[Anima Sola]

(Fortsetzung von Kapitel 10)

Rory showed him the gazebo, the shops, the book store, Doose’s market, Kim’s Antiques and and and. By the time of noon, they sat down on a bench next to the gazebo, Finn’s head on Rory’s shoulder.
“I’m tired”, he said.
“Too much culture?”
“Too much Kirk”, he replied. “Was that guy chasing us? We’ve seen him in every store you showed me.”
“Kirk just has a lot of jobs”, Rory giggled.
“He’s weird”, Finn said.
“He is and sometimes I actually think there is more than one Kirk.”
“Well, at least he fits into this town”, Finn replied, grinning.
“Was it that bad?”
“Not bad, love, just weird and weird is nice. One reason why I can’t get enough of you”, he added, pulling her closer to him.
She giggled. “Interesting how you think of me!”
“It is, isn’t it?”
She turned around and watched him. “You really like me?”
He raised an eyebrow. “No, darling, I just love to waste my time.”
She slapped his chest playfully. “Seriously.”
“Seriously.”
“No, seriously!”
“Seriously, I like you”, he said, smiling.
“Seriously?”
“Seriously, love”, he repeated, leaning in to close his lips around hers.
She pulled her knees up on the bench and sat on them next to him, her hands cupping his face, deepening the kiss, while he pulled his arms around her, holding her closely. Their lips parted after a while, whilst their faces remained inches away from each other. They locked eyes, before Rory sighed deeply and planted a quick kiss on Finn’s nose.
“Ah!”, he immediately gasped, his eyes wide and watering. “Ow!”
“Oh god!”, she said and placed her hands on her mouth. “Finn, I am sorry! Does it still hurt that much?”
He just nodded, his vision blurred by tears of pain.
“Aww, poor you”, she mouthed and kissed his cheeks. “Forgive me.”
“Hmm.”
“Will you forgive me?”, she asked, stroking his chin.
“Mhm.”
“Please forgive me!”
“I’ll have to think about that…”, he whispered, tilting his head, carefully poking the surroundings of his nose with his index finger.
“Pleeeeease?”, she continued.
He threw her a grin and put his hands around her face. “I want revenge, love.”
Her eyes widened as he grabbed her waist and started to tickle her. She couldn’t help but giggle, struggling as he bent over to press her to the bench, his fingers causing her eyes to water.
“Finn, please! Stop”, she cried, laughing helplessly.
“Revenge, love”, he just said, grinning widely. “Sweet revenge!”
He continued tickling her until they heard several voices complaining about them occupying the bench.
“Get a room!”, was the loudest voice amongst them.
Finn looked up for a second, whilst Rory used his distraction to roll away from underneath him, quickly grabbing his hand as soon as she was on her feet, dragging him along with her, completely ignoring the surprised gazes of Ms Patty and Co.
They ran around town hand in hand, finally reaching a back yard where they pressed each other against the wall breathlessly. Finn watched Rory with his mouth open, as did Rory. They soon moved closer to each other, Rory’s arms around his neck, his around her waist. Their lips met, their tongues fought, their hands held. Soon after Rory had her legs wrapped around his waist, leaning against the wall, kissing him hungrily, while his hands held the lower part of her back, her fingers messing with his hair.
They parted after what seemed endless moments, panting heavily.
Their gazes met, as did their smiles.
“We will so be the gossip of tomorrow”, Rory mouthed.
“Only of tomorrow? Now I’m truly disappointed of the small town news spreading system!”
“The small town news spreading system?”, Rory laughed.
“Or how do you call it here?”
“Ms Patty” she replied. “And apparently she saw us by the gazebo so tomorrow everyone will know that Rory Gilmore found herself a new man.”
“Now that’s news I’d be interested in”, he said with a grin.
“Only if they get your name right.”
“Maybe we should go back and give them a little encore?”
“Hmm, I have to say, I liked the feeling of being watched.”
“Now who’s dirty?”, he grinned.
“No”, she laughed. “I mean the feeling of being caught. It felt nice. Like thousand butterflies…”
“Speaking of which” Finn said, rummaging through the pockets of his trousers, with Rory still having her legs wrapped around his waist. Finn then pulled out a little black box, which he handed to Rory with a big smirk.
“What is this?”, she asked, taking the box carefully.
“Open it.”
She did and what she saw made her stare. “Oh my –“
“Do you like it?”
“I love it”, she said, pulling out a small watch whose thin bracelet was made of silver butterflies chained together by their wings. After closing the bracelet watch around her wrist, she looked up at Finn, her eyes sparkling. “And I love you.”
He smiled at her and kissed her deeply, before he pushed off the wall and carried her onto the open street again. She shot him a glare, giggling as he made a face at her, before letting go of his waist, jumping to her feet again. Her arms closed around his neck as she tiptoed in front of him, kissing him passionately, completely shutting out everyone’s stares.
She didn’t know how he did it – but when she was with Finn she didn’t care about anything else. She had thought, once she called him her boyfriend, she would have to change him. But now it seemed as if he was changing her. And again, she didn’t mind.

...to be continued...