Sneaking out with butt hurt jerk made me fill with happiness, mostly to just be with him. To not have to hide as much or worry about any problems- we seemed carefree and reckless.

And I loved every ounce of it.

The radio was bursting through the speakers- so loud I worried we'd mess up the speakers, but when butt hurt jerk  decided to sing along with the radio I sang with him.

He had one hand on the steering wheel while the other was holding one of my own.

The sky was getting darker as our love grew fonder. "Hey!" I yelled over the music.

He turned it done a few notches so I could continue. I smiled before continuing. "Does your dad know you're gone?"

He nodded. "I told him I'd be out with some friends little did he know I don't have any besides you, plus you're my girlfriend. So you're both."

Girlfriend. He said girlfriend. We were officially back together. Somehow I was caught back up in the thought of our first kiss. . .

"Hellooo?" He stretched out, waving a hand at me.

I looked at the red light we were stopped at then back to him. "What?"

He blinked. "You were just smiling all crazily and staring into the distance."

"Oh," I blushed. "I was just. . .thinking."

The light turned green and he started driving again. "Oh, yeah? About what?"

"Uh, yeah. And it was just things. Like random, crazy things." I say, looking out the window.

"Well, okay then." He decided not to press about it. I turned up the radio and soon enough we were both singing again like little kids.

***

"Well look what the cat dragged in," Mandy smiles at us, tying her apron tighter around her. "Haven't seen you in a while."

Jerk face- haven't used that nickname in a while- smiles at her. "Look at the cat!" We walk to sit down and she follows. "I think we'd want the same thing."

Mandy nods her head. Then she looks at him playing with my fingers across the table. "It's about time the two of you got together."

"Oh, we have been for quite some time. But, uh, thanks." He smiles at her and she gives me a wink before walking away.

"I've missed this place," I smile looking around at the small wooden tables. The warm air hugging me in a comforting way.

He sighs. "Me too." He keeps playing with my fingers. He grabs my hand, making me look at him fully, and kisses each finger softly while he looks at me through his eyelashes.

His looks sends shivers throughout my body and my cheeks warm up at his innocent stare. He looked innocent, but sometimes he wasn't.

"Here is your two hot chocolates," Mandy sits the drinks down. "Also, I brought some sweet bread that's homemade." She smiled and walked away.

The bread was just like regular bread, but it was in a circle and it had a sweet taste to it, plus it was amazingly warm.

"Whoa," we both say at the same time after our first bite of the bread.

He takes a small sip of the hot chocolate and so do I. I sigh after I take a drink. I really missed this place.

"So, do you have anything else planned for us to do, jerk face?" I ask him after we're done.

He grins. "Maybe."

"And what is-" I am jerked out of my seat by the one, the only Collins.

He throws a few five dollars on the table. "Money is on the table! See you!" He pulls me out of the cafe and into the cold.

I shiver and he keeps pulling me towards his car. We climb in and he speeds off.

"I'm guessing you have something real important." I chuckle.

"I do." He says and soon enough we pull into Walmart.

"Why are we here?" I ask. "Of all places, you chose Walmart?"

He scoffs. "I'm here to get the things we need."

We get out and walk towards the front doors. "Which is?" I ask him.

He stops and looks at me. "Wanna be reckless?"

I narrow my eyes. "Depends on your definition of reckless."

We go down an empty aisle. "Reckless as in doing crazy, stupid things teens do. In the making of being reckless, we make memories."

I nod my head. "Okay, so what kind of stuff? We've rolled yards, snuck out, made out on my couch, made out on your bed. . . and a few other things, made out in my room, played in the McDonald's play place with my adorable Branson, what else?"

His smile was kind of scary and hot at the same time. His voice sounded daring. "Many, many things that we can do." His smile turned happy and positive. "That's why we should make a list!"

He skips like a little girl towards another aisle with paper and pens and pencils. Mostly art supplies.

"Hmm." He puts his hands on his hips, tapping one foot.

"What is it?" I ask him.

He sighs, looking like he's confused. "I can't decide whether to choose a pink notepad with glitter on the cover or a plain white one."

I laugh. "Seriously? Just choose one."

He glares like a child. "Telling someone to just choose isn't going to help, cupcake."

"Um, pick the pink one." I say and grab the notepad and he picks out a pack of pens.

We sit in his car, the light on between us. "So how does this work and how long will it take?" I ask.

He gets a pin and flips the notepad to its first page. He titles it: Reckless Lovers

"It all depends on what we choose, it could only take a few hours or all night. Just all depends." He explains. "And it works as in we are going to make a list of all the things we want to do tonight that's reckless."

"Okay, so it can be anything?" I ask.

"Well, yeah, besides the impossible right now." He said. "Like if you said flying a plane, sorry but that'd be extremely difficult. And we'd all die because you wouldn't know how to drive a plane."

I pout. "I wanted to do that though."

His face goes blank. "Seriously?"

I laugh. "No."

He rolls his eyes. "Knew it." He scribbles on the pink notepad.  It says:

1.) Sit on top of a building.

"Wait, how is that not going to be a little difficult?"

"Well, reckless is going to have to be a little difficult will have to be in our Reckless Lovers plan." He said.

"But you said-"

"Oh, don't worry about what I said!" He waved me off, laughih a little. "Now it's your turn. Write."

"Yes sir," I said taking the pen and notepad.

2.) Look out window or sun roof while the other person is driving.

He read it. "Wow, so reckless." His voice was in a bored tone.

I roll my eyes. "I've always wanted to do that, so shut up!"

He smiled. "Just teasing you, cupcake. Now where did you get that idea from?"

I smiled. "Well, ever since I was a little kid I've seen people in movies do that and it seemed fun. Also, in a movie that happened, it was a good movie. It's called Perks of Being a Wallflower. And this girl did that, it was amazing."

He smiled, moving a strand of hair away from my face. "You are adorable."

I poked his nose, grinning back at him. "I can be."

And together we filled out more and more of the list- goofing off at times.

And finally we started the Reckless Lovers mission.

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Hey!

Cliff hanger, I know. I'm too mean, aren't I?

Who else misses adorable Branson??

I think I'll try to squeeze him in somehow.

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Talia