The Lake House; Chapter Four
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I woke up around 8, threw on shorts and a T-shirt and set out for a run. Last night was so bizzare, was Parker flirting with me? Or just being nice. And what was with the whole thing in the water. What ideas did he have? Oh what does it matter, the moments over. I ran until The road became a dirt path, which I followed until I got to the water. It was a little shaded section and the path went all the way up to a cliff above the lake. 'I have got to come back here with the guys' I thought to myself. They would love this. I sat on the sand and looked out on the water. I could spend the rest of my weekend right here, I wonder why there aren't more people here. I look down at my watch, oh shit! its 9:30. I got up and ran back to the house just as the boys were waking up.
"Morning boys!" I scan the house and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. We started cleaning up around 3 am when people started passing out. The house has cleared out for the most part and there's a few articles of clothing strewn about. I pour myself a cup of coffee and take it out to the dock.
"I'll be outside if anyone needs me." They all mumbled as a response. Guess they had one too many shots last night.
I'm walking down the boards and see my clothes from last night. my dress is laid out with my shoes neatly next to them and Parker's clothes on top. I look closely and see something in his shorts' pocket. His cross. I take it out so it doesn't get lost. It's a good thing it didn't fall out last night, he would have been so upset. I sat down at the edge with my feet in the water.
"Want some company?" I look up and Parker sits down.
"Your brother and the rest of them went into town for the day to meet up with some chick he met last night. If we want to meet them we can."
I look over at him and laugh "Nah, I'm good. I came here to get away from people. If you want to go, your more than welcome. I'll be fine on my own."
"Now why would I leave you alone, some random guy could just come out of the woods and say you are an angel and you'd be swept right off your feet."
"Ohhhh so you weren't as drunk as I thought you were last night." I laugh.
He just shakes his head. "No I wasn't. I enjoyed the late night swim though." I look over and he smirks. What an asshole, making fun of me.
"Whatever, I thought it was fun."
"So did I." I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or not.
"Well fine. I'm gunna get my suit on and go over to this place I found earlier."
He looks up at me curiously, "What place?"
"Go put your suit on and follow me." We both got changed and I drove the car over to the path that I found earlier that morning.
"So you found my secret spot?" He asks me.
"What?! No way! I was so pumped when I found it this morning."
"You ran all the way here? That's like 5 miles, one way."
"My bad, I was thinking a lot. Let's just go." I start to walk up the path to the cliff.
"No no no." He grabs my hand and pulls me a different way.
"You gotta go this way. You'll fall off if you go that way." He leads me up the cliff and before I know it were 500 feet above the lake.
"You've done this before?" I ask shakily. Did I mention I have a fear of heights? I'm trying to get over it, but I don't think this is the right way.
"Yea come on, you go first." He says smirking. He knows how afraid I am right now, I can tell just by that look.
"Nope, you go."
"You won't go then."
"I know."
"Here." He takes my hand and steps to the ledge. "We'll go together. Just take a deep breath and feel your body falling. The water is extremely deep here so you'll be fine. On the count of three..." Oh shit, oh shit oh shit. I can't do this.
"One." Parker's holding my hand, he won't let anything bad happen.
"Two." What if we hit the side of the wall? What if we jump in the wrong spot and it's shallow. What if --
"Three!" He pulls me and I'm falling through the air SCREAMING. But oddly enough, it's calming. We hit the water and everything goes black. I push myself to the surface and gasp for air.
"That." *gasp* "Was" *gasp* "AWESOME! Let's go again."
He starts cracking up.
"I thought you were gunna pass out from being so afraid."
"Who me?" I ask. "Never."
The rest of the morning was spent jumping off the cliff and laying on the sand.
"Why don't people come here that much?"
Parker turns to look at me.
"A little boy died walking on the cliff two years ago, so people just stopped coming."
"Oh my god, should we not be here?"
"No no," he replies, "it's fine. People just don't know about the other way.
I sit up and look at the water.
"Come on, let's go for a swim."
He smiles and stands, "Let's go kid."
*****************************
After a long day of running around on the beach and swimming with Park, we finally went back to the house.
