Chapter 10
Later that day, Chloe and Brady were wandering around the streets doing nothing much. They stopped when they came to the pier, where there appeared to be some sort of a dance outside by the water.
"Hey, how about that date now Chloe?" Brady said smiling.
Chloe looked up at him and pondered the thought for a moment. "On a school night?"
Brady rolled his eyes, causing a smile to break out over Chloe's face.
"I was kidding! Let's go."
Brady took Chloe's hand as they raced towards the little lighted area in the distance.
A waiter there gave them a seat on a large dock they had built over the water. The calm waves from the lake lapped up on the sides of the dock as the waiter left Brady and Chloe each with a menu.
"Wow…what should I get?"
"Whatever you want." Brady said smiling.
***
They finished their meals and sat contented in their chairs. Chloe looked over at the dance floor they had set up. The place was mostly filled with senior citizens but they did play a couple of really good songs.
Brady kept his eyes on Chloe as she gazed longingly at the dancing couples. Then a smile spread across her face as she turned back to Brady.
"Do you want to dance?" She asked excitedly.
"Oh, um, I can't."
"Oh, you mean not in front of people? Yeah, that's how I am too."
"No, I mean I can't dance."
Chloe made a face. "Of course you can, everybody can dance."
"Not me."
Chloe rolled her eyes and stood up, pulling him out of his chair.
"Come on…"
Chloe managed to get Brady out onto the dance floor, and they started dancing to a slow song.
"I try but I can't seem to get myself to think of,
Anything, but you…
You're breath on my face your warm gentle kiss I taste,
For truth, I taste for truth….
You know what I came here for…
Tonight I won't ask for more…"
"Ouch my foot!" Chloe whispered, giving Brady a light kick in the shin.
"Sorry…", Brady said, chuckling light-heartedly. Chloe smiled, her one hand held at her shoulder by Brady's. She placed her head gently on his shoulder, feeling his heartbeat through her chest as they got closer.
"I wanna be with you, if only for a night,
To be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight,
I wanna be with you, there's nothing more to say,
There's nothing else I want more than to feel this way…"
"So I'll hold you tonight like I would if you were mine,
To hold, forever more…
And I'll savor each touch that I've wanted so much to be near before,
To feel before…
How beautiful it is…
Just to be like this…"
"I wanna be with you, if only for a night,
To be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight,
I wanna be with you, there's nothing more to say,
There's nothing else I want more than to feel this way…"
Brady and Chloe danced late into the night, Brady finally being able to keep his feet in check. They swayed gently to the music, holding each other gently.
***
Brady and Chloe stood out by the water when the remainder of the dancing community had cleared out. Brady held both of Chloe's hands between his.
"Chloe…" He said softly. Chloe, looking out at the water, turned back to meet Brady's gaze.
"I love you."
Chloe sighed. "I know…" She looked up at him silently, tears collecting at the bottom of her eyes.
"Black, you promised not to fall in love with me." She said quietly.
She tugged her hands out of his grasp and sat down at the end of the dock. She pulled the elastic out of her hair and let it tumble in soft waves down her back. Brady sat down beside her.
"I guess I don't have as much control over that as I thought." He replied, tilting her head towards him with his fingertips. "Do you love me?" He asked quietly.
Chloe looked up into his eyes and studied them. "Yes." She said finally. "I love you."
Brady gave her a light kiss on the cheek.
"Good."
Chloe smiled at him and leaned her head on his shoulder. Brady took her hand in his but felt her flinch at his touch. He let go of her hand and looked at it. There were bruises on the insides of her fingers.
Brady stared at them in shock.
"How did you get those?" He asked, running his finger lightly across the bruised surface of her skin.
Chloe shrugged. "It's nothing, really."
"If you say so…" Brady said, setting Chloe's hand down gently and pulling her closer to him.
As they sat there, a piece of paper flew from Chloe's pocket. Brady caught it before it blew into the water. Chloe watched as he unfolded it and read what it said. It was a list.
"Hmmm…get a tattoo, be in two places at once, get married and have at least two hundred people show up at my wedding…Chloe, what's this?"
"It's a list of all the things I want to do before my time here is up." She said simply, taking the list from his hands and looking over it.
"I don't know if I will be able to do them all though."
Brady looked over at her curiously. "You still have plenty of time Chloe." But he was shocked at her seriousness. "Here, why don't we start now…"
He dug around in his pocket and pulled out a sheet of temporary tattoos.
"Here, pick one." He said, holding the sheet out to her. Chloe looked over the little pictures and chose one of a purple-blue butterfly.
"Where do you want it?"
Chloe hummed and hawed. Then she pulled down her shirt where it covered her shoulder and pointed at the back of her left shoulder. "Right there." She said softly.
Brady peeled the clear plastic off of the tattoo and placed it gently on Chloe's back, using some of the water from the lake to wet the back of it.
Chloe shivered slightly at the cool water trickling ever so slightly down her back. Then Brady pulled back the piece of wetted paper from Chloe's back, revealing a pretty little butterfly on her skin.
Chloe left her auburn locks over her right shoulder, giving the tattoo a chance to dry. She leaned back against Brady and smiled.
"One down…now only one hundred and forty-nine more to go." She said laughing.
