once upon a dream

a date

Dear diary,

when I said I did something rather brave, well! I did something so terribly brave today, something that 2 weeks ago would have only dreamed about.

when I kissed daisy, she stood there, rather shocked. then when I let go, she beamed. it was the biggest smile I had ever seen, and I grinned back with her. I automatically held out my hand, and she held it, slim long fingers intertwining mine, and we went back to the deck. i dreaded letting go, but we did anyway. the excitement was over.

But it wasn't, not really. for the rest of the day, I would glance over at daisy, only to find her looking back, then looking anywhere else. I could tell she was terribly excited, and so could hazel, but she looked far too busy to suspect (she was looking at alexander all the time for some reason) i was desperate to run over to her, and hold her close, any sign of affection. but I couldn't, because we were both girls. it irritated me deeply. why was it wrong to be in love with a girl when your a girl? why couldn't you love a boy when your a boy? I didn't get it. i was feeling rather miserable when i had an idea. I slipped a piece of paper out of hazel's casebook, and wrote on it,

meet me on deck, at 11:30pm  xx

rather desperately, I crawled under the table and nudged daisy's toe. she looked down, and her eyes went terribly wide. in a hurry, i put the paper in daisy's hand and crawled back to my seat.

"what are you two doing?" asked George, raising an eyebrow. I looked away, while daisy blushed.

"that" daisy remarked, "is none of your business". but her cheeks were still pink with joy.

soon it was nightime, and I waved everyone goodnight and settled into bed. it seemed a age, but finally, finally, it was 11:30, and I snuck out, bringing some snacks and a blanket. Daisy was already there

"hello, amina" she said, smiling at me. I laid down the blanket and the snacks and sat down, her along with me.

"is... is this a date?" she asked, blushing. i nodded.

"look at the moon, and the stars" daisy looked, and gasped a little. the moon was high and bright, with the sound of gently rippling waves and fireflies dancing high above.

"it's beautiful" she said smiling, then looked at me, "just like you" she added, smiling. then she blushed, while i grinned and kissed her on the cheek, and then she went positively pink. the she smiled, and so did i, and we were leaning towards each other...

we kissed for quite a while, and it was wonderful. then the ship suddenly took a turn and we fell down, me laying on top of her. we laughed and kissed again, but this time shorter.

"hey, lets eat" said daisy, pulling away, "the foods getting cold" she added, looking at me and grinning. then we talked, and talked (along with holding hands and some kissing) about everything, and nothing at the same time. but we had to go, for the sun was starting to peep out.

"amina..." said daisy as we stood up, still holding hands, "thank you so much for all of this. i..." she trailed off, looking at her feet shyly

"my pleasure" I said, kissing her and letting go of her hand. "love you"

"l-love you too" she said, turning pink. we both walked together, me leaning on her shoulder, until we came to my room.

"well, see you tomorrow, daisy." 

"see you!"

I opened the door quietly and went into my bed, smiling, hiding the remains and blanket.

best. night. ever