p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Hey all, it's been so many YEARS since I've posted anything. So be gentle! :D/p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything!/p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Please Review!/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Jesse POV/p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;""Hey dude, Jesse, You're staring again" I turned my head to look at my best friend Rob/p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;""Oh, yeah, I guess I am" I said glancing back at her. I have always had a hard time keeping my eyes off her, Obviously not in the creeper way, but I love her. It's always been her./p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Ever since she moved to California in the 6th grade, halfway through the year. The teacher assigned her the seat next to me and that's where our friendship took off./p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"There wasn't a day that went by where we didn't either hang out or talk on the phone until the summer before our 10th grade year. My parents took me to Spain to visit my extended family and she went to work at a summer camp. It was the first time in 4.5 years that we had been apart for the summer. We tried to keep in contact which worked for the first week, but after that we kept missing each others calls and that's how we drifted apart./p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Over the summer I had gotten to know our family friend Maria, she was going to be traveling back with us to finish off her high school years in California. When we came back to California she had already started seeing someone from our school that was also at summer camp but span style="background: #ffffff;"She was seeing someone from the summer camp she worked at and I had taken an interest in Maria. My feelings for her never went away, just got pushed down. I never did find out if she ever felt for me the way I did for her, I wonder if I'll ever know./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"Her and Paul have been dating ever since, going on 3 years. Maria and I split ways after about a year, it was mutual. We just decided we were better as friends./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Paul!" I heard her say, I looked up and saw her calling him over./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"What Susannah sees in him, I'll never know. I just hope that one day I'll get my chance./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"-Suze's POV-/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Paul!" I said as Paul was rounding the corner, it was lunch time, FINALLY. We are ¾ way done with senior year and I can't wait for it to be over./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Babe" Paul replied "What's up"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Well I was thinking we should talk about Prom, it's in a couple weeks and we haven't really talked about it yet" I replied, I had been thinking about the before and after, what my dress would look like…all those details. I've never really been into this sort of thing but Prom seems like a rite of passage, like "I made it through school" type event./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Oh" he said flatly "We haven't talked about it because I don't want to go"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""What…We didn't…. Excuse me?" I couldn't seem to form a complete sentence./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I think this is something we should talk about together" I stated "This isn't completely your decision so..." I started but was cut off by a peppy annoying voice./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Seniors! Tonight is a karaoke fundraiser for the senior graduation trip, I hope you guys can make it, especially you, Paul" Debbie said handing a flyer to Paul. She had been after him for who knows how long. She walked to the next table where Jesse and Rob were sitting./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I turned to Paul "Let's go to this tonight Paul, We haven't been out in a while"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Eh, I have some college applications to fill out tonight. The law school ones take quite a while" he said "I'm sure Cee will go with you, I have to go, talk to you later" He walked out of the lunch room, not even a kiss on the cheek…Nothing. It's been like this the last week or so, maybe he's just overwhelmed with applications but honestly, I'm tired of making excuses for him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"br /br /p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hope to see you there Jesse" Debbie said "Oh and you too Rob" she added/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""We'll be there, sounds like fun" Jesse replied/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He glanced over at me and smiled, he got up and started walking towards me. My heart flipped, I shouldn't be feeling this way, especially while I'd dating someone but It's not something I can help; I haven't been able to help it since I first sat next to him in 6/spanspan style="background: #ffffff;"th/spanspan style="background: #ffffff;" grade./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Susannah, I hope you'll be there tonight, looks like it could be some fun" he said in his silky Spanish voice/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I-uh- yeah, I'll be there" I stuttered, looking like an idiot/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I'll see you tonight" he said as he put his hand on my shoulder, I don't think I've ever felt electricity like that course through my body, all because of his touch./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, see you tonight" I replied out of breath, sounding like I just finished running a few miles./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"Without missing a beat I texted Cee Cee/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"emCome over after school, ASAP/em XXSuze/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Yeah sure, see you then/span/emspan style="background: #ffffff;" she texted back/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I can't wait for tonight/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"_/span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"After Cee and I were done getting ready we headed out. As soon as we got there my phone started to ring./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Cee, I'll be right in, it's Paul" I said stepping out of the car/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Sure thing Suze, I'll grab us a table" She turned and walked towards the Restaurant./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Paul" I said answering the phone/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Suze, so