"Mom. I'm going swimming at Emily's today," Casey said eating breakfast.
Hmm. Swimming at Emily's. Sounds fun.
"I'm going, too!" I chimed in.
"What? No. I don't want you there," Casey argued.
"I bet Emily does," I said waving the phone around menacingly.
"Derek!" I dialed Emily's number and waited and waited. Someone answered and I turned the volume up, so Casey can hear the other end.
"Hello?" Emily said on the other end of the phone.
"Emily! Hey, it's Derek."
"Derek? Oh! Hi! What's up? I mean, well.. umm. Hey."
"I heard Casey was going over to swim..."
"Yep."
"And I was wondering if I could join you. It's hot like Texas and I guess we really need a cool down."
"Oh! Of course! Yes! I mean.. Yeah, that's cool," she said.
"Alright. See you then. Bye." I hung up the phone before Emily started yelling 5 minute long goodbyes. I looked over at Casey and smirked at her.
"Ugh. Fine. Be ready by 1," Casey said finishing her breakfast and going upstairs.
I stayed in my room all day reading a magazine, until about 10 minutes to 1:00. I stood up and put on my swim trunks and slid down the banister to find Casey waiting by the door.
"Ready?"
"Yep, let's go! You know we've got to beat that next-door traffic!" I said smirking. Casey just rolled her eyes and stomped out the door. I followed her and called into the house to make sure they knew we were gone before I locked the door.
I crossed their lawn to find a very angry Casey on the other side.
"Derek. Don't mess up their lawn. This is one of the many reason why the Davis' hate you."
"Well, it's easier to cross the lawn. You, on the other hand, walk all the way down the driveway, on the sidewalk and back up the Davis' driveway. It's way too long, and its not like your body needs the exercise." I said before winking at her. She rolled her eyes and started walking. I followed her around the house and into the back fence. Emily walked in from the back door of the house.
"Hey Casey.. Hey Derek," she said walking in with a pitcher of lemonade.
"Hmm. Did you redo the landscape here? It looks way different!" I said scanning her backyard.
"Yeah, we umm.. we. well, we.." she stammered.
"Ugh. They changed the tiles around the pool, added a few more trees and some outdoor furniture," Casey interrupted.
"Yeah. What she said." Emily said finally finding her cool.
I didn't hesitate to take off my shirt and dive into the pool. Emily hitting the jacuzzi first. Casey taking a book out of her bag and laying down by the pool and started reading.
"Are you serious?" I yelled at the edge of the pool.
"What?"
"You come here to read?"
"No, I just really need to finish this chapter and tan, a little bit, and then I'll come in," she said without taking her eyes off the book. I gave up and started swimming some laps. Half and hour later, Casey still reading, I got out of the pool and took a seat next to her. She didn't notice I was sitting there, so I poured myself a cup of the last bit of lemonade.
"Oh. Let me go refill that!" Emily said taking the pitcher inside. Casey turned around at the sound of the door closing, as she turned back around, she saw me sitting there.
"Oh geez! You scared me!"
"I was sitting here for the past 10 minutes.." I said smugly.
"Oh. Okay," she said. But I could tell that was not all she wanted to say. I stared at her more intensely. "Okay. This has been on my mind since my birthday. What was with that kiss?"
"What kiss?"
She looked bewildered, "'What kiss'? You know what kiss I'm talking about. You're the one who kissed me."
I knew very well what kiss she was talking about. But after she walked out the door without saying anything, I figured she just wanted to forget about it. So I did.
"I don't know what you're talking about.." I said laying back in the chair. She stood up furiously.
"Are you serious? Derek! You don't show up at all during my birthday, I walk into your room asking for an explanation. You walk up and kiss me! And now you're acting like it never even happened. Too late, Derek! It did! Face the facts!" she said pacing back and forth.
"Yes, I am serious, Casey. I don't know what kiss you're talking about. WHAT KISS?" I watched her pause for a moment. She took a very long sigh. I thought she was just getting ready to yell at me some more, but even louder. She took my arm and pulled me up. I didn't even know she was that strong. She put both her hands on my face and pulled it to hers.
It was a long, but meaningful, kiss. Nothing like the kisses I've had on dates with other girls. Most of them, I felt nothing. Few of them, I felt lust. But this one was different. It had some kind of meaning. It made me feel weird inside. I wrapped my arms around her waist and pulled her closer. She dropped her hands off my face and placed them on my shoulders. I brushed my tongue across her bottom lip, she replied by opening her mouth allowing entrance. I broke the kiss and started placing kisses along her jaw. She took a long sigh. I stopped kissing her neck and she let her head rest on my chest.
"Oh. That kiss," I whispered into her ear. We let go of eachother, but we were still standing about half an inch apart. Looking at each other, for what seemed like, eternity.
"Hey, guys," Emily said walking in with a brand new glass of lemonade.
"Oh. Hey, Em. Uhh. What took you so long?" Casey asked breaking our eye contact.
"Oh yeah. Sorry, my brother had stolen the lemons to make some kind of pyramid or something. I don't know."
"Hey Emily. Just wondering, but your kitchen is at the front of the house, right? WAYY away from the backyard? So that you can't even see the beautiful landscaping out here," I asked.
"Yeah, it's kind of weird how our house is built, but yep. That's how it is," she replied cluelessly.
"Emily. I don't feel good. I think I need to go home," Casey said getting her stuff together.
"You didn't even get to swim!" Emily argued.
"I know. I'm sorry. Maybe some other time. I mean, you do live right next door! I'll call you tonight. Derek, are you coming with me?"
"Um. I guess I am. Bye Emily," I said following Casey out.
"Bye!"
Once we were in the house, Casey took me the arm and pulled me up the stairs and into her room. She closed the door behind us and pushed me against it.
"Well, Casey. I must say, I really like this aggressive side to you," I managed to say before she kissed me roughly. I must say, after listening to Sam talk about how great of a kisser Casey was, I never believed him until today. I realized Casey had stopped kissing me and she was just standing there, her hands still on my shoulders.
"No. That kiss," she whispered.
Sorry it's short. I was trying to finish this before I had to leave today. But don't worry, I have big plans for the next chapter. So stay tuned and review.