Chapter 52

"Alright," Bennett said when I let him in. "So, I oreder the presale tickets, and whatever you're doing on March 19, screw it. We're going." I knew exactly what he was talking about. The Sunday Drive concert. I was so happy we were going.

I smiled. And kissed him. I shut my black door behind him. My mother was still away. Which meant I had the house all weekend to myself. "Okay," I said. He kissed me again. Holding me close to him. And we were just kissing in the front hallway of my house. "What do you want to do?" I said against his lips.

"This," He said. He kept kissing me. And we were jsut kissing standing close together like we were frozen in the middle of a slow dance. His arms were around me and my hands were in his hair. He was so thin, my arms cold fit around him with enough space that I could hold two of him at once. He was as wide as I was. And even if he was so much taller than me, we still managed to kiss with certain grace to it.

He finally let go of me. Taking off his sweatshirt and we went out ot my living room. I sat down at first with my feet up on the couch. He sat normally. I handed him the clicker. We were staying in because it was supposed to snow tonight. And he put on a movie I knew he had seen a million times before to a point he hated it. I had brought it up because it played this really good song in it and he had announced he hated it with all of his being.

Twenty minutes later he kissed me. I kissed him back. "I don't liek this movie," He said.

"I know," I said. Smiling. He kissed me again. And we just started kissing. Ignoring the movie entirely.


He was looking at my CD collection. Looking through for one to put on. He had one but he stopped. "You know, i'm surpirsed you haven't asked me where the key to this is?"

I looked at him. He was looking at the box he had given to me. "Am I supposed to?" I asked smiling.

"No," He said. "But I figured you would."

"I won't then." I said.

He smiled a little. "You're no fun." He put the CD into my stereo.

"Do you want me to?" I asked smiling at him a little wider.

"Well," He said. "Since you asked. I have it."

"Cool," I said nodding. He turned the stereo up a little. It was Jimmy Eat World. He turned around walking over to my couch sitting down. I think he was strating to tell me more baout the key but I changed the subject. He smiled noticing this. "Are you playing any parties this week?"

"I'm actually playing the Chruch downtown." He said. "since Paul's old band officially broke up, they asked me to play it instead."

"Are you excited?" I said smiling.

He leaned back. His face serious. He just shrugged. "I don't know." He said. "I'm sort of sick of this one-man-show thing. I'd rather be in a band or something actually. But I don't know who to talk to about starting one up. Sean hated being in an band, plus he's pissed at me because I've been hanging out with Paul."

"Why is he mad?"

Bennett smiled a little. "Sean is just a little immature about some things." He said. "He'll get over it."

I nodded. He leaned forward though. Sitting on the edge of the couch. He took my hands. There was no real reason for this. But he made me get butterflies. He looked at me. His eyes so sweet and brown. He pushed my bangs out of my face. "Doesn't it feel like we've been together somuch longer than we have?" He asked after a minute or two.

"Yes," I said.

He leaned in and kissed me. I closed my eyes. Kissing him back. Jimmy Eat World's "For Me This Is Heaven" blasting in the background. The world was all but silent.