The wind seemed to be as reckless as the nerves rustling around in her tummy, and Marley was all sorts of nervous with Ryder around but there was this calm that he seemed to wash over her as well, something familiar even though the two were complete strangers before meeting today. With the sun setting, there was like a time watch on the two, ticking away in stolen glances as her blue hues flickered from the sky to the boy beside her, teeth sinking into her lower lip as she prayed he wouldn’t catch her looking at him so often. At the mention of going for a run in the morning together, Marley couldn’t help but beam at him as she nodded her head a little bit too excitedly, “I would love that, honestly. But I hope you’re a morning person, I totally am…” She laughed out, the girl as all sorts of cheery and wide eyed in the morning, something that some people loathed as they mumbled into their coffee. A small smile tugged at the corner of her lips as he said they could walk inside, “I would really like that, Ryder. It’s a date—er, plan?” The girl fumbled over her words, looking down at her lap with a blush painting the apples of her cheeks. Widening her eyes, she gasped as she playing pushed his bicep—-which was rock solid under the palm of her hand, “You totally better not, you’d have to jump in a save me since theres no life guard on duty over here!!”
Ryder was so interesting to her, so nice and honestly a good guy from what she could tell so far, unlike the last and only relationship she had that she was deemed as a girlfriend. There was something refreshingly genuine about him, something that made her just want to be around him longer and longer, it was a little scary. Pulling her knees to her chest, she sat her cheek on the tops of them, tilting her head to the side as her eyes flickered all around his face as he spoke. It was a natural reflex at this point to smile at anything he said, she couldn’t help herself, he was just so….right, he felt right to be around. He didn’t look at her like some prize, he looked at her like he wanted to know her, to know everything about her and while that terrified her, it sparks a fire in her veins. “You can keep knowing me as long as you want.” The girl murmured, her voice a little soft, sweet in it’s tone as she finally met eyes with them, feeling like all the air was sucked out of her lungs for a moment. Smiling yet again, she nodded her head, “Well, it was great, I promise.” Marley assured the boy, lacing her fingers together around her legs as she kept her cheek pressed onto her knee, “Oh stop, I do not, but thank you. It was nice, singing with you, color me impressed for the first time we’ve hung out.”
Ryder couldn’t help the nerves that had been wrestling in his belly all day, but now that he was here, sitting on the dock next to her and watching the sky change colors, all he felt was calm. A calm that resembled the beach right before the sun rose and there were no tourists out yet. A kind of calm that reminded him of the way the leaves changed colors in autumn and fell to the ground. A soothing, happy calm. He prayed to God that she wouldn’t catch him as he stole glances at her as they sat in a comfortable silence. But, it wasn’t her who caught him, the other way around actually, which surprised him. Why would she be stealing looks at him? A chuckle escaped his smile as his broad shoulders shrugged. It was strange, with any other girl Ryder would have been too flustered to speak and blushing so hard he would be asked if he was breathing. But with her, while she did make him stutter over his words, all he wanted to do was impress her. He only hoped that she would see that he was trying to flirt with her. Ryder smiled at the way she got excited, it was adorable. He thought for a moment about how his mornings usually went over, it wasn’t that he was necessarily a morning person but he wasn’t not one either. He shrugged, “I’m not one of those people who needs coffee yet but I do need a shower in the morning to wake me up.” He bit back a smile and his eyes lit up as she called it a date. But upon hearing her correct herself, he was crushed. An internal conflict rose inside him, should he try and call it a date anyways or would he chicken out and go along with her ‘plan.’ Pulling from a source he didn’t know he had, he mustered up courage, “It’s a date.” He said, cooly. He let another laugh, “The only thing that’s saving you from me throwing you in right now, is the chance that you might have your phone on you and I wouldn’t want to be the reason it gets ruined.” He smiled, “But first time I know you don’t have it on you, I’m throwing your ass in there.” He paused for a moment, “Don’t worry, I’ll be right behind you to make sure you don’t drown.”
He scratched at his neck, a little habit he had for dealing with nerves. Watching her change her position, he moved to face her instead of facing out towards the water. He crossed his legs criss-cross and sat there, scanning her face for a moment. God how was she even real? He was happy though that she didn’t fake laugh at his cheese line or tell him bluntly that it was the stupidest thing she had heard, the latter something his ex girlfriend definitely would have done. Instead, she sat there, smiling and looking like she was hanging off his every word. A look he was probably mirroring considering he was hanging off her every word. The change in Marley’s tone of voice made goosebumps rise over him, but in a good way. The kind of goosebumps people get when they listen to the best part of their favorite song. “Alright.” was all he managed to get out, while a smile played at his lips. Ryder bit down on the inside of his cheek, trying to keep himself from reading too much into her compliments. “Color me impressed” he repeated, “I don’t think I’ve heard anyone say that but my grandma” He laughed a little, he wasn’t making fun of her though, in fact he thought it was adorable. He shook his head, “No, you’re better than her, I swear.” He took another moment to admire her, looking at her eyes mainly and the way they reflected the light. He sunk down to her level, which with the height advantage he had over her was noticeable, so that they were on the same eye level. “You have the prettiest eyes I have ever seen.” He said in low voice.
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