Chapter 16

It was three days later. They planned their first date for the 27th of December.

"You know, I thought after I asked her out that this thing about being nervous would go away." He told his parents as he was preparing for their first date, HIS first date. It was a strangely warm day for it to be winter, warm enough for Fox to pull the cover down on the convertible, he was glad he could finally pull it down again.

'Alright just calm down, just dress to keep yourself calm' Fox did so and threw on a pair of jeans and his Starfox uniform, with a new scarf. 'Wow that's better' He thought to himself. He passed his father in the hall on his way up front and he stopped him.

"The flight jacket does it for you doesn't it" Fox looked down at it and looked back up "You know, I can only wonder why I used to hate it" The two foxes laughed and his father told him "Good luck son" He gave him a thumbs up and Fox returned it and went up to the living room to see his mother before he left.

Vixy looked at him to see his choice of attire, "I think you made a good choice in your clothes honey, I think the flight jacket looks handsome on your father." Fox smiled and gave his mother a hug then walked out the door, feeling more prepared than he thought was possible. He drove down to Krystal's house and rang the doorbell.

'He's here! Oh my gosh I'm not even ready! Oh he's going to hate me for this, why does everything have to go bad on our first date?' She couldn't think of a single positive thing.

"Honey! Fox is here!" She could hear her mother calling. She panicked and didn't know what to do. "I'm not ready yet!" She called back. Fox breathed a sigh of relief as he and the older vixen laughed at both the young foxes. "Not ready yourself?" She asked as she let him in. "Uh well im probably as ready as I'll ever be, and that probably isn't saying much. I really thought that this getting nervous stuff would stop after I asked her out." Again they laughed while waiting on Krystal to finish getting ready.

"that's an interesting choice of clothing you have there." She told Fox. "Yeah I decided to mix it up a bit, I wanna be a pilot one day so I figured I could start getting the feel of it a little early." He talked with Krystal's mom for 15 minutes until Krystal came out into the living room.

"Hey Fox! I'm ready now!" He turned to see her and his jaw dropped. He had never seen her look so amazing. She had her fur brushed to the point of perfection, she had her hair brushed to the point of being glossy and shiny. And she had a red dress that actually went well with her blue fur, despite the difference in color. Fox opened his mouth to talk, but couldn't find anything to say.

"Uhhhhh…." Was all that was heard. She blushed and giggled at her new boyfriend's reaction. "I like your jacket." She told him, trying to get him to snap out of his trance. " Uh yeah, thanks. I- I uh… I really like that dress" The two blushed at each other.

Krystal's mom stood up "Well? You two had better get going now! You didn't plan on your date being here did you?" The two young foxes laughed and went out to the convertible.

At every red light and stop sign they had to stop at, Fox took every chance he had to steal a glance at Krystal. She noticed after a few minutes and looked at him as much as she could, trying to hide it like he did. The two decided to go to a movie, one that Krystal had been talking about for a few weeks and now Fox had the perfect chance to take her to it. They went into the theater, paw in paw, and Fox bought a popcorn and drink for them.

"Thank you very much." He told the older wolf man. "Excuse me young man!" The wolf said as fox was about to walk away, noticing Krystal waiting on him. He walked back to face the man as he gave him an elderly smile, "Good luck." Fox knew what he was talking about. He smiled and waved to the old man as he walked off with Krystal, he felt like he could get used to this.

They were surprised when they got into their theater, it was nearly deserted. The two smiled at each other before taking their seats. As they expected more and more people started to file into the theater. The two sat near the top, trying to stay away from others. Krystal wanted to see an action movie with a bit of romance.

"I knew it would be boring to you if it was all romance." She whispered to Fox. "It wouldn't be boring as long as I'm watching it with you." He whispered back. She laid her head on his shoulder and squeezed his hand tighter. He pried his hand off of hers and for a moment she was confused, until he put his arm around her and grabbed her hand once he reached around her. She re- assumed her previous position and closed her eyes. Finally, after so long she could express how strongly she felt about Fox. Fox too couldn't be any happier.

After the movie they decided they would go walk around the mall and get dinner. She sat down and Fox told her that he would be back with something for them to eat.

'He's so sweet, taking me to a movie and buying me dinner. This is how it should have been from the start' She thought to herself. She clasped her hands together and closed her eyes, just thinking of how her evening was going. Her thoughts were interrupted when her date came back with a tray with a slice of pizza for each of them and two drinks.

"Fox this is so sweet of you to buy me dinner." She said to him with a big smile on her face. He just shrugged his shoulders and smiled, "This is only the beginning." They smiled at each other, knowing that he was right.

After they ate dinner it was about 9, and Krystal needed to be back at 10. "So what do you wanna do now? We've got about an hour until you have to be back." The two didn't quite know what to do. "How about we go to the park for a walk?" She looked at her new boyfriend and he seemed to like the idea. They hopped into the convertible and took a ride down to the park. Much to their liking, there was no one there, and it actually became a little cold.

Krystal snuggled up close to Fox as they walked along, not only to stay warm but because she loved being close to him. Fox looked around "What? You've got to be kidding, I didn't know it was that cold." Krystal looked up and they saw that it began to snow.

They ran around catching snowflakes in their mouths and before long the snow started sticking and piling up. "Just imagine, it's like this every day on Fichina!" Fox said as he made his new girlfriend laugh. After a while Krystal got an idea and grinned to herself. "Oh Fox?" he turned around and got nailed in the face with a snowball. "Oof! Hey you're gonna get it now!" He said as he chased after her. He threw a snowball over at her and got her in the upper back.

"Brrrr! That's cold!" "Not as cold as this!" He said as he ran up with a handful of snow and got her in the face with it. He was laughing as hard as he ever has, but she wasn't.

She just stood there rubbing her face and kneeled down. "Uh, Krystal are you okay? I- I didn't mean to hurt you or anything." She spoke without looking at him.

"Yeah I know you didn't, but I do!" She said as she leapt up firing back with two handfuls of snow to the face. "You'll pay for that one!" He said chasing after her one more time. This time he grabbed her around the waist to hold her still, but the idea backfired and he slipped while holding onto her.

As he slipped backwards he held her completely in front of him to ensure her safety. He landed with a big thud on the ground with her on top of him. "Are you okay?" He asked her as he took his hands off of her. She rolled over facing down at him seeing his now, red face. "Yeah I'm fine, is that sunburn or are you blushing?" She said with a girly smile.

"Uh well uh, yeah I guess im blushing a little." She giggled a little "I think it's sweet when you blush around me, it lets me know how much you think about me." This time she blushed and Fox grinned. "Now you're blushing, what does that mean?" They both laughed a little and got up, much against what they wanted.

Fox looked at his phone to see the time and was saddened. "Well it's 9:40, we had better head back to your house now." The two foxes jumped into the convertible and blasted off that way. When they arrived Fox turned off the convertible and walked her up to the porch.

She took his hands in hers. "I had a really great time Fox, I… I just can't believe we're finally together" She said softly as she leaned in and hugged him. "I can't believe it either, it's like a dream come true." She rested her head on his chest and closed her eyes.

"I….I really don't want to move." She told him, with a reluctant look on her face. "I do." He told her.

She was confused, and didn't know how to feel, until he moved closer to her face and gave her a passionate kiss on her cheek. It took her breath away and she couldn't find anything to say until she heard "Goodnight Krystal" As he reluctantly parted from her and drove off.

She held her cheek where he kissed her, closed her eyes, and smiled.