Forget Me Not
5
After throwing away the
empty ice cream container at the park, Oliver said,
“I’ll race you to the swings,” with a
mischievous glint in his eyes.
“It’s
on,” Randi said, and broke into a run, faster than Oliver
expected. He caught up with her easily however, but he
didn’t pass her, letting her win.
She laughed as she sat on a
swing in victory, although she was almost positive that Oliver
could have beaten her with barely any effort. Oliver smiled and
pushed her on the swing. After a little bit, he sat on the swing
next to her, and they raced to see who could go the highest.
Having already let her win once, Oliver decided it would be okay
to be the victor this time.
“Not fair!”
Randi laughed when he surpassed her. “Your legs are
longer!”
“So?” he
laughed, and jumped off the swing, landing perfectly on both feet
without an effort.
Randi smiled and tried not
to stare at him.
“Jump!” Oliver
encouraged her. Randi shook her head.
“It’s scary,” she protested.
“I’m right here,” Oliver moved in front of her
swing. “I won’t let you fall,” he promised.
It took a little more persuasion from Oliver that she would be
fine, but she finally agreed to jump.
“One,” Oliver began. Randi let go of the swing.
“Two,” he continued. She prepared herself to jump.
“Three!”
Randi jumped, and stumbled straight into Oliver’s arms,
just like he’d promised. Oliver hadn’t expected the
force that she fell into him with, though, and he lost his
balance. He took a few short steps backwards in an attempt to
regain his footing, but it didn’t help. He fell straight on
his butt, with Randi on top of him. He put out one hand out on
the ground to stead himself and kept the other around Randi to
make sure she didn’t fall any farther.
“I’m sorry!” Randi exclaimed, attempting to
scramble up, but Oliver’s laugh made her hesitate. It only
took him a moment to reclaim his balance, and when he did, he put
his other arm around Randi’s waist as well, not wanting her
to move away.
“Don’t worry about it,” he smiled. Randi looked
down at him shyly and smiled back.
Oliver put his hand on her cheek and Randi thought her heart
would slam out of her chest. He leaned forward and then paused.
Randi felt more nervous than she knew was possible. The
butterflies in her stomach were going crazy. Her eyes slid to
Oliver’s lips unintentionally, giving Oliver courage.
He leaned forward, closing the gap between them, and kissed her,
a gentle brush of the lips.
Oliver heard Randi’s
sharp intake of breath when he pulled back. He took it as a good
sign and kissed her again, this time for
longer.
Her lips were soft and
smooth against his own, and Oliver wanted to know what they
tasted like. His arms tightened around her, almost
naturally.
“Oliver,” Randi
laughed nervously when they pulled apart. “We’re in
the park!” she said in a hushed voice.
Oliver laughed.
“Sorry,” he leaned his forehead against hers.
“Do you want to leave?”
Randi shrugged.
“Where would we go?”
“There’s no one
at my house,” Oliver suggested, and then swore inwardly.
Why would he say that? It sounded like he only wanted to get in
her pants – which wasn’t even close to the
truth.
That thought never crossed
Randi’s mind when she agreed, hesitating only for a brief
moment before answering. They linked hands and headed to
Oliver’s car.
When they got back to his
house, they went upstairs to the only room Oliver hadn’t
shown her the night before – his own. He put on a movie,
and they laid in bed as they watched it.
Oliver had already seen the
movie, and he found that he couldn’t keep his eyes off of
Randi. Curled up next to him, focused on the TV, Oliver
didn’t think he’d ever find someone who made him feel
this way, especially since he’d barely even known her for
one full day.
Randi tried to pay
attention to the movie, but she couldn’t. Oliver was laying
on his back with his arm draped around her shoulders, and she was
half on her side and half on her back, laying as close to him as
she dared. He kept running his hand up and down her arm, making
her glance at him out of the corner of her eyes every
time.
Finally, she turned
completely onto her side towards him, giving up on the
movie.
Author's Note: So what
do you think of their first kiss? (: It was fun to write. Hope
you liked it.
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