A Fresh Start

A Bubbly Sort of Feeling

The weeks flew by, Christmas was a small ordeal, we baked cookies- or at least tried too, we put up a tree, and opened presents. I was given a beautiful jewelry box from Gloria and Roberto, a box of chocolate from Ben, and a pair of earrings from Sebastion. I ended up getting everyone pretty simplistic gifts, I'd never been great at shopping for myself- much less for other people. I did, however, end up feeling pretty proud with my gift for Sebastion. I found it at this cute little shop downtown, it was an old music store that was filled with sheet music, I found copies of the songs I knew he liked and compiled them in a binder. To my relief I ended up being rewarded with a lot of excitement when Sebastion opened the binder, I knew it was risky considering the baggage that playing the piano brought up, but I knew he loved playing and I wanted him to keep doing what he loved. 

Christmas was followed by a quiet New Years, I caught the flu and spent the day in bed. We originally had plans to go to a party but obviously, I canceled. Sebastion insisted on staying home with me feeding me crackers and watching bad sitcoms in the living room. As I warned him he ended up getting sick too, making both of us stay in bed for the remainder of vacation.

School was stressful as first semester started to fade into second, finals weighed heavily on both of us meaning that I didn't get to spend as much time with Sebastion as I would've liked. The time we did get to spend together was spent studying together or with Janie and Ben. Even though I didn't get the chance to spend alone time with Sebastion I was the happiest I'd been in a long time. It was funny, just being in the same room as Sebastion filled me with a warmth that I hadn't felt since my parents were alive.

On the last day of finals, I faced my final hurdle to jump: math. So far most of my classes had allowed me to study and avoid extream stress, all except math. It had never been my strongest subject and this year was no different, as usual, I found myself sweating and fidgeting behind my desk in my math class. When I had finished filling out the test I felt my shoulders slump in relief, it hadn't been as bad as I'd imagined but nevertheless I was overjoyed to have put it behind me.

I walked out of the school and met Sebastion behind the school. To be honest our clandestine meetings in secret places were kind of exciting. I smiled when I saw Sebastion leaning against the brick wall of the school it was just like when I first met him: I felt my heart start to flutter and excitement flood my veins. He turned towards me and I felt the excitement increase when he flashed me a smile. "Hi," I said, my voice sounding small and breathy.

"Hey Marie, how'd math go?" I smiled, he was always there for me, whether it was a math test or the death of my parents, he would support me in every possible way. 

"It was fine, I think I overreacted a little bit," I said as I leaned against him, his body warding off the cold air. 

"A little bit?" Sebastion said, I could feel his chest vibrate with laughter as he talked. "You were practically tearing your hair out!" I reached behind me to slap him lightly on the chest. 

"Don't make fun, you were worried about physics!" I felt my face get red with embarrassment.

"Hey, I just think it's silly that you worried for no reason, you're brilliant!" I flushed more at Sebastion's comment and turned around to kiss him. 

"You know I love you, right?" I said as I nuzzled into his shoulder, inhaling the scent of his cologne.

"And I love you, despite and because of all of your idiosyncrasies." I looked up to see him grinning playfully at me.

"If you want me to kiss you again you should watch your mouth," I said jokingly.

"No, please, forgive me, I beg of you!" Sebastion explained as he dramatically sunk to his knees. I rolled my eyes at his antics.