and make this as light as possible and treat it as no big deal.
Who knows, it might not be? I’m only fooling myself.
“Haha Charlie, I’m not worried at all, didn’t you get the memo? I’m a catch.”
“Pretty sure of yourself, aren’t you?” I tease.
His joking manner stops suddenly and turns serious. “Charlie, I’m not worried because when you want to be with someone, you will do everything in your power to make it happen. I will have dinner with your parents tomorrow night, and they will love me. Do you know why?”
All I could do was shake my head.
“Because all it will take is to have dinner with me for one evening, to see that I am completely and utterly lost and crazy about their daughter, and that I would never, ever do anything to hurt her.”
Little does he know the secrets I hide and want kept hidden. So I pretend.
I couldn’t respond with words, so I showed him instead.
“Maverick, I’m going to kiss you now.” In this moment, I don’t give a shit who sees us, and I don’t have a care in the world except the two of us.
I gaze up at him feeling a little bit self-conscious and can tell that he knows this is huge for me. A pivotal moment for us, but especially for me. His beautiful blue eyes are on me, searing into me. I take complete control, even though I’m nervous as hell. I place my small hands on each side of his face and pull it down towards me. He lets me take full control, keeping his hands at his sides, letting me set the pace and I love every second of it.
I start out slow, needing my feelings to be felt by him without saying any words. I want to savor this kiss. I start brushing my lips against his softly then part my lips more, letting my tongue lick his lips. He opens his mouth wider for me and lets me gain access. My tongue brushes his, and the tempo starts to get more frantic in our kiss. I swear my mouth was made for his. He groans against my lips and that set’s me off even more. I try to remind myself that we are in the school parking lot. I slow it down and trace my tongue around his lips and end the kiss all the while rubbing his roughened cheek with my thumb.
I lean my forehead against his, trying to control my rapidly beating heart, and try desperately to slow my breathing down.
“Lord have mercy, what you do to me Charlie,” he says.
I can’t help the blush that creeps up on my cheeks, and I knew he would notice, he always does. “I also love how I can make you blush,” he says.
Instead of getting embarrassed again, I giggle and lightly smack him on the arm. “All right Mav, we better get going and quit putting on a show for the senior parking lot. I’m already the talk of the school.”
He stops abruptly and pulls me to him. “I like putting on a show. It lets everyone know that you’re mine, and you are taken.”
Before I can stop myself I say, “I seriously don’t think you need to worry about that. I’m not exactly a prime catch. I’m pretty sure you don’t have to worry about anybody trying to “steal” me away.”
He has a disapproving look on his face when he replies, “Why do you do that?”
“What?” I play innocent.
“Why do you put yourself down? I hate it, and I hate to tell you, but you are completely wrong about yourself. You don’t see what I do. The guys all check you out. You’re so different from every other girl in this school, it’s such a relief. All the guys see you as a girl with a perfect body, beautiful dark blue eyes that I could look into forever and a face to match. Do me a favor Charlie, and quit talking about yourself in this way because it seriously pisses me off!”
I stand there a little stunned. This was a first, to witness Maverick get upset. “I will try, okay? That's all I can offer right now. This is all so new to me.” I wave my arms back and forth indicating the two of us.
What he doesn't understand, is that I still can't believe that this is real. That this guy actually likes me. I have a hard time looking at myself in the mirror,