The Witch Outcast

9- Date

9- Date

The rest of the school week went smoothly, Tiffany and her click left me alone and everything was okay for a change…I guess Caspian was right, but this could just be the calm before the storm, so I’m keeping my guard up.

Caspian still sat at the popular table and we continued looking at each other every few minutes and he would wink or smile at me randomly. Every day he caught up to me in the hallway and walked with me to Ms.Smith’s class and then to Jeanie’s car….we took turns driving and controlling the radio and we didn’t drop off Peter at work that early again.

Today we’re having our first date and I have no idea what to wear…since he didn’t give me any details I might as well dress comfortably but nicely….after considering multiple outfits; I decide to go with a sundress and my white Converse since the weather is nice outside. I have my hair in a ponytail and I put on some chapstick but that’s it since I have no idea if makeup would get damaged or not…. It’s now about 12 pm and Caspian texted me that he’ll be here in about 5 minutes, so I grab my bag and head downstairs and tell my parent bye once he rings the doorbell.

When I open the door Cas smiles and kisses my cheek: “You look beautiful Sol.”

“Thank you, you look nice too.”

“Thank you…are you ready to go?”

“Yes definitely” I respond.

I think I made the right choice to wear a sundress and sneakers because he’s wearing jeans, a white tee, and Jordan’s…which lets me know this date won’t be super fancy.

He grabs my hand and links his fingers with mine, then he starts leading me to the woods.

“Um, are you planning to try to kill me in the woods?” I jokingly ask.

“No, of course not” he responds while laughing.

The path he’s taking me on is the same path that I walked home with him that day: “Are you taking me to my sacred place for our date?”

“You’ll see when we get there, now stop asking questions about it because I’m not going to tell you.”

“Okay, sheesh” I respond and he chuckles.

Once we get to my sacred place I gasp because he has a picnic set up and some lanterns and fairy lights hanging from the trees: “This looks so beautiful Cas…I didn’t know you were a romantic.”

He lightly laughs: “I’m glad you like it.”

“I love it…we should eat now before ants try to crash our little party.”

He laughs and guides me to the blanket and helps me by holding my hand as I try to sit gracefully, and then he sits down next to me. After lunch, we make jokes and talk about silly things that have happened to us in our lives.

After a few minutes of silence; he plays music on his phone, packs the garbage in the basket and then places it aside, and lays down on the sheet so I lay down next to him.

“You can come closer to me if you want” he states as he gestures for me to get closer.

“Okay” I state as I cuddle close to him and he wraps his arm around me while I lay my head on his shoulder and place my hand on his chest: “Thank you for this date, it’s really nice and I love that it’s just us two.”

“It’s my pleasure and thank you for agreeing to go on this date with me” he responds before kissing my head.

I lift my head to look at him and he smiles and then says: “I’m sorry I kissed your head, it just felt right so I had to do it.”

“No worries, I understand that feeling of wanting to do something.”

“You do? He asks.

“Yeah, I do.”

“Are you feeling that way now?” He questions.

“Yes.”

“What do you want to do?”

“I don’t want to say it.”

“Why not?” He asks confused.

“Because I’d rather show you” I state before leaning my face towards his and kissing him.

He returns the kiss immediately then turns his body to face me as he places a hand on my cheek while he continues kissing me. We stay kissing for a couple of minutes then stop for air.

“Damn Sol, you’re a great kisser.”

“You’re not bad yourself Cas.”

“Hey, do you want to see something cool” I ask him after a few more make-out sessions.

“Sure” he replies curiously.

I stand up and grab his hand to help him up then I lead him to my favorite tree.

“You wanted to show me a tree?”

“Not just any tree, this is my favorite tree.”

“Why is it your favorite tree?”

“Because of this” I state while showing him the indentation of a butterfly.

“So you like butterflies?” He asks intrigued.

“I do, they’re my fave…isn’t it cool that this tree just naturally formed a butterfly in its bark?”

“It is…I’m not going to lie, I want to engrave our initials in the middle of the butterfly.”

“Okay Cas, let’s do it, but let’s use magic instead of chipping away at it okay?”

“However you want to do it is fine with me” he responds.

we use our magic to write M+C in the center of the butterfly, and then he sits down against the tree and I sit in front of him with my back against his chest. We stay like that talking about random stuff until it’s time to head back home. When we get back to my place Jeanie and the guys are in front laughing about something but they immediately stop when they see us and they look from our clasped hands to our faces then Jeanie lets out a loud “aww” while having her hands clasped together by her chest and Peter rolls his eyes.

Mark asks confusedly: “When the hell did that happen?”

“Who knows” responds Peter while Jeanie gives us a cheesy smile and a thumbs up and Caspian chuckles beside me.

“Guys, it’s not as if I never had a boyfriend” I state before I can stop the last word boyfriend from coming out of my mouth.

“I’m hungry, let’s see what’s inside to eat” states Mark.

“You coming guys?” Asks Jeanie.

“No, we already ate” I respond.

They begin to walk instead but I stop them: “Wait… here, take this inside please” I beg while grabbing the basket from Cas and handing it to Peter then I hand my bag to Jeanie.

Once they’re inside they close the front door and I let out a relieved sigh.

“Are you okay?” Asks Caspian with a worried expression on his face.

“Yeah I’m good, it was just awkward with all of them staring at us.”

“Aww come here” he states as he pulls me into a hug and I hug him back. “So boyfriend huh?”

“Yes?” I questioned shyly because I just gave us a label without knowing if he wanted to be my boyfriend or if he just wants to have fun.

“He looks at me and holds my face in his hands then smiles: “Yes, I want to be your boyfriend Marisol…no one else…I want us to be exclusive…if that’s okay.”

“It is….I don’t want anyone else either and I want to be your girlfriend.”

“Okay my beautiful girlfriend” he responds then smiles and kisses me.

Our kiss gets more intense but then it gets interrupted by The guys clearing their throats and Jeanie giggling happily.

“Oh my god guys, give me a break….this is my new norm so get used to it…I appreciate that you guys have my back and are protective of me but you already know that Cas isn’t out to hurt me, so you guys can chill a bit.”

“See, I told you” states Jeanie matter of factly.

“Whatever,” they both say in unison.

“We’re running late to meet up with our parents anyway, so we’ll be out of your hair…Jeanie I can drop you off on the way” states Peter.

“I was just about to leave, so Jeanie can head home with me to avoid you guys from being even later” Cas responds.

“It’s up to you babe” Peter states while looking at Jeanie.

“Okay, it’ll make more sense to just head home with Cas since we’re going to the same place and you’re already late.”

“Okay, bye babe” he states before kissing her.

I take that moment to enact revenge and clear my throat in warning which causes Jeanie and Cas to laugh.

“Ha ha, you’re not funny…I’ll see you soon” states Peter as he gets inside his car.

We all wave at them. Once they drive off Jeanie squeals: “It’s about time you two made it official” which causes Caspian and I to laugh.

Caspian hands his car keys to Jeanie: “Here, you can get in the car and I’ll be right there.”

“Okay, you don’t have to tell me twice” she replies then gets in his car and starts the engine.

“I had fun today” he states as he holds my hands.

“Me too, thank you.”

“You’re welcome” he responds.

“Can I kiss you?”

I giggle at his question “Cas, I’m your girlfriend now, you don’t have to ask me if you can kiss me and I would like to not have to ask you if I can kiss you…I like the spontaneity of it, and if the timing isn’t right I’ll let you know and I hope you do the same.”

He smiles and then kisses me before getting in his car.