I wake up and it's 5:17 in the morning. Wow. I have never woken up this early before. The Anime Convention didn't start until 7:00 in the morning, so I make myself some mint tea and I play Resident Evil: Deadly Silence on mute, which is one of life's most impossible tasks. I didn't want to wake Miles, because if I did, there would be serious hell to pay. I end up epically failing, but at least it was a serious time killer. By the time I gave up, it was 6:45 in the morning, and I decided to walk over to the convention. It would take at least ten minutes to walk over there.
The walk was cold and windy. I had to put on a light jacket, and I had my messenger bag slung over half a shoulder. It felt kind of creepy to be walking out this early in the morning. I left a note on the kitchen table for Miles to read when he woke up. I was reading some Naruto manga on the way to the convention. I have this really odd yet totally awesome talent of walking while reading without killing myself. I don't notice that I have my hair up in a bun until I attempted to feel my hair. Ugh.
I finally got to the anime convention, and it was awesome. There were so many people all dressed up in these cosplay costumes and others with huge stacks of manga for some authors to sign. It felt sort of awkward that I was holding one small Naruto manga in absolutely crappy condition. I walked around, met a few people in cosplay form. And then I heard a familiar "Go ahead, go ask her."
It was Connor. And Wesley was destined to be there.
I was right. He walked towards me, face looking sort of flushed from embarrassment. I thought it was kind of cute. "Well, this is embarrassing," was the first thing Wesley said. "Smooth" I said to myself. "It's not embarrassing! I like Anime!" I reassured him. I felt him loosen up a little. "Uh—did you get my little gift?" he asked, rubbing his hands together nervously. "Of Buffy and Angel? Yeah. Where did you get that thing anyway?" "My dad," he admitted, "In High School, he used to have a crush on Buffy." I couldn't help but chuckle. That was pretty funny. "Want to go somewhere kind of alone?" I raise my eyebrows and give him my "Seriously?" look. I can't break this poor kid's heart, so I go with it. He is of course on cloud nine at the sound of this, so we go to the hallway that leads you to the bathroom, the most deserted place ever. That's when I realize something is up.
"Wesley," I start, aiming to not tear him in pieces. "Did you know I was coming?" "Truthfully, I didn't" he replied. And I believed him. We had a bit of an awkward silence until he broke it with a "I really like your hair like that." I thank him, and he is happier again. We talk for a little while. Then I start to get uncomfortable. Maybe it's because I sense someone coming. But Wesley stares at me. And I stare back at him. "This is awkward." I thought to myself. "Want to walk home with me?" I ask him, just to make him feel like this wasn't a total fail. "Sure!" He exclaims, super happy. He attempted to hold my hand as if we were dating, but I didn't really want to do that. We walked home and he sort of shared his feelings about me. I was a little amused, but I decided to take him seriously. "Wesley, you've only just met me a day ago." He could not have cared less. "But I love you!" He finally blurted out, and with that, he kissed me full on. I backed away from him instantly. It wasn't like it was the first time I had ever been kissed or anything, but I wasn't expecting it. "Why the hell did you just do that?" I exclaimed in anger. He didn't respond and just walked by himself to his house. I felt kind of sorry for him, but I walked on. I took my phone out and called Adam about this. He would want to know every detail.