The Picnic

We sat on a patchwork quilt from the back of my car. It was frayed in many places and looked like it could use a good cleaning, but it was perfect for a picnic in the woods. We hiked a good ways to get here, and the sun sparkled overhead breaking through the shifting trees to make strange patterns on the ground surrounding us. I smiled over at me, then took a ridiculously large bite of her sandwich. I snickered and then did the same. I stared at her through my bite mark. She was quite beautiful, her hair shifting in the slight breeze and those piercing eyes. Realizing I was staring I looked away quickly and took a large drink of my soda. "Its quite pretty up here" "Yes you are" I said without thinking. When I realized what I had said, my face blanched and her's turned a bright pink. She smiled and turned her head, while I sat in silence, trying to find words. None came, we sat in silence for a while, eating our sandwiches and soda. Then we started talking about the upcoming school year and everything seemed to go back to normal. We talked and talked until there where no more sandwiches left and all the soda was gone. "Shall we head home" I inquired. She nodded and so we packed up our things into the picnic basket and headed down the trail back to my car. As we walked we continued to talk and the subject somehow happened upon my bad luck when it comes to dating. "Luckily nothing bad has happened so far" I joked. "You better knock on wood so nothing dose happen, we still have the drive." Stepping forward I reached a skinny tree by the side of the trail. I went to knock when, looking down, I saw a rattle snake. It looked at me, I looked at it, and ran. I love nature but I'd rather not die from it. I could hear my date behind me rushing down the trail. I stopped to see if she was alright. She was fine. As she stopped by my side to catch her breath she looked at me. With that one look we both broke out laughing. We laughed the whole rest of the trail, and only stopped when we got to the car. We got home safely and as I dropped her off at her house she looked at me and smiled. "Your crazy, you know that." She said."Yep, and your beautiful, don't we make a fine pair." I retorted. She blushed, and then without another word she walked into the house, closing the door behind her.