Disclaimer: I don't own anything, I only own Kirsten and the people you haven't heard of, so please don't take them away! Author's Notes: I really don't know anything about tai chi so please excuse me. Finally an update! Thanks to my proofreader for fixing all of my mistakes! Enjoy!

CHAPTER 4: GETTING CLOSER TO EACH OTHER

Sunshine's POV

I pulled my car up to Kirsten's driveway and turned off the engine. Gerry was backing out, I guess to go pick up Emma. He waved to me and I waved back. Kirsten came out the front door, her long blonde hair pulled back into a bun and her brown eyes sparkling, "Hey Sunshine," she said as she got into the car, "my mother's watching us so you can't kiss me."

I smiled and started the car, "Does your mother know about us?"

"She knows that we went out on a date, yes, but other than that, I haven't told her anything. Gerry knows but then again, he's my twin."

"You guys share a bond?"

"Yeah. Gerry always seems to know what I'm thinking," she said grinning.

We pulled up at the stop sign at the end of her street, "How about now?"

"Now's fine."

I smiled and leant over and kissed her. It felt so good to be able to do that.

Ten minutes later, I pulled my car into my spot in the student parking lot. Getting out, I opened the door for Kirsten.

"We got here early, Sunshine," she said noting the time.

"I know. I'm sorry. I like to practice my tai chi before school. I'm sorry but I forgot to tell you."

"Don't say sorry it's fine, Sunshine," she said lively.

"You sure?"

"Yeah. Give me your books and I'll sit here and watch you."

I smiled as I hand her my books, "Thank you," I said as I kissed her cheek.

A half an hour later, I was done. People were starting to look at me but I could really care less, I could practise my Tai Chi were I wanted. I don't care what anyone thinks of me. I grab my books from Kirsten and take her hand, "what did you think?" I asked.

"Pretty cool. It was really relaxing to watch," she said, squeezing my hand.

"I'm glad that you liked it. You'll have to try it some morning."

"Give me a few more days, okay, Sunshine. Hey Gerry!" she called.

"Hey Kirsten, Sunshine. I can see that Sunshine picked up you this morning," Gerry says, walking up to us with Julius behind him.

"Of course he did. Unlike some people, he keeps his promises," she said, shooting a mock glare at Gerry, "Hey Julius."

"Kirsten. Sunshine, you ready for practice today?" Julius asks.

"I'm never ready for practice, Julius," I said before turning to look at Kirsten, "Do you have practice today?"

"Yeah. We're playing our last game in two days so Coach wants to make sure that we're on top of our game."

"Do you want to meet somewhere after practice?" I asked.

"I don't know, Sunshine. I don't know if I'm going to have much homework but how about if I met you at the locker room and we'll talk? Is that okay?" she asks.

"That's fine," I said as the bell rings. Taking her hand, we followed Gerry and Julius into homeroom. After homeroom was over, we walk together to our first class, English. We had started work on our project on Saturday, we hung out at the library and got some work done. After English was over, I walk her to her next class, Chemistry. Once we are there, I kiss her on the cheek, "I'll see you at lunch."

"See you later, Sunshine." She said and smiling at me before heading into her class.

I smiled and head to my own class. Petey, Blue, and I all have Pre-Calculus together so I headed in to the classroom and sat in the back with them. "Hey guys."

"Hey Sunshine." Blue said cheerfully.

"Sunshine, how are you brother?" Petey asks.

"Fine."

"That's good. Have you heard about Homecoming yet?" Petey asks.

"Petey, how did you hear about Homecoming?" Blue questioned.

"Jenny's on the committee and she mentioned some stuff to me this morning." He says, smiling.

"Yeah, what did she mention?" I asked.

"Well, we're playing Southington that night and then we are having the dance. During the week, the school is doing all sorts of stuff." He says.

"You asking Jenny to the dance?" I asked Petey.

"Of course, man. I'm going to take a wild guess and assume that you're taking Kirsten with you." He said ducking as I chucked my notebook at him.

"You know, I really hadn't thought about it."

