54A/N: This is my idea of how the ending should have gone. I hate it when they just end a movie, don't you? It's like saying "Hey, we're all out of money! Guess we'll have to end it here!" Anyway, read and review please!
The entire ride, all I could think about was how close she was to me. How much we were alike. How my entire life had been turned around by one girl who I never thought could possibly exist. One girl who knew everything there was to me. A girl who loved the same things I loved, whose laugh I had just grown to love.
We parked the bikes and dropped our helmets on the handles. Sweaty, mud-ridden or not, she was still smiling. Still beaming and brimming with energy. She smiled at me and turned to walk away. For an instant, my heart sunk. That was it. Time's up. Thanks for coming out. But I couldn't let it end at that. I might never get another chance to tell her... to show her how I feel about her.
I watched her as she walked up the concrete steps near her pool. I wished it could have been longer than twelve laps. She kicked my ass, of course, but I had let her. I could have rode on that bike forever, into the setting sun like a cowboy on a horse with his lady by his side. Except that she wasn't my lady. Not yet.
I had to tell her.
She turned to look at me, stopping a few steps up. I felt my breath catch in my throat. The sun hit her hair in the perfect way, complimenting her beautiful complexion and helping to brighten her eyes even more. She smiled at me.
"What?" she asked. I took a few steps forward, trembling. I slowly grabbed her around the waist and gently spun her around until her feet touched the ground on the same level as me. She tensed for a second, then eased into my arms.
There I stood, with my arms around the most incredible, stubborn, beautiful girl I had ever known, without a single thing to say. I suddenly panicked. What was I doing? Just because I liked her, maybe even loved her...I couldn't assume she felt the same. I shrugged and dropped my arms.
"Nothin'," I replied. Stupid idiot. I could see in her eyes she was disappointed. She began to walk back up the stairs again, but I caught her hand. She came back down the step, moving closer towards me.
"Do you remember now?" she asked gently. A light breeze came up and caught a piece of her hair, letting it gently graze the side of her face, coming to rest on her cheek. God, she was beautiful. I couldn't help but grin at her. I brushed the piece of hair behind her ear, allowing my hand to linger there for a moment.
"I never forgot," I said. I gently slid my hand behind her neck, pulling her lips to mine. I thought I was going to pass out from the suspense of her reaction. Suddenly, I felt her hand slide around the back of my head, her fingers playing in my hair. I smiled as I kissed her. I had been waiting so long for this moment.
Thank God it was only twelve laps.