"That's all for today," the substitute teacher says and dismisses the class ten minutes before the bell is supposed to ring. All the students start packing their things, eager to go to lunch, but I sit still for a moment. I look at all the teenagers talking to each other, laughing and smiling, while i try to ignore the empty seat beside me. I take in the chaos, wondering if I will remember this when I'm old. If i will remember how everyone looked like and what everyones names were, if i will remember how their faces lit up when they left the classroom. Or if i will forget this, and this moment will dissappear like it never happened.
"Hi" I hear someone say beside me. I look up and stare right into a pair of sparkling blue eyes. Evan.
" Hi" I say, not knowing what else to say. "Why aren't you packing, What are you waiting for?" He asks, still staring at Me. I suddenly become aware that we are the only ones left in the classroom, even the teacher has left.
"I don't know, i think I zoned out" i quickly start gathering my things and putting them in my backpack. When I'm done I see him standing in front of me with a smug smile on his face.
" What?" I ask, confused by the intense way he's looking at me. "You're really short" He says, and steps closer to me, as to prove a point. "No, I'm not that short!" I defend myself. "Yes you are" "No I'm not" "You look up to me" He chuckles and takes another step closer to me.
I have to admit he's taller than me, but the difference isn't that big. In fact, his lips are the perfect height to kiss my forehead. Wait, what? Did i just think that?
I see no way out of this situation, so I do the most childlike thing in the world. I get on top of my chair and say: "Now you have to look up to me"
He smiles and comes even closer, our eyes are locked together and I feel sunshine radiating from my heart as I smell his cologne.
"Now don't you get all smug, after all, you're just on top of a chair, what would happen if you were to fall?" He says as he puts his hand on my back. Small fireworks erupting where his heat reaches my skin. "I'm not afraid of falling" I whisper softly to him. "Why?" He asks. "Because i know you'd catch me"
A smile forms on his lips as his hand slides lower, until it reaches the small of my back. The fireworks still exploding on my skin. His hand keeps sliding down my hip, until it reaches my upper thigh. There it stops, causing my breath to hitch in my throat. "Yes" he whispers, "I'll always be there to catch you."
It all happen in the blink of a second. His hand pressing me forward until i loose my balance, and his other arm wrapping around my back as our chests crash together. My eyes squeeze shut and when i open them again, my face is pressed against his neck, and my legs wrapped around his waist.
It's like the world stops when our eyes meet once again, our breaths are heavy and i can feel his heart pounding in time with mine. None of us say a word as our faces inch closer and our foreheads lean together. "You're incredible, you know that?" He whispers, and buries his head in my neck as he spins us around slowly. I don't know what to say to that, but the sunshine inside me shines even stronger as I realize how much i like him.
I just wish I'd known it earlier, then maybe things would have turned out different.
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I feel my phone vibrate in my pocket, it's a text from Troy saying: I can see you! My head instantly whips up, my eyes starting to search for the boy I've grown so fond of the last month. I can't see him anywhere, so i reply : what? I can't see you.
He doesn't reply for a good five minutes, I'm almost done with my sandwich when another message ticks in on my phone.
From: Troy
OH. MY. GOD. I THOUGHT I SAW YOU AT THE GROCERY STORE, AND I RAN TOWARDS YOU AND JUMPED ON YOUR BACK, BUT IT WASN'T YOU!!! AND NOW I HAVE TRAUMATIZED AN OLD LADY WITH PINK HAIR!!! KILL ME NOWWWW.
As i read the words, i feel myself cracking up, and i start to laugh hysterically when i picture him attacking some poor old woman. "What is it?" Hannah asks with a confused look on her face. But i can't answer her, I'm laughing too hard.
It takes me a long time to calm down again, and i have to dry some tears as I'm finally able to breathe normally again. I quickly type an answer to him saying : I think I just died...
It doesn't even take two seconds before i feel my phone ringing. "Hi" i say, and almost throw the phone across the room when he answers.
"OH NO, ARE YOU DEAD. PLEASE DON'T BE DEAD" "No I'm not dead" i say, giggling. " GOOD BECAUSE IF YOU WERE THEN I WOULD... oh shit" he says, and suddenly stops rambling. " Oh sorry, the security guards were passing by, I'm pretty sure they're looking for me. I think i gave to find a better hiding place, do you think they will look for me behind the diapers?" "You'll probably be safe there, but why don't you come into town so you can join one of our fabulous dares?" I ask him, and quickly tell him that he can bring the other boys too if he wants. The look i Hannahs face when she hears that Toby is coming, is priceless. " Okay, we'll be there when you're done with school" "bye"
The rest of the day flies by quickly, and before I know it, Troy is standing outside the school gates leaning against his bike. A smile spreads across my face as i start running towards him. "Hi beautiful" he says and envelopes me in one of his Amazing hugs. "Hey handsome, let's go be awesome"
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"Put soap in a public fountain " Troy reads one more time as we near the round pool filled with mermaids, puking water. "Are we ready?" He asks and we nod.
Without another word, we split up in pairs: me and Troy, Renee and Marcus, and then of course Hannah and Toby. Each couple spread out around the fountain, sitting on the edge, dipping our feet in the water while taking out a book. No one seem to think it suspicious that three young couples are sitting, doing the exact same thing. So therefore, when suddenly a mountain of bubbles start forming in the midst of the mermaid-puke. No one suspects us.
"Look" Troy whispers in my ear, and points at a few people climbing into the fountain and jumping around in the bubbles. "Come on" he says and drags me to my feet. "What are you doing? " i ask, "just come." He takes a firm grip of my wrist and drags me inside the bubble-mountain.
" Here you go" he says, and slaps a handfull of bubbles in my face. "Oh no you didn't! " I scream and jump on his back, causing us both to fall in the cold water.
Half and hour later, we descend from the depths of white foam, cold, wet and happy. We're about to leave when i remember the Polaroid camera in my bag. "Wait!" I shout "we should take a picture."
I quickly grab hold of the closest stranger, asking him if he can take a picture of us and giving him quick Instructions on which buttons to press before I rush back to the others "one, two, three: smile!"
...
The picture of us six, dripping wet and with big smiles on our faces, has become one of my dearest possessions. It has become a reminder of innocence, and how people change, but also the hope that things can end good, even though it's not what you expected.
Because that was the last time we were all together.
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( A / N )
I hope everyone have had a merry Christmas, i certainly had! this is most likely going to be the last update in 2013 but there is going to be lots of them i 2014!
Lots of love
~ Carrie
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