That first kiss
A/N: I do not own The Secret Garden. It is just a little tidbit I thought of the last time I read it. Read and review.
Mary had bent down to tie her shoe. She knew Dickon was not too far behind her, today was her 18th birthday and she had just arrived home from finishing school. She had been away from her best friend for 4 years. She no longer cared what the staff would say what her cousin would think. She cared for Dickon too much to allow them to stop her.
She decided to surprise him; she threw her discretion in the trash along with the remains of their lunch. She turned around and jumped in his arms and placed her lips on his. It was only years later that Dickon admitted he was surprised. He wasn't aware of her feelings. Once the shock wore off he started to kiss her back. Mary thought he was rejecting him and pulled away. "Oh, no you don't", he told her; as he scooped her up for another kiss. This time he kissed her first.
This was his chance to show her all that he had tried to hide for so long…how he really felt about her. The kiss deepened and a hunger began to surface. One neither one knew they had. Time either slowed down or stopped; they couldn't tell the difference. Dickon found his hands traveling up Mary's back and into her hair; the same hair that for so many years he desired to caress. He wasn't sure when he had fallen in love with her; he only knew that he had fallen hard.