Corey and I traveled into the streets hand and hand walking down the main street towards the theatre. The air was crisp so Corey pulled me tight into him as we walked.
"Corey, what would I do without you?" I asked him looking up with concern.
"What do you mean Lizzie? We've only been going out for like a week?" he chuckled after realizing how short a time it had been.
"What I mean is, without you I never would have gotten home safely the night at the pub, or been able to sleep soundly or even been able to support Miranda. You're always there for me!" I looked away as I began to blush. Wow Lizzie, you're pushing it a bit. You barely know this guy and your head over heal for him. But you know what they say, there is such a thing as love at first sight!
"Well Lizzie, I guess you're right. I feel like we've been together forever. I mean we even sleep in the same bed- that's really awesome. Just laying next to you and watching you sleep- did I say that out loud?" he asked turning a bright crimson colour. I began to laugh so hard that I didn't see where I was going and the next thing I know I'm in Corey's arms and we're both on the ground.
"What just happened?" I asked trying to stop laughing.
"Well Lizzie, being as graceful as you are, you tripped over this little rock thingy that was on the ground and I grabbed you and I fell." He began to laugh as well.
"Very scientific with the "rock thingy'! Geeze Corey I thought you were a brainer!" I smiled slyly and he kissed me while we sat on the cold pavement. We separated to find a group of people laughing at us across the street.
We finally pulled ourselves up and continued on into the movie theatres. We ended up buying tickets to "Without A Paddle" and I can honestly say I have no idea what happened after the first five minutes. Corey and I were too busy kissing each other playfully in the back row. Needless to say we almost got kicked out – four times!
As we left the theatre holding hands we bumped into Alice with her boyfriend. Her hair was matted and her boyfriend had lip gloss all over his mouth. They had obviously been doing the same as us during their movie.
"Hey Alice, did you guys enjoy the movie?" I said with a sly grin.
"Yeah, it was...uh...great," Alice's boyfriend began and then they began to laugh and snicker like 8th graders.
"That's great. Oh Alice, this is my boyfriend," I began and looked at Corey as we both chuckled softly then I continued, "Corey!"
"Hey Corey nice to meet you. This is Keith my fiancé," she smiled happily and Keith grabbed her hand tenderly.
"Oh my goodness! Congratulations," I said hugging her tightly, "since when?"
"Well, just yesterday. And Sorry I kind of avoided you today. We were just celebrating!"
"Yeah, I can see why now." I laughed and Corey turned his head in confusion. "I'll tell you later Corey," I whispered softly into his ear.
After a few more minutes of small talk we sad our good byes and departed our separate ways with Corey and I heading back to the apartment. Alice and Keith left another way and looked like they were heading to a local bar.
As we walked quickly I snuggled up to Corey, holding on to him tightly to warm up. "Corey, it's so cold out here!" I squealed and he pulled me in tighter.
"Here let me warm you up!" he exclaimed and turned me into him for a long heated kiss. We stood their kissing for quite some time and I then began to sweat. I have no recollection of how long that kiss was for, but it felt lengthy.
"Whoa!" Corey let out after the kiss.
"I know! Talk about sparks eh?" I added. And there really were sparks. Tons of them, in fact it must have been what heated up that kiss so much. A week into our relationship and we were kissing like we never wanted the other to leave our side.
We began on our way again to the apartment and as we walked up the stairs I stopped at Corey's floor.
"What are you doing Lizzie, we still have another floor to go!" he said pointing towards the flight of stairs.
"I know that, but I thought we could you know, stay here for a bit," I said while wrapping my arms around his neck. I kissed him passionately and we stood in the stairwell making out like bad. We were hitting into walls, tripping down some stairs and even ended up leaning against the railing. It was the most dangerous make-out session I had ever had.
We were suddenly interrupted with Parker's laughter became increasingly loud. We composed ourselves quickly looking up to find her and Ethan making out, with the same passion as we had. I began to laugh and Corey covered my mouth quickly. We sat their in silence trying not to laugh too loudly while we heard sounds of slurping and then a zipper. As I heard this I burst out laughing that I'm sure they heard me.
