"Oh my god!" Case shouted as she circled around the small meadow.
"Like it?" I asked laughing.
"Does a bird not soar through the air in the summer's eve!?" She exclaimed.
"What?" I muttered under my breath trying to figure out what she had just said.
"Oh yeah…" I sighed.
"How did you find this place, Derek?" She looked up and widened her eyes.
"When I was little… When my mom was… mad, I would come here, to think." Never had I shown anyone this place.
"It's beautiful."
After ten minutes of exclamation Casey sat down on the ground next to me. I grabbed her hand.
"What?" She looked down.
"Case?" I asked squeezing her hand and ignoring her question."
"Yeah…" She said cautiously, I couldn't blame her I thought I sounded like I had a multiple personality disorder!
"You know…" I started slowly, "Everyday… I wonder… about… you."
"You do?" She was astonished.
"Yeah… I do." I replied quietly.
"I don't understand." She played with my fingers.
"I wonder… about my dreams, us." I threw the last one in quickly.
"Dreams? Us?" Her hands felt warm against my rough skin.
"Yeah, well you see every night I dream that you are here with me, then you fall asleep in my lap and I, I stare at you in awe." I was sure I had answered both questions.
"Are you saying that you… like me too?" She looked at me and leaned into my chest.
"Yeah… I guess I am." I sighed.
"Say it." She closed her eyes.
"Say what? I love you?" She nodded. "I love you."
"And I you." She smiled and started breathing lightly, I think she was asleep.
I laid down in the grass and pulled her onto my abdomen.