"Well, man, you had better get thinkin' about it." Petey said as the bell rings and the class began.

As Mrs. Leroy began the class, I wasn't really paying attention. Now that Petey's mentioned it, I should ask Kirsten to Homecoming, we were spending a lot of time together. We didn't have Homecoming at my old school so I didn't know much about it but I know with Petey's help and the rest of the team, things would go fine.

Forty-five minutes later, the bell rang and I headed to my next class. My three other classes went by fast. Finally lunch came and I headed towards the cafeteria and saw Kirsten and Abby, I sat down next to her and grabbed the apple off of her tray.

She turned around and shoot me a glare, "Sunshine, are you stealing my food?" she asks.

"No. I'm just eating it."

"Like that makes it better," she stated smiling.

I laugh and pull out my sandwich, cookies, and water. Kirsten reaches over and grabs the cookies. I look at her and say, "Kirsten, are you stealing my food?"

"No, just eating it." She laughs and hands me one of the cookies, "We'll share." She said kissing my cheek before turning to talk to Abby.

I hear laughing behind me and I turn around to find Gerry, Julius, Rev, Blue and Allan laughing at me. "What's so funny, guys?"

"You and my baby sister, that's what, Sunshine." Gerry said smiling at me.

"You sure that you're okay with this, Gerry?" I ask him.

"As long as you treat her well, I don't have a problem," he said before turning the conversation to football.

"Sunshine, I need to talk to you," Kirsten said, grabbing my hand and pulling me off of the bench.

"Where are we going?" I asked, following her as she leads me outside.

She walks over to a secluded area of the courtyard outside of the cafeteria. She pushes me against the wall and stands up on her toes to kiss me gently, "I have been waiting all morning to do that," she said and smiling at me.

I stare into her brown eyes, which are sparkling in the light, "me too," I said as I leant down to kiss her.

A few minutes later the bell rang, "Crap. I've got to get to history," she says.

"And I can't be late for physics," I said as I kiss her cheek, "I'll see you later." I said as I left.

"Bye Sunshine," she called as I walked away.

I smiled at her and hurried back into the lunchroom to grab my books. Today was a good day, but then again, wasn't everyday a good day since I started dating Kirsten?

*** Kirsten's POV:

At the end of the day, I head down towards the locker room. I really don't have much homework tonight and I'm hoping that Coach would keep practice short. I saw Gerry coming towards me and I smiled.

"Hey Kirsten."

"Hi Gerry. Have you seen Sunshine?"

"No. You going to volleyball practice?" he asks.

"Yeah. Tell Mom that I'll be home late. I think that Sunshine and I are going out after practice."

"You're telling your brother that we're going out but you can't even bother to ask your boyfriend if that's okay? Some times you make no sense, Kirsten," I smiled as I heard Sunshine's voice behind me.

I turn around to look at him, his blond hair messed up and his blue eyes sparkling. "Well, you said that you wanted to go out tonight so I'm making plans so that Mom won't have a fit when I don't come home."

"That's my sister," Gerry said laughing, "always covering her butt."

Sunshine smiled and looke at Gerry, "We had better go or else we won't be playing anytime soon. I'll meet you back here when you're done with practice. If practice isn't over, come to the field and we can head out from there." Sunshine says.

"That's fine. Don't be late for practice." I said heading down to the girls' locker room.

Two an a half hours later, I headed out of the gym. Walking out into the cool, late afternoon autumn air, I look down at the football field. Sure enough, Coach Boone still had them practicing. I smiled and head back inside to get changed. After getting changed and saying good-bye to Abby and a few of my other friends, I headed down to the football field. I'll never miss a chance to watch some cute guys running around in their tight shorts. I sat down on the bleachers and smiled when I see that Sunshine was running the field at quarterback. I guess that Boone decided to give Rev a break and use Sunshine.

Fifteen minutes later, the whistle blows and practice was over. Sunshine must have seen me because he came over, "Hey Kirsten."

"Nice job out there, Ronnie," I said patting him on the back.

