I never expected to meet him the way I did. To be honest I never even thought I would talk to him ever, let alone fall in love with him. I was a junior when we met. At the beginning of the year I thought I had everything I needed, the perfect boyfriend, perfect grades, lots of friends, but that all changed in more ways than one.
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As soon as I heard my mom knock on my door I slowly got up and told her to come in. "Happy birthday, Violetta!" she sang as she walked over to my bed and placed a tray with pancakes and bacon on my bed. I looked up at her and smiled. "
Thank you mom, this is great." She sat down next to me on the bed.
"How does it feel to be eighteen?" she asked.
"Not to different from being seventeen." I answered. After she wished my a happy birthday for the fifth time she go up and let me get ready for school.
After I took a shower, I curled my hair and put on my navy blue dress that I loved. I went downstairs and waited for Noah to pick me up. Noah and I had been dating since ninth grade and we have always planned of spending the rest of our lives with each other. When I heard him honk his horn out front a gave my mom a kiss and headed outside.
"Happy birthday babe." he said and gave me a kiss.
"Thank you." I replied, " you're coming tonight, right?" I asked, unsure if he had practice tonight or not.
"Are you kidding me, I wouldn't miss your birthday party for the world." he told me as he placed his hand on my thigh and gave me a reassuring squeeze.
As we walked into school hand and hand we were greeted by some of my friends and some of Noah's teammates all wishing me a happy birthday and telling how excited they are for my party tonight. I felt overwhelmed as I make my way down the hallway with everyone paying so much attention to me. I have never been an outgoing person and I tend to be very shy around large groups of people. Its always been hard dating Noah, because he is the captain of the hockey team so he has all these friends who throw parties and I'm expected to go with him and its just not my style.
At lunch we sit with our friends and Noah has his arm around me. Noah and I have always been very comfortable together, and we have never been afraid of a little PDA.
"Hey Violet, are your parents gonna be home tonight?" Greg asks.
" Nah, my parents are going out to dinner tonight." They all look at each other grinning and whispering which give me an uneasy feeling. Noah picks up on this and gives me a kiss on the cheek and whisper into my ear,
"don't worry, I won't let these idiots ruin your birthday." I smile at him and give him a kiss, that suddenly deepens as I now feel his tongue against mine. After a few seconds of this Noah's friends picked up on it and started yelling and throwing chips at us. We broke away from each other and all started laughing. It's moments like these that i wish high school would never end.