I know you wanted to talk about Prom, I was thinking about it and I really don't want to go, so maybe you can see if Cee will go with you. A group thing or something" He said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Paul, we can talk about this later, why did you call me about this now?" I asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Well because I scheduled an interview at Harvard that weekend, I leave the day before Prom and won't get back until Sunday Night. I just didn't want to forget to tell you" he said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""When did you schedule this?" I asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Just a few minutes ago" he said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""When you knew I wanted to go?" I said frustrated/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Harvard is a big deal, I could have seen if there was another weekend but that wouldn't have looked good for me and I figured you'd be fine with it" He said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Whatever Paul, I have to go" I said hanging up the phone/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I was so pissed, He's always been self-centered but it's never been this bad. Or maybe it has and I just never noticed. I could just scream, I felt a tear run down my face. Now don't think it was a sad type tear, There's been times that I've been so mad that I've had a few tears escape. This only happens on rare occasions./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I walked towards to restaurant, I leaned against the building by the door. I needed to calm down before going in there./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey, you ok?" I heard this sweet silky voice asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I looked up and saw Jesse, he looked so concerned./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, Just found out something and I'm trying to calm down so I don't start throwing things" I said laughing a little/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Boy problems?" he asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""How did you guess?" I said sarcastically, this wouldn't be the first time I've been so frustrated at Paul/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Well, Paul's never been the type to think about other people and I'm sure he's the only thing that can make you so frustrated" He stated/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, Maybe I just didn't notice it when we met or something happened over the last year, but that's pretty much it" I said looking down at my hands nervously. We were standing so close, It was hard to breath./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey" he said as he put a finger under my chin lifting my head up so I was looking at him. "Don't ever let him make you feel like there is something wrong with you, he is an idiot if he doesn't know what he has, there's plenty of guys that would be with you in a heartbeat and if he doesn't appreciate you then he's not worth your time" He said looking into my eyes./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I took a deep breath and nodded, I couldn't say anything because "I love you" would probably pop out of my mouth. We locked eyes for what seemed like hours, which was only about 30 seconds, then he cleared his throat and stepped back. For a moment he must have forgotten that I was in a relationship and to be honest, so did I. Jesse is an honorable man, He would never kiss me or anything while I was in a relationship. Which I appreciate and like that about him, but I also wish he would have at that moment./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""You ready to go in?" He asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, Yeah I am. I think Cee has a table if you want to sit with us" I said walking towards the door/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I'd love that" he said opening the door for me. Chivalry is not dead./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Thank you" I said as I glanced around the room looking for Cee. I spotted her at a table in the corner. "There she is" I told Jesse and we both walked over to her./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Jesse" Cee Cee said "Pull up a chair"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Good Evening Seniors!" Debbie said from the stage "Welcome! The book of songs are up here, just come on up, pick your song, tell the DJ and belt one out! Don't forget that 50% of the food and drinks ordered will go towards the senior fund, so eat up!"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"She stepped off the stage, so far no one had gone up there. After a few minutes Jesse stood up and walked over to the book./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Looks like Jesse is going to sing" Cee said pointing to him over by the stage/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I smiled and shrugged my shoulders, "Looks like it" I commented/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Glory of Love" started playing as he stepped up on the stage, He's always had an "Old Soul"./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"Jesse took the microphone and started singing./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Tonight it's very clear/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"'Cause we're both lying here/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"There's so many things I wanna say/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I will always love you/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I would never leave you alone/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"I looked up at him, wondering if he was directing this song to anyone. My heart fluttered when I noticed he was looking at me. He wasn't just looking around to everyone, he kept his eyes on me as he /br /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Sometimes I just forget/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Say things I might regret/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"It breaks my heart to see you crying/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I don't wanna lose you/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I could never make it alone/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I kept my eyes on him, wondering if maybe I'm reading into this, waiting for him to continue his gaze around the room to someone else, but he didn't./spanbr /br /br /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I am a man who will fight for your honorbr /I'll be the hero you're dreaming ofbr /We'll live foreverbr /Knowing togetherbr /that we did it all for the glory of love/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I couldn't