Romance or Jokes
On a rainy, muddy Sunday I was babysitting my little niece April. Her mom was out shopping, and poor April was sick. I tried cheering her up but all she did was sleep. The phone started ringing off the hook. I couldn't answer it, then weirdly my cell phone was ringing. I answered that.
"Karyn, where are you?"
"Who is this," I asked slowly.
"It's Casey."
"Case, I'm at my house. Why?"
"I wanna know if you can come over my house today. Please."
"Tonight I'm free, but we have school in the mourning."
"No we don't." I detected a giggle in his voice.
"I'll come over tonight, ok. I gotta go."
Casey paused for a short minute and said to me something I thought about that whole day.
"Bye sweetheart."
Sweetheart? Why'd he call me that? Not even my parents called me angel, none of the less sweetheart. I just rolled my eyes and went back to April. I loved her as if she was my own daughter. My mother and I agreed sadly that her mother wasn't the best one in the world, but after her dad left she'd have to do. Soon April's mom got home and I dashed off to Casey's house in my rickety car.
I knocked on the door and Janie answered it. I smiled at her and she looked at the floor. She called out to her brother that I was there. I could hear Casey's feet thump down the stairs. He ran right to me and grinned his adorable little boy grin. I rolled my eyes and giggled. Janie left and Casey pulled my arm, dragging me to his bedroom.
"Casey what has gotten into you?"
"Nothing, I just wanna show you something really cool."
"Alright, but I still say you're acting weird."
When we got to his bedroom, he swung open then door. He threw his head at me and smiled. I just looked at him and then I looked at his room. My eyes nearly bugged out of my head.
"Casey what on Earth happened?"
"I did it just for you."
All I could do was stare. His bed was covered in rose petals and candles were burning. It looked like something a doomed couple would do to try and save their marriage. I sighed and looked at Casey.
"Casey, why did you do it for me?"
"Because, because," he paused. "Remember that night at the hospital?"
"Yes."
"We told each other that we love each other. For the first time in my life, I actually didn't want to die. I wanted to stay on Earth, because you told me that you loved me."
I was speechless; I didn't know what to say. The thought of me, actually wanting to make someone stay alive, was just out there. I smiled, closed my eyes, and shook my head.
"You're a trip Conner. At the rate you're going you're gonna be one hell of a comedian."
"Karyn, you think I'm joking? I'm not, I honestly love you."
His blue eyes stared right into me making me feel weird. I stared at the floor and tried to think of a way to say I was sorry. Apologies weren't gonna get me out of this mess. So I just looked up at him with my green eyes, hoping that he'd forgive me for being a jackass. Casey then wrapped his arms around my waist and started kissing me. I assumed I was forgiven.
On a rainy, muddy Sunday I was babysitting my little niece April. Her mom was out shopping, and poor April was sick. I tried cheering her up but all she did was sleep. The phone started ringing off the hook. I couldn't answer it, then weirdly my cell phone was ringing. I answered that.
"Karyn, where are you?"
"Who is this," I asked slowly.
"It's Casey."
"Case, I'm at my house. Why?"
"I wanna know if you can come over my house today. Please."
"Tonight I'm free, but we have school in the mourning."
"No we don't." I detected a giggle in his voice.
"I'll come over tonight, ok. I gotta go."
Casey paused for a short minute and said to me something I thought about that whole day.
"Bye sweetheart."
Sweetheart? Why'd he call me that? Not even my parents called me angel, none of the less sweetheart. I just rolled my eyes and went back to April. I loved her as if she was my own daughter. My mother and I agreed sadly that her mother wasn't the best one in the world, but after her dad left she'd have to do. Soon April's mom got home and I dashed off to Casey's house in my rickety car.
I knocked on the door and Janie answered it. I smiled at her and she looked at the floor. She called out to her brother that I was there. I could hear Casey's feet thump down the stairs. He ran right to me and grinned his adorable little boy grin. I rolled my eyes and giggled. Janie left and Casey pulled my arm, dragging me to his bedroom.
"Casey what has gotten into you?"
"Nothing, I just wanna show you something really cool."
"Alright, but I still say you're acting weird."
When we got to his bedroom, he swung open then door. He threw his head at me and smiled. I just looked at him and then I looked at his room. My eyes nearly bugged out of my head.
"Casey what on Earth happened?"
"I did it just for you."
All I could do was stare. His bed was covered in rose petals and candles were burning. It looked like something a doomed couple would do to try and save their marriage. I sighed and looked at Casey.
"Casey, why did you do it for me?"
"Because, because," he paused. "Remember that night at the hospital?"
"Yes."
"We told each other that we love each other. For the first time in my life, I actually didn't want to die. I wanted to stay on Earth, because you told me that you loved me."
I was speechless; I didn't know what to say. The thought of me, actually wanting to make someone stay alive, was just out there. I smiled, closed my eyes, and shook my head.
"You're a trip Conner. At the rate you're going you're gonna be one hell of a comedian."
"Karyn, you think I'm joking? I'm not, I honestly love you."
His blue eyes stared right into me making me feel weird. I stared at the floor and tried to think of a way to say I was sorry. Apologies weren't gonna get me out of this mess. So I just looked up at him with my green eyes, hoping that he'd forgive me for being a jackass. Casey then wrapped his arms around my waist and started kissing me. I assumed I was forgiven.
