Disclaimer: I do not own Degrassi or West Side Story
Adam breaths out a sigh of relief as he walks out of Becky's house, he opens the passenger's side door of his car and helps Becky inside. After he gets into the car and starts to drive away Becky laughs out loud, "and what are you laughing at?"
"I'm laughing at you mister 'I'm good with parents'," she lets out another laugh.
"Okay I might have been nervous, but there is no denying that I charmed the socks off your parents. You know they like me," he says to a still laughing Becky.
"Oh I'm not saying they didn't like you, it's just you were so confident about meeting them and as soon as you walked into my house all that confidence vanished before my very eyes." She can see Adam is becoming embarrassed so she stops laughing and making fun of him, "but I must say you hid your nervousness from my parents well and the only reason I knew you were nervous is because I know you better than they do."
She can see that he is more at ease now, "you really did charm my parents and they really do like you." She takes his hand that is lying on the middle console and interlocks their fingers together.
"I don't know if I already told you this but you look really beautiful tonight," he looks at her dress and her exposed legs and a very bad thought goes through his head and he can feel his cock twitch in his pants. Now is not the time to think about running you hands up her legs and under her dress, think about something else, dead puppies, dead puppies. He keeps repeating this in his head and he can feel himself calming down.
"Yes you did already tell me, but a girl can never hear that enough," she squeezes his hand and looks out the window wondering where Adam is taking her. "So where are you taking me, you were very vague when I asked you earlier. All you told me was to dress comfortable and bring a sweater," she looks at him and he has a small smile on his face as he focuses on the road.
"A surprise is called a surprise for a reason," he continues to smile to himself, "but I promise you'll like it maybe even love it." They pull into a parking lot that is starting to fill up with cars and pulls into the first spot he sees. He once again gets out of the car and opens the door for Becky.
Adam opens the trunk and gets out a picnic basket and blanket. Becky looks around she starts to get excited, "Adam please tell me this is the 'movie in the park' event that the city puts on once a month."
"I don't know, maybe it is maybe it isn't," Adam takes Becky's hand and takes her to go find the perfect spot to set up the picnic. "Come on I want to find a good spot," he looks around and sees a perfect spot near the back underneath a tree. He lets go of Becky's hand and hands her the basket, he starts to lay down the blanket. "Okay all set," he takes the basket from Becky and helps her sit down.
He opens the basket and takes out a throw blanket, "I figured you would wear a dress so I brought this for you to cover up and not show what is underneath your dress."
"Thank you that's very considerate of you," she sits down carefully and places the throw blanket over her legs. "So what movie is playing tonight?"
"I remember you told me you like musicals so I called in a favor and asked if they could play some type of musical and all they had available was West Side Story. Do you like this movie?" he wants to make sure tonight is perfect and if she doesn't like this particular movie than the night would be ruined.
"I love West Side Story, it's in my top three and of course Romeo and Juliet the musical is my all time favorite." She looks to the picnic basket, "so what kind of food did you bring?"
"A little bit of everything, turkey wraps, chocolate covered strawberries and chocolate covered banana pieces, and for our special beverage sparkling apple cider," as he names the items he pulls out said item out of the basket and he also pulls out two plastic cups.
"Wow Adam you sure did go all out," she would lie if she said she wasn't impressed and swept off her feet and the evening has only begun.
"I did promise you romance and I wasn't going to do things half-assed," he says casually.
"Adam Torres, language," she gasp as Adam finishes his sentence.
"Sorry Becks it just slipped out," he looks towards the movie screen that has been set up and notices a guy is standing in front of it about to speak to the audience.
"Hello ladies and gentleman and welcome to 'a Movie in the Park. I know such an original and creative name for tonight's event." He pauses and waits for the laughter to die down, "tonight's movie is a special request from Adam Torres to Becky Baker, so without further ado, I am happy to present West Side Story." People applaud the host while Becky stares at Adam in awe "I thought you were joking when you said you called in a favor," she wants to kiss him but holds back, she doesn't want to seem easy.
They continue to watch the movie while eating the food Adam has prepared and sipping on apple cider. Then came the part of the movie Adam has been waiting for, the part in the movie where the two leads begin singing the song, 'one hand, one heart'. He stands up and holds out his arm to hear, "may I have this dance?"
She smiles shyly and takes his hand, he pulls her up, "I would love to dance." They begin to dance to the song playing on the screen, they stare deeply into each other's eyes and Adam decides to make his move and moves in for a kiss. Becky does not move away and he takes this as good sign to continue his movement. He brings his lips gently to hers in the sweetest kiss she has ever imagined possible and she swoons even more; Adam is effectively sweeping her off her feet.
