~Tony’s POV~
We walked to the park just talking about random things. I was glad that she wasn’t mad about earlier but also really surprised. I said some really awful things to her and for her to not hate me even more…..wow. We finally got to the park and we laid down on the grass while looking up at the now dark, starry sky. We were both silent for a few minutes. I lay there thinking. If Kari was able to keep all these things from me while we were living in the same house, what else did I not know? I shook off the thought and decided to ask her another day.
“Hey,” she said as she slowly started to get up, “Tag! You’re it!” she ran off in a random direction and I quickly got up and chased her. I stretched my arms out to reach her, but nearly fell when she quickly dodged me. She began to laugh at my failed attempt. I chased her again and stretched out both my arms. They wrapped around her waist and I spun her around in the air. She began to laugh which made me laugh.
“Guess what?” I asked.
“What?”
“You’re it!” I ran off in the opposite direction. After a moment I looked back and saw that she wasn’t behind me. I became confused and stopped running. I stood there for a moment. All of the sudden, I felt someone jump onto my back. I heard her giggling from behind me. I felt drops of water fall on me. I looked up and saw that it was raining. I began to walk with her still on my back.
“Where are you going?”
“Home. It’s raining.”
“But I like the rain.” She pouted.
“Well if we go home, we can watch a movie or something.”
“Star Wars?”
“Yes!” I walked a little faster as it started to rain harder. We finally arrived and she leaped off my back. She walked into the kitchen and came back out a few moments later with a bowl of popcorn. Right as she was walking towards the T.V, the lights went out.
“Ahhh what?” she said as she raised her arms in the air. “What are we gonna do now?”
“Hmmm we can play 20 questions or something?”
“Fine. But let me go get a flashlight or something.” She left the room and came back about a minute later with a candle. She lit it and placed it on the table. ”Ok well who’s going first?” she asked as she took a seat on the couch next to me and turned to face me. I did the same so that I was now facing her.
“Me!” I tried to think of a question, “What’s your favorite color?” I asked trying to start off simple.
“Black. What’s your favorite food?”
“Enchiladas. What’s your favorite band?”
“Upon this Dawning. Are you a night or day person?”
“Night. What’s your greatest fear?”
“Kidnappers. How was high school for you?”
“Ugghhh it was just….bleh. I was pretty quiet back then. How was it for you?”
“Same. I was the loner weird one. Do you want to get married?”
“Umm I thought the guy was supposed to propose to the girl.” I joked.
“You know what I meant.” She said as she threw a handful of popcorn at me.
“Well yes I think it would be nice. Do you have a crush on someone?”
She looked down. “Umm I don’t know. Do you?”
“I don’t know either. Do you… hate me?” I asked as she looked up at me.
She sighed. “To be honest….at first I did. Like…a lot. But now, not so much. As long as you don’t go back to being an asshole that is. Do you hate me?”
“No. I was serious when I said that I just wanted for us to be friends. And I’m sorry for all the things that I said. I didn’t mean them. If you don’t mind me asking, what else are you keeping from me?”
Just then, the electricity went back on. “Oh look the lights are back on.” She said acting as if she hadn’t heard me. “I’m going to go to bed. Good night.” She said as she walked up the stairs leaving me alone in the living room. If she didn’t want to answer, she probably is hiding things. And I have to find out what those things are.