Life is Hard

Chapter 17

Laura's POV

I go to the library to get some peace while doing my homework. I pull outmy math homework. All of a sudden, someone grabs my good arm. I jump and look back. It's Will.

"Hey," I say.

"How's it going?" he says.

"I'm doing homework, how do you think it's going?"

"Yeah, I never really thought of that..."

"Why is it that we always see each other at the library?"

"I don't know... maybe we just both come here a lot?"

"Maybe," I laugh.

After I finish my homework, Will walks me home. When we're about a block away, he stops, grabs my stuff and his, and sets everything on the floor.

"Why did you tha-?" I say. I get interrupted by him kissing me, hard, long, and serious.

He moves closer into me, closing the gap between us. I grab his belt loops and tug him in rly close. He squeezes my waist. I pull his face in closer by the back of his neck.

Wow... I think to myself. This is amazing. I wish we weren't on public though...I don't want any of those mean, popular girls to walk by and be hating on us...

I pull away from the kiss, both of us with our foreheads together, smiling and looking into each other's eyes. He stops looking at my eyes and quickly closes them, kissing me more. His lips are warm and wet and wonderful. He stops kissing my lips, instead kissing my cheek, my nose, my forehead, my chin, my neck. Finally, he moves back up to my lips, starting off gently, then moving in harder.

"Will," I quickly say between a kiss. He stops kissing, looking deep into my eyes, concerned.

"Yeah?" he says, almost scared.

"I just think we should continue walking..."

"Oh," he says, disappointed.

"You didn't do anything wrong... I just think I need to get going..."

"Ok," he says, sliding his hand through his dark brown, beautiful hair. He hands me my stuff and grabs his own.

"Hey, I wondering something," he says as we walk. "There's a party at Jason's tonight and I was wondering if you wanted to go with me..."

"It depends. As friends? Or as we are?" I say.

"You're my girlfriend, Laura, why would we go as friends?" he jokes.

"I'll go with you, then."

"Ok. When should I pick you up?"

I pull out my phone to check the time. "It's 6 o' clock  right now. When does it start?"

"Eight or 7:30."

"Can you pick me up at 7?" I ask.

"Yeah," he says.

I immediately run to room to get ready for the party. I put on my makeup and a dress. I spray perfume all over my body.

It's 7 when I'm done. I slip out the back window, climbing down my rope ladder I made there. I sneak around to the front and climb into Will's truck.

"My dad's," he says.

"Okay," I say.

We get to Jason's and I immediately see Rue with him. Jason has his hands on her waist, them dancing. Will pulls me through by my hand. We go up to Jason and Rue.

"Hey," I say.

"Laura! Will!" Rue says.

"Hi," Jason says.

"Hi!" Will says. He keeps a firm grip on my hand, gentle but reassuring himself that I'm there.

"Go dance!" Rue says.

"Alright, alright," I mumble.

Will and I walk away, hand in hand.  There's a pretty decent crowd, actually. Will puts me near a wall with a door. I think he knows his way around the house.

Immediately, he gently shoves me against the wall, pinning me. He grabs my small waist and kisses me, hard. He moves down to my neck, kissing it for a long time. He then comes back up to my lips, kissing me over and over and over. I grab his belt loops and pull him closer, so there's no way anything can get between us. I turn and flip is around so he's on the wall, I'm facing the wall. Slowly he moves one of his hands to the side, clearly doing something. Soon enough we're in a small room, a storage room.

"Why are we in here?" I say when he mobes to kiss my neck more.

"Because," he mumbles.

I think I know why. I'm scared that I want to be in here, also. What do I want? Do I want what he clearly wants? Or does he want something else? What do I want?

I remember when I still with Josh. He pulled me into bis closet, took his shirt off, tried to take mine off. He nearly stripped down right before my eyes. Does Will want that? Or does he want something different? Why did I even stay with Josh after that? I am an idiot.

Will pulls away from the kissing.

"I needed to tell you something," he says.

"What is it?" I ask.

"I love you. I really love you. So much," he says.

"I love you too," I say. "Why didn't you tell me earlier today? Or why did you have to come in here to tell me that?"

"Because I was too shy..."

"There's no need to be shy," I say, shoving against the wall, kissing him. He squeezes my waist, hard.

I love you, I think. I love you so much, you have no idea. I love you, I love you, I love you...

This moment made me realize something: Maggie and Noel finally worked out. I'm happy again. Rue and Jason are finally together, also. Life is hard, but not impossible. I smile at that thought.