All Grown Up

C h a p t e r S e v e n t y N i n e

"Yeah.. thats fine.." he says easily as my eyes widen and i smile, looking to Ray and nodding as he silently cheers "uh.. tell him to drive safe.. and slow.. dont rush to get back okay you guys have quite the drive to get back out here..especially with this weather" he says as i smile looking to Ray

"Thank you! Okay, i'll tell him"

"Do it while im on the phone" he instructs as i roll my eyes

"Chris said you have to drive safe" i tell him as he laughs

"Ofcourse i will, precious cargo. No worries Chris i'll protect her with my life" he says out loud as chris mutters a 'mmhmm' as i laugh a bit

"Alright.. yall make sure yall not out too late.. let me know the ETA" he says

"Ofcourse.. thank you"

Rays POV

"Yes... yes chris" she says trying to get him to hang up "yes christian thank you, okay love you too-yes ofcourse.. okay see you, bye" she says before hanging up on him as i start up the car

"Well would you look at that" i start

"Im actually really surprised he said its fine" she says, tapping away on her phone

"Im surprised you even asked him.. i feel like you used to be so scared and secretive before..towards him i mean" i admit to her

From what i could tell from before.. he was super overbearing and she would keep stuff from him.. i dont know if one triggered the other or what but.. things seem a little different now.

"Yeah.. we've um.. we've really grown a lot closer recently" she admits

"Yeah?"

"Yeah.. recently we've been working with a um.." start starts, insecurely "a-a therapist.. " she says not making eye contact with me "we have therapy sessions and she has us working on the broken parts of our relationship.. i think its really been helping" she admits as i smile just staring at her

"Thats really great.." i tell her "im proud of you guys.." i say as she looks up to me surprised at my response "what made you want to start?" I ask her as she thinks

"Well he brought it up" she starts, talking a little more freely now that i guess she gauged my reaction. "I had no idea we could even be like this.. i thought there was no hope" she laughs as do i

-

We spent the entire hour and a half car ride talking about everything we've basically missed with each other and catching up. The ride was smooth since the rain had stopped.

I am enjoying getting to really know her.. since we didnt really get much of a chance last time..

Once we finally start to become within 15 minutes of her house i suggest we maybe stop for some ice cream.. our conversation is going so well and i must admit, im not ready to say goodnight

"Sure lets go" she smiles as i get off the exit to head towards the Baskin Robbins thats nearby.

Kendalls POV

He pulls into the parking lot and goes to get out the car before i stop him

"Wait" i say as he looks to me "Rock paper scissors, loser has to pay for ice cream" i challenge him as he laughs

"I'll pay anyway"

"You're probably right.. im gonna beat you anyway but we still have to do this" i say, laughing

"Yeah we'll see" he faces his body towards me, balling his fist up to play

"On shoot"

"Okay" he says as we chant 'Rock Paper Scissors, shoot!' I say throwing out scissors and he throws out rock "Wait!! Wait wait wait wait"

"You lost!"

"No no no, its rock paper scissors SAYS shoot"

"No it doesn't SAY anything, you just lost" i say, getting out the car, laughing

"Thats cheating, who just says shoot" he says from inside, getting out as well as we both laugh "you're a cheater" he jogs up to the door to open it for me as i blush a bit, still laughing and going inside and feeling all the butterflies tingling and flying all around in my stomach

I like him so much.. almost.. too much

I look around, giddily as if i dont know what i want as he says hello to the guy behind the counter, and walking up to the ice cream window as i look at the cakes in the fridge

"Ken" he holds his hand out for me adorably as a huge stupid smile takes over my face and i do a little skip to get over to him and hold his hand in mine "what do you want?" He looks over everything as i lean against his shoulder

"Um.. can i get one scoop of rocky road and one scoop of vanilla bean in a cup?"

"Boring.." he teases as i poke his side and he holds back laughter "You dont want a cone?" He looks down to me as i look up to him and shake my head, feeling very small next to him

"Alright thats all for her, can i get a double scoop of mint chocolate chip, drizzled with hot fudge and whipped cream"

"Ooh.. i want caramel and hot fudge too please" i add in as the guy nods

"Thanks man" he says before we walk over to the other side of the quiet baskin robbins x dunkin and leave the guy to make the sundaes in peace

We sit at one of the tables and just play with eachothers fingers

"You're cute you know that?" He says to me as i giggle a bit

"You're cute too" i say to him as he glances down to my lips before looking to see what the guy is doing and getting up to lean over and kiss me quickly on the lips

'What a tease..' i mouth as he sits back down, smiling with his cute dimpled face

"Ready" the guy says as Ray gets up and gives him a twenty, telling him to keep the change.

-

We're at my house now but parked right out front. We've finished our ice cream and now we're just listening to some r&b song he put on..

He is so fucking sexy.. i literally want to jump his bones right here but i unfortunately cant do that here..

"I should say goodnight but i dont wanna go" i say, as we lay with our seats reclined and facing each other in his car

"I'll call you" he says cooly, his voice so sexy and his demeanor so chill

"Yeah?" I bite my lip a bit

"Yeah" he leans a bit to grab my hand "come here girl" he says as i sit up to eagerly lean into him as he closes the gap and kisses me, keeping a slight tug on my arm to pull me closer to him.

We continuously peck each other before i bite his bottom lip a bit, adjusting myself in my seat to get closer access to him

He smiles into the kiss before asserting his dominance over my tongue and putting his hand behind the nape of my neck, and i follow his lead, excited to see where this goes, my hand finds its way to his pants and he immediately stops me by pulling back, and laughing a bit, out of breath

"Woah.. kendall" he says as i breath heavily as well

"Sorry" i apologize, tucking a strand of hair behind my ear

"N-no, its..im sorry.. i just" he starts as i continue to catch my breath "we're right in front of your house" he says jokingly as i glance to my house, laughing a bit "and i dont want to rush you" he admits, more seriously "i dont want our first time to be... in a car" he motions as my heart just wells up with emotion "i really like you.. and... i want it to be special.." he says as i smile to him, leaning into kiss him again, more intensely this time, and damn near getting on top of him

I just couldn't help myself.