~Kari’s POV~
We packed some food and other things in the car before leaving. We made sure we had everything and got in the car. I sat in the passenger seat admiring everything that came into view while quietly singing along to the Sleeping with Sirens cd that was playing. We arrived to a forest-looking place about twenty minutes later. We got off the car and took the food with us as we began to walk to a tree. We sat down by it.
“So why exactly did you want to go the woods?” I asked.
“I don’t know. Something new I guess. They were just calling my name.” I started to laugh.
“If you say so.” We began to eat. We talked about childhood memories and other little things.
“So you threw yourself down the stairs because you thought you could fly?” Tony said as he laughed at me.
“Yes. Don’t tell anyone though!”
“HEY EVERYONE, KARI THREW HERSELF DOWN THE STAIRS!” he yelled to no one in the open space.
“Oh shut up.” I said as I threw a grape at him. We both began to laugh. We finished up our food and I stood up.
“Where you going?” Tony asked.
“I’m gonna take some pictures while we’re here.” He made a pouty face.
“Why though? We’re supposed to be having fun, not working.”
“Because I need to give my boss something you know.”
“Well I’m not going to let you.”
“Hey is that a bear over there?” I said as I pointed to a tree behind him.
He turned around quickly, “Where?!” I took the chance to run off. “Hey no fair!” I heard Tony yell from behind me. I laughed as I continued to run through the woods. All of the sudden I felt someone wrap their arms around me and stop me from running. They spun me around to face them. It was Tony. I snapped a picture of him and began to laugh at his surprised face in the photo. “You better erase that!” he said.
“Hmmm I don’t know if I want to. Maybe I’ll give that one to my boss.” He took the camera from me and ran away. “Hey come back here!” I yelled as I ran after him. I lost him from sight and I began to look around for him. He sneaked behind me and grabbed me pulling me with him onto a tree. My back was against the tree as he stood in front of me. We stared into each other’s eyes for a moment.
He grabbed my hand, “Kari, I know this is fast but…..will you be my girlfriend? I know you said you’re scared and I understand that, but I want a chance to show you that I can treat you right and make you happy. So will you take a chance with me?”
I thought about it for a moment. Fuck Axel. I’m not going to stop myself from doing things because of him. “Yes I will.” I said. He smiled and hugged me. “Now give me back my camera!” I said as I reached for it. He held it high in the air where I couldn’t reach it and began to laugh. I jumped a little trying to reach it causing him to laugh more. I put on a serious face and crossed my arms and looked down at the ground.
“I’m sorry!” he said as he hugged me. I caught him off guard and snatched back my camera.
“Gotcha!” I said laughing.
“You suck.” He said jokingly. We began to walk back to where we had left the food. I felt him grab my hand and intertwine our fingers. I smiled and looked away trying to hide my blushing. I heard him start to laugh next to me. “Someone’s blushing.” He said.
“Shush!” I said giggling a bit. We finally made it back and sat down by the tree once again. “Isn’t this kind of crazy?” I said honestly.
“What do you mean?”
“I mean, at first we couldn’t stand being in the same room together, and now, you’re my boyfriend.”
“True. But you don’t still hate me do you?”
“If I hated you, would I of said yes?”
“How do I know it’s not some master plan for you to murder me?”
“Hmmm I don’t know. Maybe it is, maybe it’s not.” His eyes went wide.
“I’m joking gee.”
“Ok good I got scared there for a second.” He said releasing a sigh.
“How do I know you’re not trying to murder me?” I asked.
“You’ll know.” He said with a smirk. I rolled my eyes.
“Umm Tony…when and how did you stop hating me?” I asked getting a bit serious.
“Well it’s kind of hard to explain. It’s just that every day, you caught my attention more and more. I thought that I hated you, but what it was, was the fact that I thought you didn’t even notice me when I was there begging for your attention…..” I leaned over and kissed his cheek. It started to rain at that moment and we decided to head home. On the way there, Tony would start singing along to whatever song was playing and look over to me then back to the road. I laughed at the way he exaggerated the notes in the songs. I thought to myself while looking at him. Was this a bit too crazy or good to be true? I shook off the thought and just enjoyed the ride home.