As I sat at the lunch table I was in a happy mood. Then as to boost my mood even higher James came and sat down next to me. He didn't look right.

"Hey stranger" I said sarcastically

"What's that for?" He sounded hurt.

"God, what's wrong. I just haven't seen you in a while." I was only kidding. Usually he was the one person I could kid with.

"Sorry. Its just that my sister has been getting into a lot of trouble and my parents have been taking it out on me. I getting so damn sick of it!" He brought his fist down hard on the table. He's always had kind of a temper problem.

"Its okay" I leaned in to hug him. Taking a chance on how I would be received. He wrapped his strong arms around me. Then we pulled away. He was gone.

When Ashley and her boyfriend came and sat down with her lunch she said "Aren't you hungry?"

"No" I didn't feel like talking either. She probably picked up on that when I put my head down. I was worried about James now. She patted my back 3 times and went to eating her lunch. Then Marygrace and her boyfriend Edward came and sat down. I heard Marygrace open her mouth to say something to me and I heard Ashley go "Shhh"

As if time was going really fast the bell rang. I sprang up from my seat and Marygrace asked me "Hey what's up?" I could tell that Ashley was listening too.

"I'm worried about James"

"Oh" they said in unison. The rest of the day passed quickly. Not that I could even pay attention.

As I was walking out to my car James caught my arm "hey. Do you want to come over my house?"

"Yeah can you drive me since my mom dropped me off?"

"Of course. I can do better then that." He dropped down and Swept my knees out from under me and threw me over her shoulder. He started to carry me off to his car.

"Put me down!" I yelled as I was beating his shoulder with my fists. It was almost like I didn't have any effect on him.

When we reached his car he put me down. I mock punched his shoulder. We both laughed. I got into the passenger side door he had opened for me.

So we drove to his house in silence. He seemed very nervous for some reason. he was usually very laid back. After we got there we took a walk.

"So I have something to ask you" He didn't even look at me when he said this. Now I was really nervous.

"Okay. Shoot"

"Umm" He stammered over his words like I've never see him do before.

"Just spit it out!" I was growing more and more frustrated from the anticipation.

He blew out a long breath. He stopped walking and turned to face me. "Will you go out with me?"

That was not what I was expecting. At all. My heart skipped a beat and I started to hyperventilate. I've been waiting for this since like 4th grade. He's been like my best friend. We've been through everything together. I felt dizzy all of a sudden. Then my ears started to ring. My vision was getting blurry. Then I fainted. That's so like me.

When I woke up. I was in James arms on his couch. Before He could say anything I remembered his question." Yes" I replied in a weak voice.

"Yes wh... Oh!" He pulled me to his chest and kissed my cheek. I kissed his too. I wrapped my arms around his neck. He wrapped his around my waist.

"You scared the hell out of me!" He exclaimed when we pulled away to look at each other.

"Sorry. I was just so excited. I've been waiting for this for forever." I said kissing his neck.

"I thought I killed you or something." We both started to laugh.

I put my finger up to my neck and said "Nope. My vitals are good.". All of a sudden I wanted to kiss him. He must've felt the same way because he leaned in and crushed his lips to mine. He pushed me down on the couch as I braided my fingers into his hair. His hand stroked my back in circles.

When we both couldn't breathe we sat up, and I climbed into his lap. I didn't want any distance between us.

"Great now my vitals are racing. Thanks" I said sarcastically.

"Oh well. RAWR!" He fake growled at me.

Now I was hysterically laughing. Then I had the harsh realization that I needed to be home at some time."Hey, panther what time is it?"

"Its only 4:30" He said as he checked the clock.

"Really?"

"No I lied. Are you hungry?"

"No not really. Fine then lie to me. Just kidding'. But I do need to tell everybody about this". I said as I pointed to us.

"Omg really?!" He said in the girliest voice he could manage while swiping the air with his hand.

"Shut up!" I mock punched his shoulder. We both laughed. I was always laughing when I was with him, That's almost what I liked best about him. His most redeeming property was the fact that he was always there for me.