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I love her.

I'm frozen where Avery left me 5 minutes ago to go hide her sexy ass in the bathroom.

While my body stands still, my mind is racing, going everywhere, in space and in time.

It's going back to the past, to all the times I learned something new about love. To middle school, where I irremediably (or so I thought) "fell in love" with that cute guy in my class, and to where Mateo and I first kissed, and where we had sex for the first time.

It's traveling back to the present, to this exact moment when I realized how much I love this girl and how much it would hurt to see her leaving me.

And it's also going to the future, where I can only picture her by my side. To our house, whatever that might be, where we're sitting on our couch, and she says or does something stupid and that characteristic smirk appears on her beautiful face.

-"Emma?" She shouts from the bathroom, bringing me back to the present. "Are you there? You're too quiet. Can I come out in peace?"

I don't answer any of her questions. Instead, I lay under the sheets on my comfortable bed and stare at the bathroom door that stays right in front of me.

I hear her calling my name a couple times, and telling me she's worried but also scared that she's going to find me with a knife, ready to kill her.

I cover my mouth with the sheets so she doesn't hear my chuckles.

-"Alright, I'm coming out!" She shouts, and waits a little before opening the door.

She's chewing on her lips, nervously, while walking towards the bed.

-"I don't have a knife hidden here, I promise. You can come." I lift the bed sheets and pat the bed on my left.

She crawls over the bed narrowing her eyes in suspicion and moving each knee really slowly as if the bed has mines that could go off any second.

She finally reaches her spot, and lays next to me covering only her legs with the sheets.

I turn on my side, so I can look at her, and stare at her for a while.

-"You're scaring me, Ems." She says, after also turning on her side to face me. "Last thing you said is that you hate me, and then you went dead silent. Now, we're here, and you're staring at me with that look that I can't read. It's scary, because I usually can read you very well."

-"I don't hate you, Ave." I smile and move a little closer to her.

Not being able to hold her gaze any longer, barely blinking, I look at my hand that started stroking her arm.

-"I know." She whispers.

-"I realized something, just now. That's why I went dead silent." I'm glad my body is laying down, otherwise I would probably crumble to the ground.

-"What?" I look at her and see her frowning her eyebrows in confusion.

I cup her cheek with my right hand and give her one single kiss, soft and slow as if I'm afraid to break her.

I purse my lips once they part away from hers.

-"I'm..." I stare at her confused eyes. "I'm falling in love with you."

Her mouth starts curving upwards, very cutely, into a shy smile. First time I've seen it.

Before she can speak, I correct myself.