Two days had passed since our first window greeting. i could barely sleep every night knowing that about 500 feet away, hayes was sleeping too. i was exhausted. there were bags under my eyes.. if he saw me like this i would die! i decided to take a nap because i didnt even have the energy to stand. i curled up in my cozy green and blue comforter and closed my eyes. next thing i knew, i was fast asleep. in my dream i was playing basketball in our driveway. i was ballin it up out there. hayes walks out onto his porch and watches me. now i had to do good.. i cant have him thinking i was a loser. so i dribbled and did a few tricks. through the legs, behind the back, that type of stuff. i went up for a layup and slammed it in. i grabbed my rebound and dribbled out to the are where the three point line would be if this was a real court. i jumped up and shot the ball and it sunk in the goal. nothin but net. i looked as if this was just normal for me, which it was, but i havent played in about two months. he looked at me directly in my eyes. theres that smile again. he walked down the steps of his front porch and crossed his yard to me. "Hey Emma."
Oh My Gosh!!!! he knew my name!!! i flashed a quick smile.
"Sup." he walked over to me even closer and and grabbed the basketball out of my hands. he shot from where we were standing and barely missed it. "right off the rim" i say to him. he laughs and grabs my left hand. he squeezes it and then lets it go. then he grabs my waist and pulls me into a hug. what was going on? i pulled away from him just a tiny bit and looked at him to try and get a clue of what he was doing. he lifted his head and pushed his lips into mine and kissed me and held me just like that for a minute or two. when we pulled apart i had a grin spread across my face. and just like that he was gone in a flash. where did he go? "hayes?" i repeated over and over again. "hayes?" and then i opened my eyes to my dim bedroom where i had fallen asleep for what i thought was like 20 minutes but was actually 3 hours. ugh why couldnt that have been real?!?! i would do anything to make that dream a reality. I sit up and roll out of bed. yawning, i walk down the stairs.
"good afternoon sleepy head." my mom was sitting at the counter reading a recipe book. "im thinking of making chicken and rice tonight. does that sound good?" my eyes widen and i shake my head furiously.
after about two hours of no productivity and a lot of television watching it was 6:30. i was slowly wandering through the hall and to the bathroom when i heard the doorbell ring. "Emma could you get that please?" i grabbed the door knob and turned it to reveal the love of my life standing there. oh how adorable was he!!!
**HAYES POV**
she opened the door and i could barely even breathe. her beauty was breathtaking even though she was wearing shorts and a tshirt with her adorable messy hair. i wish i could tell her how i feel but she barely knows me and would definitley get scared away if i acted too fast. "Hayes?" she said. I nodded and said hey.
"whats up?" she said
"so i know youre new to the neighborhood and i was wondering if you might want me to show you around?"