stop looking at him, it felt like we were the only two in the room, I'm sure this will get back to Paul, but to be honest, I don't really care./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"You keep me standing tall/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"You help me through it all/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I'm always strong when you're beside me/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I have always needed you/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I could never make it alone/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I am a man who will fight for your honorbr /I'll be the hero you're dreaming ofbr /We'll live foreverbr /Knowing togetherbr /That we did it all for the glory of love/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"As he approached the last verse, I started to think of what I would say when he came back, is this something you say "Good job" to or "thank you"./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"It's like a knight in shining armor/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"From a long time ago/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Just in time I will save the day/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Take you to my castle far away/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I am a man who will fight for your honorbr /I'll be the hero you're dreaming ofbr /We'll live foreverbr /Knowing togetherbr /That we did it all for the glory of love./span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He finished up and the song came to an end, everyone started to applause and stand up. I saw him still looking at me. I didn't know what to say or how to handle it so I walked outside, I needed some air./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I got outside and leaned up against the wall with my head in my hands. Why didn't I tell him how I felt sooner, why didn't I see he felt the same? Then I started to question it, maybe he doesn't, maybe it was just a song. I figured I would go back inside in a few minutes, I told myself if he didn't follow me out here then it wasn't anything./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I heard the door to the restaurant open, I didn't look up because I didn't want to be disappointed if it wasn't him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Susannah, are you ok?" I heard him ask softly/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He came out after me, Maybe it was meant for me after all./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I looked up at him and saw something in his eyes, I think it was love. I didn't have any words to say, I couldn't think of anything to say so I stepped towards him, put my arms around his neck and pulled his head down to mine./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He kissed me back with such force, like he has been holding it in for so long but at the same time it was gentle. I'm not even sure that makes sense./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I never wanted it to end./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"Please tell me whether to continue or not!br /br /p
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p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"DISCLAIMER: I don't own anything!/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Jesse POV/p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;""Hey dude, Jesse, You're staring again" I turned my head to look at my best friend Rob/p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;""Oh, yeah, I guess I am" I said glancing back at her. I have always had a hard time keeping my eyes off her, Obviously not in the creeper way, but I love her. It's always been her./p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Ever since she moved to California in the 6th grade, halfway through the year. The teacher assigned her the seat next to me and that's where our friendship took off./p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"There wasn't a day that went by where we didn't either hang out or talk on the phone until the summer before our 10th grade year. My parents took me to Spain to visit my extended family and she went to work at a summer camp. It was the first time in 4.5 years that we had been apart for the summer. We tried to keep in contact which worked for the first week, but after that we kept missing each others calls and that's how we drifted apart./p
p style="margin-bottom: .14in; line-height: 115%;"Over the summer I had gotten to know our family friend Maria, she was going to be traveling back with us to finish off her high school years in California. When we came back to California she had already started seeing someone from our school that was also at summer camp but span style="background: #ffffff;"She was seeing someone from the summer camp she worked at and I had taken an interest in Maria. My feelings for her never went away, just got pushed down. I never did find out if she ever felt for me the way I did for her, I wonder if I'll ever know./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"Her and Paul have been dating ever since, going on 3 years. Maria and I split ways after about a year, it was mutual. We just decided we were better as friends./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Paul!" I heard her say, I looked up and saw her calling him over./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"What Susannah sees in him, I'll never know. I just hope that one day I'll get my chance./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"-Suze's POV-/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Paul!" I said as Paul was rounding the corner, it was lunch time, FINALLY. We are ¾ way done with senior year and I can't wait for it to be over./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Babe" Paul replied "What's up"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Well I was thinking we should talk about Prom, it's in a couple weeks and we haven't really talked about it yet" I replied, I had been thinking about the before and after, what my dress would look like…all those details. I've never really been into this sort of thing but Prom seems like a rite of passage, like "I made it through school" type event./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Oh" he said flatly "We haven't talked about it because I don't want to go"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""What…We didn't…. Excuse me?" I couldn't seem to form a complete sentence./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I think this is something we should talk about together" I stated "This isn't completely your decision so..." I started but was cut off by a peppy annoying voice./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Seniors! Tonight is a karaoke fundraiser for