Dani ran towards the Foster farm with a towel in her arm. She was hoping that Court was still interested in being friends. As she reached the fence near the barn she hopped onto the fence and leaned her head forward to look for Court
"Hey Court." Dani shouted out for him, Court walked out carrying a jug of gasoline and started filling up the tractor. "Hey." Dani said again as he looked up at her.
"Hey yourself." Court said turning back to pouring the gasoline into the tractor.
"Still wanna be friends?" Dani asked anxiously leaning more over the fence.
"I still consider it." Court said with a smirk.
"Well I was just wondering where you do your best considering." Dani said with a smile and raised her eyebrows. She jumped off the fence and started running backwards then turned around to run towards the lake. Court smiled after her and jumped the fence and ran also. Dani quickly took off her clothing covering her bathing suit and jumped off the high dock with a scream. Court shortly after ran onto the high dock and watched Dani resurface and look up at him.
"I don't have a suit." Court said laughing Dani smirked at his comment.
"Ha! I won't look." Dani said and turned around. Court went behind the bushes to take off his clothes and Dani sneaked a look before he jumped into the water. He swam up to Dani keeping his distance of course.
"Friends okay?" Dani said sticking out her hand for him to shake.
"Friends." Court replied and grabbed her hand with his.
"Okay." Dani said smiling and swimming away. After swimming for a little bit the two of them got out of the water and Dani turned away as Court put his clothes on and sat on the dock waiting for him.
"You can look now." Court said as he walked up to her and sat down beside her.
"And what makes you think I'd wanna do that." Dani said teasingly.
"Well you did in the water." Court said smirking at her, teasing her back.
"I did not." Dani replied pretending to be offended.
"Could have fooled me." Court said with a shrug as he did up his shirt. Dani playfully slapped him and Court let out a silent ow. They sat in silence for a little while and Dani looked at nothing thinking.
"Court?" Dani questioned in a wondering voice.
"Yeah?" Court asked back looking at her.
"I wanna know you." Dani said gazing at him with a lot of curiosity.
"You do know me." Court said back feeling confused.
"I wanna know you more, I wanna know you all I can." Dani said tilting her head to the side.
"What do you wanna know?" Court asked.
"I wanna know…your hopes." Dani said in deep thought.
"My hopes…well I hope your boobs will get bigger and your butt will come out." Court said laughing and Dani's eyes widened in shock.
"Court!" Dani shouted and reach out to playfully choke him. Court grabbed her arms and put his arms around her and leaned her down onto his leg. They both stopped laughing and again were caught in each other's eyes. Court leaned down to kiss Dani, but came to his senses and put her back down. They sat in awkward silence looking away from each other.
"Seems like it always comes to this doesn't it?" Court questioned quietly. Dani looked down in her lap.
"Have you kissed a lot of girls?" Dani asked still looking at her lap.
"Not a whole lot." Court said looking at her then looking down. Dani looked back up at his face.
"I want you to be the first boy to ever kiss me." Dani said quietly as Court looked up at her comment.
"I thought you've been kissed "So many times." Court quoted remembering their conversation from before, laughing a little. Dani smiled at him, but then looked down remembering that she lied about that. Court grew serious and looked from her eyes to her lips and then leaned in to place a gentle kiss on them. "How was that?" Court asked smiling at Dani as she opened her eyes.
"Perfect." Dani said smiling. Dani moved closer to Court and grabbed his hand and held it in hers. Court looked down at her and smiled at her confidence. "You know how you said I didn't know what I was doing?" Dani said looking up at him. Court briefly nodded. "Could you teach me?" Dani said sounding so innocent it made Court smirk.
"I consider it." Court said as he leaned in to kiss Dani once again. Court ran his hands through her wet hair and pulled away. They sat close to each other leaning their foreheads on one another. They walked together holding hands until they had to go their separate ways. Dani walked back to her house not able to wipe the smile off her face; hell she thought they were just supposed to be friends. As Dani walked past her daddy's truck she didn't even notice he was there.
