We stayed like that for at least another 3 hours. Cat was lying on my chest, breathing in sync with the rise and fall of my chest. She finally started to stir, but she just flipped over so her butt was touching my leg. I hopped out of the bed of the truck and got my guitar out of the back. I got back in next to her and propped myself up in one of the corners.
I started to strum a couple of chord and just mess around with some picking. That was what I did when I needed to think. It was so weird and so different being able to come to a new place and start over, let alone get a girlfriend on the first day. My life was never anything like this. I was the one who was bullied constantly. The one who was called a geek and a pussy. It was so new for me and I was absolutely terrified I would screw it up.
Cat's breathing pattern started to change, letting me she was awake. She just sat there, her back still to me, listening to the stupid things I was strumming. She sat quietly trying to hide the fact that she was awake, but I knew.
Cat's POV-
He played along to short pieces of songs that he knew from memory and would randomly strum to his own patterns. There was something in the way her played, it was like you could feel the emotion he put in it, and I couldn't tell exactly what it was, which scared me.
I was confused myself. I didn't need him having second thoughts too. I needed him to be there to hold me when I had these second thoughts. My boyfriends were always the jocks who treated girls like crap. I had one who would hit me and another who didn't want anything but sex. I was always used as a toy or a punching bag, but Robbie was different. Robbie was here to love me and to treat me right.
I still didn't understand why I was having these thoughts because I had never felt this way about someone. That's why I went so fast with this. I couldn't just wait.
Robbie's POV-
Cat finally flipped over, and even though I knew she was awake before, I stopped playing because I was nervous what she might think.
"Why did you stop?" She asks me.
"Oh… Sorry." I apologize.
"No. Keep going. It was good." She tells me.
"I know you were listening." I chuckle a little bit before leaning over and kissing her softly.
"You know, I dreamt about you…" I smile at him.
"Really?" I ask for her to continue.
"Yea… We were sitting on a park bench and we were talking. You just came back from the army… Kind f weird but still…"
"Army?" I chuckle knowing I'm too weak for that.
"Yea. But you had your arm around me and you told me, "Cat, I just want you to know that the place I went to in my head, to stop the pain was you…I just kept thinking about your smile and your laugh… everything. It's the only thing that got me through…" Then I looked up at you and pulled you in for a long kiss…" She lets out a small sigh.
"I was thinking about you this whole time… You're eyes, and your smile, and everything you. You were just laying there, completely venerable and beautiful and you trusted me enough to keep you safe."
"I'll always trust you Robbie…" She cuddled into me for a hug.
"Cat… Do you believe in love at first sight?" I nervously ask.
"It depends…" I look away hoping he just wouldn't say it.
"Is it crazy to say that after 12 hours I'm in love with you?" I whisper hoping not to screw it up.
"No…"
"Well in that case…" I pause. I lean down and pull her in for a long kiss and climb on top of her. Pushing myself up just enough not to crush her, but so our bodies still touched. We both deepened the kiss and introduced our tongues to each other for the first time. I start down her neck and to her collar bone leaving a trail of sweet, soft kisses that I knew would linger.
I go back to her lips and peck the a couple of times before pulling back and whispering right next to her ear, "I love you. And I understand if you can't say it back yet, and I'm never going to rush you too it, but I hope one day you will be able to say the same."
I smile lightly and kiss him once more softly before checking the time. "Um… I should be getting home. It's already 11. My mom's probably wondering where I am." She sighs getting up from my arms and hopping out of the bed of my truck. She climbs into the front seat and waits until I get everything else into the backseat.
"Am I dropping you off at your house?" I ask her with a smile.
"Can you drop me off at Jade's? She lives down the block from me." I nod and drive back towards Cat's house. When we get to her neighborhood, she directs me towards her friend Jade's house. I pull up front and let her out. She opens the door and the light in the car turns on. She is about to get out when she turns around and looks at me.
"I had a really great time today. I don't remember the last time I did something like that. Thank you." She leans over and kisses me before getting out, running up to the door, and walking in like it was her own home.
A slight smile comes over my face because I know I didn't screw it up this time.
Cat's POV-
"Hey babe! It's pretty late, are you ok?" Jades mom says as I walk into their living room.
She and Jade were sitting on the couch watching a movie. I felt bad interrupting them, but I knew they didn't mind. He mom pauses the movie and looks back at me.
"I think so…" I say with an ear to ear smile on my face.
"Oh god. Did you and the nerd hook up already? I bet Beck 20 bucks that you would wait." Jade sighs.
"Unless you consider ice cream, watching the sun set, and falling asleep in his arms in the bed of his pickup truck, hooking up, then no. We did not hook up..."
"That's adorable and sickening in the same way." Jade laughs.
"Why sickening? It sounds like the most romantic thing in the world!" Jades mom squeals.
"Too cute for me. Way to cute." Jade pretends to choke.
"Well it was adorable…" I sigh a little bit but not in a completely happy way.
"I'll leave you two girls to talk. I'll be upstairs if you need me." Her mom says while getting up and walking to the stairs.
"What was that sigh about?"
"It's nothing."
"It's obviously nothing Cat. You came here for a reason and I could see the sadness in your eyes this whole time. We're best friend, I'm here for you." Jade scoots closer to me and gives me a little hug, which she only did in private.
