Tuesday

I had Dave over again. He got a ride and I knew not to walk this time. I was wearing one of the plain black T's Viv gave me as well as her green shorts that are too big for me, but have a tie so they'll stay up. He was wearing a shirt that said, "Intelligent Design" about how public parks in cities is healthy planning. There was the silhouette of a child swinging on his back right shoulder. I was in my room when he arrived, but I thought it was Nick calling upon my brother so I didn't answer the door until he knocked. He stepped inside just long enough to read my Christian Teen Magazine's criticism of his media choices. Neither of us listen to Grits, Jesse McCartney, or country music with sex, beer, swearing, etc... so Jesus is smiling on our media choices at least for this month. We headed right out to the hammock and told stories and talked and noticed the tree is emptier than last time and remarked that it's seemingly odd maintenance day at the firehouse. They installed a new vent and later doing other work that required strange noises, but wasn't visible from where we were. My brother came out a few minutes later with Branden and Nick to inform us that he was going to the mall to return a video cable for Nick and that they were taking Ebright Rd. instead of 202 which was a pretty good choice if you're walking. Our arms were pressing against each other partially due to the pooling effect of gravity on a hammock. After a long time we fell into silence with his foot on the ground gently rocking us. I moved my head onto his shoulder and brought my arm over myself to meet with his hand and we stayed like that for some time more. I have a wide hammock, but he was on the very edge closest to the house so there was a pretty severe incline even if I moved myself to the opposite edge which is not where I was. He turned so that his body was more at an angle facing me, I did the same, but there was still probably a 90 degree angle between us. Eventually he put a hand on my waist and leaned back some so I wound up lying against him with my head still on his shoulder. Not too long after we started making out, then I put my head back on his shoulder, but I thought I was going to get goggle face (but with the hammock rope) so I kept moving my face around. Not too long after I rolled away with good timing because my brother and entourage showed up. "Have you been on the hammock the whole time?" my brother asked astutely. "No," "Yes," Dave and I respectively answered. "I mean, yeah." At some point while I was still attentive, we saw Branden skating up to his house without Jack or Nick. "Jack's probably faking a broken leg and Nick said, 'I'll stay here, you get help!" Dave surmised. Almost true. Branden ditched them with no warning according to my brother, so they ditched him too. They got silly string. It was around 3:10 when Dave's mom called saying she was late and would be there in five minutes. She showed up a little angry even though Dave eventually got to work fifteen minutes early. We hugged goodbye in my driveway and while I still had my arms over his shoulders he asked if I would like to be his girlfriend. I said yes, we kissed, he left, and I went inside to listen to music.