A/N: To my first reviewer, hannahmcfly25, here's the more you asked for! (:
Chapter Five:
Candy Cabin
In the days that followed, Phil and I met each other each morning to explore Manchester. A week had passed, but nothing like our movie night had happened again.
On this particular Tuesday morning, it was only 4:45 and I was already completely ready and sitting out in the hallway with a copy of The Hobbit.
A door clicked open, and Phil stepped out sleepily, rubbing his eyes and scratching his head.
"Morning," he yawned.
"Morning." He offered his hand and pulled me up.
"Whatcha reading?"
"The Hobbit," I grinned.
"You little obsessed girl, you," he said in a baby voice and poked my nose. I laughed and slapped his hand away.
"Don't poke me!"
"What? You don't like it?" He smiled evilly and I stepped back.
"Ohhhhhh, no ya don't!"
"Yes I do!"
I took off and he chased me down the stairs, out of the building, and down the sidewalk before sweeping me up in his arms with me flailing and laughing. "Phil! Let me down!"
He set me down gingerly, grinning triumphantly. "I got you."
I rolled my eyes and poked his stomach.
He gasped. "My tummy!"
I laughed. "So what do we...whoa..." I noticed we were standing in front of a huge candy shop. "Can we go here?"
"At 5 in the morning?"
I made a puppy face, clinging to his arm. "Pweeeaaasssee?"
He rolled his eyes. "You're such a child." And with that, we stepped into the shop.
The shop was called Candy Cabin, but Heaven would've been an appropriate name as well. Wide-eyed, I took in the shop: crazy colors, friendly faces, and loads of candy. Everything from Mars bars to Cadbury bars to Maltesers. I was officially in love. "Where do we even start?"
He contemplated my question then shouted out, "Crunchie! You have to try this!" He took the bar up to the counter, paid for it, and handed it to me.
"What is it?" I asked, unwrapping it.
"It's a chocolate bar with a honeycombed sugar center!"
I took a bite. I knew this was totally breaking my vegan streak, but at the moment, I didn't mind. It was absolute sugary paradise.
"Good, yeah?"
I smiled. "Definitely."
We went about that way for a good half hour, seeking out different candies and purchasing them. After buying about ten pounds of candy, we decided that was enough and we took a seat on the bench outside the store.
I munched on Maltesers while he nommed on a Cadbury Dairy Milk.
"Why do we not have these where I live?" I questioned around a mouthful of malty goodness.
"It seems almost illegal. You're lucky Dan's not around. He'd eat the entirety of the package."
"I can understand why!"
Phil looked quizzically at his Cadbury bar then up at me. "Why is it that every time I eat one of these, I feel like a dinosaur?"
I laughed. "You say that like it's a bad thing!" I roared at my Maltesers, stuffing a handful of them in my mouth and chomping dramatically.
Phil joined in, shoving half of his candy bar in his mouth.
"You have chocolate all over your face." I couldn't help but laugh. He rubbed furiously at his mouth with his sleeve, only making the mess worse. I took a Kleenex from my purse, attempting to aid him. "I'll get it...there." I looked up and realized I was extremely close to his face.
"Thanks," he breathed, looking from my eyes to my lips.
He leaned in and I met him halfway, this time with no interruptions. My skin immediately flushed at the contact. His lips tasted like chocolate, and I could feel him smiling against my lips. It only lasted about ten seconds in reality, but it felt like it lasted a lifetime. I finally pulled away when he accidentally bit my bottom lip. "Oh gosh. Sorry," he apologized, realizing I was bleeding. He used the sleeve of his hoodie to clean up the blood. He looked guilty, so I made claws of my hands and innocently said, "Rawr?"
He laughed then roared back, scrunching up his face and bearing his teeth.
I was beginning to see why Alana thought he was so great.
A/N: Awh! First kiss! Aren't they cute? Haha. Review and tell me whatcha think! (: R&R.
