"Spader, stop it!" I shouted, a smile stretching across my face from ear to ear. My full lips opened to allow a laugh to pass through them. My dark curls bounced around my head as a chased after Spader, who for some reason, was running away from me. He slowed down, his laughing disabling him from running anymore. I jumped up on his back, my arms wrapping around his neck gently and my legs wrapping around his waist-securing my position on his back. He spun me around; his hands on my upper legs sending my stomach into a flip. He stopped, both our laughs filling the empty field. I jumped off his back, falling onto the grass, his body falling next to mine a second later. I moved over, resting my head on his chest as he put an arm around my shoulder, holding me close.
"Kate?" He asked, staring up at the sky while he talked to me.
"Mm?"
"I….I'm glad you gave me a chance," he said. This was the first time I've ever heard him stumble over his words. I raised an eyebrow suspiciously, but nodded, smiling.
"Me too."
"Kate?"
"Mm?" I answered, looking over at him this time.
"I….I need to tell you something."
"Oh?"
"I'm not what you think I am, Kate. I'm, well, lemme show you." Spader took his arm away and sat up. He held up his hand and…
"Kate! Get up! Someone's here to see you!" I jerked upright in my bed, breathing heavily. I fell back, my head hitting the pillow gently.
It was all a dream.
Most people could be comforted with that line. Not me. "It was all a dream" translated into "It's all going to come true". There were far too many things wrong with the dream I just had. For one, even with my dream of him turning into a vampire, I let myself get close to him. Really close. That wasn't good. And secondly, Spader isn't what I think he is. What does that mean? It could range from him having a tattoo on his arm to him actually being a girl.
I shuddered at that thought. It would suck to find out that I really fell in love with a girl. I laughed lightly, smiling at the fact that my dreams could bring smiles rather than just frowns. I sat up, swung my legs over my bed and went down stairs to see what my mom was talking about. I ran a hand through my quarter sized curls, and walked slowly down the hallway to the living room. My eyes widened when I saw Spader in the doorway. A blush made itself up to my face as I realized I was in my pajamas – a tank top and sweat pants, with a really ugly hole at my hip, showing my green and white striped underwear. "One second," I squeaked out, my voice cracking at the 'se' in 'second'.
"Grab your bathing suit!" He called after me and I left Spader and my mother alone while I rushed upstairs. Didn't he say he wanted to take me to the movies? People don't go see movies at eleven in the morning in their bathing suits. Ugh.
I got dressed quickly, wearing my bathing suit under my clothes, and ran downstairs, well more like tripping downstairs. I found myself in the living room, looking at my mother and Spader who seemed to be in a deep conversation about…dolphins. I made a face, and cleared my throat to let them know that I was there. Spader looked up, gave me one of those iresistable smiles and stood up. "It was nice to meet you, Mrs. Bishop," he said, smiling at her before moving over to my side. "I'll watch out for her," he said, putting a hand lightly on my back and pushing me out the door gently. As soon as we were outside I took control.
"Look, Spader. You seem like a great guy and everything, but I can't be doing this," I said, taking a deep breath, and waiting for his reaction.
"Why not?" He asked, stopping at his car and looking down at me.
"Well...," I paused, searching the sidewalk for an answer. "That's a hard one to explain."
"Well, you think about your answer and lemme know. But I wanted to take you somewhere special." He gave me a smile before opening my door for me. Frustrated with myself, I got in the car. He moved around to the driver's side and also got in.
"Spader. You need to listen to me. I don't know you, you don't know me. I can't do this, I'm sorry," I said, looking at him. Nothing seemed to faze him. He simply shrugged it off and started the car.
"Just give me one day, alright? Then you can decide if you want to see me again or not." He waited until I gave him a quick "Alright" before he backed up out of our drive-way. The guy had the right to have one day with me if he really wanted it. Although, I didn't understand what he saw in me. I'm a pretty girl, but not pretty enough to get this much attention from a guy. Especially a guy as amazing as him.
"So where are we going?" I asked, buckling and looking over at him.
"You'll see, but you'll like it, don't worry," he assured me, putting on the music. I couldn't help but feel weird about this whole thing. I guy that I didn't even know suddenly was bringing me somewhere special, and then to the movies afterwards. Am I the only one that finds this all on the odd side of things? Ugh.
We drove for about ten minutes, and let me tell you, I've never talked more than I have in those ten minutes. He started asking me normal questions, like 'Where did you grow up?' and then our conversation didn't stop from there. We had so much in common, and we kept shooting facts about ourselves at each other. Just in those ten minutes I learned a lot about Spader, and him about me.
Before I knew it, we pulled up to…the forest. "This is the surprise?" I asked, raising an eyebrow at Spader.
"Nope. This is where the surprise is," Spader said, getting out of the car, he locked the door behind him, and moved over to my side of the car. He opened my door, and helped me out. I smiled in thanks and he grabbed my hand gently. He pulled me towards the edge of the trees where a trail was, and walked inside the world of trees. It was only about a fifteen minute walk before we stopped, and I looked where we were. We were at a waterfall. I small one, but a waterfall nonetheless. A huge grin spread across Spader's face as he looked at it. "You know how to swim, right?" He asked, taking off his pant, red swim trunks underneath. I nodded, wondering what I got myself into.
As soon as all his clothes were off, except his bathing suit, he gave me a smile and jumped right off the top of the waterfall. Yeah. You're not reading wrong. He. Jumped. Right. Off. The. Waterfall. My heart skipped a beat, and I looked over the edge of the waterfall, searching for him. He popped up a second later and smiled. He motioned for me to come down and I shook my head nervously.
"C'mon, it'll be fine," he assured me.
"Spader, I don't know," I yelled over the sound of the waterfall. He shrugged going back under water. I sighed, and took off my clothes reluctantly. I looked down at my blue and white striped bikini to make sure everything was tied tight, before going to the edge of the waterfall. I took a deep breath and jumped off.
I surfaced, laughing and smiling. That was amazing. He popped up next to me and smiled. "I thought you'd never come," he teased, smiling. "Follow me," Spader ordered before disappearing under the water again. I rolled my eyes and followed him.
It was hard to see under the water, but we went through this tunnel that was in the waterfall's side. When I surfaced I was in a cave. It was small, but it was amazing. The light from the water reflected off the wall and lit up the whole cave. I looked over to see Spader pulling himself up onto the shore. I swam over and he helped me out. I sat next to him, squeezing the water out of my curly hair.
"This is amazing, Spader," I breathed, looking at him, my green eyes lit up.
"I know. Perfect for an amazing girl," He said, smiling at me.
We sat there for a good hour, making jokes and talking about one another. I ended up sitting almost on top of him, resting my tired head on his shoulder.
"Spader? I'm really glad I gave you a chance."
"Me too."
Now, I'm completely against kissing on the first date. It doesn't give you enough time to get to know the guy. But I couldn't help it. He turned his head, looked at me and pressed his lips gently against mine.
