With Me-Lonestar
Sometimes I fell just like I'm a fly in a soup(oh)
Sometimes I fell like I'm on top of the heap
Sometimes I fell like I'm the king of a castle
Sometimes I fell like just a bump on the street
I saw a shooting star. From my position, you couldn't have missed it. I watched some more, counting. 12...13...14, 15...16. I felt a gentle grasp on my hand, and I twisted my head.
A set of chocolate eyes were staring me down. I caught a 17th star pass in his eyes. I blinked a few time, and recieved the full 1000-watts. I snuggled closer, so close the only thing that would get us apart was surgery. Or Tank, which ever came first.
But chances of that were slim. Ranger sorta "snuck out" of the office and we took the first chance we could. I never imagined a 7 hour drive to Maine would be this wonderful.
(chorus)
When you're with me, I feel like singing
It's like I'm swinging the whole planet on the end of my chain
Oh when you kiss me, my head starts spinnin'
It's like you're sendin' the adrenelin straight to my brain
And it feels right as rain, all my worries wash away
When you're with me
I felt like a teenager again. I remember sneaking boyfriends in and snuggleing with them, not like this, on my bed and hope I wouldn't get caught. I never did, thankfully.
I took a deep breath of fresh air. Last time I had it this good, I was on a ventalator at the hospital after my last attemt to fly. I was nine, too. The porch light reflected off the lake. The only light, with the exception of the moon, which couldn't have been perfecter.
You are a lazy summer day on a porch swing
You are a night running wild on the town
My red Ferarri racing me down a back street
My pick-me-up when I'm a little bit down
No matter where I go, whatever dice I roll, baby this I know
Amazingly, in the last three days we had behaved ourselves. We spent most of our time out here.
There had been a boat tied up on the dock when we had first pulled up. He untied the knot and helped me in. The cabin was secluded. And he wasn't lying. The cabin was on a square of land, surrouded by trees, the trees surrounded by a lake.
There were a few separate rooms in the cabin itself, along with a kictchen, living room, and 20 square foot bathroom. There was a shed attatched to the kitchen where there sould have been a garage. But seening as it would take nothing short of God to get a truck on the "island", it was a shed.
I was taught how to catch a fish, gut a fish, cook a fish, and then I was forced to eat it. I was never fond of fish, but it took on a whole new meaning when I had cooked it myself. I did testing too, diping it in catsup, hot sauce, ranch dressing, mustard and many other condiments that I couldn't keep down.
(chorus)
When you're with me, I feel like singing
It's like I'm swinging the whole planet on the end of my chain
Oh when you kiss me, my head starts spinnin'
It's like you're sendin' the adrenelin straight to my brain
And it feels right as rain, all my worries wash away
When you're with me
I learned alot about the man of mystery. His favorite color was orange. He was the bag boy at the corner grocery store until he joined the Rangers. His daughter was named Elizabeth, and he saw her once every month for a single weekend, usually the weekends he had a job some place else. That explained the sudden dissapearences.
He was born in '68, making him 36, 3 years older than me. His birthday, strangely, was the exact same day as Grandma Mazur's. I didn't have the heart to tell him that, though. Some secrets were best left secret.
Ranger rolled over, quickly pinning me to the wet grass with two arms framing my shoulders and his knees on either side of my hip. I closed my eyes, and he leaned closer and kissed the bridge of my nose. I took it upon myself to reach up and rub his ribs softly, which is where I learned he was tickilish.
I could hear a cell phone ring from inside the house. With a bigger grin than with which he started with, he climbed off of me and answered it.
"Yo." He said, and stepped back ouside.
Something was said on the other side, and I could see Ranger wince in the shadows. "Needed a break."
"Where are you!" I heard Tank grouch over the line.
"That's for me to know, and maybe one day, you'll find out." Ranger smirked back.
"Where's bombshell?" Tank demanded. I was a little shocked that he even noticed I was missing.
"With me." Ranger said, slammed the phone shut, and tossed it into the lake.
