Disclaimers: None of this is mine
It came out of nowhere, hitting him like a bolt of lightning. She had come home from school for the weekend and was out catching up with some friends. He saw her from distance while he was out running errands. She was laughing and joking and just having a good time, with no clue he was there. And as she lifted a hand and flipped her hair over her shoulder, he felt it hit him.
He stood there frozen in place, dumbfounded, wondering how this had happened. He'd known her for years and had never thought of her as anything other than a friend. A little sister even. But in an instant that had all changed. And now, he was in love with her.
She was leaving now, following her friends off somewhere, still unaware of his presence there. Unaware of how his feelings had changed. Jeremy Sherwood watched Emmalin Holden walk away and could only hope that lightning would strike twice.