Perfect » n.h {COMPLETED}

IX

The show was beautiful. Pacheco's work is absolutely stunning. His paintings told a story that couldn't quite be explained simply in words.

Meeting him was amazing. We took pictures and discussed his artwork. We learned that he suffered from anxiety and depression, and that it was hard to cope with because his dad died when he was 3 and his mom worked a lot.

I got his number, I'm not sure why I did, I just felt it might be needed sometime.

We had just gotten back from the show and walked to our rooms.

As we lie on our beds, Alyssa quietly said, "I cannot believe today happened."

"Neither can I." I rolled over so that I was facing her bed, but I couldn't see her through the darkness.

"So, Niall huh?"

"Yeah. Him, huh."

"Well, did you kiss?"

I smirked.

"I CAN SEE YOUR SMIRK THROUGH THE PITCH BLACKNESS THAT IS OUR ROOM, OH MY GOD YOU TWO KISSED!!"

"I'm sorry, Alyssa, but I don't kiss and tell."

"OH MY GOD YOU KISSED DIDN'T yOU?!"

"I don't know, you're the expert here, figure it out." I heard her huff, and I could feel her pouting from across the room.

"You suck."

"And you swallow."

"OH MY goD MELANIE THATS DISGUSTING EW REEVALUATE YOUR LIFE!"

I just sat there, laughing until my stomach ached and tears slipped through my tightly closed eyes. She laughed as well, not quite as hard as I did, but close.

"So did you kiss?"

"Yes, Alyssa. I kinda figured you knew that."

"Where? When? HOW? Was it romantic? Was it goals af?"

"Did you actually just say 'af' instead of 'as fuck?'"

"Yes, I did."

"Wow. Anyway.. It was great. He's so cute, ugh and he's nice and funny and he loves food and.." I mumbled incoherently.

"Woah woah woah woah woah, the kiss?"

"Oh, right. So, he had never been on one of the large slides before; he said he was to scared. An-"

"Awww!" She interrupted. "He was scared? That's so cuuuute!"

"Okay stop," I laughed, "so I told him we could go down together, and I grabbed his hand, and then we had a moment of staring into each other's eyes and my heartbeat out of my chest. Then I started down and dragged him with me, and he screamed the whole way down-it was a happy scream, but it was a scream-and then when we reached the bottom he looked in my eyes again and I turned to a puddle in his hands and then his lips met mine and agnsjsndjd."

"Aw aw aw aw aw aw oh my goddddd!"

The night was discussed from there, and as the conversation came to an end I felt my eyes flutter shut and it became hard to open them again. I noticed Alyssa's breathing had become steady; she had probably already drifted off. I decided I should too, and eventually I did.

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"I don't wanna waste your precious time,

'Cause you're such a pretty pretty pretty pretty face,
But you turned into a pretty big waste of my time."

The music blared throughout the room, Alyssa and I both dancing and singing.

"I met a girl stuck in her ways,
She met a boy she knew she'd change,
I changed my clothes, my hair, my face,
To watch us go our separate ways."