Part 3: Back Home
They ran back to Amanda's house and she yelled for her mother.
"Mom, mom!" she yelled. There was no answer.
"Hello? Are you here?" there was still no answer.
"Where could she be?" Kyle asked, still panting from their long run
"I don't know." She replied
Kyle took her hand in his, walked her over to the soft squishy couch in her living room sat down together and said:
"Amanda, what was happening?"
"I don't quite know, Charlie took me when I was waiting for you at the park an then he…he…" her voice trailed off.
He saw a shiny tear run down her face and fall onto her shoulder. He pulled her close hugging her tightly. He wrapped his arm around her hips hoping they could be closer. She could feel his warm chest under her head and his heartbeat thumping.
"Thank you," she said, lifting her head off his chest and staring into his eyes.
"No need to say thanks. I love you…" he said kissing her softly.
"I love you too." she said sweetly, then kissing him back.
"I'm going to go change my shirt. He ripped it a little bit" Amanda said walking towards the stairs.
"Ok, I'll wait here. Do you want me to make you anything?" he asked
"Just wait for a sec' and we can make something to together. She smiled at him. And walked to her room.
She walked back down in a short-sleeve pink pajama top with darker pink hearts on it. (It was getting late btw) Kyle felt his face get hotter while standing up to walk into the kitchen with Amanda. She opened the fridge and pulled out some cookie dough.
"What kind?" She asked, holding up 2 boxes with labels saying chocolate chip and the other one saying snicker-doodle.
"What ever you would like, my love." He smile and she smiled back at him.
"Snicker-doodle it is! I like to put extra cinnamon on it, would you mind getting it out of the cabinet? " she asked
He walked over to the cabinet, grabbed the cinnamon and set it on the counter.
"Here you go" he said softly
"Thank you" she told him.
She opened the cup of cinnamon and sprinkled some on the cookie dough from the platter. He stuck his finger in the cup and brushed her nose with it. He smiled.
"Is this war?" she asked him
"Only if you want it to be." he replied
She didn't answer but she smiled and turned back to the cookies and put them in the oven, and then grabbed his hand and asked him
"You want to watch a movie while these are cooking?"
"What do you have in mind?" he asked her
'It's a surprise" she laughed and walked over to the stack of DVDs