the senior graduation trip, I hope you guys can make it, especially you, Paul" Debbie said handing a flyer to Paul. She had been after him for who knows how long. She walked to the next table where Jesse and Rob were sitting./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I turned to Paul "Let's go to this tonight Paul, We haven't been out in a while"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Eh, I have some college applications to fill out tonight. The law school ones take quite a while" he said "I'm sure Cee will go with you, I have to go, talk to you later" He walked out of the lunch room, not even a kiss on the cheek…Nothing. It's been like this the last week or so, maybe he's just overwhelmed with applications but honestly, I'm tired of making excuses for him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"br /br /p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hope to see you there Jesse" Debbie said "Oh and you too Rob" she added/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""We'll be there, sounds like fun" Jesse replied/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He glanced over at me and smiled, he got up and started walking towards me. My heart flipped, I shouldn't be feeling this way, especially while I'd dating someone but It's not something I can help; I haven't been able to help it since I first sat next to him in 6/spanspan style="background: #ffffff;"th/spanspan style="background: #ffffff;" grade./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Susannah, I hope you'll be there tonight, looks like it could be some fun" he said in his silky Spanish voice/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I-uh- yeah, I'll be there" I stuttered, looking like an idiot/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I'll see you tonight" he said as he put his hand on my shoulder, I don't think I've ever felt electricity like that course through my body, all because of his touch./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, see you tonight" I replied out of breath, sounding like I just finished running a few miles./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"Without missing a beat I texted Cee Cee/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"emCome over after school, ASAP/em XXSuze/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Yeah sure, see you then/span/emspan style="background: #ffffff;" she texted back/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I can't wait for tonight/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"_/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"br /br /p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"After Cee and I were done getting ready we headed out. As soon as we got there my phone started to ring./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Cee, I'll be right in, it's Paul" I said stepping out of the car/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Sure thing Suze, I'll grab us a table" She turned and walked towards the Restaurant./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Paul" I said answering the phone/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Suze, so I know you wanted to talk about Prom, I was thinking about it and I really don't want to go, so maybe you can see if Cee will go with you. A group thing or something" He said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Paul, we can talk about this later, why did you call me about this now?" I asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Well because I scheduled an interview at Harvard that weekend, I leave the day before Prom and won't get back until Sunday Night. I just didn't want to forget to tell you" he said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""When did you schedule this?" I asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Just a few minutes ago" he said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""When you knew I wanted to go?" I said frustrated/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Harvard is a big deal, I could have seen if there was another weekend but that wouldn't have looked good for me and I figured you'd be fine with it" He said/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Whatever Paul, I have to go" I said hanging up the phone/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I was so pissed, He's always been self-centered but it's never been this bad. Or maybe it has and I just never noticed. I could just scream, I felt a tear run down my face. Now don't think it was a sad type tear, There's been times that I've been so mad that I've had a few tears escape. This only happens on rare occasions./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I walked towards to restaurant, I leaned against the building by the door. I needed to calm down before going in there./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey, you ok?" I heard this sweet silky voice asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I looked up and saw Jesse, he looked so concerned./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, Just found out something and I'm trying to calm down so I don't start throwing things" I said laughing a little/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Boy problems?" he asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""How did you guess?" I said sarcastically, this wouldn't be the first time I've been so frustrated at Paul/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Well, Paul's never been the type to think about other people and I'm sure he's the only thing that can make you so frustrated" He stated/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, Maybe I just didn't notice it when we met or something happened over the last year, but that's pretty much it" I said looking down at my hands nervously. We were standing so close, It was hard to breath./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey" he said as he put a finger under my chin lifting my head up so I was looking at him. "Don't ever let him make you feel like there is something wrong with you, he is an idiot if he doesn't know what he has, there's plenty of guys that would be with you in a heartbeat and if he doesn't appreciate you then he's not worth your time" He said looking into my eyes./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I took a deep breath and nodded, I couldn't say anything because "I love you" would probably pop out of my mouth. We locked eyes for what seemed like hours, which was only about 30 seconds, then he cleared his throat and stepped back. For a moment he must have forgotten that I was in a relationship and to be honest, so did I. Jesse is an honorable man, He would never kiss me or anything while I was in a relationship. Which I appreciate and like that about him, but I also wish he would have at that moment./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""You ready to go in?" He asked/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Yeah, Yeah I am. I think Cee has a table if you want to sit with us" I said walking towards the door/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""I'd love that" he said opening the door for me. Chivalry is not dead./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Thank you" I said as I glanced around the room looking for Cee. I spotted her at a table in the corner. "There she is" I told Jesse and we both walked over to her./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Hey Jesse" Cee Cee said "Pull up a chair"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Good Evening Seniors!" Debbie said from the stage "Welcome! The book of songs are up here, just come on up, pick your song, tell the DJ and belt one out! Don't forget that 50% of the food and drinks ordered will go towards the senior fund, so eat up!"