Love Always Wins

Jessica's Point of View

Today was the first day I actually saw him. I know I’ve seen him before, but today I really saw him. It was in Chemistry class, I sit three seats in front of him, the teacher was giving a lecture on the different chemicals we were going to use today during class and I couldn’t help but look and see if he was there. Sure enough when I looked he was there staring back at me like he usually did. His name is Aden James; Aden has dark brown hair, blue eyes, a perfect complexion, and a flawless figure. Me on the other hand; my name is Jessica Newton; I have light brown hair, deep brown eyes, a not so perfect complexion, and a not so flawless figure. It started out as a little crush but grew into much more than that. And this is our story.

I had Aden’s number (but he doesn’t have mine) because Jenifer (Aden’s ex-girlfriend)  gave it to me in case I would ever need it or have a use for it, and this time I was glad that I had Jen in my life. I was at Pizza Ranch with my friend Alison, and she dared me to ask Aden out to make Jen mad. I did and he said yes. Later, after I had asked him out, he started asking around to see if he could find out who he was going out with. Of course Ali told Jen what we had done and Aden asked Jen to see if she knew and she told him that it was me. And that was how it all started.

He found out it was me but didn’t break up with me right away like I thought he would. He just kept telling me he loved me which I thought was kind of weird because he didn’t even hardly know me, but oh well. Today was Saturday and tomorrow is Sunday and then it’s back to school for me, Jenifer, Alison, and my new boyfriend, Aden. I have all my classes with Aden and I’m kind of nervous to get to school.    

I have Algebra first hour today and I sit right next to Aden during class. When I got there I was relieved to see that he wasn’t there yet, but, at the same time I was kind of disappointed to see that he wasn’t there. When he did finally get there, a minute late, he looked straight at me and smiled a big, boyish smile.

During class that day I couldn’t help but look over a few times to see if he was paying attention to me or the teacher, and to my surprise he wasn’t looking at the teacher but he wasn’t looking at me either, he was staring at me, boring his eyes into mine now that I look at him. I looked away quickly and made it look like I was paying attention to the teacher and not thinking about him, to the extent that I thought my head might explode.

The rest of that class period I kept looking over only to find him staring back at me. After Algebra I have English and again I sit right in front of Aden. When I got to class he was already there in his seat staring at the door, and now watching me with content eyes. I walked over to my seat, sat down, put my things down, looked back at him and said, “Ok, what’s with all the staring? It’s creeping me out.”

“Sorry, I’ll try to stop,” he said with a smug look on his face.

“Gee thanks,” I said sarcastically.

“No problem,” he answered.

All through English I could feel his eyes making the whole he had already made in my back just a little bit bigger.

After English I have Art 1 and Aden sits next to me at my table. Any other day, I would catch him staring and think nothing of it, but today I catch him staring and wonder why he keeps looking at me. Once or twice during art he would pass me a note saying he loved me and wanted to sit with me at lunch. That was pretty much my art class, which used to be my favorite class.

Finally the bell rang for lunch, and Aden walked with me and my friends to lunch, stayed by me in the lunch line, and sat by me at our lunch table. I could tell that he was in this for a while at least. We talked our way through lunch and that’s kind of how the rest of the day went.

The last class I have is Science where I sit all the way across the room from Aden, Ali, and my other friend Brittney. This is the one class where I don’t sit close to Aden, thank gosh. I still can’t help but steal quick glances at Aden only to find him staring back at me like he has been all day. When I look over at Ali and then at Brit I find them staring at me also, my cheeks get red and I turn my head like nothing is happening.

When the final bell rang I didn’t wait for Ali and Brittney like I usually did, I just walked right out the door to the bus and sat down in a seat next to where Aden usually sits. Aden came on before Ali and Jen, and he sat by me which was unusual for even him. When Ali and Jen got on they stopped short and stared at us for like five minutes straight and the only reason they moved was because someone else had to get on the bus. Right before we got to GBR he texted me and told me that he doesn’t want to leave me,that he wants to hold hands, and he wants to kiss me. I texted back and told him that he has to make all the first moves and that if he doesn’t he misses his chance.

He took one quick glance at my face and then took my hand in his. I looked over at Ali and saw that she had a big smile on her face. I looked over at Jenifer and saw that she was staring at our hands with her jaw dropped. We got to GBR and switched busses, but before Aden would let me go he took one look around and then kissed me. Afterwards I looked around and could see that I would have texts from Ali, Jen, and of course Aden.

When I got home I had like 100 texts from Ali, Jen, Britt, and of course Aden. Ali told me that I was lucky to have a boyfriend who was willing to do that in front of a whole bunch of people like that and that I should definitely take advantage of this good relationship while I still have it. Jennifer’s texts said that it should have been her that he was kissing and that she was mad at me for stealing her “boyfriend.” Britt’s texts said, and I quote, “OH MY GOD!!! How was it? What did it feel like? Where did he kiss you at? Was it in front of EVERYBODY?” I just had to laugh at those because that is nothing like Britt. I replied, and I quote, “I KNOW RIGHT!!! It was awesome!! It felt amazing! He kissed me after we switched buses in front of GBR!! YES IT WAS!!! EVERYBODY WAS WATCHING!!!!” She laughed at me when I said that. Aden’s texts just told me he loved me, nothing new from him.

That was just the beginning of my week; I still have Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday to get through.  I thought I was nervous to get to school yesterday, now I’m REALLY nervous to get to school. All night I was tossing and turning thinking about how tomorrow is going to go. I imagined that Aden would come up to me and tell me that it has all been a joke and that nothing he did was for real, I imagined that he would come up to me and tell me that he wanted to break up with me, I imagined that he came up and told me that he was going out with someone else along with me, and I imagined many more things like those that night.

I woke up at 5 this morning like usual, got ready for school just like any other day and when I was finished getting ready is was 6 am and the bus doesn’t come to pick me up until 7. I was actually temped to drive myself to school that day but then I remembered who and what would be waiting for me when I got on the bus at GBR later so it’s worth the wait.

When my bus finally got to GBR I was very anxious to switch buses and see Aden. When I got on the other bus Ali and Jen were waiting for me in our spots in the back of the bus, but Aden wasn’t on yet so I went and sat with Ali and Jen like usual. When Aden did finally get on the bus he saw me in the back but sat in the front like usual.

We got to school, got off the bus, and walked up to school like usual but when we got up to the school Aden came up behind me, grabbed my waist and pulled me into a big bear hug. He hugged me right in front of the principal so we got detention for PDA. (Public Display of Affection) I think it was worth it, I’m just glad he didn’t kiss me in front of the principal or we probably would have gotten more than just one detention.

Again today I had all my classes with Aden, so we saw each other a whole lot throughout the day. My first few classes were crappy but I got through them with some help from my teachers and my friends. My last few classes were a little bit better, but not by much. When the final bell rang I was anxious to get out of school and home, for what reason I do not know, I just had a feeling that something good or bad was going to happen when I got home today. On the bus I didn’t talk to Aden, Jen, or Ali, I just stared out the window off in space imagining what might be waiting for me at home. When I did get home, I was so not expecting what happened.