The Open Door

Part Three

I parked my bike in the driveway of my dad's house, squinting to keep the light of the setting sun out of my eyes. It was 8:30 at night and Carlie had called to tell me that they had cookies they wanted me to take home. Carlie loves to bake so they always have to many sweets.

I got off my bike and went into the yellow two-story house, trying not to kick the two rat terriers, Sammy and Orie, that were jumping up on me.

"Hey Autumn." I smiled, walking into the house. Cassie ran into the hall and gave me a hug. Autumn was sitting at the table in the computer room, which was only a few feet from the front door.

"Did you hear mom's pregnant?" Cassie asked, literally jumping up and down.

"Yeah I heard. Congratulations." I said to Autumn.

"Thanks, Caity." She smiled, and then looked back down at the table. She was decorating picture frames, most likely for Cassie and Carlie's room. There were three bedrooms in the house. One for dad and Autumn, one fore Cassie and Carlie, one for the office and game room.

"Hi, the cookies are in here" Carlie said, walking out of the kitchen, holding a towel and covered in flour.

"Good, mom said I have to be home before the show starts." We watch Ghost Hunters re-runs on Sunday nights.

"Ok, I'll put some wrap over them, and you can take them." She said and I followed her into the kitchen. She handed me a plate with blue plastic wrap covering it.

"I'll give the plate back tomorrow." I smiled, hugging her good-bye. She nodded, and then turned to the sink to try to get the rest of the flour off her.

"See ya later, Caity." Cassie said. I kissed her head then waved good-bye to Autumn. Once I was back on my bike, I put the cookies in my bag and rode back to my house.

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Monday morning dawned cold and rainy, and I was barely up by 1:00 in the afternoon. When I did get up, I was panicking.

"Damn it." I growled, moving to sit on the edge of my bed. I only had 2 hours until I would meet Ashley. I got up and went to the bathroom to shower. Once the water was heated up and all my clothes were in the hamper, I stepped in. I might have hurried a bit to much 'cause I almost fell once, and I did cut my leg shaving. After the bleeding stopped, I dried and dressed in a knee-length dark purple dress, and black leggings that went to the middle of the shins. I put on my purple Converse tennis shoes with my grey 'Rock Star' –ankle-socks under them. It wasn't raining so hard that I would need rain boots.

After my hair dried enough, I spiked it up and put a shiny purple headband on top of my head. Then I put on black eyeliner, purple eye shadow, cover up, and coppery-pink lip-gloss. I went to my room and put on my black jacket. By the time all this was done, it was 2:40.

"Mom can I borrow the car?" I'd had my license for a month and a half, so I could drive the car now!

"Yeah sure, kiddo. Where are you going?" She asked, looking over the back of the couch at me.

"I'm having lunch with Ashley." I said, getting the keys to our mauve 87 Toyota Corolla.

"Oh, that's great." Mom said. "See you when you get back. You look great, by the way."

"Thanks, mom." I smiled, grabbing my bag and my umbrella, then walking to the car.

McDonalds was 10 miles from my house, thank god, or I would have been late. Ashley was waiting for me when I pulled up to the building.

"Hi, Caity." She smiled, coming over to me. "You look nice."

"Thanks." I blushed lightly. "So do you." She was wearing a jean skirt and black tights with a red sweater.

"Thanks." She smiled and took my hand. We walked into McDonalds and up to the counter.

"What do you want?" She asked. "I'm buying."

"Um...cheeseburger and coke." I shrugged.

"You know, that sounds good, I'll get that too. And maybe a McFlurry." Ashley put her arm around my shoulders. "You're really pretty." I blushed again.

"Thanks, Ashley." I said, smiling at her. I was going to say something else, but we got up the cashier at that moment.

"Two cheeseburgers with cokes and a large Oreo McFlurry with two spoons." Ashley said.

"That'll be $8 dollars." She pulled out the money, then we waited. 5 minutes later, we were walking to a table with our tray of food.

"I love the rain." I sighed, looking out the window.

"Yeah, it is relaxing." She smiled, taking a bite of burger. I ate a few fries then took a bite of burger.

"So, what kinds of movies do you like?" I asked, taking another bite.

"Um, 'Star Wars', 'Dare Devil'', 'Elektra', mostly super hero stuff." She said, then took drink. "I'm going to guess that that you like 'Dracula' right?"

"No, Van Helsing, but the version of 'Dracula'with Gary Oldman was good." I nodded.

"Well, I was right that you like vamp movies."

"It was the outfit, huh?" I joked.

"No, the eyeliner." She laughed.

"Either way." I said, finishing my burger.

"I'm guessing that your favorite color is purple?" Ashley asked.

"What gave you that idea?" I laughed.

"The shoes, the hair band, the bag, the eye-shadow." She said, smiling. My bangs fell in my eyes and Ashley pushed them back out of my face. I blushed and smiled at her. She unwrapped our spoons and handed one to my, the dug in to the ice cream. I shivered when the cold touched my tongue.

"You cold?" she asked.

"No, but the ice cream is." I laughed, getting another bite.

"Try putting the ice cream on the fries." She said, dipping one in, then eating it. I followed her example and sighed. It did taste good. We finished our food, and got our bags then walked out. It had stopped raining now.

"Do you want to go to the park?" Ashley asked. I nodded and we headed for the small park that was across the street. It only had a swing set and two slides, but about 6 park benches, and lots of trees. I leaned against a tree and she sat on the bench next to it.

"Don't think I'm a creep, but I think you're hot." She said.

"Really? Like temperature, or what? Because I'm actually a little bit cold." I said.

"Not the temperature. Like sexy, hot." She said.

"That's good, because I've been thinking the same about you." I smiled, sitting next to her. She reached over and held my hand. I smiled at her. She leaned forward and kissed my cheek gently. I blushed and kissed hers.

"Do you mind if I...kiss you?" she asked, hesitantly. I shook my head.

"Please do." I said. She kissed my lips gently, lingering only for a moment. When she pulled back, I looked at her, silently begging for more. She leaned towards me again and kissed me harder. A second later I kissed back, sighing softly. She pulled me closer and licked at my lips, tasting me. I groaned and put my hand behind her head, trying to get her closer while opening my mouth for her. She swept her tongue across my teeth. She tasted like ketchup, ice cream, and something that tasted like a mixture of sweet and spicy. Ashley nibbled at my bottom lip, making me moan into her mouth. I sucked on her tongue, heard her whimper, and moved closer to her, throwing my right leg over her left so I was basically sitting on her lap. When the kiss broke we were both panting.

"That was amazing." Ashley said, giving me a chased kiss on the lips.

"My thoughts exactly." I smiled, kissing her once more. She kissed back with enthusiasm.

"Gods you're beautiful." She whispered, pulling me over so I was straddling her lap. I smiled.

"Not so bad yourself, sexy." I smiled, sliding my legs under the bench so I could lock them behind her back.

She laughed. "You think I'm sexy?"

"Yes, who wouldn't?"

"I don't know. Well, my last boyfriend didn't, but you're my first girlfriend."

"I'm your girlfriend?" I asked, loving the sound of that.

"If you want to be?" she looked nervous.

"Of course I want to be." I smiled, kissing her again. I couldn't get enough of her kisses.

"You taste good." She said, licking my lips. "Like strawberries and cream."

"Thanks." I smiled. "You taste like sweet tarts. And cinnamon." I said, kissing her once more.

"Is that good?"

"It's great." I felt a raindrop hit my nose and looked up. "Damn it, it's gonna rain."

"Great, can't it wait till we go home?" Ashley groaned. I stood up off her and smiled.

"Guess not, come on, I don't want to get wet." We walked back to my car, and kissed one last time.

"I'll see you later." I said, hugging her.

"Yeah, I've got band practice tomorrow, maybe you can come watch."

"Yeah, that's be fun. I'll just go with Hailey." She nodded.

"Alright, see ya." She said, walking to her car. I got in mine and drove home. When I got home, mom was cleaning the kitchen.

"Hey, how'd your lunch go?" Mom asked.

"It was a date mom." I said, sitting down on the couch and putting my feet on the table.

"With Ashley?"

"No, with Freddy Kruger, of course with Ashley." I laughed. "She's my girlfriend." I smiled.

"Ah, so you're a lesbian?" Mom asked. I knew she didn't care.

"Yeah, I guess, or maybe I like both. But right now it's Ashley." I smiled. "I'm gonna go write in my journal, I'll be back in a little bit.' I sighed, standing up and going to my room. I got out my diary and opened it to a blank page.

Dear Diary,

Ashley kissed me, oh my god, she kissed me! She taste so good and she's a great kisser! We had the best lunch ever, and then we went to the park, and she said she thought I was hot, and then we kissed. It was amazing! Then she said I was her girlfriend. I have a girlfriend! It's so cool. I told mom about it, but I still have to tell everyone else. She invited me to go to her band practice so I'm going to ask if I can go with Hailey, I hope she says yes. Anyway, I'd better go now, because I have to call Abby and Hailey. Bye.

Love Caity.

I put the journal away and smiled. 'Ashley Hill liked me. I can't believe it!' I thought, then fell back on my bed, just listening to the rain pour down.