"Thank you," he said holding out his hand so that I wouldn't fall down the bleachers.

I take one look at his hand and stand up, "I'm not hugging, kissing or touching you until you get cleaned up."

He looks at his dirty uniform and smiles, "Come on, Kirsten, I'm not that dirty."

"Yes you are," I said as we began to walk towards the locker room.

Petey came running up and pulled my ponytail, "so we finally got you down on the football field, Kirsten? I bet that you just wanted to watch all of the cute guys run around in tight pants."

I turn around and grab Petey's uniform, "I will have you know, Petey Jones, that I was down here because volleyball practice is over, not because I watched to watch you guys run around in tight pants. Though Sunshine does have a cute butt," I said as I released his uniform and kept walking.

Everyone who had heard what I said to him started laughing, Sunshine included. "Looks like you got beat, Petey," he says and laughs.

"You just watch where you go with this girl, Sunshine, 'cause she's a hothead."

"Petey Jones!" I said shocked turning around to look at him, "I am not a hothead! You take that back."

"It was a joke, Kirsten sweet cakes," he said grinning, "you know that I'm just messing with you, right, Kirsten, honey?"

"Of course I do, Petey," I said as the guys reached the door to the locker room, "Sunshine, I'll see you at your car," I said as I turn around and headed to the car.

Fifteen minutes later, I saw Sunshine heading towards me, his letterman jacket on and his blond hair blowing in the breeze.

"Hey," he said kissing me.

"You looked good out there," I said as he unlocked the car door for me and I got in, "So do you have a plan for tonight?"

"Not really. What time do you have to be home by?" he asks, starting the car.

"By ten," I said as an idea comes to me, "I have an idea. Why don't we go grab a bite to eat at McDonalds and then I'll take you to go see my horses?"

"Sounds like a great idea." He says, pulling out of the parking lot.

After grabbing a quick meal at McDonalds, we were heading to my barn. I gave Sunshine directions and soon we pulled up in front of a small barn with plenty of pasture area around it.

I got out the of the car and wait for him to join me, "So how many horses do you have?" he asked, taking my hand as I lead him inside the barn.

"Two. Mom and I both like to ride, so we'll come out here together sometimes and ride together, but most of the time it's just me. Come on." I say, leading him down the main hallway back to a secluded part of the barn. There are two stalls there, "Hey Figment," I said patting his nose as he pops his head up. I open the stall down and go in, "This is Figment of Imagination, also know as Figment. He's the one that I usually ride. Mom rides Beautiful Melody, who's in the next stall." I said as I gently rubbed Figment's nose.

"This is so cool, Kirsten," Sunshine said excitedly.

"Do you want to pet him?" I asked.

"Sure," he said even more excited than before.

I grab Figment's halter and lead the big horse over the stall door, "Hold out your hand," I said as Sunshine stuck his hand out. "Good. Now, just rub his nose. He won't bite," I promised.

Sunshine rubbed Figment's nose. Looking at me, he smiled, "That is so cool, Kirsten."

I smiled up at him, "I'm glad that you think it's so cool." I said and let go of Figment's halter. Figment went back to munching his hay. I quickly come back out of the stall and closed the door.

"How often do you ride?"

"I'm usually here every Sunday. Mom and I come down and ride together and then she watches when I have my lesson with Shellie."

"Could I come watch sometime?" he asks.

"Sure. What are you doing on Sunday?" I asked as we start walking back towards the car.

"Nothing. Why?"

"I don't have a lesson on Sunday and it's pretty quiet. Would you like to try riding?" I ask, looking at him.

He thinks it over for a minute before a slow smile spreads over his face, "That would be great Kirsten. I've never tried riding a horse before," he adds.

"Good," I said. It will be grand to share my passion with someone else, someone like Sunshine. Gerry doesn't seem to like horses so it's usually Mom and I, but it will be great to have some else to share it with.

END OF CHAPTER 4.

Next time: Sunshine's riding lesson. Please tell me what you think. Good? Bad? Please let me know.