Chapter 5 - Fireworks

CHAPTER 5: Fireworks

	Evan slowly opened his eyes and looked at the clock, 7:50 pm. He felt something on him and he looked down. It was Kari. Evan thought about what happened before he fell asleep, "Oh yeah, Kari and I..." he stopped and blushed. He looked down at her as she slept and couldn't help but put his paw on her head and rub a little. He smiled at her as she began to wake up. Kari looked around and quickly realized she was on Evan's chest. She looked up at him, "hey there," she smiled at him, still half asleep. "Hey," he replied, looking at her with love in his eyes. She got up off of him and sat up next to him, "I love you," she leaned over him again and wrapped her arms around him. "I love you too," he looked at her and placed his paws on her. They broke their intimate moment and sat up next to eachother on the couch. "So what do you want to do now?" Kari asked as she looked into his eyes. "I don't care, as long as it's with you next to me." "Well I think I'm going to head home, but I'll talk to you tomorrow," she got up and headed for the door. "Want me to drive you home?" "Nah. I'll be alright, but thanks for asking," she blew him a kiss and closed the door.

	Evan laid down on the couch, he picked up his phone, "I wonder what Jaden is up to, and if anything happended between him and Jasmine." He called Jaden, only after a minute did he finally pick up. "What's up?" Jaden sounded like he had just been asleep. "Alot I'll tell you in a minute, but did anything happen between you and Jasmine? If you don't mind me asking?" Jaden paused on the phone, "yeah I guess you could say that something happened." Evan heared a hint of satisfaction in his voice. "So yeah, did you get anywhere with Kari?" "Yep," Evan replied happily. "Wow, really? You?! What did you guys do?" "Man I didn't expect him to be this into what Kari and I did." Evan thought. "Oh, well not much just, oral." "Man that's great for you!" Jaden laughed. "Well I gotta go I'll talk to ya later," and he hung up. "Today has been awesome," Evan thought, "I told a girl I love her and she loves me, plus we got intimate." He grinned and blushed. He went to the kitchen and got himself some food. He sat infront of the televison and ate. After he got his full of televison and food he went to his room and played WoW on his computer. The clock showed 1: 14 by the time he was done and he crawled into bed thinking about his love, Kari.

	Kari heared her alarm go off, 8:30 it showed. She picked up her phone, "I never got to ask Jasmine how things went with that guy." She called Jasmine's phone, "Hey," she heared. "So how did things go with Evan's friend last night?" "Oh, Ill tell you about it later but I'm back at my house now. Hey do you have any plans for tonight?" "No, why?" "Because it's the fourth of July tonight duh, and I was wondering if we could go do something." "I totally forgot, I was so caught up in my feelings for Evan that I.." She paused," yeah Jasmine I did it!" "Grats girl. So how did he feel about you?" "He said that he had the same feelings too, and then we got a little busy." "Don't worry girl," Jasmine said, "let's just say I got some too," they both laughed. "So how about for tonight all of us hang out at the park and light some fireworks? I'll go get some for us." "Sure. Let's meet there at about 7 okay?" "Sure let's meet at the front gates, see ya then." Jasmine hung up the phone. "Now I just have to call Evan and set it all up with him," she said to herself. She quickly called him up.  "Hey," Evan said as he answered the phone. "Hey, I was wondering if you wanted to come to set off fireworks tonight at the park?" "Sure, I'll go. What time should I get there? Or should I meet at your house?" "We'll be meeting at the park at 7 so don't be late." "Alright I'll see you then," and Evan hung up the phone. Kari got up off of her bed and headed to the shower. "I can't wait to see him,"she thought as she started the shower and took off her clothes. She stepped into the shower and started to clean herself still thinking. "I wonder what he's doing right now.. I wonder if he thinks about me.." She paused and looked at herself, then sighed. "I hope he continues to love me. No matter what." She continued her shower and soon finished.

