For Everything

My World

The next few days, I only saw Felicity a few times. She never sat with us at meals anymore and never was at her locker. Alex started showing up less too, which was fine. It left Gale and I some alone time. I never knew how much Gale cared for me until one afternoon, I get a text from him. 

HEY CAN YOU MEET ME IN THE HALLWAY BY THE OLD JANITOR'S CLOSET?

UM, SURE. BE THERE IN FIVE. I had no clue of what would happen that day between us. Do you remember when I said Gale would bring much love and pain for me a couple chapter back? One of those things is about to come. I round the corner and make my way down the hallway. Gale leans on the janitor's closet door. He's wearing a body hugging grey t shirt and black joggers with black nikes. His hair is spiked up kind of, which makes him look even hotter. "Hey," I say.

"Hey," he says.

"So, what's up?"

"Um, Hunter. I'm about to say something that might be a little shocking. Are you ready?" he rubs the back of his neck.

"Oh. Um, I don't know. You're kind of scaring me Gale. Is everything ok?"

"Oh just shut up," Gale says before pulling me in close. He presses his lips against mine and for a second I don't know what's happening. He begins to pull back but before he can say anything, I pull him close again and kiss him back, closing my eyes and moaning. Gale moans too, and I think of everything that is happening. My brain can't process anything, all I can think about is Gale. Gale, and Alex. ALEX! Oh my gosh. What's going to happen now? What if they find out? As if reading my mind, Gale pulls me even closer and starts to reach under my shirt. I forget everything, including my own name for a good five seconds. Our tongues collide and I feel as if I'll float away into space. My stomach does front flips and I put one hand on his back and the other on his head, rubbing his hair. His hair is so soft, and amazing, just like him. I love his hair, his teeth, his arms, his eyes, everything about him. I love Gale. I begin to reach under his shirt too, feeling the muscles in his back. They tense and he shivers. He breathes heavily, his breath warm and soft. His hands begin to lift my shirt up, and this is when I have to kill the romance. I break away and push my shirt down again. 

"I-I'm sorry," I say, breathing heavily.

"No," Gale says, clutching his stomach, "it's okay."

"I just don't know if I'm ready yet," my head spins.

"I get it. We can go slow if you want."

"Yeah. That would be nice."

"Okay."

For the rest of the day Gale and I didn't go anywhere without each other. Alex and Felicity were actually both at lunch today, which was weird, but I didn't pay a lot of attention. I tried making up with Felicity after that whole scenario but clearly she was only interested in making out. I couldn't go for more than five minutes in a class without looking at Gale. He stares at me too. After school, Gale comes over for a while. He claims that as long as he's back before bed time, his parents don't care where he is. Good thing for us, too, because my parents ended up taking Rosie to the park for the evening, leaving just the two of us. We ended up just watching a movie and cuddling. I couldn't even tell you what the movie was because all I could think about was Gale. I laid on him while the movie played, and placed my head under his chin. He linked fingers in one hand and I rubbed his stomach with my other hand while he rubbed my head. I don't care what happens next in the story, all I cared about was that moment. That moment made everything in my time in Blackburg Maine worth it. My parents came home eventually and Gale left. We had dinner and went to bed but I couldn't get Gale out of my mind. It was official. Gale and I were dating, and I was in love with Gale. I didn't care about how Felicity would feel, or Alex for that matter. I didn't care about anyone anymore except for Gale. He was everything I had now, and I wasn't going to let him go. I didn't sleep much at night, not because the woman with the turquoise hair was secretly watching me from Rosie's closet. I didn't know she was there. But it was because I couldn't stop thinking about Gale. I didn't want to think about anything else, not yet. What I didn't know is what pain Gale would bring for me, and for everyone at Blackburg Elementary. I didn't know what was coming, but it was a dark storm, and I wasn't ready. I had no clue what was underneath the pretty perfect outline of Gale Aftersmoke, and if I did know, I wouldn't care; because I was too busy loving him, when I should have been avoiding him. That night, I had no clue what would happen tomorrow, but then tomorrow came, and I entered a world that would soon change, dramatically. My world, and the smoke, the devil, and the ex were all involved in it. Soon, they would all change it, for good.