On My Way (ON HOLD)

Chapter 12

People. Students. Teenagers. They're everywhere. Teenagers scare the living shit out of me. "Same Gererd. Same." I wait outside for little while and allow myself some time to process what is happening around me and what I'm about to do. I make my way towards the very unfamiliar campus and take a couple of deep breaths. I also take my last few sips of my monster and frown as I throw it away at a nearby trash can. I start to fidget a bit and pull on the straps to the thing on my back. Glad I brought a backpack now. Now you can blend in a bit and don't have to worry about your things getting messed up. I start to make my way through the crowds of people around me. Most are either my height or taller than me which makes me feel weird and sets off my anxiety. Great. I try to ignore it and begin looking around in case I catch a glimpse of them. After about a couple of minutes fighting against the crowd and making my way through I start to feel a little sick. The voices are back again. "What if you can't find them? What if you get caught? What are you going to do? Remember all those years you got bullied? The locker shoving, the name calling, the repeated insults from the people you once thought you trusted?" Somehow I find my way out and pull myself together over by a bench. My heart is still racing. But I give up searching for a while as I hide my tears behind my hands. Honestly, I'm terrified. But no! I'm not giving up. I wipe the tears away and begin to scan the crowd again. Hmmm... I get the nerve to ask a couple of random person in the crowd if they know them, or where they might be. Nothing. I've gone in a complete circle and nothing. Fuck. I run my hand through my hair and that's when I feel something. I feel it. I feel them. I don't even know how to begin to describe this feeling. But it's something new. I scan the crowd once again and I catch a glimpse of them nearby. My jaw immediately drops. Holy shit. They're right there. Right in front of me. I let that sink in and I can feel myself still staring, I can't help it. They're fucking goregous. Dammit they're hot! I sit there like an idiot for a few seconds and then I actually get the nerve to get up. I nervously search for my phone in my pocket and come somewhat close behind them. I quickly type out "Would you mind turning around?" I see their phone light up as they read it. They slowly begin to turn around and once they're completely facing me I go for it. I kiss them. I've been waiting far too long. I just had to do it. I can feel tears fighting to fall as I pull them in closer. It's finally happening. I can finally hold them. They're finally here in front I me. I'm finally with my love. And that's when the tears really begin to flow. I pull away, I wish I hadn't but I have to explain myself. I hold on to their hand as I pull her away from the others. I'm rendered speechless when I sit them down on a bench beside me. We both are. I can only make out one word before we both begin to cry once again. "Finally." And then I pull them in for another kiss.