Oliver's POV

I grab Maddison's small hand and drag her over to the 360 ride. Her hand feels so small and fragile inside of mine.

She said she didn't want to ride this ride but I know she'll do any of these rides if I wanted her to.

"That looks scary." Maddison says looking up at the ride.

The lights reflect on her face making her an even more beautiful sight to look at.

I take a second to take in all of her wonderful features. Her black hair sticks out in some places from the rides we have rode and her ruby red lips are slightly parted.

I really like maddison, I don't think she understands that I like her so much.

She just always doubts herself in every possible way it it just pisses me off. She's has so much potential that she can't see. I hate everyone at that damn school for telling her all those awful things.

I'm not sure why they even said all that stuff about her. They're probably just jealous of her beauty. Honestly, if I was a woman I would be too.

"It's not that bad." I say smiling at her.

She looks over to me with uneasiness written all over her face.

"It'll be fine sweet pea. I'll be right here."

Her face features soften. I can tell the nickname I made up for her calms her down, but also makes her blush. She's always blushing, I love it. Then line moves up and we finally get to the ride.

We get into the seats that are side by side and strap ourselves in. I take her hand in mine and squeeze it to make sure she knows she'll be okay.

Her hands are sweating from how nervous she is. I would normally think thats disgusting and unsanitary then take my hand away but this is Maddison we're talking about, she's perfect in every way.

She looks over to me and gives me a nervous smile.

The ride starts and maddison squeezes my hand tighter. The ride swings to the left and then to the right, gradually speeding up along the way.

I look over to her to make sure she's doing okay and she's smiling.

The throws both of her hands in the air, taking mine with it.

"Woohoo!! This is so fun!!" She yells.

Her words get lost in the wind, dragging along for other people to take in.

The ride ends shortly. I always hated how short these rides are.

"That was so fun!" Maddison says as she takes her hand out of mine to unstrap herself.

She struggles to unclasp the strap across her stomach.

"Do you need help?" I ask her.

"Uh, please." She says and blushes in embarrassment.

She so cute when she blushes, well she's cute all of the time but especially when she blushes from the little things like this.

I unstrap my self and I kneel down in front of her. I feel her stop breathing for a second. I don't loose gaze with her. She's struggling so bad, I can tell. But in a way I love it.

Maddison's POV

Of course I would struggle with getting my belt off. Gosh, I'm so stupid sometimes!!

Oliver unstraps himself and steps in front of me. He lowers his large hands down to my stomach.

Oh lord this is already giving me anxiety. I feel my face heating up more than it already was.

He kneels down in front of me and looks me in the eyes.

His hands lightly touch my stomach giving me massive goosebumps and causing my breathing to hitch; I don't lose eye contact with him though.

He's just helping you out, calm down!! You're so stupid! He's not going to like you no more. Good thing he doesn't even like you.

He easily unclasps the belt. Of course it was that easy! Maybe I need to start lifting weights.

He drags his finger down my stomach close to my belly button, making my goosebumps bigger.

Is he trying to make my die tonight? He takes his hands off of me and stands up, never breaking our eye contact.

All he did was touch my stomach but it felt so intimate.

He holds a hand out for me to help me stand up. I take it and he pulls me out of the seat.

"Thank you" I say looking down at my feet, finally breaking the intense gaze.

"Yeah." He says letting out a long breath.

"What next?" I ask looking back up to him. 

He looks down at me and smirks. He's so freaking hot! His smirk shows off his prefect set of teeth.

"The Ferris wheel of course! It's the only way to end the night!" He says and smiles.

"I love the Ferris wheel!"

I'm so glad he broke our awkwardness.

"Lead the way" Hey says and motions for me to step in front of him.

Oliver's POV

Maddison steps in front of me and walks away from the 360 ride.

I can't help but let my eyes trail down he backside of her body. God she's beautiful.

Her butt is just the right size, it's not huge but it's not nonexistent. It's perfect, just like her.

The perfect way to end the night it's the Ferris wheel. I probably shouldn't be thinking about this but I really want to kiss her. It's way to early though and it might scare her off but it would be the perfect way for us to have our first kiss.

I can't do it though. I have to respect that I can't kiss a girl when I'm not sure if she's wants to. I'm sure she'll let me know when she's ready. I really want her to be ready. Gosh, I'm dying to kiss those perfect lips of hers. I can't imagine how good they would feel on my own. I need to stop while I'm at it before something else gets too excited.

The big Ferris wheel appears in front of us. The line only has about two people in it. She looks up to the ride and smiles. Her smile is big and childish, it really shows off her personality; she's still such a child at heart but she's so mature at the same time.

