Lisa – 12 years ago
All my confidence from the day before flew out the window upon our untimely wake-up call. The girls had been up late talking as it was; then I stayed up a little later with Jennie. I don't know what came over me with the cover of darkness. First, I held her hand in the cinema then with everyone else asleep I asked her for a kiss.
Oh, that kiss. I finally understand why people are obsessed with kissing because that was beyond words.
The boys were given the very strict instructions that yesterday was girls day and they had to stay away.
Somewhere in translation, the boys interpreted that as a come wake us up at eight in the morning. I mean eight in the morning? Really? When we don't have school? What kind of idiots are these boys?
They didn't half-arse the wake-up call either. It was full-on loud and annoying. A sure way to make sure that nobody would not be awoken by their antics.
I was enjoying watching Jennie's sleepy confusion up until the moment Hanbin sat down next to her. Maybe if it was just him sitting there, what I can only describe as jealousy, might not have flared up as it did. What made me queasy was watching him put his arm around her and ask her gently if she had a good time. I know he's very protective of her and he practically had to talk her into coming to join us in the first place. These are all valid reasons but I want to be the one to put my arm around her.
After some of the excitement has worn off. That being, Jada and Amelia have stopped yelling at the guys. Partly from ruining the end of girls day and mostly from being caught in pyjamas. Breakfast is being made for the all of us.
Jennie leaves for the bathroom and after giving her a few minutes head-start, I follow. I catch her on her way back, while out of every one's earshot.
"Oh hey." She says shyly while brushing a piece of soft looking hair behind her ear.
"Hey. Umm... was yesterday okay? I didn't overstep, did I?" I ask nervously. Where have my smooth moves gone today? I can barely get my words out.
"No, you didn't overstep."
A wave of relief rushes over me. "Great. So, I realised that I don't have your number. That is if I could call you sometime. Or text, I could message you. I mean, can I call you or is that weird?..."
"07..." she starts, thankfully shutting me up. What the hell just happened to me? I went from barely getting my words out to pure verbal diarrhoea. She smiles at my awkwardness and waits for me to get my phone out before giving me her number in full.
"Great. Umm... thanks. I'll... I'll message you because I seem to be having trouble speaking."
She giggles and my heart melts. It takes everything in my power not to do a victory dance. After taking a few steps away she turns back, gnawing slightly on her lip. "Lisa?"
"Yes?"
"Can we keep this between us?"
"Of course. We'll figure this out one step at a time."
"Thanks." She says with visible relief.
I finish the walk into the bathroom and stare at my phone. This was a big step for me, I've just asked a girl whom I'm crushing on for her number and she gave it to me.
