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If Only
Chapter 5
"Race you back," hewhispered and her heart sunk after hearing his words. She peered down at the water, not paying attention to what may happen next. While pulling his lips away from her ear, he placed a gentle kiss upon her cheek and before she could protest, he quickly swam towards the pier. In astonishment, she placed her hand on the cheek, where he had placed a warm kiss. She could feel the burning feeling of his lips and floated in the water for a few moments watching him swim away towards the pier. 'He kissed my cheek... why? He has kissed my cheek before, but... I don't know, this time was different,' she thought as she watched him reach the pier and hang on the ladder, resting and slowly lowering his eyelids, smiling to himself. As soon as she collected herself she squealed on the inside. 'I cant wait to tell Libby! She's gonna freak!' and she made her way towards the pier.
'Here she comes... don't panic, what could she possibly do? It's just Cindy... oh, yeah...Cindy, the karate champion! Great... what if she is upset? Should I try to run? No, I cant outrun her,' a small voice inside him spoke, 'what if she isn't 'huh? Of course she will be upset!' she may not be 'what do you know' more than you think 'how?' tell her...' the voice soon faded away. 'ok' After his talk with himself, he looked up to see Cindy already on the pier looking down at him, smiling.
"Hey you," and when she spoke his heart skipped a beat.
"H-hey, how did you get up there without me seeing you!" he asked and she shrugged.
"You were daydreaming, or something. What were you thinking about?" she asked with puppy dog eyes. He felt his heart melt at the attractive view he had of her with the sun laying a soft glow upon her gentle features. He was at a loss for words and he wasn't sure how she would react to the truth.
"Oh, uh..." he had no idea how to explain to her his thought process, much less how to tell her what he feels for her. Only one thing came to mind. "Are you upset that I kissed you..." his eyes trailing down to the shiny water surface, too afraid to look at her, much less listen to her response that he was sure would tear him in two, if she didn't do that herself.
"Why would I be upset, Jimmy? I know we argue, but we are still friends, aren't we?" he couldn't believe it, she wasn't yelling. 'Maybe I have a chance after all,' he thought, but she soon cut in. "To tell you the truth,... I kinda liked it" he still couldn't believe his ears. 'Did she say what I think she said?' he asked himself. He just hung there on the ladder looking up at her lying on the pier on her stomach gazing down at him with a pleasant smile on her face, his mouth agape. The words he said next not only shocked him but amazed him at how well he could say them.
"Can I take you for a walk after dinner? I want to tell you something important and I know just the place," he said as he slowly ascended up the ladder towards her. She sat up as he reached the top of the ladder and smiled at her. To him it looked like she was thinking about her answer but little did he know.
'Did he just ask me on a date? Am I dreaming? What does he need to tell me?... wow, I definitely need to talk to Libby. Oh yeah, he's waiting for an answer,...' he watches her as she utters a sigh, 'if only he could know what I was thinking, he could see my answer... ugh, that word... if...,' she smiles brightly at him, "I would love to," she answers with happiness in her voice that pierces his heart. Not being able to take his eyes off her, he climbs the rest of the way up, onto the pier and stands above her, holding out his hand. She gladly takes it and he helps her up. They stand hand in hand for a moment before she begins to pull her hand away, but he gently squeezes it and begins leading her up to the beach and over to the blanket where Sheen and Libby are. The entire way both could feel the tingles in their hands. As they reach the blanket he softly lets her hand slide from his and walks over to Sheen and sits next to him, who is beside Libby. She gives Cindy a knowing look as she turns to her best friend, who is putting a towel around her waist.
"Hey girl, what's going on?" Libby asks with a sly grin on her face. Cindy looks over at the two boys quietly chatting.
"Can we talk, somewhere else?" she asks looking back at her best friend with a slight sign of fear in her voice. Libby notices and nods as they get up and walk over to the girls bathroom not to far from the boys. As soon as they enter Cindy starts talking.
"Libby, I have so much to tell you! Today was great! We got along almost all day!" Libby just smiled as she continued, "Well, after you left Jimmy and I went to get changed so we could go swimming and guess what? He said my bikini looked hot!" she practically screamed. Libby's eyes grew wide with excitement.
"What? No way! Well, you do look cute, are you sure he said hot," when she said this Cindy gave her a disapproving smile.
"Yes! And after that we were in the water and he kissed my cheek!" and this time Cindy squealed with delight.
"Oh My Gosh! Are you kidding me?" cried Libby, taking Cindy's hands in her own.
"I know! And that's not the best part! He asked me on a date!" but this time Cindy literally screamed the last sentence and threw her arms in the air. Then collected Libby's hands once again and whispered to her, "He has something he wants to tell me and he said it is important..." Cindy looked deeply into her best friends brown eyes, silently asking for help. Libby took a deep breathe before answering.
"Okay girl, listen up. If he asked you on a date, then what he wants to tell you has to be good..." but before she could finish Cindy cut in.
"But what if it isn't? What if he says he has and girlfriend and we can't be together? What if he doesn't feel the same way? What if he has horrible news, like he is going to college early or something? What if-" but Libby cut her rambling short.
"If, if, if, what did I tell you about that word! Every time you use it, you use it negatively, what if he doesn't have a girlfriend and wants to be together? What if he does feel the same way? What if he has good news? Did you ever think of that? You need to stop thinking so darn negative!" and after her speech, Libby notices a tears coming from Cindy's eyes "Oh, girl I'm sorry..."
"No, your right Libby, thanks," she replies and pulls her best friend into caring hug. When they pull away, Libby hands her a tissue.
"You don't want Jimmy to see you crying, do you?" Libby says as Cindy blows her nose and wipes away a few escaping tears.
"No," she replies softly and wipes most of her tears away, "I don't, but um, Libby? What did you and Sheen do today?" she asks wiping away the last of her tears and gaining her composure. Libby smiles and tells her about her day with Sheen. How they went for a walk and sat on the beach, looking out over the lake in each others arms. About how Sheen told her that she was his Ultra queen in his life and he deeply cared for her.
"Wow, Libs, you had an exciting day too, huh?" and with that said both girls began giggling like little school girls. They gave each other one last reassuring hug before changing into their regular clothes and heading out the door. When they arrived back at the blanket, they found the boys already dressed. Jimmy in a short sleeve black shirt with his atomic logo in white on the center of it with a pair of comfortable jeans and clean white shoes. Sheen still hadn't outgrown Ultralord, but now wore a blank short sleeve blue shirt and baggy black jeans with his signature blue sneakers. And Carl had returned with the goofiest smile on his face.
"So Carl, how did your day go?" asked Libby while helping Sheen load the beach chairs and some other materials they brought into his dark blue car.
"I met the nicest girl in the world and I'm taking her to a buffet later," he replied while packing the last of his things into the trunk of his car. "Is it okay if I don't go to dinner with you guys like I said I would?" he asked opening the door to his pale orange car.
"Of course, Carl. Go and have a good time," replied Jimmy as he helped Cindy load the cooler into the trunk of his red convertible. "We'll meet you guys at the restaurant at 8, after I pick up Cindy," he told Libby and Sheen before waving goodbye and getting into his car. He waited as Cindy threw her bag into the back seat and got into the passenger's seat. She closed the door and put on her seatbelt while he started the car. Jimmy waited as his friends pulled out and headed towards downtown Retroville. He turned to her as he spoke.
Well that's enough for one chapter, huh? Oh, and please, if anything doesn't make sense or you don't like my writing style, please tell me. I will try to fix it, I promise.
