Kayla Part 2

Waking up in the morning changed drastically in the past few weeks. I used to wake up with a cloud of silence and loneliness hanging over my head. The girl I used to date left me because she was moving away and as I found out, had no intention of trying to be together from a distance. We were close, but I guess not close enough for her. But it didn’t matter anymore; I found someone who wanted to be there for me and with me, regardless of housing situation.

Kayla had stayed at my house for the remainder of the two weeks my parents were gone, and then went home. She and I were both terrified of what her shit of a father might say or do to upon her return, so I stayed outside of her house after I dropped her off, to be safe. She texted me thirty minutes later, saying that her dad just asked where she had been, and that he was sorry for what he asked her to do the night that she left. Kayla didn’t necessarily believe him; due to everything he had put her though. But everything seemed secure for the time being, so I headed on home, missing her already. My parents arrived home shortly after I did, and they didn’t have questions for me over what I had done for the past two weeks. I decided to keep Kayla a secret from them for a while.

That has been a week ago. As I rubbed the sleep out of my eyes, I realized that today was special. Kayla and I were going to go out on a date tonight; out first as a couple. The reason that we hadn’t already done so in the two weeks that we had made it official, was her father. He had kept an eye on her after she left, and didn’t let her out of the house while he was home, so we could really see each other. Whenever we got a chance, Kayla and I would talk up a storm either by phone or by text, but we still hadn’t seen each other since she came back. However, her dad was going out with a few of his college friends tonight, and probably wouldn’t be back until the next day. As soon as Kayla found this out, she immediately called me and told me the news.

We agreed to go out to dinner and see a movie together, the standard date for people our age. We planned on me picking her up around 7, when her dad was sure to be gone. I turned to look at the clock on the nightstand and saw that it was almost 10 in the morning. That meant that I had almost nine hours to kill until I could see my gorgeous and loving crimson-haired angel.

I got up and did random stuff around the house, deciding not to text her today, so that our meeting tonight would be even more special. She didn’t text or call me either throughout the day, so I suppose she had the same idea. Finally around 6 I made my way into the shower and got ready.

I drove over to her place, texted her, and waited patiently out front for her. I didn’t want to ring the doorbell, just in case he was still there. After about 5 minutes, the most stunning girl walked out the front door. Kayla’s hair was pulled up into a ponytail, and she had on a short denim skirt with a stylish dressy white shirt above it. As she approached my car, I saw the smallest hint of makeup, adding to the cute and innocent aura she gave off. As her eyes met mine, she smiled and her face turned red. This was her first date, so I could tell that she was a bit nervous. I didn’t care though, I was in love with this girl.
She walked around and opened the passenger door. No sooner had she done that, she threw her arms around me and planted a deep kiss right on my lips. I could tell that she missed me as much as I missed her.

“It’s so good to see you again. The past week has been killing me.”

I replied, “Oh I know how you feel. I’ve had to fight urges to come over here and sweep you off of your feet.”

That elicited a big smile from her. “Well I’m glad you didn’t. I’m sure if my dad found out about you, he’d kill you and me.”

“Well I don’t see him tonight…so let’s enjoy the time we have, huh?”

She agreed and we drove off. We chitchatted about random things until we pulled up to the Italian restaurant I placed reservations for. I let her out of her side of the car and we walked in holding hands. After we were seated and ordered our food, I looked at her from across the table. She was already looking at me with a smile on her face. I stared into her deep celadon eyes and thought to myself, “How did I get so lucky to have this girl?”

“Daniel, I’m really glad that we could be together tonight,” she said.

“Me too,” I said. “I’m really happy that I can take you out and treat you how you deserve to be treated.”

“I’m really sorry that we can’t do this too often, especially with what’s coming up..”

I knew that she meant her moving back to the city. She was supposed to leave after this next week, and we wouldn’t be able to see each other at all, unless I were to make the 100 mile drive to De Moines.

“Yeah, I know. But don’t you worry. I’m going to be getting a job as soon as I can, so I can make the trip out there as much as I can.”

Kayla smiled and replied, “And as soon as I get my license, I’m going to do the same.”

“I guess this isn’t going to be too hard after, huh?”

“I guess not, but still, I’d rather live somewhere that I could see you every day, without the restrictions of my dad.”

“I’m thinking that I should tell me parents about you soon. I’m sure that they will be sympathetic to our situation, and they could help us out to see each other.” Kayla’s smile widened as I continued.

“They have noticed that my attitude isn’t so dark and gloomy anymore, and have wondered why ever since they got back. My mom even came up to me and asked me if I had found someone new.”

As I said the last part, I scooted my foot over to hers under the table and as they made contact, she smiled again.

“I hope that they will like me when we meet finally…” she said.

“Of course they will, I can’t see them not liking you.