the end there was a row of different shaped mirrors that changed their appearance, and they teased each other as they transformed.
“Can you imagine changing shape like this? It must be so weird, to have your body but know that it’s not really your body.”
Colton looked at her sharply but she was too preoccupied to notice. From there they went through the haunted house, although it wasn’t particularly scary. Ana jumped a few times but Colton remained impassive, as if nothing could scare him. Darkness cloaked the fairground and as they walked arm-in-arm they felt together, like a couple.
Ana was losing hold of her emotions and she couldn’t reign in her feelings for him but she didn’t care any longer. She wanted to be with him properly. All thoughts of Glenn had been driven from her mind and she was focused solely on Colton. What he had told her about his parents made her heart go out to him and attraction swelled within her. She looked up at him, her eyes glistening with love, and she could have stared at him all night.
They went to get a burger and as they ate some ketchup squirted out of the bun and a dollop fell on Glenn’s shirt. He cursed, and Ana laughed at his misfortune once more.
“You really have a problem with food, don’t you?”
She asked as she pulled a napkin from the holder and wiped away the red liquid. As she rubbed she felt the outlines of his muscles and was floored by the sensations that ran through her. She bit her lip in anticipation of the night. She hadn’t intended things to go any farther than a date, but being in his presence made her want him more than anything.
He held her hand and looked down at her. He leaned in for a kiss, and Ana parted her lips, ready to taste the burning sweetness of his lips, when she heard a cough. This time it was Angelica who was interrupting them.
“Sorry, I just thought I’d say hi,” she said.
Ana ran up and hugged her while Colton nodded, still working to try and clean the stain left on his shirt.
“Are you enjoying the fair?”
“Yeah, it’s fun,” Angelica said, and then repeated the question, glancing at Colton.
“I’m having a ball,” Ana replied with a sly smile, “Where are your parents?”
“Currently they’re debating whether to go home and break down in tears because I just won them a toy turtle. After that I told them that I was going to be leaving as soon as possible. So I couldn’t take seeing them about to cry and I went for a wander, and I found you.”
“Well I’m glad you finally told them but please don’t back down this time.”
“I won’t, I won’t,” she said, and then moved in closer so that Ana could hear when she spoke in a whisper.
“And how is the date going?” she asked. Ana smiled and squealed a little.
“It’s amazing, I feel so comfortable with him, and he’s been open with me so far. I feel like we’re really connecting. He told me a lot about his childhood and what made him the way he is. It’s pretty sad really, I just want to give him a hug.”
“Can you be sure he’s telling the truth?”
Ana glanced back at Colton who was brooding by himself. She watched women pass by checking him out, but he didn’t pay them any attention because he was there with her.
“I am. He could have anyone he wants but he chose me and that means something. I believe him and I trust what he told me. I’ve decided that I can’t go through life and never trust anyone because of what Glenn did, and while Colton hasn’t behaved perfectly he explained why he acted the way he did, and as long as he sticks to that and doesn’t make the same mistake again things will be fine.”
“Okay then, well, I will leave you to your date,” she said, “Oh, and since it’s going so well I think I’m going to stay at my parent’s tonight. I think they’d appreciate that after what I told them.”
Ana said a silent
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