"Who's there?" I heard Parker's voice call out. As she began to come down the stairs looking to see who it was we ran out onto Corey's floor. When we finally reached his apartment I collapsed against the wall breathing heavily entangled with laughter.
"Wow, okay that was close to a very interesting situation!" I said wiping my eyes from the huge amount of laughter.
"Yeah I know I'm just glad that wasn't us up there and them down where we were." Corey looked around trying to stop breathing so heavily. "So, we can't exactly go back up the stairs to your apartment, and the elevator's broken down again as usual, so what do you want to do?"
"Well, as I see it, we have two options. We could head back out for dinner or go into your place?" I said giving him the only two things on my mind.
"Let's go into my place." He said with a sly grin. I followed him into the small apartment and into his bedroom. He sat on his bed and I sat down beside him.
"Hi," I began looking around nervously.
"Hi," he repeated and then pulled me into a tender kiss. We fell back against his bed and just stayed there kissing each other gently. After a good hour I stopped him from going any further.
"Listen Corey, I don't think I'm ready to push forward much more," I began but he cut me off.
"Lizzie, I don't want to push you away, so just stop me if things get too heated. Besides I've never really gone THAT much further anyway." He blushed slightly and looked around the room avoiding my eyes.
"Thanks Corey, I appreciate it." At this point he turned back to look at me and we began kissing again, his hands underneath my shirt exploring my back. After awhile we stopped to go watch a movie on his couch. We snuggled together and eventually fell asleep.
The next morning I awoke with Corey's arm around my waist almost protectively. I pulled his arm up slowly and escaped his grasp without him waking up. I kissed his lips tenderly and left his apartment to go to my own.
As I climbed the stairs I noticed something white over the stairs closer to my level and just stepped over it knowing what it had been from. As I reached my apartment I heard and excited scream and a lot of movement in my apartment. I wasn't sure what to expect so I opened the door to peak to avoid any more compromising situations. I pushed the door openly when I saw Miranda dancing around happily.
She noticed me and ran over giving me a tight hug. "Lizzie, I'm not pregnant," she said still hugging me tightly.
"That's great Mir, have you told Lance yet?" I asked pulling away.
"Not yet, I was just about to go see him. Did you want to come to go visit Corey?" she looked at me and a smirked.
"Actually I just came from there. And before you start making assumptions, we fell asleep watching a movie, so nothing happened!" I smiled seeing Miranda's eyes light up and then fade.
"Well good, because you never want to have had a situation like mine. Good for you and your dull sex life Lizzie! All hail the queen of reservation and abstinence!" Miranda shouted through our apartment.
I began to laugh and just shook my head at her.
"So does this mean you're going to be more careful?" I asked with concern.
"Yes Lizzie, I'm going to be very careful from now on. Lance and I have decided no matter what happens we would start dating like normal people to get to know eachother on an emotional and spiritual level!" she stated and then broke out into a fit of laughter. "But I'm completely serious about the stopping of the sex I just need a break and should maybe be in a real relationship before I decide to do IT again. And I have you to thank!" She gave me a tight hug and smiled broadly.
"As happy as I am for you, don't be like a nun, I mean I just wanted you to, you know, be more careful. Don't stop being yourself just because of me!"
"I've wanted to get out of my whorish routine lately anyway; it just felt so unhappy and empty, pleasurable, yet empty. So now I'm off to tell Lance our great news!"
Miranda skipped off like she used to do when we were five. As I watched her 'hop' out the door I realized I had just met a new Miranda, one that was more aware of life, love and being truly happy.
I looked around the apartment for some food but found nothing so I decided to go to my room and study for my up-coming physics quiz. I could of course, one to study with Corey, but I certainly didn't need his distraction. I needed to study and do well to avoid a failure so my parents wouldn't murder me.
I went to my books and began reading over all of the material, but after a few hours of studying, yes I can study for a few hours at a time, I got a bit distracted at the figure out my window.
As I peered through the curtains I saw someone very familiar that I hadn't seen since high school. As the figure turned around to study his surroundings I realized it was someone I had loved for a big chunk of my life- David Gordon!
A/N: Ohh! What do you guys think of the little twist I put in there? Let me know! Thanks!