"So have I kept my promise of romancing you?" he brings his hand to her face and caresses her cheek and then tucks a loose strand of hair behind her ear.
"You have definitely kept you promise to me," they begin to sway to the music again.
What neither of them knows is they are being watched by a furious and jealous Todd, who is lurking behind a bush watching and listening to the couple. The kiss Adam and Becky shares brings Todd over the edge and he can no longer control himself. He comes out of the bush and rushes towards Adam, pulling him away from Becky. He makes Adam face him and he doesn't hesitate to throw his arm back and hit Adam in the face, Adam tries to duck but Todd's fist hits him on his left eyebrow, making a small cut that begins to bleed slowly.
Adam is thinking about retaliating but thinks twice about it, if he goes to punch Todd all the work he has put into wooing Becky will be all for naught. So he makes the decision to not do anything, he stands tall and prepares for Todd to come at him again.
Becky looks at Adam and can see blood running down his face from the cut at his left eyebrow. Knowing Todd won't hit her she stands in front of Adam, "Todd stop, I thought I told you already I want nothing to do with you. Just stay out of my life for good and if you ever try to talk to me again I will go to my father and he will sure as heck go to your parents." What scares Todd the most is that Becky is not yelling at him, she is calmly but firmly talking to him. Todd looks around and notices that people are looking at him, so he decides to just leave without saying anything or doing anything else.
Becky bends down and gathers some napkins and turns to Adam, she places the napkins onto his cut and applies pressure causing him to wince in pain. She looks at him apologetically but then she smiles at him with so much affection that it catches Adam by surprise. "Thank you for not fighting back, it means a lot to me."
"I'm sorry the evening is ruined now," Adam frowns and looks at the ground.
"Hey, I don't think the evening is ruined, I think tonight is still perfect," this time it's Becky who brings Adam in for a kiss.
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It's Friday night and Adam has come across an ad about a fair that is in town, so he decides he is going to call Becky and see if she wants to go tonight. He dials Becky's number and it's answered on the first ring.
"Babe, I was just thinking about you," Becky tells Adam, making him smile into the phone.
"Are you doing anything right now because I want to take you somewhere," he crosses his fingers hoping she accepts his invitation.
"You actually called at the perfect time, I am so bored. So where are you going to take me?" She has a feeling he isn't going to tell her anything about where he is going to take her. He has a thing about always wanting to surprise her and that is one thing she is beginning to love about him.
"Oh Becks, when are you going to learn to not ask me where I'm going to take you? You should know by now that I'm not going to tell you, I like surprising you," he laughs into the phone. "I'll pick you up in an hour and if you own pants I suggest you wear them tonight."
"I had a feeling you weren't going to tell me, I guess I was hoping that this time would be different and that you would actually tell me where you are taking me." Becky goes into her closet and looks at the limited amount of jeans she has and she frowns, I really need to get more jeans. "And yes I do own a pair of jeans, I just like to wear dresses and skirts. What can I say, I'm just super girly."
"I really like how girly you are," he says shyly.
"Thanks," she responds equally as shy.
"So…I'll see you in an hour, bye Becks," he waits for her to respond and then hangs up to get ready to take her out.
An hour and thirty minutes later Becky's eyes light up with joy, "you brought me to the county fair? I love fairs," she looks at Adam with a hopeful expression. "Will you win me a teddy bear, no wait, can you win me a sock monkey instead?"
He lets out a chuckle, he has never seen someone so excited to come to a county fair, "babe, I will try to win you whatever you want." He leans over the center console and shares a quick kiss with Becky before getting out of the car and opening Becky's door.
They walk up to the entrance of the fair and Adam pulls out the tickets he printed out earlier and hands them to the ticket taker. As soon as they are through the gate Becky is pulling him to one of the game booths that has a gigantic sock monkey hanging from the rafters. "Oh Adam I want that monkey," she says pointing out the one that caught her eye.
He sighs with relief when he sees that the booth is the one where you have to throw the ball against the backboard and into the wicker basket. He smirks because he and Drew have come up with the perfect technique to get the ball into the basket ninety percent of the time. "So Boss, what do I have to do to get that sock monkey right there?" he asks the booth attendant while pointing to the monkey Becky wants.
"Well for that monkey there, all you have to do is make three balls in a row into the wicker basket. Easy and simple," he smirks at Adam. Sucker thinks he is gonna win that monkey, shit no one has won one of our big monkeys.
"Sounds good Boss, I'll take three," Adam pulls out his wallet and gets his money out.
"Three balls is ten dollars and just for you the next three I will let you have for half off," the attendant continues to smirk at the couple.
