Chapter 3
"Of c-course I didn't forgot… I mean forget." She said and regretted it as soon as he burst out laughing. Her red stained cheeks turned a little redder. "So what did you have in mind for our date anyways, or did you not think about it." She said trying to change the subject.
"I thought we might go to the arcade. You look stressed out all the time. Thought it'd be a good change of pace." He said and shrugged. She had to admit it did sound like fun. She never had been to an arcade but thought it couldn't be that hard. She was right and wrong.
She was great at the fighter games and terrible at the shooters. She was great at the dancing game and the whack-a-mole game was a major challenge. She laughed and lost herself to the fun. How long had it been since she had this much fun? She saw the clock said twenty minutes until seven. She had to hurry. She convinced Sam to drop her off at the school. He tried to drop her off at home but she couldn't think of how to explain that to her dad. She was just about to jump out of the car when Sam grabbed her arm gently. He pulled her towards him and something soft touched her virgin lips. His eyes were so close. That could only mean that the warm and soft thing touching her mouth was his. He had kissed her.
He was kissing her and all she could think of was the taste. It tasted like vinegar. It was such a disgusting taste that if it wasn't for the shock of being kissed she would have pulled away a long time ago. If it wasn't for the car alarm going off across the street she wouldn't have regained her senses. She pushed him away with effort. One look at his face and she knew he was hurt. "Sorry" she said, "that was my first kiss. I was….. surprised."
The hurt faded a little bit from his face. "Don't worry about it. Just next time, you must kiss me." He said with a smile on his face. What could she say to him? She did not want to taste that again, but she didn't want to hurt him when he was nothing but nice.
"Uh, I don't know if I'd know how." She said. It wasn't a lie.
"You won't know until you try. I won't rush you though. I can wait until the next date."
He wanted to go out with her again? She could believe it in a good and bad way. She so wanted to date him. Just was not so keen on the upcoming kiss, because more than tasting like vinegar she felt like she was crumbling. As if she was concrete and the kiss was a jackhammer. That wasn't the way it was supposed to be.
"Ok. See ya." She said and ran to the building. She called her dad and he picked her up. When she got home she ran to her room and collapsed on her bed. With the dream last night and the kiss today she could only come to one conclusion. Today was the worst day in her life so far. Well, except for the day in the labyrinth. That was the worst and best day.
She just wanted to sleep a dreamless sleep at this moment. She didn't want to think or do the extra makeup work she gave herself. She stared at the ceiling and waited for sleep to overtake her.
"Sarah?" came a whisper from the door. She just lay there waiting for toby to go away. She loved him but she just didn't want to look at him and remember. She didn't want to remember her friends, the labyrinth, or Jareth. She would reimagine her dream if she did. She could only deal with so much. "I love you." He said and closed the door.
She curled up and went to sleep. Not even bothering with doing her yoga.