A Step Closer to Love

Arabella nodded her head as she felt him draw closer to her. He spoke no words after taking the permission but she heard every single unspoken word through his eyes.ConTEent bel0ngs to Nôv(e)lD/rama(.)Org .

His usual bright green eyes had darkened and for some reason, she wanted to see them more like that. They felt like they held some kind of power and she wanted to be a part of it.

He pulled her closer and she cursed the makers of the car for putting whatever that barricade was called in between both seats because all she wanted to do was get closer to him. He placed his lips on hers.

She felt herself kissing back with so much intensity. She had not been in many relationships but she had experienced the kissing part of all the ones she was part of and it had been only a few seconds but she knew none of those relationships could be compared to what she felt now.

The car felt heated even though the air conditioner was in full blast touching her skin. Her hand tried to wrap around his neck but she was too short to do so and she felt angry by that fact. Kieran felt her hands and pulled her even closer carrying her away from her chair to his lap.

She pulled away from him breathlessly as her leg hung over the barricades between both chairs. He held her to himself as he stared into her eyes.

“What are we doing?” Arabella asked him.

“Kissing,” he said without missing a beat. She dropped her head to his chest as a laugh escaped her lips.

She did not know why but both of them began to laugh. The laughter filled the car as she sat on his lap and her head on his chest. He held her shoulders as the laugh surged through his body.

“What do you want to do?” he asked.

She lifted her head and stared at his face. One of his hands fell to her waist as he took away the handful of her hair from his face. “For starters, I would like to get into a comfortable position” she murmured. “As much as I like this my legs hurt” she added.

He nodded and freed her waist that he had been holding with one hand and helped her get back into her chair.

“Let’s go to an amusement park,” she said gleefully.

“An amusement park?” he asked.

“Yeah,” she nodded as though her head was about to bob away from her body.

“Am I not too old to be…”

“Shush” she said placing her finger over his mouth. “The amusement park date is a must-do”

“Well if you want to them I guess I can go there” he said with a shrug.

Arabella felt a surge of happiness. “Shall we?” she gestured to the car steering.

“Your wish is my command”

“We are at the amusement park” Arabella’s voice sounded like a child who was getting a wish she had at Christmas.

“Is it that fun?”

“Have you ever been to an amusement park?” she asked and he nodded his head.

“I have been here, it’s just that I did not go on any of the rides”

“Do you have any kind of phobia I should be aware of?” she wanted to know before she forced him to tag along on all the rides she wanted to go on.

“No kind of phobia, I was not just feeling any of the rides”

“Oh, would you look at that? This old man is using the language of the young” Arabella teased running her finger across his chin.

“Shall we?” he asked ignoring her teasing.

“You have to go on all the rides, I insist” she said holding his hands and giving it a little squeeze.

“All the rides?”

“Okay then we can do fifty per cent of the rides since it’s your first time” she said as if she was giving him a discount on his purchase.

“Are you suggesting we come back here?” he asked.

“Is that all you heard?” she asked him tilting her head a bit.

“I heard them all but I want to focus on what I want” Kieran said with a toothy smile.

“Let’s go for the rides then,” Arabella said before turning and pushing her door open.

They walked through the gate into the park. It was fairly empty because it was a weekday. Arabella latched herself to Kieran’s arm and that was the only thing he was enjoying so far about the place.

“Let’s do that first” she pointed to the rollercoaster ride that was high up in the sky. Kieran looked at it and gulped as he watched the ride slow down.

“Shouldn’t we start with the small rides?” he asked.

“You should always get the hard stuff out of the way first,” she said.

“But I just feel since the big rides will be more fun we should do the least fun ones first” he was dying to get out of the situation. How could he climb high up in the sky and let a machine he did not trust turn him over and over again.

“Wait are you afraid?”

“Of course not”

“Come on, if you are afraid then we don’t have to go on those rides” she said but her eyes were sad.

“It’s not because I am afraid, I am just worried about our safety”

“Don’t worry, they won’t let us go on if it’s not safe” Arabella assured him.

“Are you sure?” he sounded unsure. The situation should be reversed where he would be the one encouraging her.

“Of course”