A Love Story With a Not So Happy Ending (Ch. 5)

After debating about which vehicle to take we decide to take mine, more room so it's better, according to William. Our first stop of the night is Williams Grandmas. Playing pool sounded like a fun idea so off we went. His grandpa looked at us a little funny. Well I'm pretty sure I would do the same if I saw my grandson, two guys, and a girl go up the stairs to 3 open bedrooms and a pool room. William, being the good friend his is, kept reminding me and CJ there is three other rooms we could use to um, 'get to know each other better'. "Thanks Will but I came here to play some pool so who who's *ss am I gunna be kicking fist?," I say smiling my evil grin. William raises his hand and CJ and Jimmy take the only two open chairs in the room ready to watch me get my *ss kicked. Thirty minutes go by and we are bored out of our minds. CJ pops the question we are all wanting to hear, "So this is fun but where to know? Windmill?" "Ok, sure that sounds fine to me," I say picking up my keys. As I'm walking into the hallway CJ comes up behind me and grabs my keys, "Hey take a break and let me drive, you look tired from playing softball all day." Wow a guy has never done that to me before, "Ok sure I am getting sick of driving all the time."1

Less than 10 minutes later we're pulling up to Windmill. I snap a picture of CJ while he's walking back to the jeep from buying a night pass. "Hey no fair! I wasn't ready for that!" He yells and gives me a smile. "I guess since it's you I'll let it slide," he says sliding back into the jeep. I smile inside. As soon as we pull up to the parking spot Jimmy and William are out the doors, running to the beach. I dressed up hoping to impress CJ decide to take my time and try to not trip or fall and walk down the beach with CJ at my side. CJ and I start up a conversation while we sit down and take off our shoes. Jimmy and William walk off laughing about something or another.. they were probably laughing at me and my exposed thong. I got the hint as William yells "Nice red thong Rachel!" Blushing I pull up my pants that love to fall down whenever I sit. All of a sudden CJ jumps up and reaches for my hands. Our hands entangle for the first time as he pulls me up our eyes locked on each other the whole time. We walk down the beach hand in hand. With no where to go we walk the beach up and down talking about our ex's. After doing that about 20 times I get bored "how about if we walk around the park?" CJ shrugs and smiles at me "sounds great to me." Sitting back in the spot we were before we put on our shoes and once again he jumps up and reaches for my hands. We walk around the park until we come to a dock and it's so dark out we can barely see 2 feet in front of us. Fish are jumping out of the water right below us. I'm sitting on the railing and freaking out because fish jumping at me is a no-no. Suddenly arms wrap around my torso. A scream escapes from my lips. "Shhhhh!! It's only me," CJ exclaims. I can feel my cheeks turn red from embarassment. "I'm only holding so you won't fall," he said smiling. "Glad to know you care," I say smirking.2