"There's no need for three more, I just need these three," Adam steps behind the yellow line and doesn't hesitate to throw the first ball under hand. The ball rolls up the backboard and into the basket, beside him Becky squeals with excitement. Adam takes the second ball into his hand and he throws it the same way as the first one and it goes in causing the game attendant to frown. He takes the last ball and closes his eyes and takes a deep breath.
He smiles at Becky, "babe I hope you have a name picked out for you monkey." He looks back at the backboard and throws the ball against it and when it goes in he is engulfed in a bone crushing hug. "Becks, your squeezing the life out of me," Becky loosen her grip and she crashes their lips together to show him just how grateful she is that he has won her something she wants. "If I had known that winning you something would get you to kiss me like that I would have brought you here sooner."
"I'm just so happy," she turns to the attendant who is looking at them with an annoyed expression written on his face. "I want that one there," she points at the sock monkey and he reluctantly takes it down from the rafters with the long grabber. The monkey is practically shoved into her arms and she smugly thanks the booth worker, kill them with kindness right? She hears Adam laugh and she looks at him from behind her prize, "what's so funny?"
"It's just that the monkey is the size of half of your body. What do you say I run that back to the car? But before I do, do you have a name for him?"
"Why yes I do, his name is Shakes. He is named after my favorite play writer, Shakespeare." He looks at her and smiles.
"Of course you would name him after the guy who wrote your favorite love story," he takes the monkey from her arms. "How about you watch the saxophone player over there while I take this to the car?"
"Okay, I'll be waiting," she kisses him again, "hurry back please."
"I'll be back before you know it," he turns and starts to jog towards the exit and to his car. She feels like she has only been watching the musician for a minute when she feels Adam come up behind her and wrap his arms around her waist, "hey beautiful, miss me?"
"Nope," she giggles as Adam nuzzles her neck.
"What, not even a little?" he acts hurt.
"Um, maybe just a little," she turns to him and brings their lips together.
Adam breaks the kiss and has a big smile on his face, this is the happiest he has been in months and it's all because of this beautiful girl that is in her arms. "What do you say we walk around and play some games and ride some rides?"
"Yes to the games and maybe to some of the rides because some of them look dangerous." She looks up at one of the rides she isn't so sure of, causing Adam to laugh and she glares at him.
"Come on Becks, you only live once so might as well live it to the fullest." He takes her hand and begins to walk to the game booths, "let's just play some games first and see how you feel afterwards."
"Okay, but will you be mad if I say I don't want to go on any rides?" she doesn't want to ruin Adam's time, so if she has to go on some rides she will, for him.
"Babe, if you don't want to go on any rides I promise you I won't get mad. As long as I'm with you I don't care what we do, even if we just walk around," he pulls her in closer to his side and kisses the side of her head.
"Oh can we play that game," she drags him to the game where there are water guns and you have to shoot the clown in the mouth which causes the race car to make its way to the top.
"Are you sure you want to play that game, I will win," he gives the booth attendant the tickets and he and Becky take a seat.
"A little over confident there Adam," she smiles sweetly at him, the smile that he is really starting to like, it gives him an insane amount of butterflies.
"How about a little bet?"
"What do you have in mind?"She asks him, normal she doesn't condone gambling but it's not like they are going to bet for money.
"If I win you have to go on a roller-coaster of my choosing and if you win you get to pick the ride."
She thinks about it for a second before shaking his hand in agreement, "Okay, it's a deal."
The booth attendant rings the bell beginning the game. Adam and Becky hunker down and focus all their attention on the clown's mouth, aiming the water's flow to hit it directing in the middle of the hole. Adam chances a glance at Becky's race car and sees that she is ahead of him, so he does what he does best, he reaches over and moves her water gun away from the target.
"Hey," Becky protests before aiming at the target again. A buzzing noise goes off as Adam's race car hits the top.
"Yes," Adam gets up and celebrates.
"You cheated, so you really didn't win," she pouts.
"Hey we didn't establish any rules saying I couldn't interfere with you winning," he begins to dance and celebrate again.
"Fine but next time we are having rules about you 'interfering'," she laughs when she says interfering instead of cheating.
"Fine with me but now you have to go on a roller-coaster with me," they both thank the guy at the booth and Adam starts to look around at all the different rides.
"How about a compromise since you 'interfered," she says looking up at the Ferris wheel.
"Okay what kind of compromise?"
"I'll go on the roller-coaster as promised but you have to come on the Ferris wheel with me."
"Okay sounds like a good compromise. Come on I know the perfect ride to go on," he points up and she follows his finger. Her stomach drops when she sees the ride he has chosen, "It's called the slingshot, and it shoots you high into the air, looks fun right?" He has this look of pure giddiness and he takes her hand and stands in line for their turn.
