Episode 18: Nothing Can Top This Night
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"I'm taking you on the night of you life sweetie."
Bra: I got startled a bit, a night of my life? What is this crazy man trying to say? "Um, excuse me?"
"You'll see."
"Whatever you say."
A few minutes later we arrived at an outside skating rink, it looked a little busy not too much, but hey if this is what he wants to do, sure.
"Stop one on our journey. Come on."
He went ahead and kindly opened the door for me holding my hand as I came out of the car. Never letting go of my hand we went to the register and he rented us some skates, as sweet as this boy was he even decided to put the skates on my feet! We stood at the entrance of the rink when he squeezed my hand and we looked at each other.
Out of no where the lights dimmed, and different colors of stage lighting illuminated the floor. A slow song starts playing and a message over the speakers comes on."Well it's 9 o'clock on this fine Thursday evening, if you've been here before you know that means it's a couples only skate for the next 15 minutes. So if you're out there with your mate or even just a friend or if you have no one at all find that someone and slow skate on the rink."
He smiled, like he planned this or something. Like he knew exactly when couple skate was!"So, you do know how to skate don't you?"
"Yes I do, but it's a couple's skate Goten and we're not exactly a couple..." Then quietly under my breath I said "yet..."
Goten looked at the scenary around him before looking back at me with a smile still on his face "Well, then how about for tonight...we'll act like we are."
With no words coming from my mouth, just a smile, he lead me into the rink. It seemed perfect! How he knew exactly when couple skate was, how tonight I can act like I'm his, how the sky was dark and bright at the same time, how he could actually skate backwards with his hands on my hips as we skated around the rink just talking about nonsense really. It didn't matter to me what we talked about, all I knew was he was there WITH ME! ALONE! Everything seemed beautiful in it's own way. The moment was perfect.
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"Ok ladies and gentlemen, couple skate is over. Time for normal informal skating. Thank you."
I couldn't believe 15 minutes passed by so fast! Still holding my hand Goten lead the way out of the rink and took both our skates off and returned them heading back to the car. I can't believe the night was over! Sure that was the night of my life, but my 15 minutes of fame can't be over now! I want more of this, more of YOU! But off we went again driving.
"I can't believe the night's over, Goten that was so sweet of you, but I just wish it could be longer."
"What're you talking about?"
"Well the night was short, I thought it'd be longer, at least I hoped it would be."
"The night isn't over Bra, it's just started."
"Huh?"
"What? You thought that that's all I had planned was a measly 15 minutes of couple skating with you."
"Well yeah."
"When I said I'd give you the night of your life, it wasn't going to end there."
"Oh." YESSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSSS! IT'S NOT ENDING HERE THERE'S MORE THERE'S MORE THERE'S MORE! hmmm, maybe a kiss or two would be sweet then he could hold me and slowly take off my-- No No Bra what're you thinking, I better stop before, wait these are MY thought he wouldn't know I'm having these kind of thoughts for him. I mean it not like I'd act on them, right?
"What're you thinking?" Before I knew it I noticed Goten staring at me while we were at a red light.
"Huh? Oh nothing, just thinking that's all."
"About what?"
"Nothing, just stuff."
"Then why do you keep making little circles on my hand with your fingers."
I immediately looked down and saw I was holding his wrist down with one hand, having his hand palm side up while my index finger of my other hand made circles on his palm. Instantly I took my hands off and clamped them together. "Whoops, sorry Goten."
He just let out a small laugh and untangles my hands putting his inbetween and holding my hand as he continued driving.
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"Our last destination for the evening. Come on."
Hours passed, so did the night, all so fast it seems. It was already 1 in the morning. We spent the rest of the night doing fun things. First go-kart-racing, which was funny because we were the only ones on the track and Goten managed to hit the sides of the track whenever he'd try to pass me! After that we played a game or two of laser tag, which was great running around trying to shoot each other or FINDING each other for that matter. Played one round of pool table, and now here we were at the place I remember and hold dearly...the park. The same park he took me to on the first night we hung out. He held my hand and went running up the park toward the little lake with the small waterfall on the side. We ran till we reach the end of the deck on the lake. Placing the folded blanket behind him as he sat at the edge of the deck he patted the seat next to him.
"Sit here next to me."
I did as he said and he put his arm around my shoulders and scooted me closer to him as he talked about the wonderful night we had, about how I was 'cheating' at the race and laser tag. Imitating he had the laser gun in his hand saying how he could've won. Then yes, I accidently pushed him and as unbalanced and stupid as he is he fell into the water! Right away I got up before I knew he'd pull me in.
"BRA! First you push me in now you don't even help me up? Geez, see if I take you out anywhere anymore."
"You fell in Goten."
"Can't you help me at least?"
"No because you're just going to pull me in"
"No I'm not, Bra come on it's cold."
"You can get up yourself you know. You do know how to fly."
"BRA!"
"I'm not falling for your trick Goten. Nope. Not at all you can sit there and swim all you want but I know you can fly and get out of the water in 2 seconds, you're just stalling so you can pull me in." I said sticking my tounge out and crossing my arms
"Fine." Finally, he pulled himself out of the water and sat at the edge of the deck messing his hair up to dry before combing it forward with his fingers. Then taking off his shoes, socks and shirt and ringing it out displaying his nicely formed body. WOW! how I'd love to pin him down and take him full on---no no not again stop Bra stop! Then I kind of wondered if he was mad at me, after he had rung out his shirt placing it aside and finished fixing his hair he just sat there looking out to no where, being so... quiet
"Goten are you mad at me?"
He turned around with a serious look on his face. Scary is what it was, Goten is always a fun loving boy, aside from his heart being broken, this looked bad! Should I have helped him? I felt guilty as he continued looking at me. "Bra, come here sit down. I want to tell you something."
