The music continues
and Callusos and I go back to a holding each other to slow music. I look up at
him and his face is so peaceful and caring that I’m so tempted to kiss him. But
I don’t. I look out into the sunset and see the shore easing closer. Soon we
got tired and sat down to take a few swigs of water. Callusos is looking at me
from the corner of his eye and his lip is quivering. I can tell he wants to
kiss me. There’s a vibration from the bottom of the boat and we have stopped on
shore. Callusos offered his hand to help me up and I take it. He was looking at
me differently, with that longing feeling. He jumped off the boat to land and
helped me after. A few boys were throwing bundles of wood on the cool sand and
making a tepee out of wood for the fire. They
take a can of lighter fluid and set a match to it, the fire becomes ablaze.
People start to pass some more water bottles around and gather to the fire.
Some people are hiding the dark kissing and touching each other. After sitting
by the fire awhile I become sleepy and rest on Callusos’s shoulder then fall
asleep to him stroking my hair.
I wake up and there
is bright sunshine in my eyes. I look at the fire which is a hot pile of coals
and people scattered in piles sleeping. I look down where I had been lying in
the sand and Callusos is there with his arm wrapped around my waist. I lay back
and face him, watching his sleeping face then cuddle up to him to warm up. He
moves a little and looks down at me.
“Hey.” He mumbles and
smiles, and looks over my face.
“Hi, you sleep okay?”
I ask.
“Yeah surprisingly, I
usually have nightmares that wake me up at night.”
“Me too,” I give him
a little smile and cuddle back up to him not wanting to get up.
“Did you wake up at
night from a nightmare?” Callusos asks.
“Nope… I think it’s
because I was with you.” I blush.
He kisses my head and
then grabs hold of my hand. After about ten minutes he pulls away and helps me
up. We walk down the shore a little bit and back letting our feet be splashed
by the faint current of the water.
“Um… Samantha… Your
really pretty.” He stutters and blushes.
“Thanks, you too…” I
laugh a little.
“Thanks, but
Samantha, do you want to go on a date tonight, I could pick you up around 7:00,
7:30?” Callusos asks.
“Actually I’d love to
go on a date with you. It sounds like a lot of fun.” I smile.
“Awesome I can’t
wait.” He blushes a little and I holds my hand.
When we get back to
camp people are just starting to get up and stretch and Claire is pouring the
melted ice from the cooler onto the fire.
“Hey Claire, do you
need any help?” I ask.
“Um, sure that would
be awesome. Can you pick up all the water bottles and empty them out then put
them into garbage bags.” She smiles.
“Sure, I can do
that.”
Callusos and I do as
she asked and by the time we’re done everyone is awake and getting on the boat
to leave. When everyone is loaded up to go Claire announces that she had a
blast and hoped everyone else did and that will be back at the dock in about
ten to fifteen minutes. I use the boats bathroom to rinse my face, wash my
hands, and to fix my hair. After I leave the bathroom I see the dock and people
hopping onto the dock. Callusos pulls me up and catches me. We put or stuff in
the trunk and I call my mom to let her know I’m on my way home and she sounds
happy.
“What kinds of music
do you like? I have Metallica, Modern Hop, Classic, Rock, and Ext.” Callusos
asks.
“I like everything,
but country and rap! But I kind of want to listen to Metallica right now.”
“Awesome, I don’t
like rap either.” He says while putting in a Metallica CD. All the way home I
hummed to the music and we exchanged a few glances. We pulled into my drive way
around 9:00 and my mom was cutting some flowers for the dining table. Callusos
opened my door and helped me out then grabbed my things from the trunk and said
hi to my mom. He walked me to the door and I gave him a hug. He pulled out of
the drive way and when he was out of sight my mom ran into the house. She fixed
to glasses of lemonade and sat at the table looking at me funny.
“Yes?” I giggled.
“Well, sit your butt
down and tell me what happened!” She insisted. I told her everything even about
his family history and also that I had a date tonight.
“Really! OMG! Well
you should take a shower and pick out what you want to wear.” She screams.
“Wait I can go? YAY!
Um Mom can you help me pick something out later?” I smile. She shakes her head
violently. I strip down and turn on the shower. When I get under the hot water
it feels so good and refreshing. I wrap up my hair, dry off, and then tie on my
robe. I go down stairs and cut up some fruits for a fruit salad. Afterwards my
mom helps pick out a knee length, elbow length jean dress. I put on some
foundation, mascara, and light maroon lip gloss. Afterwards my alarm clock
reads 1:00. OMG I think it’s taking so long, I might as well draw. My mom came
to check on around 4:00 and I had almost finished my drawing of a fairy and
demon in love together, which was always forbidden.
“Are you ready honey?”
“Yup, I’ve been done
for awhile. Come see what I’m drawing.” I insisted. She liked it and said I
looked beautiful, which boosted up my self-esteem.
“Most girls try to
look really doll and bubblegum girl like, but you look fabulous and original.”
She smiles.
“I wonder if Callusos
has ever been on a date before. I don’t think he has. But girls have probably
asked him before.” I say worried. My mom rubs my shoulder,
“I don’t think he has
either, but if he has I doubt they’ll be as nice as the one with you.” She
smiles and heads down the stairs yelling that I have two hours.