"Where the fuck have you to been?" Sean asks as we walk in laughing.
"Cliff jumping, jealous?" I rub in his face.
"No fuckin way dude," says Scott, "We gotta go back."
"I'm gunna pass out on the couch, you guys can go." Its almost 5 and the boys are having people over again tonight so I need to sleep.
"I know where it is, we can go back." Says Kevin. He looks at Scott Parker and Sean.
"I'm good man, I need to clean and stuff." I look over and Parker walks out.
"Fine we'll go." And with that, Scott, Kevin and Sean all walk out. I walked up to my room to get changed and I pass Parker in his room.
"Why didn't you go?" I ask. He looks up from his computer.
"We were there all day, why go back?"
"Well i dunno, to hang out with your friends?" I laugh.
"I've got all night with them."
"Okayy."
I throw on shorts and a sweater and head back down to the couch. Now this couch is sick. It's like a love seat but is long enough so you can just extend, its almost like a bed. I flip on the tv and put on some random show. Maybe Parker should be spending more time with the guys. I hope they're not getting pissed that he chilled with me today. I'll make him go tomorrow.
"What's good on the tv?" Parker asks as he slides on the couch next to me.
"Uhhhh, old movies, reruns of bad shows and talk shows. Here, you find something," I say as I hand him the remote, "I'm goin to bed." And before I knew it I was fast asleep. It couldn't have been more than a half hour when I woke up laying on Parker's chest. I look up and he's fast asleep. I guess the day took a lot out of him to. His arm is wrapped around my waist and his hand is over mine. He wakes up and I pretend to still be asleep. I feel his arm pull me in closer and his hand brush my cheek.
"Hellooooo?" Jen walks in with Alex in hand. "Oh crap," she whispers, "Sorry Park. Look at you!" She says smiling.
"Shut up Jen." He gets up slowly and I turn over.
"When are you just gunna give in Parker?" Alex asks.
"I can't man. I don't even know what to do."
"Kiss her Parker."
"Jen, I just can't do that. You don't understand the situation I'm in."
"Fine, then stop leading her on like this. She doesn't deserve it."
"MMMMMM I don't deserve what?" I say mumbling as I turn over to look at them. "Oh hi!" I say with a tired smile. "Is it time to get ready?"
Jen looks over at Parker. "Almost, let's make dinner."
"Morning boys!" I scan the house and it's not as bad as I thought it would be. We started cleaning up around 3 am when people started passing out. The house has cleared out for the most part and there's a few articles of clothing strewn about. I pour myself a cup of coffee and take it out to the dock.
"I'll be outside if anyone needs me." They all mumbled as a response. Guess they had one too many shots last night.
I'm walking down the boards and see my clothes from last night. my dress is laid out with my shoes neatly next to them and Parker's clothes on top. I look closely and see something in his shorts' pocket. His cross. I take it out so it doesn't get lost. It's a good thing it didn't fall out last night, he would have been so upset. I sat down at the edge with my feet in the water.
"Want some company?" I look up and Parker sits down.
"Your brother and the rest of them went into town for the day to meet up with some chick he met last night. If we want to meet them we can."
I look over at him and laugh "Nah, I'm good. I came here to get away from people. If you want to go, your more than welcome. I'll be fine on my own."
"Now why would I leave you alone, some random guy could just come out of the woods and say you are an angel and you'd be swept right off your feet."
"Ohhhh so you weren't as drunk as I thought you were last night." I laugh.
He just shakes his head. "No I wasn't. I enjoyed the late night swim though." I look over and he smirks. What an asshole, making fun of me.
"Whatever, I thought it was fun."
"So did I." I can't tell if he's being sarcastic or not.
"Well fine. I'm gunna get my suit on and go over to this place I found earlier."
He looks up at me curiously, "What place?"
"Go put your suit on and follow me." We both got changed and I drove the car over to the path that I found earlier that morning.
"So you found my secret spot?" He asks me.
"What?! No way! I was so pumped when I found it this morning."
"You ran all the way here? That's like 5 miles, one way."