"I don't know. This just feels too good to be true. My whole life I've dated the jackasses. I've been thrown around from one guy to the next. I've been used and hit around, like I'm some sort of toy. But then he comes and my whole life just turned around. In one day, my whole freaking life changed. That doesn't happen. And I don't want to get into anything if it's just going to end up breaking my heart again. I'm sick of the hurt, and the sorrow, and everything else I feel from half the guys I've been with. I just want to be sure that this is what I'm really feeling. I don't want this to be an in the moment feeling that leads to me crying into your pillow, with you hugging me. I want to know that this… that this is going to go somewhere." I explain.
The confusion and the memories of everything that happened before Robbie came around were overwhelming. The tears were filling in my eyes, but for some reason there was a smile on my face. The way I felt about him confused me.
"I know it sounds crazy Jadey."
"Don't call me that." She says bluntly.
"I've only known him a day, but it was like I've known him for years. Do you believe in love at first sight?" I ask her playing with my hands to avoid eye contact.
"I honestly don't know, but I can tell you one thing… What you're describing right now sounds a hell of a lot like it." Jade reaches over and pulls me into her side for a long hug.
"I just don't want to lose him." I tell her into her shoulder.
"I know. And you won't as long as you give this a shot. I know you're sick of feeling hurt, but without the hurt and the pain and the mistakes, we wouldn't learn anything. Give him a chance to show you that he can be good for you. You deserve someone like him." She explains.
"I'm going to call my mom and tell her I'll be home in a bit. Thanks for always being here Jadey." I say getting up and pulling out my phone.
Jade gives me a vicious glare but still stops me. "Why don't you call your mom and tell her that you wont be home tonight. Tell her you're staying over here."
"You sure?" I ask.
"Yes. We haven't had a girl's night in a while." She smiles.
"Ok." I say as my mom picks up.
"Hey sweetie. How was your date with that boy?" My mom asks.
"That boy is named Robbie and he's my boyfriend." I laugh with my one arm crossed over my chest and the other elbow rested on it while I talked.
"I'm happy for you sweetheart. He seems like a nice boy."
"Yea he is… So I'm staying over Jade's tonight, ok?" I tell her, not really asking permission but still asking in a way.
"Jade's?" She questions, completely not believing me.
"Yes, mom, Jade's." I emphases Jade's name. Jade is sitting in the background laughing at my mom thinking I was still with Robbie.
"You're not lying to me, right?"
"Mom, if I were still with Robbie I would tell you. I swear I'm with Jade right now. Listen." I say bring the phone over to Jade and handing it to her on speaker.
"Hey mom." Jade says over the phone laughing hysterically.
"Oh good. Hi Jade." My mom replies. "You two aren't with Robbie right?"
"Mom, you're on speaker. I can hear you." I tell her.
"Oh… well you aren't right?"
"No it's just going to be a girl's night. We might go and grab some pizza and a tub of ice cream. Maybe a few movies. I don't know." Jade explains.
"Ok. Just no boys." MY mom says bluntly.
"Ok." Jade and I say simultaneously.
"Night! Love you!" I say and get the same reply from her. I hang up the phone and both Jade and I start cracking up. I fall backwards onto the couch throwing my arms up in the air.
"You should have said you were staying with him. She would have had a heart attack." Jade laughs.
"I should have!"
"Ok… Let's go get some food." Jade gets out while trying to calm herself. My sides ached as I got up and followed Jade out the door.
"So, you're sticking with geek charming right?" Jade asks as we walk into the convince store up the street.
"Yea… but let's stop talking about boys. This is girl's night!" I laugh grabbing about 3 bags of chips, a box of cookies, and following Jade over for ice cream. "Can we get all of them?"
She looks at me like I'm crazy, but then realizes she was thinking the same thing. "You know what… Yes. We can get all of them." Jade laughs grabbing one at a time, until we get all of the little Ben and Jerry's ice creams.
"We're fat…" I laugh as we bring it all up to the counter and the guy running the register stares at us.
"Ummm…" The guy starts.
"Girls night. Guy troubles. And we want ice cream. Ring it up boy." Jade says seriously.
The guys starts ringing up the junk food and puts it into a couple of bags. He hands them to Jade and looks at me.
"You know, I'd love to take you out sometime gorgeous." He smiles with a cute and charming grin.
"I'm sorry. I don't think my boyfriend would like that. But you could ask him. I'm sure he would love to go on a date with you." I say seriously before turning and leaving.
The second Jade and I exit the store, we practically fall to the ground dying. "This is going to be the best night ever."
We climb into the car and blare the radio so loud I thought my ear drums were going to rupture. The song finishes and as soon as the first note plays, Jade looks over at me and I look at her.
We both start to sing along to it until it's over.
"I come home in the morning light," Jade starts.
"My mother says what are you gonna do with your life?" I continue.
"Oh mother dear we're not the fortunate ones." Jade sings.
"But girls just wanna have fun… Oh girls just wanna have fun." We sing at the top of our lungs simultaneously.
Once we get home, Jade pops in The Notebook, the chick flick of all chick flicks. We laugh and we cry and we yell and scream at the television all night while eating the 9 tubs of ice cream, 3 bags of chips, and the cookies we got. I wouldn't surprised if we gained 15 pounds.
So, CabbieFluffQueen told me I needed to add a fluffy seen in the beginning. So hopefully you're smiling right now haha.
Now, this chapter was kind of a Cade thing because I REALLY like the Cade friendship. But the next chapter will be a lot of Robbie and his Dad and then CABBIE! Haha yea… Well I hope you liked it!
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