so I picked it up. When she walked over and sat next to me, I held it up. "You still sleep with stuffed animals?"
"Hey now! Don't hate on Mr. G."
"Mr. G?"
"Yeah. Stands for Mr. Giraffe."
I laughed. "Well… that's original."
"Yeah well I was like six when I got him." She grabbed both the pillows that were on her bed and put one on top of the other before grabbing Mr. G and resting her head on them.
"What? I don't get a pillow?"
She smiled. "Nope!"
"Psht, fine."
"Aw, you can use me as one."
I smiled. "Okay." I lay down, resting my head on her shoulder and snuggling into her side as the movie began. "Awe! Ellen Page is so cute, even when she's fake pregnant," I randomly said during the movie.
"Sure…"
"What? You don't think so?"
Ashley shrugged. "She's cute, I guess."
"Come on, she's adorable."
"Well… I can think of someone cuter…" Aww.
"Oh really?" She nodded. "And who might that be?"
"Me!" Hmm where is that pillow? Oh right. She stole it from me… Next tactic then. I pouted.
"Oh, did you think I was going to say you?" She asked with a smirk.
I shook my head at her and poked her side. She jumped and tried to cover her waist with her hand, so I poked her again… and again until I was just full-out tickling her… and even while laughing and squirming, she still managed to flip us over and pin me to her bed. Uh oh.
"What're you gonna do now, Carlin?"
I smirked. "Even in this position, I'd say I still won… What are you going to do?"
"What do you want me to do?" Muahaha!
"Guess." She leaned her head in and kissed me on the cheek. "Hmm… close." She smiled and kissed the tip of my nose. I laughed. "You're such a goof." She giggled and pecked me on the lips. "Mm, I like that one."
She smiled and snuggled into me, nuzzling my neck with her nose, and I kissed the top of her head and hugged her closer to me. I felt her leave a light peck on my neck and held her even closer. She looked up and kissed me on the lips, and I started kissing her back. We smiled into the kiss, and she pulled back a little as I started rubbing her back. Ashley brushed the hair from my face and looked deep into my eyes as I stared back into hers. "Hey you."
She smiled. "Hey." Then leaned in and kissed me again. I ran my fingers through her soft, curly hair and felt her hand travel down my arm and rest on my hip.
I pulled back slightly, trying to catch my breath. "Ashley…"
She pulled back and looked into my eyes. "Hmm?"
"Can we um… can we slow it down a little?" What? I know she's hot, but I scare easily.
She smiled. "Yeah, sure, of course." Awe, so sweet. She got off of me and lay beside me. I kissed her cheek as a thank you, then snuggled back into her side, and we went back to watching Juno. Jeez, the relationship between Juno and Mark is so weird…
A/N: Short chapter, I know… but short things are cute, right? It's something, anyway… So I saw The Dark Knight yesterday. It was long but amazing! Go see it… like now. You're going? Mkay, good. Thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed it! Reviews are welcome! Wink wink nudge nudge
