Forget Me Not
4
Oliver came
back promptly with Suzanne’s and Randi’s coats draped
elegantly over his arm. Randi smiled as he handed her the coat,
and Oliver smiled back.
“Have a
safe drive home,” he said courteously to Suzanne and John.
“It was nice meeting you, Randi,” he turned to her,
and he shook her hand. Not only would his politeness impress Mr.
Elliot, but it gave Oliver a good excuse to touch Randi again.
None of the adults noticed that their hands lingered a little
longer than necessary.
Randi slid her
coat on, and followed John and Suzanne out, fighting the urge to
look back at Oliver one last time. She walked out the door,
feeling blissfully happy.
It was even
cooler outside now than it had been before. Randi slid her hands
into her coat pockets, and her fingers brushed a piece of paper.
She frowned. She knew there hadn’t been anything in her
pocket when they had left. She pulled it out and glanced back at
the house.
Randi glanced
at the paper. It was folded perfectly in half, and was unmarked
on the outside. She got in the car and unfolded it, reading it
with the dim light that her phone gave off.
You never answered my
question. – Oliver
Underneath
that, a phone number was scrawled. Randi smiled and quickly
pulled out her phone and sent the number one simple text that
changed her life forever:
Yes. –
Randi
The next
morning, Randi woke up to a text from Oliver.
Hey beautiful. :)
She smiled and
texted him back. Just moments later, Oliver called
her.
“Hello?” Randi
answered.
“Hey. You
didn’t get in trouble last night, did you?” he asked,
apprehensively.
“Not
really,” Randi smiled at the concern in his voice, and got
out of bed. “Just a lecture,” she added to give a
better explanation as she walked out onto the patio that was
right off of her bedroom.
She sat at one
of the patio chairs while Oliver answered, “Good. So you
can meet me at the mall at noon?”
“Sure,” Randi
smiled, excited to see him again. “I’ll text you
after I talk to my mom about it.”
Although Randi
had to lie about who she was going with and sit through another
lecture, Suzanne finally agreed to let her go. By the time
Suzanne was finished, Randi had less than an hour to get
ready.
After showering
quickly, Randi pulled on a pair of jeans and a brown baby-doll
top.
Once she was
ready, Suzanne drove her to the mall and dropped her off. Randi
entered through the food court, and searched through the throng
of people for Oliver.
When she
didn’t find him right away, Randi feared that he’d
ditched her, but then she saw him standing by a vending machine
against the far wall. Their eyes met at the exact same time, and
a huge grin stretched across his face. He waved, and Randi
started towards him while he waited where he was.
“Hey,” he
smiled, and stepped forward to hug her. He hesitated for a
millisecond when he realized he didn’t know how she would
react, but Randi stepped forward, completing the hug for him. He
smiled and squeezed her tight. Even over the aromas of all the
different types of food, from hamburgers and pizza to Chinese, he
could still smell the sweet scent of Randi’s
shampoo.
They walked
around the mall for awhile and stopped at a few stores here and
there just to look, but neither of them bought
anything.
“Do you
want to go somewhere else?” Oliver asked. “I’m
getting kind of bored.”
“Sounds
good,” Randi smiled, who had just been thinking the same
thing.
On their way
out, they passed the food court, and Oliver bought Randi an ice
cream. Insisting that it was the most amazing ice cream
she’d ever had, she made Oliver try it. She shared the
remainder of it with him on their way to the park, feeding him
bites in between laughing and eating some herself while he
drove.
Author's Note: I was
going to put this up last night, but I couldn't find the
notebook I had it written in. Sorry. ):
Thanks for all the support. It means a lot. You're all
amazing. ♥
@1live2love9laugh6 you should totally do that! anyway, I loved this chapter! <3 Reminder please.
Please upload more A.S.A.P.
By the way, have you ever done like.. a day where it was all for just one story, uploading new chapters all day? You'd do it on a free day you have, though.. lol
Anyways, I LOVE this story! It's reaaaaaaaaaaaaally great. (: