Chapter Five
(Later that night)
Gillian stood in front of the mirror looking at her reflection. Ryan had called earlier to tell her dress casually, so she choose a pair of jean shorts and a red tank top. She slipped on a pair of white sandles and finished applying her lip gloss when she heard Dimitri call to her. "Ryan must be here" she said to herself. She gave herself a once over, grabbed her purse and ran out of her room. She quickly ran down the steps and saw Ryan standing talking to Dimtiri in a pair of jeans and a t-shirt. Her pulse quickened when she saw how handsome he looked.
"Hey guys" she said trying to regain her compsure
"Gillian" Dimitri said and nodded toward Ryan as he exused himself.
"You look great" Ryan said clasping his hands together and gesturing towards Gillian
"Well so do you" She said smiling
The two stood for a moment in silence. Gillian finally broke the silence "Where are we going?" she asked
"Ahhh it's a suprise" Ryan said grinning
Gillian winced "How about a hint"
"Nope, my lips are zipped" Ryan said pretending to zip his lips shut and throw away the key
Gillian shrugged her shoulders "Fine, I guess I'll have to wait"
Ryan nodded "Ok we better get going, our limo awaits"
Gillian raised her eyebrows "A limo? Ryan, I thought you said..."
Ryan interrupted her by covering her lips with his finger. He opened the door "Wrong kind of limo" he said laughing as he gestured toward a bicycle built for two.
"What the heck is that?" Gillian asked confused
"It's a bicycle two people can ride" he said
"Ryan I can't even ride a normal bicycle right, how in the heck do you expect me to ride that?"
"I guess you'll just have to learn" he said as he grabbed her hand and shut the door to Wildwind.
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Ryan and Gillian were riding around on the bike and had managed to get onto some country roads quite aways away from Pine Valley when suddenly Gillian screamed. Ryan yelled to see if Gillian was ok and lost control of the bike and ran off the road into some trees.
They both groaned as they laid on the side of the road "Gillian" Ryan said after a few mintues
"Yeah" Gillian said not moving
"You ok?"
"Yeah I think I'm still attached"
"Why did you scream?" Ryan asked
"Because I thought I saw a bear" Gillian said
Ryan groaned as he laughed "Gillian there are no bears in Pine Valley"
"Well there was this big brown furry thing that came running across the road and I thought it was a bear."
"It was a dog, Gillian. A dog"
"Well how was I supposed to know, I've never seen a bear before. Besides it's dark out"
Ryan just laughed and shook his head "I can't move"
Gillian smiled "Neither can I. I think I broke all the bones in my body"
Ryan laughed "Me too" as he tried to stand up "Oh God, I suddenly have a whole new respect for active senior citizens"
Gillian remained lying on the ground "Well I've never been active, so why should I start now?"
Ryan brushed the dirt and twigs off his shirt and pants and picked up the bike, which was now bent and unrideable.
Gillian finally mangaed to stand up and groanded as she looked at the bike "We can't ride that again, can we?"
Ryan smiled "I'm afraid not"
"So what are we supposed to do now?"
Ryan grabbed a twig that was sticking in Gillian's hair "Well Princess it looks like we are going to have to walk home"
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Gillian and Ryan were walking the bike back to Wildwind and both Ryan and Gillian were complaing and saying how horrible this was.
"This can't possibly get any worse" Gillian said as she noticed a sign for Pine Valley that said 3 miles.
Ryan nodded "Nope, it couldn't get any worse then this"
The two continued for a moment when Ryan stopped "Did you feel that?" he asked
"What?" Gillian asked as she suddenly felt a rain drop "Oh God, it's raining, isn't it?"
The both looked upward as the rain started to pour down.
"I spoke to soon" Gillian said shaking her head "It just got a whole lost wose"
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The two finally made it back to Wildwind compeletly drenched and sore. Ryan and Gillian collapsed on the couch.
"What a disaster" Ryan said
"A total nightmare" Gillian nodded "Some first date, huh?"
Ryan was quiet for a moment "Actually it was. I wouldn't have wanted to spend tonight with anyone else. I'm glad we were able to spend tonight together"
Gillian smiled and brushed back her wet hair "Me too Ryan. I mean it may not have been the ideal first date, but at least we were together."
Ryan and Gillian smiled at one another and Ryan smiled "This would be where I'd say good night and leave, but I really don't have any engery to actually move"
Gillian smiled "Me neither, in fact I don't think I have enough strength to make it up to my bedroom"
They both yawned and leaned into one another and fell asleep.
To Be Continued...
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