/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"She stepped off the stage, so far no one had gone up there. After a few minutes Jesse stood up and walked over to the book./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Looks like Jesse is going to sing" Cee said pointing to him over by the stage/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I smiled and shrugged my shoulders, "Looks like it" I commented/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Glory of Love" started playing as he stepped up on the stage, He's always had an "Old Soul"./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"br /br /p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"Jesse took the microphone and started singing./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Tonight it's very clear/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"'Cause we're both lying here/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"There's so many things I wanna say/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I will always love you/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I would never leave you alone/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"I looked up at him, wondering if he was directing this song to anyone. My heart fluttered when I noticed he was looking at me. He wasn't just looking around to everyone, he kept his eyes on me as he /br /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Sometimes I just forget/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Say things I might regret/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"It breaks my heart to see you crying/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I don't wanna lose you/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I could never make it alone/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I kept my eyes on him, wondering if maybe I'm reading into this, waiting for him to continue his gaze around the room to someone else, but he didn't./spanbr /br /br /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I am a man who will fight for your honorbr /I'll be the hero you're dreaming ofbr /We'll live foreverbr /Knowing togetherbr /that we did it all for the glory of love/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I couldn't stop looking at him, it felt like we were the only two in the room, I'm sure this will get back to Paul, but to be honest, I don't really care./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"You keep me standing tall/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"You help me through it all/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I'm always strong when you're beside me/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I have always needed you/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I could never make it alone/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I am a man who will fight for your honorbr /I'll be the hero you're dreaming ofbr /We'll live foreverbr /Knowing togetherbr /That we did it all for the glory of love/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"As he approached the last verse, I started to think of what I would say when he came back, is this something you say "Good job" to or "thank you"./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"It's like a knight in shining armor/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"From a long time ago/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Just in time I will save the day/span/embr /emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"Take you to my castle far away/span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"emspan style="background-image: initial; background-position: initial; background-size: initial; background-repeat: initial; background-attachment: initial; background-origin: initial; background-clip: initial;"I am a man who will fight for your honorbr /I'll be the hero you're dreaming ofbr /We'll live foreverbr /Knowing togetherbr /That we did it all for the glory of love./span/em/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He finished up and the song came to an end, everyone started to applause and stand up. I saw him still looking at me. I didn't know what to say or how to handle it so I walked outside, I needed some air./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I got outside and leaned up against the wall with my head in my hands. Why didn't I tell him how I felt sooner, why didn't I see he felt the same? Then I started to question it, maybe he doesn't, maybe it was just a song. I figured I would go back inside in a few minutes, I told myself if he didn't follow me out here then it wasn't anything./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I heard the door to the restaurant open, I didn't look up because I didn't want to be disappointed if it wasn't him./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;""Susannah, are you ok?" I heard him ask softly/span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He came out after me, Maybe it was meant for me after all./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I looked up at him and saw something in his eyes, I think it was love. I didn't have any words to say, I couldn't think of anything to say so I stepped towards him, put my arms around his neck and pulled his head down to mine./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"He kissed me back with such force, like he has been holding it in for so long but at the same time it was gentle. I'm not even sure that makes sense./span/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"span style="background: #ffffff;"I never wanted it to end./span/p
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p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"Please tell me whether to continue or not!br /br /p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;"Nicole/p
p style="margin-bottom: .11in; line-height: 108%;" /p