Marshall POV
"I swear I've never seen a girl eat so much" we were talking about what we had eaten and when I realized what I had said I regretted it, shit..you don't say that to a girl "I didn't mean it that way, I meant that.." I was about to give an explanation when she interrupted me laughing.
"Marshall, chill..I know I eat a lot, I'm not going to sit around and pretend I'm the kind of person who orders salad" she smiled at me "besides did you see that burger? It was the best I've ever eaten and then the chocolate cake, God."
I quickly smiled and my hand went in search of hers, I didn't know why but I liked doing this with her, walking hand in hand. "Shit, I thought I already fucked everything up with my comment" I saw her laughing "I know girls don't like to be told that."
"It's ok, besides you did the same thing, you devoured your burger and stole my fries" she said in an accusing tone "feel special because I only allow that to my mom." I felt her thumb caress my hand. "Where are we going? My house is the other way" she raised an eyebrow.
"Wow, I feel really special" I smiled jokingly and at her question I got a little nervous "well, I thought maybe we could spend some more time together" shit...was I blushing? "Only if you want or if you have plans I can take you home then".
"It's ok, I don't have anything to do" she smiled at me and continued with the little caresses on my hand that I liked too much.
We kept walking as she asked where we were going but I wanted to surprise her, it was the first time I was taking someone there so I just told her it was surprise.
As we arrived I could see how her face was one of amazement as she took in the great view of Detroit.
"Wow, Marshall this is amazing" she smiled excited "I didn't know this place existed".
"I don't think many people know, always is this alone" I mumbled sitting down on the floor and she sit down next to me "I always come here when I want to write"
"Someday will you show me some of your rhymes?" she asked me as she was now the one reaching for my hand and I of course didn't refuse.
"Maybe, someday" I smiled bringing our hands to her leg. "So, we spent the whole meal talking about my family..what happened to yours? I don't think it's just you and your mom" I really had told her everything, I never used to do it with anyone, but she gave me so much reassurance and more because she didn't judge, even when I told her about my mom being an addict.
"Well, my grandparents..my mom's parents we only see them at Christmas" she made a little grimace "mom doesn't have the best relationship with them, they are so different and now they are in Texas so we are even further apart" she sighed "and my dad sometimes calls me, he has his life and sometimes forgets he had a daughter at 16" when she told me about her dad I noticed how her voice sounded kind of sad..I also grew up without my dad present and it affected me but I didn't feel sadness, I felt anger.
"It's his loss" I said quite sure "you're a really dope chick Rory, surely your mom is happy to have you all to herself."
"Yours is missing out too" she said out of nowhere "you're a great guy" she smiled squeezing my hand and then her gaze returned to the incredible view in front of us "I don't understand how there are parents who can abandon their children" she shook her head "one thing I can swear to you is that I will never leave my children nor will I be with someone who does, I would never be like my father's girlfriend who pushed us even further apart".
Rory was letting me see that the subject of her dad really got to her and I felt a fucking urge to meet that son of a bitch for being able to make a girl like Rory sad, especially since she is his daughter.
"Yeah, I can also swear I'll never let my kids to the side, I want a family you know? I don't want them to go through the same shit I did" I sighed "I hear you" I let go of her hand but only to slip my arm around her shoulders and pull her tight to me hugging her.
"So family huh?" she asked me as her head was leaning back against me "do you see yourself with Kim in that family?"
What? Her question certainly took me by surprise, it was strange that she mentioned Kim.
"I don't know, Kim and I aren't very stable and we aren't together anymore, I want to believe that this time is the final one" I wanted to change the subject.
"At the party you were asking her to get back together with you.." it seemed like Rory's plan was to talk about Kim.
"Why the fuck do you want to talk about Kim?" I asked annoyed and stopped hugging her, we were literally hugging and she was talking to me about my ex girlfriend?
"Sorry I didn't mean to upset you" she sighed lightly "everyone tells me you love her so much and I thought you might want to talk about how you feel" I don't know why I didn't believe her, her tone of voice had even changed.
I slightly rolled my eyes but in the end I hugged her again "I miss her I'm not going to lie to you but I don't know if I miss her or I miss the habit of being with her" I mumbled sincerely.
"Oh, that makes sense." She said starting to play with my fingers "I guess you have to think about it taking your time to see what you want to do don't you?"
"Yes, I have to" I said in a serious tone, I didn't understand why Rory was bringing up Kim when she and I were having a good time, it made me uncomfortable talking about Kim with Rory.
"I didn't mean to make you uncomfortable, I thought since we are friends we could talk about Kim" her tone of voice was a calm one even though mine hadn't been "but I can't give you much advice anyway" she said letting out a giggle, maybe trying to take away the awkward moment "I've never had a boyfriend so I'm not even a newborn in the subject, I'm not even born yet".
I couldn't help but let out a small chuckle at her last comment although I was quite surprised to learn that Rory had never had a boyfriend "why? None have been good enough for Miss Princeton?" I made a teasing tone but I was joking.
Rory smiled amused and denied "it's not that, I've never really liked anyone before and I don't know, I never thought about any specific boy before."
"Before?" I questioned having an idea what she was referring to, I wasn't stupid. I knew Rory liked me and to me she was a cute a girl, too good to be true.
"Oh now that I remember, DeShaun mentioned that it's your birthday soon" quick change of subject "since we're just getting to know each other I think I need ideas for your gift."
"You don't have to buy me anything new girl, your cute presence at my party is enough."
We started talking about the party, my birthday and I ended up giving her small gift ideas after she managed to convince me, I told her not expensive things, I didn't want her to spend money on me.
Literally that's how we spent the whole time there, we even talked about our ages and I was surprised to learn that she was 16, shit, I was about to turn 20 but then I thought about how she was only a year younger than Sharonda and Kim.
Then we had to almost run to her house when we realized that it was already 8 o'clock at night and none of us had cell phones to call her mother, a cell phone was very expensive. I don't know at what moment the time passed so fast, it was the second time that happened to me with Rory.
When we finally arrived at her house we both stood outside the door and she turned to look at me.
"I had a great time today Marshall, thanks for the food" she smiled at me and I could tell she was nervous, shit...she was cute when she was like that.
"No problem, I had a great time too" I looked into her eyes and my gaze traveled down her face to her lips. It was like my body was reacting on its own, like I had a need to have Rory close so as I realized it my hands went to grab her waist to pull her closer to me. "You're so damn precious" I murmured in a low tone letting my hand go to her cheek.
I could feel her body tense a little as I pulled her closer to me but quickly her body molded to mine, I felt her delicate hands on my shoulders and notice that her gaze also going to my lips, that was the green light I needed.
I lightly squeezed her waist and still with my hand on her cheek I brought our faces closer, her eyes closed as soon as our noses brushed and mine closed as soon as I brought her lips and mine together.
I started kissing her in a delicate way, not my style but with Rory it felt fucking good, her lips moved along with mine and her hands traveled from my shoulders to the back of my neck, her hand started playing with my hair and there I lost myself, it was my favorite thing.
My hands went to her lower back to press her tighter against my body and the kiss became more intense, my tongue asked for access to her mouth and she accepted. I was about to lower my hand a little when we heard someone start to cough.
Quickly Rory pulled away from me, I was still feeling groggy from the kiss but I quickly realized it was her mother standing in the doorway and looking at me like she wanted to kill me.
Let her do it if she wants to, I would die fucking happy after that good kiss with Rory.