Chapter 7
Chloe sat up against Hemsby in a pair of overalls, her curly hair still down and blowing in the gentle mid-autumn breeze. The weather had been quite mild that year, and continued to stay that way. Chloe was still able to wear her overalls without a jacket as long as she wore a long sleeved shirt. After her performance, Craig had swooped her up in great hug and given her a kiss on forehead.
"You're my angel too."
That remark had kept Chloe smiling. It was late as she sat there in the cemetery, around eleven o'clock. She hadn't brought her sketches with her, she didn't really even need them anymore since her science project was due a week earlier, but she enjoyed drawing them. But that night, it was far from her mind.
Chloe hummed the melody of the song she had sung into the night air, her melodious voice swirling around the cemetery. She wrapped a bouncy curl around her finger. Then she looked down at the flashlight sitting beside her. She picked it up and flicked it on, standing up. She walked slowly to the little ring of willow trees and lay down at their center, picking out the constellations.
It wasn't long before Brady was in the little circle. He had followed the humming noise and this is where it had led him. To Chloe.
"Chloe?" He said quietly. Chloe stopped humming and sat up.
"Oh…hi." She said quietly. "You did good tonight."
Brady smiled. "I could say the same for you."
"Yeah, I guess you could." She said smiling. Brady chuckled lightly, sitting down in the soft cool grass beside her. There was silence between the two. Chloe lay back down on the grass. Brady watched her for a minute, then followed suite, lying back beside her.
"What are we looking at?" He asked, looking up at the white points dotting the sky.
"Constellations. Do you know any?" Chloe asked, turning her head to face him.
"Nope."
"Oh, well see those three stars there?" Chloe said, looking back up at the sky, stretching her arm out to point out the stars.
"Uh huh." Brady said, but he wasn't looking at the stars. His head was still turned toward Chloe. He admired the way the moonlight illuminated her already creamy skin.
"Well that's Orion's Belt. And those four stars making that rectangle shape, well that's—" Chloe stopped talking when she felt Brady's eyes on her. She turned her head to meet his eyes, her eyebrows raised.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Nothing."
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No reason." Brady said, offering a half smile.
"Oh, I see." Chloe replied, turning her head back to the sky. "Anyway…" She glanced back at Brady, his eyes still glued on her. She blushed slightly.
"What!" She said, propping herself up on her elbow and facing him. Brady mimicked her.
"Nothing, nothing…"
"No seriously, what?" She said, prodding him with her eyes to continue.
"Ok, ok. Can I ask you a question?" Brady asked, his voice taking a more serious tone.
"Ok, shoot."
"Will you go out with me?"
Chloe's eyes widened at the offer. "Are you serious?"
"Dead serious."
"Oh, well um…"
She was unable to finish her sentence as she was interrupted by Brady's lips meeting hers in their first real kiss. Brady somehow ended up on top of Chloe as the kiss grew deeper, and when they finally pulled they were both panting.
"Can I take that to signify your consent?" Brady asked breathlessly.
"Ok, but can you please get off of me? I can't feel my legs." Chloe said, attempting to wriggle her way out from underneath Brady.
"Oh, sorry." He replied, rolling off of her. "Well, now that that's out of the way…" Brady started. "Why don't you finish telling me about these constellations?" He said, sitting up against a willow tree. Chloe crawled over to him and sat down between his legs, her head leaned up against his chest. Brady's arms instinctively wrapped around Chloe's waist.
They stayed up until dawn, Chloe pointing out the stars and making light conversation. For twenty minutes, they had fallen asleep in eachothers' arms. When they awoke, they were just as chipper as ever and stayed even longer just talking.
It wasn't until five thirty in the morning that Chloe and Brady snuck back into their houses and quietly into bed.
Chloe sat up against Hemsby in a pair of overalls, her curly hair still down and blowing in the gentle mid-autumn breeze. The weather had been quite mild that year, and continued to stay that way. Chloe was still able to wear her overalls without a jacket as long as she wore a long sleeved shirt. After her performance, Craig had swooped her up in great hug and given her a kiss on forehead.
"You're my angel too."
That remark had kept Chloe smiling. It was late as she sat there in the cemetery, around eleven o'clock. She hadn't brought her sketches with her, she didn't really even need them anymore since her science project was due a week earlier, but she enjoyed drawing them. But that night, it was far from her mind.
Chloe hummed the melody of the song she had sung into the night air, her melodious voice swirling around the cemetery. She wrapped a bouncy curl around her finger. Then she looked down at the flashlight sitting beside her. She picked it up and flicked it on, standing up. She walked slowly to the little ring of willow trees and lay down at their center, picking out the constellations.
It wasn't long before Brady was in the little circle. He had followed the humming noise and this is where it had led him. To Chloe.
"Chloe?" He said quietly. Chloe stopped humming and sat up.
"Oh…hi." She said quietly. "You did good tonight."
Brady smiled. "I could say the same for you."
"Yeah, I guess you could." She said smiling. Brady chuckled lightly, sitting down in the soft cool grass beside her. There was silence between the two. Chloe lay back down on the grass. Brady watched her for a minute, then followed suite, lying back beside her.
"What are we looking at?" He asked, looking up at the white points dotting the sky.
"Constellations. Do you know any?" Chloe asked, turning her head to face him.
"Nope."
"Oh, well see those three stars there?" Chloe said, looking back up at the sky, stretching her arm out to point out the stars.
"Uh huh." Brady said, but he wasn't looking at the stars. His head was still turned toward Chloe. He admired the way the moonlight illuminated her already creamy skin.
"Well that's Orion's Belt. And those four stars making that rectangle shape, well that's—" Chloe stopped talking when she felt Brady's eyes on her. She turned her head to meet his eyes, her eyebrows raised.
"What?" She asked innocently.
"Nothing."
"Why are you looking at me like that?"
"No reason." Brady said, offering a half smile.
"Oh, I see." Chloe replied, turning her head back to the sky. "Anyway…" She glanced back at Brady, his eyes still glued on her. She blushed slightly.
"What!" She said, propping herself up on her elbow and facing him. Brady mimicked her.
"Nothing, nothing…"
"No seriously, what?" She said, prodding him with her eyes to continue.
"Ok, ok. Can I ask you a question?" Brady asked, his voice taking a more serious tone.
"Ok, shoot."
"Will you go out with me?"
Chloe's eyes widened at the offer. "Are you serious?"
"Dead serious."
"Oh, well um…"
She was unable to finish her sentence as she was interrupted by Brady's lips meeting hers in their first real kiss. Brady somehow ended up on top of Chloe as the kiss grew deeper, and when they finally pulled they were both panting.
"Can I take that to signify your consent?" Brady asked breathlessly.
"Ok, but can you please get off of me? I can't feel my legs." Chloe said, attempting to wriggle her way out from underneath Brady.
"Oh, sorry." He replied, rolling off of her. "Well, now that that's out of the way…" Brady started. "Why don't you finish telling me about these constellations?" He said, sitting up against a willow tree. Chloe crawled over to him and sat down between his legs, her head leaned up against his chest. Brady's arms instinctively wrapped around Chloe's waist.
They stayed up until dawn, Chloe pointing out the stars and making light conversation. For twenty minutes, they had fallen asleep in eachothers' arms. When they awoke, they were just as chipper as ever and stayed even longer just talking.
It wasn't until five thirty in the morning that Chloe and Brady snuck back into their houses and quietly into bed.