"My bad, I was thinking a lot. Let's just go." I start to walk up the path to the cliff.
"No no no." He grabs my hand and pulls me a different way.
"You gotta go this way. You'll fall off if you go that way." He leads me up the cliff and before I know it were 500 feet above the lake.
"You've done this before?" I ask shakily. Did I mention I have a fear of heights? I'm trying to get over it, but I don't think this is the right way.
"Yea come on, you go first." He says smirking. He knows how afraid I am right now, I can tell just by that look.
"Nope, you go."
"You won't go then."
"I know."
"Here." He takes my hand and steps to the ledge. "We'll go together. Just take a deep breath and feel your body falling. The water is extremely deep here so you'll be fine. On the count of three..." Oh shit, oh shit oh shit. I can't do this.
"One." Parker's holding my hand, he won't let anything bad happen.
"Two." What if we hit the side of the wall? What if we jump in the wrong spot and it's shallow. What if --
"Three!" He pulls me and I'm falling through the air SCREAMING. But oddly enough, it's calming. We hit the water and everything goes black. I push myself to the surface and gasp for air.
"That." *gasp* "Was" *gasp* "AWESOME! Let's go again."
He starts cracking up.
"I thought you were gunna pass out from being so afraid."
"Who me?" I ask. "Never."
The rest of the morning was spent jumping off the cliff and laying on the sand.
"Why don't people come here that much?"
Parker turns to look at me.
"A little boy died walking on the cliff two years ago, so people just stopped coming."
"Oh my god, should we not be here?"
"No no," he replies, "it's fine. People just don't know about the other way.
I sit up and look at the water.
"Come on, let's go for a swim."
He smiles and stands, "Let's go kid."
*****************************
After a long day of running around on the beach and swimming with Park, we finally went back to the house.
"Where the fuck have you to been?" Sean asks as we walk in laughing.
"Cliff jumping, jealous?" I rub in his face.
"No fuckin way dude," says Scott, "We gotta go back."
"I'm gunna pass out on the couch, you guys can go." Its almost 5 and the boys are having people over again tonight so I need to sleep.
"I know where it is, we can go back." Says Kevin. He looks at Scott Parker and Sean.
"I'm good man, I need to clean and stuff." I look over and Parker walks out.
"Fine we'll go." And with that, Scott, Kevin and Sean all walk out. I walked up to my room to get changed and I pass Parker in his room.
"Why didn't you go?" I ask. He looks up from his computer.
"We were there all day, why go back?"
"Well i dunno, to hang out with your friends?" I laugh.
"I've got all night with them."
"Okayy."
I throw on shorts and a sweater and head back down to the couch. Now this couch is sick. It's like a love seat but is long enough so you can just extend, its almost like a bed. I flip on the tv and put on some random show. Maybe Parker should be spending more time with the guys. I hope they're not getting pissed that he chilled with me today. I'll make him go tomorrow.
"What's good on the tv?" Parker asks as he slides on the couch next to me.
"Uhhhh, old movies, reruns of bad shows and talk shows. Here, you find something," I say as I hand him the remote, "I'm goin to bed." And before I knew it I was fast asleep. It couldn't have been more than a half hour when I woke up laying on Parker's chest. I look up and he's fast asleep. I guess the day took a lot out of him to. His arm is wrapped around my waist and his hand is over mine. He wakes up and I pretend to still be asleep. I feel his arm pull me in closer and his hand brush my cheek.
"Hellooooo?" Jen walks in with Alex in hand. "Oh crap," she whispers, "Sorry Park. Look at you!" She says smiling.
"Shut up Jen." He gets up slowly and I turn over.
"When are you just gunna give in Parker?" Alex asks.
"I can't man. I don't even know what to do."
"Kiss her Parker."
"Jen, I just can't do that. You don't understand the situation I'm in."
"Fine, then stop leading her on like this. She doesn't deserve it."
"MMMMMM I don't deserve what?" I say mumbling as I turn over to look at them. "Oh hi!" I say with a tired smile. "Is it time to get ready?"
Jen looks over at Parker. "Almost, let's make dinner."
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