Sports suck. School is ok, but family and friends, thats what i live for. I'm a sophmore at RHS in Rocklin, CA. We're in a drout and yet everyone keeps complaining about the heat, like hello! Its california during a drout. I'm not popular but i'm not alone. Im what we like to call, middle on the food chain. Many friends, caring family, loving boyfriend, i can't complain. I always wished something exciting would happen to me. Something that is unusual, that i would be noticed for. Careful what you wish for.
I live on top of a hill with wetlands behind me and houses surrounding it. Sort of making the wetlands a circle. Since we're in a drout there's no water down there, so its all yellow. A few clusters of trees but for the most part its a clear area that is private property. We have nagging neighbors at the bottom of the hill across the wetlands that yells at anyone down there.
My sister just moved to Ohio for college but all of her friends are still around and treat me like their little sister. Tonight, Luke, my boyfriend is planning a surprise date. Luke is a popular baseball player at school. Every girl has a crush on him and yet he chose me, small, blonde, blue eyed goodie goodie. He has brown hair, eyes as blue as the carribean water, and is very toned and fit. We have been dating for over a year. He asked me to homecoming last year in october. Ever since we have been unseparable. He treats me with the utmost respect and is a wonderful gentleman.
Luke arrives at my house, steps in to say hi to my parents then we get in the car. He hands me a blindfold.
"What is this for?" I ask, confused. He just smiles his wicked grin.
"Well it's not a surprise date if you see where we're going." He teases. I put it on reluctantly, letting the darkness over come me, as he starts the car. He starts driving and places his hand in mine to confort me. I'm not good with oblivion, and he knows i have extreme anxiety. We pull up and i can hear music playing and people talking. I hear him unbuckle and shuffle around. Suddenly i feel his lips on mine. It starts off soft and sweet and quickly picks up pace. Our breaths are heavy as he pulls away. We're quiet for a minute, both trying to catch our breath.
"Sorry, i would love to continue, believe me, but we have places to be." I smile and nod. We both made our intentions clear when we started dating. We are both very religious and believe sex is for marriage. No matter who it is, that will never change. I hear him slide back into his seat as he reaches over to remove my blindfold. I smile at him, we're at Sonic. This is our milkshake place, also good for makeout sessions😏😉. Once we order shakes we sit there for a few minutes and listen to music. Once we're finished, he hands me my blind fold. I give him a look of confusion.
"I thought this was a milkshake date?"
"You're too special to take ONLY to get a milkshake," he says sweetly. I once again let the darkness overtake me. We start driving again. When he stops the car i reach up to pull off my blindfold but Luke stops me. "No no no babe! Not yet." He says warningly. He gets out of the car and comes around to open my door. He reaches for my arm, helping me get out then starts to guide me. We make a few turns till we stop. He leans down, pecks me on my nose, then pulls my blindfold off. I'm in my backyard, with all of my sisters friends that feel like family around a fire. They all yell surprise as i stumble back in shock. I hug Luke for a while as a thankyou. He knows i've been struggling with Meagan going off to college and her friends came by atleast once a week just to hang out and ever since she's left, i haven't seen them. This means the world to me and i couldn't be happier.
