You Make it Possible-Under Re-Write

13

I spent the rest of the evening sketching and talking with Phoebe about what she wanted to get her boyfriend for his birthday. I tried to be helpful but I just wasn't a fan of David. I just never got a good vibe, but I had no proof or real reason to ever tell Phoebe about it.

It was almost 9 now and the butterflies were starting to kicking in. Kai had texted me he was on his way about 10 minutes ago and I knew he'd be here soon.

I grabbed my crossover purse making sure I had my charger and wallet with me, just as I was slipping my shoes on I get a text from Kai that he's outside.

I say a quick goodbye to my parents who are usually not up this late, but given the circumstances I'm not surprised at all.

When I step outside I see Kai is in a different vehicle. It was a single cab black truck, and on the back I could see fishing poles sticking out.

I hop in the truck and turn to face Kai and I am immediately brought into a kiss.

He holds my face in his hands lightly and kisses me softly.

I pull away and smile. "Well hello to you too" I say blushing and turning to put my seat belt on.

"I've missed you" he says almost sounding shy.

"I missed you too" I say turning back to him and he leans in for another kiss.

"We should go I know my parents are watching through the window" I say looking back towards the house seeing one of the blinds from the window moving.

"See?" I say pointing.

He starting laughing and drives off. "I can't blame them, I'm taking their daughter out at 9 o clock at night" he says and side glances at me with a small smirk playing at the corner of his lips. How can such a simple look make me swoon like this. Maybe I can use this moment to ease in my thoughts from earlier.

"Yeah they're just protective since you're my first boyfriend" I say staring at the side of his face looking for a reaction.

"Really now?" He says looking right at me when we pull up to a stop light.

"Yeah" I say biting my lip from feeling nervous.

He shifts in his seat a bit and I start feeling more nervous.

"Is that okay?" I push

"Of course!" He says quickly. "I'm sorry it's the lip thing I know I'm weird" he says nervously and looks back at the road when the light turns green.

I smile at him, I love that I have this sort of affect on him, someone like him actually. I never really considered myself one of the beautiful girls like Phoebe or Jess, just average and nothing special. I definitely never thought someone as gorgeous as he was would give me a second look much less a first one.

"I don't care about that stuff" he says shrugging.

"What do you mean?"

"You know like, your past relationships and what not. You're with me now and that's all that matters." He says giving me a quick smile.

"But I will admit I like that I'm your first." He says giving me another one of those sexy side glances and a smirk.

I roll my eyes at him "of course you do".

He laughs and turns up the radio.

"I made us the perfect playlist for the night" he says turning up the song. It's "Impossible " by Nothing but Thieves...

I thought back to the morning I was sketching, and how once I started this song I began to draw Kai without even thinking.

"You must really like this song" I say blushing as I remember showing it to him for the first time, and how he wanted to hear it after just playing it.

"I do" he says smiling. "It's kind of relatable" he says quietly.

I don't respond but I take in his comment. He's right about that. I never thought it was possible to fall so quickly for someone. This wasn't like me one bit, but the pace of our relationship didn't frighten me anymore.

As the song played I wanted to tell him about the drawing but I was afraid he'd find it weird. After a lot of thought and the song ended I decided I would keep it to myself a little longer.

"Hey where are we going by the way?" I ask realizing he never actually said.

"Well I'm sure you noticed the fishing poles, we are going night fishing" he says.

"Night fishing?" I ask confused. That's a thing?

"Yes! My dad used to take us all the time growing up, we go every now and then together but my sisters are getting into that early preteen phase and my brother is in the teenage phase so they don't appreciate it as much anymore." he says with a somewhat sad tone.

"When's the last time y'all went together?" I ask.

"Maybe a few years ago?" He says still sounding sad. "But I thought you might like it" he adds with a reassuring smile.

"I talked to your sister at the party and she said you love the beach, so I thought maybe you'd like this."

"Wow she just gives out my info like that" I say jokingly. "But yes, the goal is to retire in a small beach house in a small town, and be the old lady covered in tattoos and wear nothing but long skirts and big sun hats and shit" I say laughing.

"Sounds like the life to live" he says with a smile. "Do you have any tattoos? He asks.

I shake my head. "My parents would skin me alive" I joke. "But I have a lot of ideas." I say excitedly.

"Do you have any?" I add. My stomach did flips imagining what his body would look like with tattoos. I hope he says yes.

"Yeah actually" he says. "Id have to undress for you to see them though" he says smirking.

I sigh at his comment, hoping the dark of the night hid my blushing cheeks.

"Keep your clothes on for now okay bud?" I say jokingly.

"Fiiiine" he pretend whines, and reaches over placing a strong hand on my thigh.

"So have you been to the beach at night?" He says changing the subject. My mind still woozy from his touch.

"Yeah I used to drive to Galveston some nights when I was in high school" I say nodding.

"Well you'll love this spot, it's not in Galveston though it's in Freeport."

I nod and go back to listening to the playlist he made for us. It was sort of like those movies where the guy makes a mix tape for a girl he likes and I thought it was sort of sweet. He was right though, every song that played went with the peaceful feeling of the night.

It was dark and the road felt smooth and I hadn't realized that I began to drift off.