When Jules turned 16, he got his license and with it a convertible Mustang. Through out our sophomore year, he would drive Emma to and from church or to pick up siblings. Emma always felt so at home driving with the top downtime the warm Southern California air. When the first started driving together, she thought that some of the things he didi while driving was being reckless, until she drove with another guy-friend and he was speeding 15mph over the speed limit in her neighborhood. Then she realized that Jules was always trying to protect her.

As Emma was getting older she realized that all of the refutes to the remarks about her and Jules' relationship was causing her to ignore that she actually liked him. She was still very comfortable with him, but now she almost always wished for more.

Emma's 16th birthday finally arrived! She had been waiting for this for as long as she could remember and could not wait to celebrate it.

One of the reasons she was so happy this day was finally here being because when she was younger, her mom told her the old saying of "sweet sixteen-never been kissed". This led her to kind of set a goal to reach and fulfill that saying.

Although she had liked many boys, all were either older or way out of her league or both; leaving her with also never being on a date before her 16th birthday either, so it wasn't like she was actively avoiding being kissed until that birthday. In fact, she often imagined before any event, that today Jules would finally kiss her. This kind of thinking almost always reminds her that Jules probably doesn't like you back' like at all.

That night, when Emma and Jules were playing hide and go seek with their little siblings, the were hiding together, practically on top of each other as they tried to avoid getting found. Jules whispered in Emma's ear and as she turned her head to listen better she ran right into his lips.

Emma POV

Slightly gasping, I felt the smile of laughter play across his lips as he lightly pressed his against mine.

I sit frozen and he pulls away with a worried look on his face and goes "I am really sorry Emma, I probably just wrecked our whole relationship, didn't I?"

I only quietly laughed and said 'the only thing you should be sorry for is for not kissing me right now, you don't know how long I have wanted that!"

Then I lean in anxious to fill the small gap between us again.

Julian POV

Am I dreaming? I thought as I felt and memorized every bit of Emma's body pressed against mine in our small hiding place behind the barn. Suddenly I am inspired to do something that I never would have before. I whispered into her ear knowing that she would turn her head to better her me and at the perfect angle, leaned over and kissed her. As I smiled loving this moment so much, I realized that Emma had not even moved. I pulled away extremely upset thar I might have hurt someone as close to me as Emma is.

Then she said something I couldn't hear over the adrenaline pumping through my brain, I blinked and suddenly she was kissing me. Relief exploded through my brain and I pressed into her again.