I know, I know. How did I ever have a boyfriend? I was too shy and awkward. Well, he was my first crush. I liked him all throughout middle school. Then one day when we were doing a project together, he told me that he liked me too. I asked him how he knew that I liked him and he said it was pretty obvious. That was embarrassing, but oh well. We originally decided to stay friends because I knew I was moving to Canada, but he asked me out and of course I said yes. It was the only chance I ever had at a boyfriend and I did like him. I begged my mom not to move, or at least she could let me stay with my dad, but she didn't care. Jake was my only friend, and my boyfriend, I didn't want to leave. Anyways, we ended up breaking up right before I moved because we knew long distance wouldn't work out. We never kissed either. I've never had a first kiss, and that's pretty sad considering I'm sixteen and almost every other teenage girl I know has kissed at least five different guys before. That's not even counting the amount of times they kissed each guy individually. But that didn't matter. I just found it so weird that Jake was here. I don't know what would happen. Would he pretend nothing ever happened? Or would we stay friends?
"What ex-boyfriend?" Beau asked. He was standing in a group of people right beside us and I guess he heard me say Jake was my ex.
"Just a guy." I said. He didn't care about the details.
"No shit, I didn't think it was a squirrel." He laughed.
"Why do you care anyways?" Kat asked.
"I smell jealousy." Jenny whispered to Kat. I heard her but I don't think Beau did.
"I don't, I was just curious." Beau shrugged and turned back to the group of people he was with before.
"Where did Jordane go?" I asked. She was with us just a minute ago. She just kind of disappeared into the crowd, I guess.
"I don't know where Jor is." Jenny looked around us.
"I do!" Kat laughed. All of us turned to where Kat was looking. She was standing in the corner with Jai. They were so cute together. We couldn't hear them but we could see what they were doing. Jai moved some hair out of her face and kissed her forehead. They were both smiling. Jai moved closer to her and they started slow dancing, even though it wasn't a slow song. It was the cutest thing I've ever seen. Occasionally they would say something but they were mostly silent and just dancing. I wish I had a relationship like Jaidane.
"Aw, they're adorable." I said. Jenny and Kat nodded in agreement. Then Mallory and Luke came out from no where.
"We're leaving early, we'll walk so you still have the cars. Bye guys!" Mallory smiled. She walked out of the house while holding Luke's hand.
"Wow, I wonder what they're getting up to." Kat laughed.
"It's a mystery." Jenny said sarcastically.
The song changed and the music got louder. "I'm going to go stand outside for a bit, it's pretty loud in here." I said over the music. The girls nodded and I walked outside. I saw Luke and Mallory walking hand in hand, they were pretty far from here already. They moved fast. I sat down on the porch swing. I could still hear the music blaring inside. It was pretty loud, but it might have been because I was by a window. It wasn't open but I could hear the music through it. I was staring off into space when the porch swing moved, like someone sat on it beside me. I looked who it was. It was Jake. Oh boy. I hoped I wasn't too awkward.
"Hey, Mari." Jake smiled.
"Hi Jake." I didn't know what else to say, I was bad at starting conversations.
"Aren't you cold out here?" He asked. Then I realized I was. It was really cold outside actually. I didn't even have a coat on or anything. I had goosebumps on my arms.
"Um, I don't know, a bit. I didn't even realize." I laughed. Jake started taking off his coat which made me nervous. Was he going to give it to me?
"Here, you need it more than me." He put his coat around my shoulders. It was really warm, and I was thankful, but this wasn't about being cold. He was just trying to be cute. And he was. He had a sweater on under his coat anyways, so he wouldn't be cold without his coat.
"Thanks, Jake." I smiled.
"So how's Canada?" He asked.
"It's fine..It's colder. It's different. I like it better here." I sighed.
"Why don't you stay here?"
"I wish. I've tried before. My mom won't let me."
"Oh well, maybe some day. It sucks that you left though. It was just when we were getting close." He moved closer to me as he said the last sentence. My heart was racing. What was he doing?
"Yup." That's all I managed to say. I didn't know what else I could say. But then again I never did. I'm not good in social situations.
"I missed you." Jake's face was closer to mine now.
"I missed you too." I said honestly. He was my only friend, the only person I ever got close to. The only one I trusted. I was so nervous, my palms would be sweaty if it wasn't so cold outside. I swear he could hear my heart racing, it was thudding pretty loud.
"And I never got to do this.." He slowly closed the space between us. He hesitated a bit, probably to see if I would reject him. I didn't. He met his lips with mine and time froze.
