I walked to the bathroom but then cut across to where the DJ was. “Hey can you play something for me?” I asked. “Yep, what you wanna hear?” ” ?All my life’ by Kc&Jo Jo.” “Sending that out to anyone?” “Yeah, say its from Mitch to Katie.” “Will do.” “Thanks.” I walked back over to where Katie was standing. “Listen up people I’ve got a dedication to Katie from Mitch he says he’s very much in love with you Katie. Here’s your song.” I looked up and saw Jaden smiling at me. I just smiled back. “Mitch your such a sweetie!” “Thanks, may I have this dance?” “You sure can.” I took her hand and led her to the middle of the dance floor. I gently put my hands around her tiny waist. She wrapped her arms around my neck and after a few minutes laid her head on my shoulder. I wanted that moment to last forever but it only lasted about three minutes but it was the best three minutes of my life. “We better go if we wanna see those fireworks.” I said.
We walked out of the club side by side. We found a place to sit down on the dock. She sat beside me and I placed my arm around her and she leaned into me. “Mitch what you said to that DJ did you really mean it?” “Yeah I meant every word of it. Why do you ask?” “Because I feel the same way.” I looked into her eyes and saw that she was crying. “Sweetie why are you crying?” I asked. “Mitch I’m leaving tomorrow morning, don’t you get it?” “Get what?!” “Mitch you live in New York and I live in Oregon how can we start a relationship with that much distance between us?” I didn’t know what to say she was right it was far. Before I could come up with something the fireworks started. Saved ,I said to myself. I held her tightly as the fireworks started. As the fireworks began their last explosion, I leaned and kissed her.
“Those were some great fireworks.” I said. “Yes they were.” I took Katie’s hand and we walked side by side back to the hotel. We got to the main door and I stopped. “Why did you stop? Aren’t you coming up?” “I was going to go stay with Jaden tonight…” “Mitch please stay with me tonight please.” “All right” We walked up to her room and no one was there, all ten girls were gone. “Just you and I.” “Yep just you and I.” she said. “What time do you have to be up.” I asked. “Five o’clock a.m.,” “Well we better get to bed then.” I kissed her goodnight and tucked her in. I pulled up a chair beside the bed. I sat there all night watching her sleep. I looked up at the clock and it was 4:59.
Chapter 8
“Katie it’s 5:00.” I said as I tapped her on the shoulder. She didn’t wake up so I kissed her and she woke right up. “Good morning Katie” “Morning, give me five more minutes to sleep please.” “Sorry I wanna spend as much time together as we can before you leave so get up.” I teased. “Ok, ok I’m up.” She got up and got dressed. I helped her pack her things. “Since everything’s ready wanna go for a quick walk?” I asked. “Yeah that would be good.” We walked out the door and went straight downstairs and out on to the beach. “Mitch come home with me,” she pleaded. I was not expecting that. “Umm I dunno Katie…” “Come on Mitch it would be fun please come with me,” she begged. “Ok I’ll come but let me run it by Jaden.” She smiled “alright meet me on the docks when your through.”
I caught up with Jaden at the shore, he was surfing. “Jaden!” I yelled. He came into shore. “Hey what’s up? Did you have a goodnight you never came back to the hotel.” “Yes a great time, I stayed with Katie. Jaden she wants me to go home with her.” “That’s cool what did you say?” he asked. “I said yes. Do you think it’s a good idea?” “Mitch you gotta figure that out for yourself I can’t give you the answer. But if you really love this girl then I would go for it. Follow your heart.” We did our handshake and he went back into the water.
I thought about what Jaden said for about twenty minutes. I thought to myself, I must have met her for a reason. So I decided to go. I went to the dock where she was. I snuck up behind her and put my arms around her waist, she let out a little scream. “Ready to go” I asked. “Yes I am, that’s if your still going with me.” “Yes I am still going.”
We talked until 6:30 then we went back up the hotel and got our things. We got on a bus and we were on are way to the airport. “What’s it like in Oregon I asked?” “It’s nice” she said. “Nice that’s all your gonna say is nice?” She smiled “Ok its umm great! You will just have to wait and see. I love it hopefully you will to.” “I’m with you I think I will.
I’d like to tell you that we lived happily ever after but I can’t we are still living but we are happy.