It was the next Sunday when she came to my house. She arrived around 1PM, when I was done eating.
I quickly walked to the door, feeling a little nervous without knowing why. I opened the door with a shaky hand. Here she was, standing on my porch, wearing a long skirt and a sweater, she was gorgeous, like always.
"Uhm... Hey, Naya. Y-you can come in.
-Thanks..
-So...What's up ?
-I'm fine, thanks for asking.
-No prob'.
-We're doing the project in your room, right ?
-Yeah... follow me." , I said as I closed the front door and walked to my room. "My parents won’t be here until 6PM, so it's doing to be just us.
-Okay.. great."
We arrived in front of my door after a few seconds, and I opened it, revealing the walls covered in posters and drawing, all of my shelves filled with gems and vynils, and my forest green bed. I let her walk inside before me and closed the door. I saw her looking around with a small smile before she turned around and looked back at me.
"I really like your room. It suits you.", she said with her usual soft voice.
"Thanks. You can sit at my desk... or my bed, where you feel the most comfortable, and we can start working after.
-Okay."
About two hours passed. We worked and talked about ourselves.
We were in the kitchen, eating snacks while I was telling her a story.
"And I saw the boy falling in the store.. like... he just slipped on the floor", when I stopped talking, we stayed silent for a moment before we both burst into laugh. She laughed while she hit her pen, and then she coughed. Just like the first time she laughed because of me, like the first time I really noticed her. And then I realised something crazy that would never be shared.
I love her.
I love that girl. I wanted to be with her, and I knew that I'd never had a chance, I knew that I shouldn't love her, for some reason.
I stopped laughing and just stared at her with wide eyes. She calmed down and looked back at me. She was confused.
"What ? What's going on ?"
Her voice made me come back to reality, and I blinked a few times before talking.
"Sorry... I zoned out... uhm... it's... it's getting late. You should go. Maybe.
-Oh... uhm... yeah... yeah, I'll leave."
She stood up and took her bag as I just looked at her packing her things in silence.
We both walked to the front door, and I unlocked it before opening it for her. I stared at her as she walked to the porch.
"I'll see you at school... and next Saturday ?
-Okay." I gave her a small smile as she turned around to face me, and before I could even say something, her arms were wrapped around me. She was hugging me. I didn't think and wrapped my arms around her neck, making me realise how much smaller she was next to me. I buried my face in the crook of her neck and inhaled her scent. Vanilla.
We didn't pull away before a couple of minutes when we did, I saw her gaze going to my eyes and my lips. And she kissed my cheek. And all I could do was turn red.
"Goodnight, Als...
-B-bye.. Naya."
