Love Expected!

STEP 1

  He was my father's colleague's son while I was his father's colleague's daughter. We were not expected to be anything else when we met at the Christmas eve two years ago. I was fifteen, he was twenty. A five year gap, which would haunt us forever.
But now when we were gonna meet again after two years, a lot would have changed. I was seventeen now and he would be... twenty two. Whether I should be happy to get to see him or sad because of our age gap, I didn't know. But this time I knew that I wouldn't let this chance go. I will talk to him. Not like the last time when all I did was nod or giggle. I will behave like a lady. He would have to notice me. Have to.
When I decided to let my mom buy me a dress, I wasn't aware that she would choose something so gorgeous (in the pic). It fit me perfectly as if it was made for me. It was a first, but I decided to leave my hair down. My brown tresses have grown out quite a bit. I wasn't the kind of person to leave my hair down. It irritated me. But not this time. They went perfectly with my dress. I liked how I looked. When all three of us- my mom, dad and me- were ready, we decided to leave. It was warm outside so I went without a jacket. Hope I won't have to regret later.
When we reached, I took one look at the hotel and remembered when I had come here for the first time. It was two years ago. I was adamant on not going. I wanted to attend the party, my best friend was throwing. But my parents took me anyway. I was angry but I had always been someone who could suppress their emotions when necessary. So it didn't look like I was. Not that I wasn't. But it changed when we reached the party and I saw him. He was gorgeous. Standing at the drinks stand, his tall and lean structure was visible. As I was studying him, his gaze slowly shifted from his drink and he looked at me. We stared at each other for a second and then both averted our vision to other things.
As I was thinking about the past, I realized that we were standing in the hall. I looked everywhere but didn't find him. My heart was shattering to pieces. Did he not come? And to think I was being giddy for no reason. I felt broken. I was escorted to the table where a few more people around my age were sitting. I felt strange. Suddenly, I realized that even his parents weren't here. So there was still chance that he would come. I waited and waited. It had already been half an hour after I had come but there was no sign of them. I was losing hope. I decided to go join a girl at the bar.
She was two years younger than me and I felt weird standing next to her. She was so small. I wondered if he thought of me like this.... Small. What if he did? But I had grown quite a bit now. Maybe....