Chapter Twenty-One
Date Night pt2
Sprx pulled Nova through the woods. But Nova was struggling to try and get out of his grip. Sprx stopped but Nova still struggled.
"Nova stop."
"Sprx. What the heck-"
"Just look. Please?"
Nova starred at him, she couldn't believe Sprx just please.
"What are we doing out here? We're supposed to meet Chiro and Carbon at the Mess Hall and we're out here in the middle of the woods." Nova was a little ticked. She was going on and on about promises and how Sprx was all secretive.
Sprx grabbed Nova's arms and kissed her to make her stop rambling. After a moment he let go, slowly. He wasn't thinking about the kiss, Sprx just did it. He blushed and rubbed the back of his head.
"You were…uh…rambling." Sprx said nervously.
He cringed, waiting for the slap, punch, or some form of pounding that Nova was sure to do, but it didn't come. Sprx looked at Nova and she was standing there in shock.
"You okay, Nova?"
"You kissed…me?"
"Yeah, but…um…like I said-you were rambling."
"So you kissed me?" Nova said.
She didn't sound mad. Nova actually sounded confused and shocked.
"Yeah. And?"
Without Sprx even seeing it coming, Nova kissed him. After a couple moments, Nova pulled away. Now Sprx was shocked.
"Now you kissed me." Sprx said.
"Yes. Um…was that wrong?"
"Uh…no. No, no. Uh…right, the plan."
"Plan?"
"Come here."
Sprx gently pulled Nova through the bushes. There was a table, with a romantic set up.
"Sprx. Did you do this?"
"A little help from the kid, but yeah."
"This is-is-"
"Kinda dumb?"
"Beautiful."
"You like it?"
"Yeah."
"Well then. Uh…Shall we eat?"
"What? What about-"
"The kiddette and kid were in on it. Come on."
"Uh…alright."
Sprx pushed in Nova's chair and sat down across from her.
"Wow. This looks great."
"Uh…thanks."
They ate, but didn't speak. They were eating spaghetti. Sprx and Nova didn't even make eye contract. Sprx slurped a piece of spaghetti and hit him in the face. Nova looked up and started giggling.
"What?"
"You…um-" She pointed to his face where there was light red sauce.
"What?" Sprx looked and grabbed a napkin quickly to wipe off the sauce. "Stupid! Stupid! Why did you have spaghetti?" Sprx thought.
"Sprx? You alright over there?"
Sprx looked up.
"Uh…yeah. Did I get it all off?"
"Just a little…" She got up and walked around the table. "Right here."
She took the napkin and wiped it off. After a moment Nova stopped. She got lost in Sprx's eyes.
"What?"
Nova shook her head.
"Nothing. Uh…I think I got it."
"Alright. Thanks."
"No problem."
She stood there, getting lost again, but then quickly ran back over to her seat. She started eating again, and then noticed Sprx grinning.
"What?" Nova asked before she took a bite.
"You starred at me."
"And?"
"Look, I just wanted to tell you-"
"Let's just eat." She was going to take a bite but Sprx grabbed her fork.
"Nova, this is important."
"Sprx-"
"Nova. Please?" She sighed and looked at him. "Uh…I…um…I really like how-how you…um-"
"Sprx, just tell me."
"This isn't easy."
"Just tell me."
"Alright. I l-l-l…I l-l-like you're eyes."
"My eyes?"
"Yeah. They're…uh…beautiful. The shade really-"
"And?"
"And I…uh…love…you?"
"What? I didn't hear that?"
"I said, 'I love you.'"
"Sprx…" He looked at her. "Why didn't you tell earlier?"
"What?"
She kissed him again. Sprx wasn't looking for it and wanted push away but he didn't. After a few moments they pulled away.
"I love you, too." Nova said. She saw a music player under the table. "What's this?" She said pulling it out.
"Uh…you weren't supposed to see that."
"That's alright. What song's on this CD?"
"Uh…I wouldn't-"
It was too late, Nova pressed play. Some slow music turned on.
"Oh, I love this song."
"I know it is. That's why I picked it for you."
"You did?"
"Yeah. Uh…do you wanna dance?"
Sprx held out a hand for Nova. She took it.
"I'd love to."
They started dancing to "If I die young" by The Band Perry. It's kinda slow, but it was prefect. After a moment, Nova rested her head on Sprx's chest.
"This is prefect Sprx."
"It is?"
"Yes. Thank you for this."
"Anything for you." Sprx then stopped dancing, forgetting something. "That's reminds me." He pulled out a small box. "This is for you."
"What is it?"
"You'll just have to open it, won't you?"
"I guess so, since my boyfriend won't tell me."
"Boyfriend?"
"You. We are-"
"Yeah, yeah. I guess. If you want to."
"Do you think I'd kiss you if I didn't want to go out with you?"
Nova smiled and opened the box. Inside was a charm bracelet, silver. It had a charm on it already. It was half a heart.
"Here. Let me."
Sprx took the bracelet and hooked it around Nova's left wrist. She starred at it.
"It's beautiful Sprx. But where's the other half of the-"
"Right here." Sprx pulled out his dog-tag chain and it had the other half of the charm on it. "And if you turn over your half. You'll see something."
Nova turned over the charm and read aloud.
"S-P-R-X-7-7."
"And mine says 'Nova' on it. This way everyone knows about us."
"It's beautiful." She hugged Sprx. "This is so sweet of you." Nova let go. "Whoa. I never thought I'd say those words."
Sprx chuckled. Nova laughed.
"Let's finish eating." Nova caught Sprx before he walked around her.
"No. I wanna finish our dance."
He was confused then Sprx smiled.
"Alright. I'll restart the music."
Sprx ran over to the table and started the music again, then ran back to Nova.
"Alright. All set."
"Do you realize this is a different song?"
"Yeah."
"And you realize this is a-"
"I know. I know, but it's a nice song."
"Alright."
Then they started slow dancing together again, but to "Love Story" by Taylor Swift. After an hour of dancing Sprx looked at his watch (all boys are wearing watches BTW) and it was late.
"Shoot. We'll have to cut short on the dance."
"What? Why? I was having fun."
"You were?"
"Yeah."
"Uh…No, no. Sorry. I got another surprise for you and I'm late for it. We gotta go now."
"Oh. Alright, but I wanna finish that dance later."
"I do too."
Then they ran in the forest, by the opposite way of the camp.