I Love You

It was the night of the play. We already went through the part where I got the lead role and all that stuff. Lash and I sang 'our song', as we called it now. The play ended, and Lash asked me to go to the Paper Lantern, and I accepted. We sat there in silence until he asked me a question.

"Alexandria Elizabeth Hill," he got down on one knee, "would you.." We got looks from the people in the Chinese restaurant, including Warren Peace, who worked there.

"Would you go to Homecoming with me?" I sighed, thanking he didn't ask me to marry him or something.

"Yeah, of course." I was really excited about homecoming. It was the first big dance of the school year. It was also the first dance where I got to dress up all fancy like, too. After the meal, which was excellent, Lash said he had a surprise for me. He walked me out of the restaurant and to his car. We drove a little ways out of the city limits, until we hit this forest. He parked the car near the edge of the forest. He got out, walked to my door, opened it for me, and helped me out.

"Why thank you."

"Your welcome." We walked through the forest until we got to this clearing, where if you sat down on the grass, you could see the sky perfectly. There was a cooler next to a big blanket laid down on the ground. There was another blanketfolded next to the cooler.

"What is this?"

"I wanted to have a special night, just the two of us."

"Aw." I gave him a kiss. We walked over to the blanket and sat down.

"What's with the cooler, we already had dinner?"

"We didn't have dessert." He pulled out a carton of ice cream, one big bowl, two spoons, and some whipped cream, chocolate syrup, and a jar of cherries.

"I didn't know what kind of ice cream you liked, so I just got vanilla bean."

"I love vanilla bean!"

"Wow, I'm a good guesser." I laughed at him. We put the whole carton of ice cream into the bowl. He put the chocolate syrup on, then the whipped cream, then two cherries on top.

"Dig in." We both took our spoons and ate the ice cream. We ate the majority of it. He fell back on the blanket, and I followed suit. I positioned myself so that my legs were over his, and my head was resting on his chest.

"This was nice, thank you."

"Your welcome. I just wanted to do something special for you."

"You didn't have to."

"Yeah, but I wanted to. Alexa?"

"Hmm?"

"I love you."

"I love you, too." I started to shiver.

"Are you cold?"

"A little." He grabbed the folded blanket and shook it out, so it wasn't folded anymore. He covered us with it. I fell asleep, in Lash's arms, with a smile on my face.