… mean to” I said boldly. ” I’m cold” Scott muttered. “But the water is warm,” I said ditzy voice. ” I’m cold!” he said showing me the goose bumps on his tan, muscular arm. ” Well I still think it’s strange because the water is warm.” I said.
I looked at Scott. His tousled blond hair now almost brown in the dark and made him look very sexy. His eyes were like the ocean- I could see into them forever. ” Come closer to me. You ” re warm!” he said. I did as he asked.
My heart was pounding with excitement. I sat on his knee while at the same time he put his arms around my waist with his finger tips ending at my bellybutton. I stared into his beautiful deep blue eyes and he stared into mine. A shock went through me. I was actually nervous. I never got this way about anything.
My stomach became a huge knot that rumbled back and forth. I relaxed when we held each other closer, like the world was coming to an end. Before I knew it his soft lucio us lips touched mine. Its was a dream come true. Fireworks went on in both of our minds. I was in heaven.
It was the most romantic kiss anyone could ever have on this earth. We both grinned from ear to ear. We looked at each other in awe. Together we made our way out of the water because it was close to room checks.
It was a silent brisk walk back to the hotel. We took the musty stairwell up to our rooms. We hugged each other when we got to the third floor. I had no idea what he was thinking but I was still in shock. He left me then. I hopped from stair to stair happy as a clam all the way to the fifth floor.
I didn’t care if anyone saw me or not because for once a guy I liked, liked me back. I thought maybe I found the man, the man of my dreams. I walked down to the lobby after primping an hour for the big dance. There Scott stood, as handsome as ever, in his black Hawaiian shirt with orange and yellow hibiscus flowers with a dragon on the back. I stood in my f usia colored scrappy dress that had little black intricate designs it. I stared at him.
He didn’t know just how cute he was. People started coming in behind me so Ihad to continue on down the stairs. “Hey, I’m going to call my mom right quick, want to come?” Scott asked. “Sure,” I said. Scott and I walked to the pay phone that was right across the street from the beach. Ididn’t listen to a word he was saying the phone.
I stared into the water and took a deep breath, taking in all of the beauty of Hawaii. With each wave more salt came into the air. The sun glistened on the waves. With that one deep breath, every stress, any thing that was wrong in my life, was gone in a flash. ” Come on,” Scott said. ” Alright,” I murmured under my breath.
He walked ahead of me, but I stopped and took one more look at this beautiful place. I took a deep breath before running to catch up to with him. The music was blaring as Scott and I entered the dance room. It was packed with a variety of different people. Most were laughing and having a good time on the dance floor but some- like Scott and I-just sat and talked. We both looked at each other like we wanted to say something but we just let our eyes talk until I interrupted: ” Can we dance later?” I asked kindly.
” Yeah, I promise.” he said. I secretly crossed my fingers behind my back praying that this would be the best day of my life. ” So what exactly is going on with us?” I asked inquisitively. ” Well… .” he started in a worried voice. ” I want to go out but we can’t.” As soon as the words came out of his mouth everything in me dropped and tears came to my eyes.
He could tell I was crushed and he was apologetic. I felt like crawling in a hole and dying. I told myself to hang on and not lose it completely in front of him. I tried to take a deep breath, to make everything happy again, but it didn’t work. ” Why?” I said, trying to hold back the tears. ” Time- I never come to Wichita.
I’ve only been there two times and that was because of Lions band.” Well, then why did you kiss me?” the words sputtered out of my mouth while I wiped away the tears from my eyes. ” I don’t know, because I like you and I really thought it would work out. I didn’t think. I’m sorry I led you on, I really thought it would work,” He said, sounding sad himself. As I looked down at my feet, a river of tears started to roll down my cheeks. It didn’t matter what he said, nothing could keep me from crying.
I had so much bottled up emotions of anger and sadness at both myself and Scott that filled my head. I knew Scott was being sincere about it, but I was so heartbroken. I couldn’t help feeling the way I felt. I didn’t get why of all men, the man of my dreams, would say anything like that.
I know he didn’t want to hurt me bu the did. ” I’m going to the bathroom,” I said to Scott abruptly. I walked to the bathroom and stopped to looked at my self in the mirror. The face that stared back at me had bloodshot eyes, ruined make-up, and tears still rolling down my face like someone had opened the flood gates of the Hoover Dam. I couldn’t have ever been prepared for the next words I would over- hear: ” Scott made that girl cry,” Beth, the overweight, disrespectful girl said to Jamie. A smile came upon Jamie’s face.
I turned around in utter disbelief and stared at the pair for a moment. ” Wipe that smile off your face!” I said in a hateful tone. They stood there saying nothing but looked at me like I was stupid. I proceeded to walk out of the room knowing that they were going to talk about me. I was telling myself, ” You ” re fine, just suck it up and talk to him.” I returned to the hallway before entering the dance room. Scott was sitting there laughing and having a good time, as if what he told me, just five minuets before, had no effect on him.
Was raging mad. I stood by a plant when Jamie came over and started talking to him. I ripped the plant’s leaves off into a million pieces, just as he had done to my heart, while I was crying my eyes out. This blond- haired girl came up and asked “What’s the matter?” She too had tears in here yes. ” You see that boy over there in the Hawaiian shirt?” Yeah! ? !” she said. ” Well, I found out that we can’t go out.” I said finishing my story.
“I’m sorry,” she said. We hugged each other which gave us comfort. ” By the way, what’s your name?” I asked. ” Trista.” she answered promptly. While Trista and I were talking, Scott and Jamie walked by us going through the wood framed doors that led to the dance. I glared right through Scott like he was transparent.
He proceeded to take Jamie out to the dance floor. At this point I was too angry to cry. They started to dance to a slow Backstreet Boys song. Trista and I pulled two red cushioned chairs together and sat watching all the people start to dance together. Jamie and Scott danced right in front of me. They were not dancing close together though- I was surprised at that.
Another slow song came on and I thought maybe, just maybe, he would have seen us walk in here and he would ask me to dance as he promised. Jamie and he kept dancing during the next slow song. I thought to myself, ” Now that’s pretty rude. Iknow he had to have seen me.” By the end of the song Jamie was grinning ear to ear and glanced my direction. I got up out of the comfort of my chair and stopped Scott right in his tracks.
“We need to talk!” I told him as we walked over to the blank wall to my left. I felt bad because I left Trista there, sitting all alone. I started bawling again but I managed to say, ” You promised!” I still promise,” he said, looking at me concerned. ” They always end dances with a slow song.” he added.
I made him pinkie swear. Our pinkies met, his skin touched mine, and I didn’t want to let go. I looked deep into his blue eyes. I could tell that he meant what he said. ” This is the last song.” the DJ announced proudly. ” What? ! ? This is a fast song” Scott said.
” I can’t believe this,” I said in tears. It seemed to me all odds were working against me that night. As we loaded the big yellow bus, Most kids were happy and jumping around, like monkeys, but I had my head hanging. We sat by each other in silence. I don’t remember saying a word the rest of the night. When we arrived back at the hotel, I climbed off the bus.
I moved out of everyone’s way and stood in silence staring at the place where Scott held me close and kissed me. I turned around and faced the steep incline that led to my room But I took one more quick glimpse at the romantic spot and took a deep breath. For one second I felt special, then I was back in reality. I proceeded to walk slowly to my room, not ever wanting to think of this mess again. To this day Scott still owes me a dance and I still owe him a contact. I will get a dance from him someday.
It doesn’t matter when or how we get it done. We will hold each other close not knowing what will happen next. With stars in our eyes we would looking deep into each other. It would almost be like I could see my future unfold.
I would just take one last deep breath and smile.