She looks at him and he is literally bouncing on his feet with excitement. She wants to tell him to forget about the deal, but the look of happiness on his face makes her swallow her words. "This looks scary, but I can't wait to go on it," she tells him instead of telling him how she truly feels.
He sees right through her fake smile, "look babe we don't have to go on if you are really that scared, we can go on something else."
"No a bet is a bet and I do not go back on any of my promises, so I am going to do this and live a little," she is now determined to go through with going on this death trap.
They get to the front of the line and Adam pays for the both of them and then the attendant helps them into the ball and straps them in. The attendant then locks the cage door locking them in, he walks over to the controls and initiates the countdown. "We will launch in 3…2…1 blast off," he pushes the button and launches them into the air.
"Ahhh, I'm going to die," Becky yells out making Adam burst out laughing.
"This is so awesome," Adam yells back at Becky. They bounce for a couple of times before they come to a complete stop. They get let out of the ball and Becky stumbles a little while laughing and Adam holds on to her arm and balances her out. "So I guess you had fun after all?" he tells her and begins to laugh along with her.
"I guess it wasn't as bad as I thought it would have been. I would ask if we can go again but it cost too much money, but I bet we can find another ride just as exciting." She laughs again adrenaline running through her veins; she grabs Adam's hand and drags him to a ride that is called The Spider that actually looks like it has metal spider legs.
For the remainder of the night Becky drags Adam from ride to ride, they now have an hour until Becky's curfew is up. "I say it's about time we go on the Ferris wheel," he says looking at his watch knowing it's almost time for them to leave.
"Yeah, I just know the view is going to be breathtaking," they walk to the line which to their surprise is short. They make it to the front twenty minutes later and they get on. They slowly make it to the top of the Ferris wheel and stop when they get there. Becky looks out and sees the lights of the fair and the city lights and smiles at the beauty before her.
"You were right Becks, it is beautiful," he puts his arm around Becky and she scoots closer into his body.
"I really had a great time tonight, thank you for this wonderful surprise," she looks up into his eyes.
"You're welcome, I really had tons of fun with you, I wasn't expecting you to be so into fast rides," he brings his hand onto her face and he slowly leans in for a kiss and she gladly meets him halfway. At first it's just a simple brush of their lips, but that isn't enough for Becky. She brings up one of her hands and puts it behind Adam's head pulling him in closer, deepening the kiss.
Adam smiles at her eagerness, so he decides to take a chance and deepen the kiss further. He traces his tongue along her lips and she quickly opens her mouth to let him in. when his tongue comes into contact with hers she lets out a tiny moan, never has she felt so sexually charged before and right now all she can think is how good Adam's tongue feels against hers.
They hear somebody clear their throat and they break apart, "finally I have been trying to get your attention for a good five minutes," he laughs at the embarrassing look on the two teenager's faces.
Both Adam and Becky leave the Ferris wheel without saying a word, when they get to the exit of the fair Adam burst out laughing, "Adam it's not funny, we are that teenager couple that makes people uncomfortable with their excessive P.D.A.."
"You know what, I'm okay with that," he smiles at her and opens the car door to let her in.
She rolls her eyes at him, "seriously Adam, I don't want to be that couple."
She gets in and he closes the door, he goes to the driver's side door and gets in and quickly starts the car so he can turn on the heater to warm the car up. "Babe, we are not going to be that couple, I only have four more days here in Miami anyway." As soon as the words leave his mouth he regrets it. Becky gets a sad look on her face, "I'm sorry I shouldn't have said that."
"It's not your fault it's just I wish we had more time together," they pull up to her house and Adam puts the car in park.
"I know what you mean, "he dejectedly starts tracing the steering wheel's outline.
Becky looks at her watch, she has two minutes left until curfew, "I have to get in." she sits there patiently, "well, aren't you going to open the door for me?"
He lets out a laugh, "wow somebody is spoiled now." He gets out of the car and opens her door, he helps her out of the car, "my lady." He holds out his hand for her and she doesn't hesitate to take it. He closes the door after she gets out, she begins to make her way to her house but he gently takes her hand in his and pushes her against the car door. He brings his hand to her neck and brings their lips together. She opens her mouth and he automatically inserts his tongue into her mouth.
Becky breaks away from the kiss, "I really need to go in now."
"Tuesday I want to take you somewhere special," he begins to walk her to her front door.
"I'm guessing it will be useless to ask you where you are taking me?" she opens her front door and steps in.
"You would be right to think that," he leans in giving her a quick kiss. "I will talk to you later and maybe I will give you hints about where I am taking you."
"Goodnight Adam," Becky smiles at him.
"Bye babe," he walks to his car and she waits for his car to vanish from her sight before she closes the door and heads to her room smiling.