"Dani, Maureen is bringing Billy Sanders over tonight, maybe you should go and invite Court to come stay with you. I'll be taking Melanie to the hospital with me, you know your not allowed to date though." Matthew said as he wiped his hands on a cloth.
"Sure okay I'll go ask him in a little bit, thanks." Dani said and ran towards the house. Dani knew she wasn't old enough to date, but she wasn't planning on going on dates with Court. After going for a quick bath, Dani threw on a skirt and shirt and ran towards the Foster's. Dani found Court lying down on the grass with his eyes closed and his hands behind his head. She quietly walked to his side and sat down beside him. Dani shoved his arm a little, but he didn't move. She tried shoving him again, but as she reached out to touch him again, Court grabbed her around her waist and rolled so her back was to the grass and he laid a top of her. Court smiled looking down at Dani's face, as she looked surprised.
"Couldn't stay away from me, could you?" Court asked amusedly.
"As a matter of fact I could, but my daddy told me to invite you over because Maureen is having Billy Sanders over." Dani replied, still beneath Court on the grass.
"Oh, well I think I can get out of here." Court smirked and climbed up off of Dani and helped her up. Court and Dani walked towards her house hand and hand in comfortable silence, but when they reached view of Dani's house they let go of each other's hand. Dani frowned a little about this, but she knew they couldn't show affection to one another for different reasons. They continued walking towards Dani's house in silence. As they reached the front of the house Maureen and Billy walked out laughing about something they must have been talking about. They suddenly stopped laughing and looked towards Court.
"You must be Court, I'm Maureen. I've heard so much about you, and this is Billy." Maureen said breaking the silence and sticking her hand out for Court to shake. Court took her hand and shook it and then he shook Billy's. After shaking Court's hand, Billy wrapped an arm around Maureen's waist and led everyone to the back where a bonfire had been started. Court sat beside Dani silently while secretly brushing his fingers with hers as the sun was setting. Maureen and Billy were quietly whispering to each other and laughing flirtingly to each other. Maureen looked up to see Court and Dani feeling very awkward, so she broke to silence.
"Everyone must be thirsty, Billy you'll help me get some iced tea won't you?" Maureen stood up grabbing Billy's hand and walking towards the door dragging Billy. They walked into the kitchen, Maureen grabbing the jug of iced tea and Billy grabbing four glasses.
"How old is that boy, Court?" Billy questioned looking out the window to see Court and Dani talking and laughing with each other.
"He's our age Billy." Maureen replied as she finished pouring the last glass of iced tea.
"Dani better be careful then, it looks like she crushing on an older guy, and she shouldn't get her hopes up." Billy said taking two glasses as Maureen took the other two.
"Dani's a little girl, she's just having some fun, and besides he's just being nice I'm sure." Maureen said not sounding worried as they walked back to the bonfire. They handed Court and Dani each a glass of iced tea receiving thanks. After Court and Billy put out the Bonfire, Billy and Maureen spent a long time saying good-bye, kissing each other. Dani laughed at them and walked with Court to the front of the house.
"That was fun, we should do it again sometime." Court said trying to find words to linger with Dani for a little while longer.
"To tell the truth I was worried." Dani said looking down at her feet. Court lifted Dani's face and looked at her with concern.
"Worried about what?" Court asked looking around to see if Maureen and Billy were around and when he saw that they weren't he grabbed Dani's hands and held them in his.
"That you would treat me like a kid, liking my sister instead of me, just act different because their your age and I'm not." Dani replied gripping Court's hands harder.
"I hardly know Maureen Dani, yeah it's great to meet people my own age and I can make them my friends, but do I act like I think your kid?" Court asked with a smile on his face. Dani smiled back and accepted the embrace he gave to her. Court quickly placed a peck on Dani's lips and pulled away as Maureen and Billy walked around the corner. "I better get going I'll see you all later." Court said and briefly looked at Dani before walking away. Maureen and Billy kissed one last time and said their good-byes.