Chapter 6

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.