	She got dressed and decided to go watch television on the couch. "I wonder what I should do untill tonight," she thought. She took out her phone and called Jasmine again. "Hey, can I go with you to get some fireworks to kill time?" "Sure, but I was planning to go with Jaden too if you don't mind." "Sure, can you come pick me up?" "Yeah I'll be over in just a bit," and Jasmine hung up the phone. Kari laid back on the couch, phone still in hand. She laid there untill she heared the doorbell ring minutes later. She went to the door opened it for Jasmine. "C'mon let's go, Jaden is in the car." Kari followed her friend and got into her car. She sat in the back with Jaden in the passenger seat. "What's up?" He said to her as she sat down. "Nothing just wanting to kill time." Jaden looked over at Jasmine and smiled as she sat down. He placed a paw on her leg and rubbed it. "Let's not do anything here infront of Kari," Jasmine looked over at him and grinned, "atleast while she doesn't have Evan with her." Kari blushed. Jasmine pulled the car out of the driveway and headed over to the fireworks stand by the store. "So Jaden, can you tell me anything about Evan that I should know?" Jaden looked up and thought for a second, "Hmm, anything in particular you want to know about him?" "Well I was just wondering if you knew of his favorite stuff? Like color, food and all that." Jaden thought to himself again. "Well his favorite color is blue, and he loves videogames. Hell he'll spend hours on vidoegames." Jaden laughed. "I know he said before that he likes sushi, and he likes those manga books. He has a tall stack of them somewhere in his room I know for sure. He has never had a girlfriend, as you may know already. He does alright in school, not a strait A kid but he does good.	There's alot more about Evan, but I don't feel like saying it all." He grinned, "I mean where would all the fun go for you two to find out about eachother?" "Alright thanks." Kari went over this new information in her mind as Jasmine pulled up to the fireworks stand. After 20 minutes and a large purchase later they got back in the car. "Anything else planned?" Kari asked. "Well Jaden and I were planning on doing some stuff." Jasmine looked at Kari and winked. Kari got the message, "alright well can you drop me off home?" "Sure." Soon Kari was home, Jasmine and Jaden were off doing something Kari prefered to put out of her mind for now, and her mind was now filled with the thoughts of seeing Evan that night. She sighed. "I just want to be with him," she went to her room and laid down on her bed. She started to fall asleep, only wanting the moment she could see Evan again to come soon.

	Evan locked his door and walked down the sidewalk. It was 6:47 and it would be a few minutes of walking for him to get to the park, but enough time for him to think. For the whole day he only thought of Kari. As he walked his mind was still set on Kari. "I wonder if she thought about me at all after she called? I wonder if she will love me for a long time.." He looked up and saw the park's front gates ahead of him. He saw Kari there waving at him and he quickly jogged over to her, Jaden, and Jasmine. "Hey guys." "Hey," kari hugged him. "I missed you." "and I missed you. They kissed and then remembered that Jaden and Jasmine were there. "So how many fireworks do you guys have?" Jasmine and Jaden held up two bags full of fireworks in response to his question. They walked towards a field in the park with other people already shooting off fireworks against the setting sun. "Let's to do this!" Jaden said as he set the fireworks on the ground and got out a lighter. The group started small with basic firworks, then moved up to bottle rockets and roman candles. After setting off a few Evan sat back a bit to just watch his friend set off the fireworks and admired the view. Kari watched Evan sit away from them and walked over towards him. "What's up? Do you not like the fireworks?" She said, taking a seat next to him. "Nah I'm just not into lighting them as much as he is." He pointed over towards Jaden as he lit off a rocket and they watched it shoot into the air. "Yeah he really does like them.." She returned her focus towards Evan. "You know.. I've been thinking about being with you all day and we're finally together." She leaned on him and wrapped her arms around him. He looked at her, "I have too. It's weird that we both would think about eachother." He wrapped his arms around her. They both leaned forward and kissed as fireworks continued in the background. They leaned back and looked over at Jaden and Jasmine who were still shooting off fireworks. "The're great friends." Evan smiled. "Yeah." Evan felt himself pull Kari closer next to him, "I can't belive it's already been a little over a week that we've known eachother and all." "Yeah, it's been fun being with you and teaching you." They both laughed. Evan looked over at the fireworks going off, "I.. I hope we can to stay together for a long time." His grip tightened on her. She blushed, "Yeah, I hope we will too."

	They sat there looking over the fireworks and watching their friends set off the rest of the fireworks. He and Kari looked over at Jaden as he waved at them to come to him. They let go of eachother and walked over to him. "C'mon I didn't want you guys to be by yourselves over there when we set off this one." He reached into the bag for the last item and pulled out a large rocket that looked to be a foot tall. "Wow," Evan said, stunned by the size. "Alright now let's set it off!" Jaden picked up a lighter and started it. He leaned down and lit the fuse of the monster firework. They slowly backed away and the rocket shot up into the night sky and exploded mulitple times into many colors. Evan reached his paw over and held on to Kari's paw. They all looked up and watched until the rocket stopped exploding after minutes. The four of them looked at eachother and smiled. Evan smiled for finding a girl that he loved and who loved him back. Kari smiled for having the courage to tell Evan how she felt and knowing that he loved her too. Jaden smiled for being able to shoot off fireworks all night and hanging out with his friends. Jasmine smiled for being with her friends and for finding a guy who she found was fun to be with.
They all laid down on the grass looking up at the night sky, the moon, and the fireworks going off in the distance and thought about how this fourth of July was special for being able to spend it with friends and lovers.
Happy Fourth! ^-^