So I went ahead and did. I brushed my hand through his hair just to ease the tension I was feeling. Then he grabbed my hand like he didn't want me touching his hair, placing my hand on my lap and taking his hand back fixing his hair himself while keeping his eyes staring off to no where, then he looked at me "Goten, I'm so sorry. I know I should've helped, but you do know how to get out of the water, I ju--"
"It's not that."
"Well then what?"
"Just now I began to realize something."
"What?"
"How cold you're going to be when you come out of the water!"
"Wha--" before I knew it Goten had pushed me in. I swam to the surface and saw him laughing and pointing. So before he opened his eyes from laughing I grabbed his wrist and pulled him in as hard as I could as he fell into the water swimming next to me wipping his face off and looking at me with a smile on his face
"You should've seen the look on your face before you went in, you looked all serious then confused then SPLASH in you went. That was great."
"Ha ha very funny." I started heading for the deck placing my hand on the top getting ready to pull myself out before I felt Goten wrap his arms around my waist
"Where are you going?"
"Let's see, I'm in the water, it's 1 in the morning, I don't have extra clothes to change in, therefore I have to get out and fly around just to dry my clothes so my father doesn't ask questions that's where I'm going."
"You'll catch a cold flying around to dry up."
"Well what do you propose I do then, I don't want to show up at home all wet."
I felt his lips lightly touch my ear as he was whispering "Why don't we both just take our clothes off and place it on the deck and skinny dip, I mean I'm half way there."
I quickly turned around and faced him "GOTEN ARE YOU CRAZY?"
"You want our clothes to dry right? Why not go for a swim while we wait for it to dry, I mean unless you want to walk around necked, or in your wet clothes and catch a cold."
"Goten, no. I think I'll just wrap myself in that blanket over there and dry up."
"Come on, it'll be much more fun if we skinny dipped together. I won't even look or touch anything below your face, but you can go ahead and do that to me I won't mind."
"WHY? Why are you so stuck on skinny dipping? With me on that factor?"
"We're both swimming here in wet clothes, neither of us want to catch a cold by standing in wet clothing, so what better way to wait for it to dry than to go swim."
"You have a point yes ok, but skinny dipping, no, Goten."
"Why? It's not like I'm going to look and touch."
"No skinny dipping Goten. I know a better way." I got out of the water slipped off my sandles and squeezed all the extra water out of my hair then wrapped myself in the blanket
"Don't you dare come over here and look. Stay in the water ok."
"Uh, ok." he wrapped his arms and placed them on the deck resting his chin on his arms as he watched me. I turned around and with one hand holding the blanket together and the other taking off all the clothes I had on except my intimate appearal, and wrapped the blanket around me tucking it at the very top to hold itself while I picked up my pants and top stretching it out on the dock. I turned around and grabbed Goten's shirt that was rolled up and placed aside and walked toward him. Sticking my hand out.
"Take it off."
"Take what off?"
"Your pants, take them off."
"Aren't you demanding, here you go." He said taking them off and handing them to me.
"What're you going to do."
"STAY THERE, do not get up and EVEN attempt to take this blanket of off me. Just stay in the water." he did as I said while I stretched and placed his clothing on the deck next to mine. I took both my hands and gently let out streams of heat drying the clothing from top to bottom. In the time of waiting for it to dry from my energy, I felt Goten get out of the water and stand next to me in his black boxers as he watched me dry the clothes. Then he wrapped his arms around my waist and kissed the top of my shoulder.
"Can I ask you something?"
"Go ahead."
"What's your idea of a perfect and romantic date?"
"Why?"
"Just curious."
"Uh, ok." I continued drying as he stood holding me from behind. "Ideally, it would be sitting in soft sand while watching the sunset on the beach or being on the beach under the moonlight, with the stars and my loving boyfriend being there just holding me and just having the perfect setting with candles never wanting the night to end. Then he'd give me a soft romantic kiss on my lips and tells me he loves me and he TRUELY means it... that would be perfect in my eyes."
"Bra..."
"Yeah?" He placed his hands on my arms on traced them down to my hands pushing them down letting my energy stop as he held them for a second before gently turning me around and holding my hand with one hand while placing the other on the small of my back scooting me toward him and looked DEEP into my eyes. Too much is going on in my head right now, I can't even think straight, but all was calm when he placed his lips on mine gently for what seemed like an eternity, even though it might've lasted a couple seconds. He took his lips off mine as I opened my eyes watching him slowly open his, knowing he enjoyed that, he smiled once he had his eyes open placing both our foreheads together. He lent me one more quick yet soft peck on my lips before letting go of me.
"Well I think you did a good job the clothes seem dry." he said touching the clothes and putting his back on. Then handing me mine. I did a quick change under the blanket before taking the blanket off and in an awkward silence I held the folded blanket against my chest as I followed behind Goten toward the car. It was a beautiful night, I know both of us didn't regret that kiss, obviously Goten didn't either as he'd look back at me every couple of steps and smile satisfied while he continued walking ahead.
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Marron: It was already around 1:15am and I was arriving back home after helping Pan pack up for her little trip. I had informed her about my last moments with Trunks before he left. I finally accepted the fact that I really do have a little bit of a liking toward Trunks, still I wasn't too sure if I'd act on it when he got back. I walked toward my door and practically jumped at the sight of somone sitting like a ball by my door. I walked closer and took notice of the sleek soft lavendar hair. Realizing who he was my heart began beating at a flying speed, my breathing became uneasy. I didn't know whether to cry and hug him or yell and push him. Quietly, I stood about 2 feet in front of him "Trunks?"