Finding true happiness (a 5sos fanfiction)

Chapter 7: Arcade

'So Florence, how have you been feeling? Any depression at all?' Frank asks. I have to go to support group once a month, so yeah I'm back! 'You know what Franklin', I cheekily said 'I don't think I should be here anymore. I'm so happy right now. I made four amazing friends and my three best friends from England are here for another two weeks! I think I should walk out of here right now.' I laughed but then I looked at my ugly wrists. 'However I'm still self conscious about my scars. Sometimes I feel like no one will like me if they see them. I'm worried they'll think I'm a freak.' I looked to the floor and a big salty tear fell down my cheek. 'Florence, were all here for you', he gently said patting my knee like I'm some fucking dog! 'Just tell them, they should understand'. Maybe I should. Half an hour later it was over. I walked myself home but I got a text, from Michael.

Michael: Hey gorgeous! I was just wandering would you like to go on a date to the arcade tonight 7pm? 😘

I held in a massive scream.

Florence: Yes I'd love to! I'm gonna whoop yo ass at everything though! 😘

Michael: Wanna bet? See you later 😘

I ran home and the girls were sat on the sofa, texting. 'Michael asked me out on a date!' I squealed to them. They all jumped up and we screamed all together. 'Where you going?' Tabby asked. 'The arcade', they just looked at each other in that really-the-arcade look. 'Girls we both love gaming and I think it would be fun, plus I want to beat him at everything!' I exclaimed. They sighed and helped me choose an outfit. I decided to wear my black skinny jeans and a red flannel check shirt. I chose some plain black vans and my black beanie. 'Where are my glasses, I won't be able to see the screens!' I screeched. 'Calm your fucking tits there downstairs', Ruth sighed. I was so nervous but so excited. Is this the right time to tell him I love him?

I waited inside the arcade for Michael. I kept checking my phone constantly. 'One minuet to go', I thought to myself. The minuet was slow and nerve racking. Finally I saw his bright red hair in the distance. I stood up as he walked through the door. 'Hey beautiful!' He said picking me up and twirling me around making me giggle. 'Hey, now put me down', I laughed.he kissed my forehead and pulled me towards air hockey. 'Now if I win you have to kiss me in front of everyone', he smirked. 'And if you loose?' I asked. 'I'll tweet that you beat me at air hockey, I'll buy pizza for us and you still have to kiss me', he said biting his lip. 'Your on Clifford!' A free pizza sounds good, so does humiliating himself on twitter to his fans. We had a very serious air hockey game, I was desperate for that pizza! But I also secretly wanted that kiss so bad. I love kissing him, I feel like I'm on cloud 9 when I do. I wasn't concentrating and be scored. 'Shit', I mumbled. He just laughed and we carried on for two more minuets. I managed to beat him in that time. 'Aww shitballs!' He moaned. 'Haha you better buy me that pizza and tweet right now!' I said pissing myself. He did as I said and we moved on to the next game. It was a shooter one. This was teamwork not really competitive. We had to shoot zombies and it was pretty awesome. 'Take that zombie bastards!' I shouted going crazy with the fake gun. 'Die! Die! Die!' Michael shouted with me. We were on the last round. 'Lets kill these assholes!' I mumbled to myself. Lets just say we took this really seriously! We won the game and we high fived. 'Not bad babe!' He said ecstatically. We played more games and we had an amazing time. It was seriously the perfect date. He kept his promise and brought us pizza. We had serious talk about videogames and the latest gaming consoles. When we finished he walked me home along the beach. We dipped our toes into the cool water and splashed each other. We acted like children and late night walkers just sighed at us.

Eventually we sat in the sand and while I was still giggling Michael smashed his lips onto mine. I was taken aback of course but it felt right. He licked my lips for entrance and of course I let him in. It was so perfect and so right. He pulled me onto his legs so I straddled him, still making out. I pulled away for air and looked into his amazing green eyes. 'Wow your amazing', Michael whispered into my ear. I just giggled and our foreheads touched. 'Florence, I'm falling for you. I'm in love with you'. He gently spoke into my ear again. I kissed his lips. 'I... I love you too', I stammered. He giggled and kissed my neck. 'Will you take the honour of being my girlfriend?' He said nervously. 'Yes, yes of course!' We kissed again and we walked ourselves home.

I didn't tell him though. I didn't tell him about my past problems. Fuck. Maybe it's beat kept a secret though? But I needed to tell him. He won't love me if I told him. He won't want me anymore. I can't, I can't, I can't! But I must...