"Wristbands please." The guy operating the ride says.

We show him our wristbands and get into a cart.

I sit down making sure not to sit too close nor too far from Maddison.She gets scared easily so I don't want to scare her. The cart swings back and forth from our movement.

Earlier when I was helping her get out of the 360 she was so nervous she could barley breathe. I probably shouldn't have ran my finger down her stomach but I couldn't help it. Her skin just looks so perfect and soft. I would love to touch every inch of it....later on of course.

I debate on holding her hand again but I feel like I've been doing that to much. I wonder if she likes it when I hold her hand?

The wheel starts to spin and she looks over the side of the cart. I can tell this is one of her favorite rides.

"You like this ride?" I ask her already knowing the answer.

"Of course. It makes me feel bigger than everyone when in reality they're all bigger than me." She explains.

I don't say anything about that last part even though it upsets me.

We get to the top and her eyes light up at the scenery. You can see the whole town from up here.

This really would be the perfect time to kiss her but I just can't; it's way too early.

We get down to the bottom and I can see the disappointment in her eyes. I'm not sure if she's disappointed and the shortness of the ride or for different reasons. They should really make these rides last longer.

We get down to the ground again and stand off to the side to avoid being trampled.

"Are you hungry?" I ask her.

She looks up at me and I can see the sparkle in her eyes from her thinking. I wonder what she's thinking about.

"Yeah, kind of." She says.

She starts looking around at everything trying to avoid eye contact with me. She doesn't like eye contact for too long I've learned.

"Do you want food here or we could go to dinner?"

"I don't really mind either. Food here is kind of expensive and crappy." She says finally meeting my eyes again.

"Dinner it is."

We walk back to my truck in silence.

I open the door for her when we arrive, being the gentleman I was taught to be. I walk over to my side and get in my old truck.

I turn the ignition and the engine comes to life beneath us.

"Where to?" I ask.

"Hmm." She says tapping her chin in deep thought.

"You know you can make decisions right?" She says and giggles.

Damn that giggle is gonna be the death of me.

"What kind of gentleman would I be if I made all of the decisions?"

"Well you get to make this decision, gentleman." She says putting emphasis on the 'gentleman.'

"What if I don't know where to eat?" I tease.

I really don't know where to eat. This town is kind of a crap hole.

"Well I guess we won't be eating then." She says and smirks.

How the hell is she so cute?

"Well that sucks. Hope you weren't hungry." I say and put the truck into drive.

"Wait!" She says and put her little hand on my arm that's extended out to the gear shifter. Her small hands makes me feel like a giant.

"I'm hungry." She says and pouts out her bottom lip.

I just want to lean over and pull her lip into my mouth with my teeth...but I'm not going to.

"Pick somewhere then." I smile and put the truck back in park.

"I don't know! This town sucks!" She says pretending to be frustrated and throwing her arms in the air.

"How about a homemade dinner?" I ask her.

"Well my parents are home so that would only work at your house." She explains to me.

Even though they are home they probably wouldn't mind. It's not late anyways so they won't care that we're there. What would I cook though?

"Alright. Dinner at my place it is." I say and put the truck back in park.

Maddison yawns signaling that she is tired. I'm kind of tired myself.

"You can use me as a pillow if you want. I'll wake you when we're there." I tell maddison hoping she will agree.

"Are you sure?" She asks.

I take my eyes off of the road to look at her. She is looking at me with uncertainty and her lip between her bottom teeth.

She really shouldn't do that.

"Of course." I tell her.

She unbuckles her seatbelt and slides over on the bench seat.

She sits so close to me our thighs almost touch, not that I would mind but it sure wouldn't do me no good. I can't help I'm a horny teenage guy.

She lays her head on my shoulder. It's probably not the best pillow but it's gonna have to work.

Her smell waves over me; she smells of coconuts. That's my new favorite fragrance.

I lay my head on hers for a slight second while breathing all of her scent in, then lift it back up again.

I pull into my driveway after about 20 minutes. It wasn't too bad of a drive especially with Maddison at my side.

"Maddison" I whisper in her ear.

"Hey, were here." I say louder and put my hand on her waist.

She wakes up at my touch. I took my hand off trying my best not to cross my boundaries but that's so damn hard with someone as hot as her.

"Should I take you home or do you still want dinner?" I ask her.

"I still want dinner." She says and gives me a foggy smile while lifting her head off of me.

"I'm so tired." She says and yawns.

She lays her head back on my shoulder making it clear that she's tired.

