Gone Wild by Ever McCormick

Author:Ever McCormick [McCormick, Ever]
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Publisher: Barefoot Publishing
Published: 2013-08-13T07:00:00+00:00

13

His wide hand occasionally returned to my back during our walk around the restaurant's grounds. I found myself staring at his profile in the light of the sunset and wondering if it was the magical night or the booze that was making me feel like this not-a-date was a date. Whatever it was, I never wanted it to end.

The gruff Adam from the mountain had been shoved off like a coat at the end of winter, and underneath was this sculpture of a man from an expensive underwear ad, who also had intelligence and a kindness that made me swoon. It was like stumbling across a secret garden in your own backyard.

Soon, the sky was getting too dark for us to enjoy the scenery any longer, so we made our way back to the street where we'd parked. At night, the quaint town took on a new appearance. We stopped to appreciate artistic storefronts and read the menus posted in front of the quirky restaurants. Small white lights twinkled in the trees that lined the sidewalks and excited conversations and uninhibited laughter erupted from the al fresco diners.

I leaned back my head and laughed at something Adam said and then felt his hand reach down and grasp mine. His fingers interlaced with mine and squeezed, and my breath stopped for a second. As much as we'd flirted and danced around the idea of a romantic pairing between the two of us, no lines had been crossed. That moment in the water, that massage in bed, they were all innocent enough that we could retract back into friend status, but this night was revealing itself more and more to be a date. And dates ended in kisses. And a kiss seemed like a step in a definite direction.

He grinned at me in a sideways glance and then squeezed again, seeming to agree with me in his eyes. He was taking the dangerous first step of reaching out to someone to see if they felt it too.

We walked down the street for a few minutes like this, not saying anything, just enjoying the early summer night on a beautiful street where we knew no one and no one knew us, and we might have just been some happy young people who had never been hurt. Every once in a while, we'd look at each other and smile in unison because of the sheer perfection of the moment.

I kept thinking of how brave he was to be taking that first step, reaching out. He was always teaching me how to be brave. I thought about pulling him into one of the cute little alcoves sprinkled down the streets. They seemed just small enough for a stolen first kiss.

"Look at that," Adam said.

I followed the direction of his gaze to a square where people milled about laughing and talking. A post stood in the middle where advertisements and posters for local bands hung, letting people know what was happening in the area. An old long-haired man sat with his eyes closed under the post.

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