Song: I wanna be with you by Mandy Moore (lol, i'm on a real Mandy kick here)
Later that day, Chloe and Brady were wandering around the streets doing nothing much. They stopped when they came to the pier, where there appeared to be some sort of a dance outside by the water.
"Hey, how about that date now Chloe?" Brady said smiling.
Chloe looked up at him and pondered the thought for a moment. "On a school night?"
Brady rolled his eyes, causing a smile to break out over Chloe's face.
"I was kidding! Let's go."
Brady took Chloe's hand as they raced towards the little lighted area in the distance.
A waiter there gave them a seat on a large dock they had built over the water. The calm waves from the lake lapped up on the sides of the dock as the waiter left Brady and Chloe each with a menu.
"Wow…what should I get?"
"Whatever you want." Brady said smiling.
***
They finished their meals and sat contented in their chairs. Chloe looked over at the dance floor they had set up. The place was mostly filled with senior citizens but they did play a couple of really good songs.
Brady kept his eyes on Chloe as she gazed longingly at the dancing couples. Then a smile spread across her face as she turned back to Brady.
"Do you want to dance?" She asked excitedly.
"Oh, um, I can't."
"Oh, you mean not in front of people? Yeah, that's how I am too."
"No, I mean I can't dance."
Chloe made a face. "Of course you can, everybody can dance."
"Not me."
Chloe rolled her eyes and stood up, pulling him out of his chair.
"Come on…"
Chloe managed to get Brady out onto the dance floor, and they started dancing to a slow song.
"I try but I can't seem to get myself to think of,
Anything, but you…
You're breath on my face your warm gentle kiss I taste,
For truth, I taste for truth….
You know what I came here for…
Tonight I won't ask for more…"
"Ouch my foot!" Chloe whispered, giving Brady a light kick in the shin.
"Sorry…", Brady said, chuckling light-heartedly. Chloe smiled, her one hand held at her shoulder by Brady's. She placed her head gently on his shoulder, feeling his heartbeat through her chest as they got closer.
"I wanna be with you, if only for a night,
To be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight,
I wanna be with you, there's nothing more to say,
There's nothing else I want more than to feel this way…"
"So I'll hold you tonight like I would if you were mine,
To hold, forever more…
And I'll savor each touch that I've wanted so much to be near before,
To feel before…
How beautiful it is…
Just to be like this…"
"I wanna be with you, if only for a night,
To be the one who's in your arms to hold you tight,
I wanna be with you, there's nothing more to say,
There's nothing else I want more than to feel this way…"
Brady and Chloe danced late into the night, Brady finally being able to keep his feet in check. They swayed gently to the music, holding each other gently.
***
Brady and Chloe stood out by the water when the remainder of the dancing community had cleared out. Brady held both of Chloe's hands between his.
"Chloe…" He said softly. Chloe, looking out at the water, turned back to meet Brady's gaze.
"I love you."
Chloe sighed. "I know…" She looked up at him silently, tears collecting at the bottom of her eyes.
"Black, you promised not to fall in love with me." She said quietly.
She tugged her hands out of his grasp and sat down at the end of the dock. She pulled the elastic out of her hair and let it tumble in soft waves down her back. Brady sat down beside her.
"I guess I don't have as much control over that as I thought." He replied, tilting her head towards him with his fingertips. "Do you love me?" He asked quietly.
Chloe looked up into his eyes and studied them. "Yes." She said finally. "I love you."
Brady gave her a light kiss on the cheek.
"Good."
Chloe smiled at him and leaned her head on his shoulder. Brady took her hand in his but felt her flinch at his touch. He let go of her hand and looked at it. There were bruises on the insides of her fingers.
Brady stared at them in shock.
"How did you get those?" He asked, running his finger lightly across the bruised surface of her skin.
Chloe shrugged. "It's nothing, really."
"If you say so…" Brady said, setting Chloe's hand down gently and pulling her closer to him.
As they sat there, a piece of paper flew from Chloe's pocket. Brady caught it before it blew into the water. Chloe watched as he unfolded it and read what it said. It was a list.
"Hmmm…get a tattoo, be in two places at once, get married and have at least two hundred people show up at my wedding…Chloe, what's this?"
"It's a list of all the things I want to do before my time here is up." She said simply, taking the list from his hands and looking over it.
"I don't know if I will be able to do them all though."
Brady looked over at her curiously. "You still have plenty of time Chloe." But he was shocked at her seriousness. "Here, why don't we start now…"
He dug around in his pocket and pulled out a sheet of temporary tattoos.
"Here, pick one." He said, holding the sheet out to her. Chloe looked over the little pictures and chose one of a purple-blue butterfly.
"Where do you want it?"
Chloe hummed and hawed. Then she pulled down her shirt where it covered her shoulder and pointed at the back of her left shoulder. "Right there." She said softly.
Brady peeled the clear plastic off of the tattoo and placed it gently on Chloe's back, using some of the water from the lake to wet the back of it.
Chloe shivered slightly at the cool water trickling ever so slightly down her back. Then Brady pulled back the piece of wetted paper from Chloe's back, revealing a pretty little butterfly on her skin.
Chloe left her auburn locks over her right shoulder, giving the tattoo a chance to dry. She leaned back against Brady and smiled.
"One down…now only one hundred and forty-nine more to go." She said laughing.
Song: I wanna be with you by Mandy Moore (lol, i'm on a real Mandy kick here)