I was playing with my hand, repeatedly cracking the knuckles of my fingers even though I had already done it several times because I felt so nervous. I sighed as I waited for Derik. He texted that he was already on his way there at the playground a few blocks away from the house. I gripped both of the swing's chain and kicked the ground, swinging me back and forth as I looked around. I saw a couple, a normal couple, at the other side of the playground. We were the only people there since it was a school day evening. I didn't know what to say to Derik. I couldn't say that we should stop. Seeing each other because Marvin wanted to get back to me and it wasn't as if I was choosing Marvin over him. I think I was just following what I really felt. I stopped the swing from swinging me and loo