I would so carry her if she would let but boundaries. Stupid ass boundaries. I want to explore every inch of her, hopefully I can do that one day

"I'll make a fast dinner than. Are you sure you don't want to go home?"

"Positive." She says and slides back over to the passenger side.

I like tired Maddison better, she doesn't overthink as much. I know she can't help her overthinking though, I wish she could just relax sometimes. I guess I can't fully understand though.

"Let's go then." I say and open my door.

I jog over to her door to open but she already beat me to it.

"I was gonna do that for you." I tell Maddison.

"Oh I'm sorry. Want me to close the door and try again?" She says teasingly and smiles.

I smile at her and walk towards my house. I open the door for her and she walks in before me.

Maddison doesn't walk like other girls. Most other girls swing their asses around and puts it in your face; Maddison has a gentle walk.

"Let me go tell my parents." I tell her then run up my stairs.

I knock on my parents bedroom door and they tell me to come in.

"Hey. I brought over Maddison for dinner, I hope that's alright." I tell them.

"That's fine sweetie. Just make sure to clean up your mess." My mom says.

My dad doesn't talk much, when he does it's usually a bunch of cuss words that aren't necessary. He's not the nicest person.

I walk out of their bedroom and back to the living room where I left maddison.

She's walking around looking at all of our family pictures, just like I once did at her house. I don't think her excuse was very valid of why she wasn't in her family pictures but I don't want to push her to hard on things. Sometimes it's hard though, she's like a closed book.

"Man did you hit puberty." She says and laughs.

The picture she's looking at is one of me and my mom. It's a sunny day and the grass behind us is a lime green color. I only reached to about my mom's belly button, I was probably five. I was a chubby ass kid.

"Yeah I'd say so."

She looks up at me and smiles. I love it when she looks up at me like that. I mean, she has to look up at me but it's just so damn cute. She barely reaches my shoulders, I love it.

"What should we have for dinner?" I ask her.

"Here we go with the decision making again." She groans.

I smile at her attitude.

"Fine, I'll just go look for something then." I say and walk to my kitchen.

We need to get a decision maker because both of us are shit at it.

I find a box of macaroni and cheese on the top shelf.

"How does Mac and cheese sound?" I yell for Maddison.

"Sounds great." She says.

She walks over to my couch and plops down on it.

After I put the noodles in the pan and turn the burner on I walk into my living room.

Maddison is draped across the sofa located in the middle of the room. She's laying on her stomach and has her face in the cushion. Can she even breathe?

I sit on the recliner that is beside the sofa.

"Can you breathe?" I ask.

"Do I look dead to you?" Her voice is muffled by the couch cushion.

"Kind of." I say and chuckle.

"Well I hope I'm not." She says with her face still in the couch.

I wish I could know what she's thinking. She never speaks her mind, she just stays quite.

"What's on your mind?" I ask her.

"Lots of things." She dodges my question.

"Like what?"

"Well right now I'm thinking how good that Mac and cheese is gonna taste." She tells me.

I chuckle at her response. She sure doesn't reveal to much. I wanna know what's she's hiding. I wish she would open her book up.

"Can I sit beside you?" I ask her.

It's a small couch, so we will have to be pretty close.

"Sure" she says while sitting up.

I move onto the couch beside her, draping my arm behind her neck. Our thighs are touching and she seems very aware of it.

"You know you don't have to be nervous around me, right?" I tell her.

"I'm sorry. I'm just not used to all of the attention." She says quietly.

"Well as long as you're around me you will get plenty of it."

She turns to where she's facing me, criss cross Apple sauce. I tuck her beautiful her around her small, petite ears.

She looks up at me with those doe eyes and gives me a small smile.

"You're beautiful Maddison. Don't let anyone tell you otherwise. You're my definition of perfect." I tell her.

I hope that's not too much. She blushes, hard.

"You're not too bad yourself." She says while looking down at her fiddling hands.

Wow, that's the most I've gotten out of her.

"Oh is that right?" I say and smirk at her.

She just starts laughing. I love that laugh of hers.

"Hey sweet pea?" I say with a question on my mind.

"What's up?" She asks.

"Why don't you talk about yourself much?"

I see her gears turning in her head, I hope I'm not overstepping.

"I've never had anyone to tell. I've only ever been close to one person, Ray. I just feel like I'm not that interesting." She says while biting her lip.

She's got to stop with the lip biting.

"I could listen to you talk all day." I tell her while taking in all of her face features.

"There's really not much to know."

"Well, maybe another time then" I say stepping back

I don't want to put too much on her at once.

