Alone At Last...

Freedom

"Skelly! Wait up!" Marco yells as he runs after me. The fiery red head catches up to me panting. "Ugh you could have waited" he pants, I pick up his binder and we walk to our first class. *thump* I look back and see Marco on the floor, a ball bouncing near him "Is that a soccer ball?" I ask, he nods. I see a group of boys pointing and laughing as I help Marco to his feet, I see the "leader" Travis. "Hey Marco hand me that ball.." He picks it up and hands it to me, confusion is in his eyes. I take it and aim, straight for Travis' head... I remember back to when I was in softball, should be easy enough... I chuck the ball across the room, it bounces off of Travis' head and it hits Mr. Rucks head. Uh oh! I grab Marco's hand and we run out. "Skelly! You made that!!!" I just nod and keep hold of his hand, I lead him outside "Skelly we can't skip class!" I shove him in the front seat of his car, then pout "c'mon we never have any fun! All that's happening today in science is dissections..." He grimaces and starts the car. "So where we off to?" He looks at me as he pulls out of the driveway of our school. I shrug my shoulders "Beach maybe?" He nods and revs up the car "WOOOOHOOOOOO" he yells as we speed off towards the beach. I stand up in the seat "FREEDOM" I scream "FREEDOM!!!" Marco echoes.
**********skip to the beach********
We grab our surf boards and run out to the beach we throw our towels down. Now let me tell you something about Marco, he's absolutely fucking adorable we are shipped together sense we hang out all the time, he's one of the sweetest people you will ever meet but he can be pretty annoying.... "Skelly get over here!" He shouts as he stops along the shoreline, I jog over to him and look for what he's pointing at, it's a small bottle with a little piece of paper in it... "Don't open it, it's not meant for us" I say quietly and I pick it up, "what are you doing?" He asks as I swing it around "Someone else can find it" I say as I throw it out into the ocean. I lay out my towel and lie down, Marco sits next to me, he seems anxious. I prop myself up on my elbows "What's going on?" I question as I sit up "well I mean... Nah it's nothing" he says as he plays around with the sand "Ok then" I say as I stand up, he grabs my hand and pulls me down "I guess I could tell you" he whispers, I nod and let him speak
"I really like this one girl, she's a really good friend but I don't think she feels the same way and I have liked her forever and I sorta want to tell her but I don't want to ruin our friendship! What should I do?" He hides his face which is almost as red as his hair, "I say you should practice telling her, but not on a stuffed animals... Oh you could practice on me!" I exclaim, he nods and clears his throat "Hey so I wanted to tell you that I really like you, I have like you for 7 months. I love your smile and your laugh, it's contagious. And your eyes, oh your gorgeous eyes, they were the first thing I noticed. I love every flaw I love that your always a happy person... I'm in love. I'm in love with you." He says all of that in a whisper so at this point I am leaning in so I could hear him, he looks at me, our faces not even an inch apart. He takes my chin "I'm in love with you Skelly" I gasp and he pulls me in. Our lips touch. My mind escapes to a land I've never been to before, was I the girl he liked? Or was he still practicing... As I think these thoughts we still kiss, my body is filled with warmth and I feel like I'm on the safest place on earth. He pulls away, the warmth lingers as we look into each other's eyes. "So.... Was that still practicing cause you did a fucking amazing job" I whisper. He wraps his arms around me "No... That was just for you, all I said was true and I hope you accept the way I feel about you" I'm not sure what to do, I have a crush on a guy named Zack but when I kissed Marco... Zack was forgotten. "So do you want to go out for coffee or something" I ask and he smiles "Nah I want to stay and just mess around for awhile" he says, a slight smile... I am not to sure what he means by "mess around" but I'm fine with just hanging around. "Sounds like a plan" I smile as I speak.