forum One-On-One (Closed)

Started October 24, 2018 by @Imperfect_Autumn group

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Kasey took a deep breath, trying to calm herself a bit. She probably looked fine outwardly, but she was buzzing on the inside.

"Hey, Bare," she greeted him with
a grin as she opened the door.

Barry’s breath hitched, and his heart tattoo went bright pink. “Hi Kasey.” She looked…. Wow. “You look..” Beautiful. “Great.”

"Oh, um, thanks," Kasey said with a slight giggle, rubbing the area next to her tattoo. Ooh, those jeans look great on him… "You look really good, too."

The tips of his ears reddened. “Thanks.” A pause followed. “Do you have all your books and stuff? Lunch is on me.”

"Oh, right. Just give me one moment," Kasey said before quickly running to her room and grabbing a stack of books. She walked back to Barry, careful not to let any books fall. "Okay, I'm ready."

“Need some help carrying those?”, Barry offered quickly, holding out his arms.

"No, it's okay. I've got it," Kasey assured him with a smile. A book fell off the top of the stack, and she sighed and closed her eyes as she shook her head. "Okay… Maybe you could take a few…"

Barry laughed nervously, leaning down to pick the book up and slid a few off her pile and into his hands. “We can take my car, if you want.”

Kasey nodded and freed a hand to grab her keys. "Sure, that sounds good. Let me just lock up real quick, and I'll follow you out."

Barry nodded, shifting the books in his arms slightly and waiting. His stomach was tied into a knot, and his pulse fluttered. Everything had changed now..

Kasey fumbled with her keys for a moment before she finally got the right one and fit it into the lock. She quickly locked the door, somehow managed to get her keys into her purse, and turned back to Barry with a smile.

"Okay, I'm ready," she said.

They walked to Barry’s car in comfortable silence, neither of them being able to think of something so say. When they arrived, Barry opened the door for her and got into the driver’s seat.

"Thanks," Kasey said, giving him a quick nod and a smile as she climbed in. "So, where is the signing, again?"

“At [insert place]” Barry pulled out of the parking lot. “Music?”

"Sure. Do you mind if we listen to old pop again?" Kasey asked, turning to look at him with a shy smile.

Barry caught the smile, looking at her out of the corner of his eye, and his heart jumped. “Sure. I have some CDs here.”

(Dangit… I meant to reply to this, I'm sorry…)

"Awesome," Kasey exclaimed, fiding his CDs and flipping through them. She pulled one out with a smile and stuck it in the CD player. "Okay, guess the artist."

(lol np)

"Uhhh…….." Barry furrowed his brow and tried to think while concentrating on the road. "Okay, I guve up. I haven't listened to any of these in forever. Who?"

"It's the Black Eyed Peas," Kasey said with a chuckle. "I didn't expect you to have this."

"Man, I really need to bring out my CDs more often, I didn't know I had this either.", he laughed.
"Almost there."

Kasey bounced her leg excitedly as she looked out the window. She was going to meet her favorite author! And it was a date with Barry!

Barry smiled crookedly. “You look excited.”, he commented, pulling into the parking lot.

"I am excited," Kasey said, turning to grin at him for a moment before directing her gaze back out the window. "Very excited."

Barry parked the car, nerves buzzing in his veins. “Same here.” And not about the book signing.

"You know, this is my first book signing," Kasey informed him as she moved to get out of the car.

"Same here." Barry moved around to her side of the car, standing a little closer than necessary.

"I have no idea what to do," Kasey breathed, her eyes wide with sudden nervousness.

Barry's brow furrowed in concern. "Are you okay?" He shifted so that he was in front of her, peering at her face.

Kasey blinked when Barry was suddenly in front of her. "Oh! Yes, I'm fine. Just a bit nervous," she assured him with a light chuckle.

Barry wanted to slap himself for overreacting. "You looked scared there for a second.", he tried to laugh it off, falling into step beside her. "I think we just line up until we get to the table with Dessen, she signs the book, , we say thank you."