"I'm sorry sweet pea I don't mean to intrude."

She looks calm right now, not scared or nervous. Just calm.

She takes my sitting on my lap, into her own. Did she just make a move? Holy shit she did. That's hot.

"It's okay. I'm comfortable around you." She tells me.

The timer goes off on the kitchen after a couple of minutes of us talking.

"Your prayers have been answered." I say and go into the kitchen.

Damnit, we were having a hell of a moment too. Maddison made a move on me.

I never think she would do that. I suppose she is just getting more comfortable around me.

I take the food out of the microwave. Yeah I know, I'm sucky for cooking in a microwave but i don't know how to cook.

"It's done Maddie." I call.

Maddison jumps up and walks to the kitchen. I can tell she's so tired.

"Mm smells yummy."

"I hope it is." I tell her.

I get two bowls and spoons out for us and we make our food.

We finish our food and go back into the living room and sit in our previous spot.

"I've had a really good time with you tonight, Oliver" she says

"I've had an amazing time with you too." I tell her and smile.

"I really like you" she states

She must be really tired because she's telling me everything tonight with no regrets.

"I really, really like you too." I say while putting my hand on her thigh.

I can see that it scares her a little, but she adjusts to it after a minute.

"I'm sorry. I've just never been touched before. You're the first guy to even show interest in me."

"It's okay." I say and smile. "But you can always tell me if it's too much, okay?" I reassure her.

I rub her thigh, close to her knee, not too high so I don't make her uncomfortable.

I can feel the goosebumps rising on her skin.

She's so innocent.

Me on the other hand, I'm not innocent.

"I like that" she says

"Do you?"

"Yes. I really do." She says while biting her lip, yet again.

I love, yet hate when she does that. It makes certain parts of me spark, which doesn't need to happen.

I take my hand off of her thigh, for a minute I see disappointment in her face, I raise my hand up to her face and stroke her cheek with my palm. She lays her hand in my hand while looking at me.

Her eyes are so soft, like she doesn't have a care in the world right now. I'm not gonna lie, I've never been with an innocent person before. But I'm willing to learn. Usually I'm pretty crazy, but I'm slowing down for her. Or at least trying to. It's so damn hard.

"You're such a nice guy." She says to me.

I take my hand back and put it into my own lap, I think that's enough touching. If I do any more I might get myself into trouble.

"I try to be. I don't want to mess this up."

"You've done a damn good job so far."

"I'm not good at this." I admit to her "usually I don't go through this stage with girls" I rub the back of my neck.

"Oh." She says.

"Yeah I wasn't big on the whole dating thing. But then you came along." I say and smile.

She yawns again, reminding me I'm also tired.

"Can I lay down?" She asks

"Yeah here just let me mov-" she cuts me off.

"No stay." She says, almost begging.

"Oh okay. I can stay." I say.

She lays her head down in my lap.

Oh shit. This cannot be good, this is not gonna work but I love it.

"Is this okay?" She asks.

"Yeah" I say and let out a shaky voice.

I start stroking her hair.

Her head is so close to- no, no, no. We're keeping it clean. Holy shit this is so hard.

She's so close to the wrong place and one wrong move I'm going down.

Please stay still.

I try stroking her hair some more to ease my mind.

She scoots up a small about getting even closer to where she shouldn't be.

Shit. This isn't working but I can't make her get up.

I feel the spark inside my pants.

Shit shit shit. No please don't. I breathe in and out slowly, or at least try to.

I see Maddison blush, shit. She can feel it.

She jumps up and starts apologizing. Her face is beet red and I don't think mine is far from it.

"No, sweet pea it's okay it's not your fault. It's just a guys nature." I tell her

"I'm so sorry." She says.

"I take her small face in my hand.

"It's really okay."

I'm guessing she's never been around a hard member before. She seems uncomfortable.

"I'm sorry if I made you uncomfortable." I tell her.

"No it's okay, I'm not uncomfortable. Erm, this just hasn't happened to me before."

"It's okay sweet pea. Really, it's not a big deal."

She sighs then starts laughing hysterically. What is this? Stage three of my girl is going crazy? My girl, that sounds so amazing. I start to laugh along with her, I'm not sure why, but her laugh makes me laugh.

"Are you okay?" I ask in between laughs.

"Yeah. I'm just tired." She says.

Is that a thing? Getting so tired you laugh at anything? I guess it is now.

"Come on let's get you home beautiful."

I walk her to her house and give her a hug goodbye.

It's been such a great night. I'll never forget tonight.

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Revised and edited: 9-18-24