Jared POV

Did I just hear what I think I just heard? Kim has had a crush on me since she was ten? She told herself then that she'd marry me some day? Could anyone feel anymore full than me at this moment?

"Kim is that…did you really….do you…?" This girl made me feel so many different things at once, I couldn't form a complete sentence.

"Jared…I…ten…silly crush…don't…go."

She seemed to have the same problem. Wait did she say go? Does she want me to go or was she saying don't go. I hope it's the latter.

"Do you want me to go?"

"No I mean I was ten when I thought the thing about marrying you I was young and you were kind to me for a fraction of a minute. As for the crush…I don't know what to say except don't stop talking to me because of this, it's just a stupid girl thing."

I looked at her, trying not to lose it. She thinks I'd leave her for knowing she's liked me in some small way since she was ten? I wish I could say I had liked her that long, that I wasn't blind before. I wish I could be as bold as her to recognize at ten that she was the one I'd marry. Looking at her with that worried, shy look in her hazel eyes, I knew she was the one I'd marry one day.

"Kim I'm not going anywhere. You have no idea how it makes me feel to know you have like me, even if it was just a small crush, for all this time. You think it's stupid that me smiling at you when we were ten made you like me? I saw you one day out of the blue in a classroom and I l…liked you. I like you very much Kim."

The light returned to her eyes, and I noticed Louise sighing slowly at my side. Kim glanced at her and rolled her eyes. "Yeesh Lu its not Brad Pitt calm down. It's just Jared." She winked at me but then grew more serious. "It's always been Jared hasn't it." She blushed after saying this, and my heart filled further. "Well er Paul will be wondering where you are Jared, don't want him thinking I absconded with you. Come on Lu you can sigh more at the table in the caf ok, come on guys."

She grabbed Louise's hand and dragged her along. Louise turned to her looking like she wanted to sigh again. "It's just really happening after all this time Kim, I can't believe I called you a dork for it. I think I actually approve of him."

"I know Lu, that'll teach you to not listen to me when I say things about marriage. Don't care what age I am." She turned to look back at me walking behind them and smiled, one of her truly best smiles. "Coming Jared, if you're not going to ditch me then you best stick pretty close by. Now that you know I like you and all and you like me. This is how crushes act." She said this with a cheeky grin, and I returned it with one of my own.

"I'm following don't you worry."

She still had a lot to learn about me. A lot about us that needed to be told. Yet, I knew, one day……..

I'm gonna marry that girl.

I don't want to move to fast with their romance, but I think this is a good pace. Review Jared and Kim lovers! I'm off to write more. ~Ales