"Long Awaited" Chapter 17: "First Could Mean Last"

David's POV:

Virginia came back over to me and told me James said it was alright if I were to take her back. I smiled a little bit on the inside with no intention of doing so. What has come over me? I didn't care, brushed it off, and escorted her down the south-side of the woods as it was steep walking down. I didn't want her to fall. I went in front of her, so as to catch her if she fell. Thankfully, she was alright walking down and she did not trip or fall, she actually was very graceful. I pointed that out and she laughed. "You obviously haven't seen me walk on my own, I trip and fall every which way." We both laughed after that. I took her hand as we stepped off the bottom of the hill, and she walked off.

Virginia: "Thank you. Very gentlemanly."

Me: "I try to be. Not many guys are like that anymore."

Virginia: "Oh boy, do I know or what!"

My car was very close to where we had stepped off, I showed her to the vehicle. We both got inside, strapped ourselves in and took off. I needed to tell her something in private.

Me: "Virginia, about the note you handed me..."

Virginia: "You mean my number?"

Me: "Yeah, why would you give me that? We just met."

Virginia: "I'm there for all of my friends. I stay with them through thick and thin, no matter what, I'm always there for them."

Me: "But why should you care about me so much?"

Virginia: "I don't know, I just do. I want to make sure the pressure of being famous doesn't get to you, although it never will. I want to help to keep you grounded."

When she said that, I kind of blushed, thankfully she didn't see. Right now, night was the best time of day. I never had someone, especially someone I just met, care about me so much. It was heartwarming and I loved how it felt.

We approached an intersection, I didn't know which way to turn.

Me: "Which way from here?"

Virginia: "I think it's straight..."

Me: "You think?!"

Virginia: "If we get lost, we can just turn around..."

We did not get lost and ended up at her resort with 10 minutes to spare. We made good time. It was really calm and relaxed in the car with her. She was really sweet and funny. This is kind of how I felt around my friends, but I don't know what kept me smiling and laughing with her around, it caught me off guard at times.

Virginia said something as she left the car, "Thank you for driving me back. It was really considerate of you." She winked at me.

Me: "It was my pleasure. And thank you for caring so much."

Virginia: "That was my pleasure."

I smile at her and she smiled back at me, it was kind of a connection that was without words. We connected mentally, we knew what we were going to say, but we just didn't. Our minds kind of said it for us. This was the first time this happened.

Soon after I made sure she was fine getting into her building, I started up the car again and was about to drive off when I got a text message from James.

James: "How do you like her?"

I didn't know what to say to him because I didn't know an answer yet. I just left the text alone for a while, but I didn't delete it. I think I need to spend more time with her before I answer that question. She was surely and great person, but how DID I like her?

* To Be Continued *