Graya's POV

I heard a small whisper in the wind. I turned around quickly.

"Julian, is that you?" No one replied. I was furious. Hide 'n' seek, huh? I thought. I chuckled to myself. He's making this awfully hard for me. I sat down on a bench for a second. Maybe he left when I wasn't looking. I thought. I closed my eyes. All I wanted was for Julian to be here. I wanted to keep talking about the ocean, about the time he fell off his surf board. I wanted to hear his voice rattling on and on about how much he would love to go to some far away place. Mostly I would just listen to his voice, not necessarily the stories he was telling. I wanted to go back in time, to fix whatever I said wrong to hurt him. I opened my eyes and saw the vine wall. Maybe I should relax there for a while... I thought. I stood up from the bench and walked over to it. I pulled the vines aside and gasped.

"Julian?!"

Graya's POV

"How could you just leave me there!" I screamed at him.

"I-I" I cut him off. I was so angry, I could explode.

"No excuses! You just ran off and didn't even get to hear what I said!" I screamed. Julian flinched and I stopped to catch my breath.

"You little-" Julian reached down and cupped my face. I stopped speaking and gulped. His hands felt so cooling.

"Do you love me?" I asked. He exhaled. My body wanted to run away, not to hear what he was going to say. But I stayed strong. I could not be weak. He looked into my eyes and kissed me. He moved his hands from my face to my waist and pulled me closer, deepening the kiss. I was stunned, but started to kiss back. His lips felt like cold water, putting out my angry fire.

"I take that as a yes?" I asked, pulling away. He smiled and nodded.

"Yes."

Julian's POV

I was in a certain state of calm when she yelled at me. I deserved it. When she stopped to take a breath, her was so cutely flushed, and her hands were in little fists. She looked like a toddler who had just been refused a piece of candy. I reached down and grasped her face in my hands. I didn't feel like Wimpy Julian anymore. I felt like I had no worries. Like everything would turn out okay.

"Do you love me?" She asked. What a simple question. Wasn't it obvious? What happened next felt in slow motion. I kissed her. I had no doubts about my actions for the first time. And the kiss it's self was freeing me of my insecurities, if I had any left by that time. Her lips were soft like rose petals, surprising, since such harsh words could be said by them. Her lips were like drugs. They made me forget anything else. I wasn't here, I wasn't there, I just was. The Julian box had been opened again, and this time, permanently.

One more chapter coming tomorrow! Sorry! I have to take a break since I have been writing all morning...Can't write later today because I will be gone... Sorry! Will write tomorrow so don't kill me XD