Never Look Twice

-3-

Crying. That's how I woke up. But when I looked out the window, I could not find what I was hoping to see. The sky that was supposed to be blue and sunny was still pitch black. The darkness of the sky resembled my feelings at the moment. As I was about to go to my mental dark place, I saw a tired yet kind face. Oliver.

,,Hey, I heard you crying, you okay?", he asked. And that's when I started crying again. His deep yet calm voice reminded me so much of my brothers. My family. My mom. And then I was back to square one.

 Oliver rushed over and sat down next to me. It took him a while to calm me down, but when I did, I felt like I owed him an explanation. And after I had explained everything from my brothers to my mother, he simply said:,, It's okay." He placed his strong arm around me and wiped the last tear from my face.

As he was about to get up and leave, I grabbed his hand and quietly asked:,, Will you stay with me?" ,,Always", he replied and laid back down next to me. The last thing I thought about before I fell asleep with my head on Oliver's beating chest was how my brothers would feel if they saw me. Protective, because there was a boy next to me, but also happy, because I was happy. 

Happy was definitely not the way I felt when I woke up. Mason came in to my room, which confused me. But the look on his face when he saw that I wasn't alone showed that he was more than confused. I think he was debating whether he should laugh or scream. He did neither and just said: ,,The girl who used to live in here forgot something."

He went to the closet, grabbed a box and walked out. By now Oliver was awake too. ,,What did he want?", he asked tiredly. ,,The better question is what is did he think?", I replied, trying not to imagine what was going on in Mason's head. Oliver laughed as he sat up and said:,, What does it matter?"

He bent down to me, as I was still laying in bed and kissed my forehead. My first instinct was to pull away, but it was quickly replaced with happiness. If this is what first love is supposed to be, I think I found it. Oliver smiled back at me and got off the bed.

As soon as he left the room I stormed to my closet to get dressed. I sat down at the white vanity table to brush my hair and noticed how red my cheeks were. I guess that kiss made me happy. On my way down to breakfast I bumped in to Chloe. 

,, Hey! How'd you sleep? First night and all?", she asked. ,,Better than I thought", I replied. Oliver must have heard because when I walked in he smiled at me and winked. Quickly I sat down next to Tyler, taking the last free spot at the table. Oliver came towards us with a huge stack of pancakes. Mason followed him with a bowl of fruit salad and syrup. 

,,Wow, this look's great!", I said astonished at their cooking skills. ,, Dig in, you have a big day ahead of you!", Oliver said. ,, Let's eat!", Tyler exclaimed as he grabbed the syrup. Chloe looked over to Mason and said : ,, I think someone has already started." She bumped him with her elbow and he quickly explained : ,, Oh, yeah, sorry. I have a game today, I need to fuel up!"

He grabbed another pancake before Oliver took the plate and served me two perfectly round pancakes. After the huge breakfast Oliver took a sip from his coffee and said: ,, Well, today is Sophie's first day here, so I'm going to be busy showing her around." 

He took out his thinkpad and pulled up a schedule. ,, So Chloe, you're going to cello and then advanced French, yes?", Oliver asked his sister. After she nodded Tyler opened his thinkpad and checked his timetable. ,, I'm reprogramming a server, so I'm in the lab for most of the day."

,,The team is making up for missed classes today, so I'm also out for a while", Mason said while grabbing his bag from the corner of the room. After noticing all of the now empty and dirty dishes on the table, he turned to us and said:,, I really would like to help you guys out with the dishes, but I really have to run!"

 He looked at the spot on his arm where a watch would be and said:,, No time! I really need to get to warm-ups!" ,, First of all, you're not wearing a watch", Tyler stated. ,, And second of all", Chloe continued, ,,even if you had a week, you wouldn't do the dishes!" We all laughed and with that Mason went out the door.

Shortly after Tyler and Chloe left to get to their classes. While we did the dishes Oliver explained that year nine and upwards are the first to have no homeroom and only chosen classes besides the core classes. I have to say, the school does have its stuff together. 

,,About last night", Oliver started. Those were three words I thought my brothers would never let me hear. ,,I really enjoy it and I really like you", he continued. I paused for a second and then said:,, I did too, and I think, I think I", Oliver stopped me in the nicest way possible. He kissed me.

 And I kissed him back. For a moment we just stayed that way. It felt so good and so right. Suddenly we heard the door open and the cleaning lady came in. She startled me and I grabbed Oliver's arm. ,,Oh! I'm sorry! I'll come back later!", she said embarrassed. She left as quickly as she came. I hid my head in embarrassment which Oliver noticed and said:,, Relax, don't you think Rosa has seen kids kissing?"

,,I guess", I said and smiled. ,,Hey, we need to get going, we have our first class in an hour", Oliver stated as he looked at his watch. I looked at him and asked:,, Which class do we have?" ,, Legal practice, I'm sure you will like it!", Oliver answered my question happily. ,,Great, I'll go get ready", I said and went up to my room.

 I was so overjoy to have finally have gotten my first kiss.In the movies it always happened while wearing some fancy dress or some huge castle, but for me it happened in a kitchen while wearing some leggings and a shirt. But it was just as perfect.