A Little Story About Love

Part 10

Chance

Every part of my body reacted instantaneously to the contact. Max's hands laced up into my hair and my body began to tremble violently. For the past two weeks, all my senses had been screaming out for Max's touch, but I had shoved these feelings under the surface, unaware of just how strong they were. And now they were exploding from within me. Sparks of electricity seemed to travel across my skin from every point where Max and I touched. Max seemed to be having a similar reaction, his muscles clenching and relaxing, and he kissed me with incredible power.

After a seemingly impossible amount of time, we broke apart, gasping for air. I set Max back on his feet and pulled him into a tight hug. He wrapped his small arms around my waist, resting his head on my chest. I buried my face in Max's soft, vanilla scented hair. For a moment we stayed like that, just breathing, and trembling, holding each other. My mind was reeling, thoughts bouncing around my head. And then I found the only words that made sense.

"Be my boyfriend?" The words were barely a whisper.

Max looked up at me, and his eyes filled with joy. His whole being seemed to relax as he stood on tiptoe and kissed me softly. He smiled into the kiss, and I felt a smile form on my own lips. Max broke away, the smile still sparkling on his beautiful face.

"Of course." And with that, he grinned and buried his face in my chest.