Chapter 3

Crystal stood just outside a store and looked at her watch. She looked up again and smiled, seeing Bam coming her way.

"Bam!" She waved to him.

He looked up and smiled brightly as he made it to where she was.

"Hi Crystal!"

He almost cringed over the tone in his voice. He hadn't expected to sound as excited to see her like he did, and it took him by surprise.

It had only been the day before since they've seen each other last, but when he saw her he had a giddy feeling, like they hadn't seen each other in weeks. It was the same kind of feeling he got in school if he happened to run into a girl he had a crush on in the hall way.

"You made it." Crystal giggled "So… what do you want to do?"

"I don't know. I thought we were just going to talk."

"Talk? That doesn't sound like a very Bam Margera thing to do."

"What do you mean?"

"I just thought we would do something more exciting than just talk."

"Oh." He laughed.

"Well we can think of something fun to do. Come on." He said as he started walking.

"Where are you going?"

"Nowhere really. I just figured we might be able to come up with something to do easier if we were moving."

"Ok. Sure beats hanging out in front of a store."

The two of them spent most of the afternoon hanging out. They walked, talked, laughed, played arcade games, roamed a local mall (dodged screaming fans at the mall) and even stopped by a skate park for a while.

They were acting like long-lost friends who were catching up after years of being apart, and that's how it felt to them. Bam felt so close to her, like he could get away with anything with her, and that he could trust her with his most intimate secrets.

He felt as close to her as he did with Jenn, and it was only the first full day he was spending with Crystal.

Crystal was about to step off of the curb, but Bam held her back with one hand.

"Where are you going?" He chuckled as he pointed to the crosswalk sign that said "Don't Walk" "You trying to get hit by a car?"

"Oh I guess that wouldn't be good, now would it?" She smiled at him and flirtatiously batted her eye lashes.

"My hero!"

"What?" He asked with a laugh

"You saved me from getting hit by the cars."

He glanced away from her briefly, and then looked into her eyes. He turned his head down, hoping that he wasn't blushing.

"What?" She asked, causing him to look back up to her "You seem bashful all of the sudden."

"It's just uh…" He turned his head so he could whisper in her ear.

"I want to kiss you so bad right now. But I can't."

"Why not?" She whispered back

"Because, people will see. And the news will get back to Jenn faster than it would take for that sign to change."

"Oh… your girlfriend. I forgot about her."

"Yeah well… I didn't." He sighed and looked straight ahead.

The sign changed and he two of them crossed the street. As they continued to walk down the side walk, Bam tried to fight his urge to hold Crystal's hand.

He also was trying to fight his urge to grab her, throw her against a nearby building, and plant a big wet kiss on her lips.

It began to rain, and Bam and Crystal had no where to go to keep dry. They ran, trying to dodge the falling rain, with no such luck.

They wound up ducking under an awning, and laughed over the fact that avoiding the rain was pointless since they were all ready soaked. Crystal rang out her wet hair and began to shiver.

"You cold? Here." Bam wrapped his arms around her, trying to warm her up

"This would work better if we weren't both drenched."

"Yeah I suppose you're right." He said as he began to shiver as well.

"You know? We're right by the hotel I'm staying in. Why don't we go to my room so we can dry off?"

"Ok."

They broke apart and headed to the hotel.

Bam came out of the bathroom holding two white hotel towels. He handed one towel to Crystal, helping her wrap it around her, and used the other one to dry himself off.

"I'm sorry that I don't have anything for you to change into. I normally don't bring clothes when I fly somewhere. Prevents the airports from losing my luggage."

"Then what do you do in situations like this? Wear the wet clothes any way?"

"Well… if I have to I'll just buy some new clothes. It's no big deal."

"Yeah I suppose it wouldn't be for someone like you."

Bam spread his towel over the top of the bed before he sat down. He looked up at Crystal, who was wrapping her wet hair in the towel.

"So… are you just going to stand there?" He asked, trying not to sound too suggestive towards anything

"Oh you mean I get to sit somewhere?" She teased

"Yeah… of course. Sit anywhere you like."

"Fine I will."

She sat down on the towel next to Bam. Bam placed his hands behind him and leaned back a little. He looked at Crystal and saw what she was wearing. Her lightly colored t-shirt was still very much wet, and clinging closely to her body.

Her skirt, which was made out of stretchy jean-like material, seemed to have shrunk and sunken into her legs, like shrink wrap packaging. A piece of her hair stuck out of the towel and a drop of water fell from it, neatly landing on her bare arm.

When he turned his eyes up toward her face, he saw that she was watching the water drop from his hair as well. Their eyes met and then they slowly moved in close to each other for a kiss.