Chapter 41: Back Together
Nebula pulled Ko close to her as they laughed. While she was laughing, Ko took out his phone and texted Rad and Nebula sighed once she calmed down. "Well, I better get going, my mommy is going to be worried if I don't get home by dinner time" Ko said as he got off the couch. "Need me to take you home?" Nebula asked. Ko shook his head and he went over to the front door. "Thanks though. I'll see you tomorrow Nebula" he said. He then hugged her and she opened the door for him. "See you Ko" she called. After he left, she closed the door and she smiled when she looked over at the flowers that Rad got her.
The next day at school, Nebula was at her locker getting her books for her next class. She suddenly felt a tap on her shoulder and she looked over to see Enid's shadow holding a folded up piece of paper. She took it and the shadow disappeared. "That was weird" she said as she closed the locker's door. She then walked into her next class and she opened the note. "Meet me at... what? At seven signed.. Rad?!" she read with surprise. The bell than rang and class began.
After school, Nebula ran home and she got dressed in a dark blue dress and dark blue make up before she hurried to meet Rad. Once she got there, she saw Rad holding a blue flower. He was wearing a white shirt with a mauve vest and a black tie and brown shoes. "Hi" she said with a nervous wave. Rad quickly walked over to her and he held the flower out. "Hi. I um" he said nervously as he held the flower near her hair. Nebula smiled and nodded. Rad gave her a small smile and he put the flower in her hair. "I almost forgot. You forgot your radio the other day" she said as she levitated the radio to him. "Thanks" he said as he set the radio on the ground.
"You look beautiful" he complimented. Nebula blushed and she slowly batted her eyelashes. "Thank you. You look rather handsome yourself" she responded. "Thanks. So. Um" Rad stuttered nervously. "You were always cute when you're nervous" she said with a giggle as she wrapped her arms around his neck. This caused Rad to blush even more. Nebula giggled even more. "I-I'm not cute" he said as he looked away. "Of course you are my pretty kitty" she cooed as she ran her fingers through his hair. "Says you my little minx" he said with a smirk as he put his hands on her hips. "That is if you want to be" he said as his eyes glanced away from her.
Nebula put a hand on his cheek and he looked at her. "I do" she said as she looked into his eyes. Rad smiled happily and he leaned in to kiss her. He was stopped by her putting a finger on his lips. "However, I have a few rules" she said seriously. Rad looked at her curiously. "Rule one. No flirting with other girls" she said as she held up one finger and Rad nodded. "Rule two. Be honest. I don't want you hiding anything from me" she said seriously as she held up two fingers. "Rule three. From now on, when we go on our holiday dates, it would be nice for you to dress up too. I don't want to be the only one that is nicely dressed anymore" she said as she held out three fingers. Rad then nodded. "Rule four. I get to choose where we go out on date night every other date" she said as she held out four fingers. Rad nodded and she continued. "Finally, Rule five. Try to dial down the wannabe one-dimensional jock attitude. I know that you're a sweet, kind, sensitive, hard working, and loving person. Not some hard headed, obnoxious, vain, egotistical, boastful, and lazy slacker" she said as she held out five fingers.
"Do you understand?" she asked him seriously as she looked straight into his eyes. Rad nodded vigorously and Nebula smiled. "Good and I know the perfect way to make it official" she said coyly. "Oh?" Rad inquired. Nebula smirked and she put her hand back on his shoulder. She then closed her eyes and leaned in. Rad quickly caught on to what she was doing and he quickly placed his lips on hers as he pulled her closer to him.
After a while, they pulled away. "So are we official again?" he asked. "What do you think? Or do I need to kiss you until you get my answer" Nebula responded boldly as she let out a short giggle. They then shared another kiss. When they pulled away, Rad held her closer to him and he laid his head on top of hers while she laid her head on his shoulder. "This is nice" Nebula said softly. "Mhm" Rad said and he put one hand on the back of her head and the other on the small of her back. They stayed like that for a while. "You know, the sun just set and the stars are going to be out soon. Are you in a hurry to get home?" he asked. "Not really" she said. "Wanna look for shooting stars with me?" he asked. "I'd love to" she said as she removed her head from his shoulder. "Wait here" Rad said as he pulled out of their embrace. He then ran off to his van. He came back with a small tape and two blankets. He laid down one of the blankets and levitated the tape into the radio. Once he put the other blanket down, he scooped her up into his arms and he sat down on the blanket with her on his lap. Nebula giggled and she levitated the other blanket around his shoulders. She then moved off his lap and sat next to him so that their legs were touching. Rad moved some of the blanket into his hand and he put his hand on Nebula's shoulder that was away from him. Nebula leaned into him as the stars appeared and Rad rubbed her outer arm lovingly as they gazed up at the stars.
After a long while, they saw a shooting star. "A shooting star! Make a wish" Nebula said excitedly as she closed her eyes tight and held her hands together in front of her. Rad glanced at her and he smiled before he closed his eyes. "Did you make a wish?" she asked. Rad shook his head. "Why not?" she asked curiously. Rad held her closer and he spoke.
"My wish already came true"