*Chapter 3: A New Feeling is Revealed*
The week passed by, and David and Jennifer had gotten to know each other better. One day, they were in David's car, going to his house to work on their Science project.
"Mom, Dad... she's my friend Jennifer" David said "We're working in a project from college"
"I'm Jennifer Richardson, nice to meet you" she said.
"Nice to meet you too, Jennifer" Henry said.
"Now we're going to leave you two alone so you can work in your project" Monica said, and she and Henry left David's bedroom.
"Jen, would you mind waiting here while I bring some books?" David said.
"Not at all. Go ahead" she said, and David went to Martin's library.
"Martin, can you lend me these?" David said.
"Sure" Martin answered, and he came close to whisper "Nice chic you got there" he added, and a rush of blood came to David's face, causing him to blush a lot.
"Oh Marty, shut up" David said, leaving Martin's room.
David and Jennifer were reading some research books. Suddenly, he looked up at Jennifer, staring at her for a long time. She was going to ask him something and she noticed David's glance. She locked eyes with him, and was lost into his crystal-blue eyes.
"Oh, God... look at her eyes! They're so beautiful" he thought, looking into her hazel brown eyes.
"David... is there something wrong?" she asked.
"No... everything's fine" he answered stubbornly and looked away, breaking the glance.
"Okay" she said, going back to the book, but stealing a quick peek to his face every now and then. And she thought "His hair... his face... I'm gonna faint. Wait a minute. What am I thinking?!"
She went back to her book, but a moment after she felt something warm and smooth touching her hand. She looked up and saw David's hand on hers. He took her hand so softly that she didn't notice at first... but she didn't pull away. He started playing with her fingers, she looked at him, his sweet smile caused her to laugh softly, and she took his hand into hers.
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A week after, the class (David and Jennifer included) presented the Science project they had been working on, and two days later, the grades were published in a board, on one of the classroom's walls.
A huge crowd was in front of the board checking their grades, and some gasps of surprise and disappointment could be heard from the students.
"How did you do, guys?" Roxie asked Jennifer, while they were walking through the hall.
"Well, I hope we'll get a good grade" Jennifer answered "Although I'm a bit nervous, you know how tough Mr. Thompson can be when it comes to grades" she added with a slightly worried look on her face.
"Don't worry, Jen" David said "We worked a lot, and I bet the teacher will like our report. Everything will be all right" he added, putting an arm around her shoulder to calm her down. Jennifer blushed slightly, and she didn't know why, either from his smile or his arm around her shoulder. Whatever it was, it was driving her crazy.
"I bet do did a good work together" Roxie said with a smile, and David and Jennifer looked at each other.
"Well...yes" he said, and they laughed as they reached the board.
When they arrived, a loud gasp was heard from the students. Everybody was looking at them.
"Hey, what's the Big Bang?" Roxie asked, surprised.
"Yea, what's wrong?" Jennifer asked, turning to a guy close to them "Trevor, do you know what's going on?"
"Haven't you seen the board?" Trevor spoke.
"We were going to do just that" David said "Why do you ask?"
"Look by yourselves" Trevor said, and they reached the board. As they read, they couldn't believe what they saw...
"Oh, my..." Jennifer said "David, do you see what I see?"
"Yes...WE HAVE THE HIGHEST SCORE!!" he screamed excitedly.
"Oh, my God! We did it!" Jennifer said, and hugged David in an explosion of enthusiasm and happiness. He suddenly began to feel dizzy, and he felt a tightness in his throat he hadn't felt before. Anyways, he responded to the hug holding her very tight.
After a little while, they realized everybody was watching them, and they looked at each other, feeling rather embarrassed.
"I...I'm sorry, David" Jennifer said, with a slight blush in her cheeks.
"It's...okay" he managed to say. As she broke the hug, he could feel her hair tickling his face, and he felt a shudder run down his spine "I can't stay around her feeling like this!" He thought.
"Well...see you later" she said, as she took Roxie by her sleeve.
"S-sure!" he stuttered, and the girls ran away.
Jennifer and Roxie kept running until Roxie stopped.
"Hey Jen, what was that?" she asked.
"Oh, God..." her friend said, breathlessly.
"Am I missing something?" Roxie insisted, and the bell rang, indicating it was time for class.
"Just in time!" Jennifer thought "Eh...I have English class now...I'll tell you when we get home"
"Okay" Roxie said, and Jennifer ran to her classroom.
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"I'm serious, Roxie" she told her friend that night "I'm totally in love with David Swinton"
"Really?! Are you sure?" Roxie asked.
"Yeah...it's like...you know, when you meet someone and you feel like you're meant to be with him"
"But... does he love you...?"
"I don't know... something tells me that he likes me"
"Maybe he loves you"
"I wish you're right"
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"Mommy, can I talk to you?" David asked that night, while Monica was drinking some tea in the kitchen.
"Sure, David...what is it?" Monica said.
"How do you know when you love somebody? How did you know you loved Dad?"
"Well, that's a bit hard to explain, but...when you love a person, you feel that you can't live without him or her...um...that you want to hold her and never let her go...you feel like you were meant to be with that person" she answered "Why do you ask me that?"
"Well...I'm kinda interested in somebody..."
"Really? Maybe...that girl who came here that day...Jennifer?" she asked, taking a sip of her tea.
"H-how did you know?" he asked.
"I could feel it. You couldn't take your eyes off her" Monica smiled, and looked at her son. David blushed.
"Umm...yeah, but...how can I tell her?"
"David, when you love somebody, you've got to tell her! Otherwise you might lose her, and you'll regret it for the rest of your life"
"You're right, Mom"
"And she's a very nice girl, you two would be a great couple"
"Maybe" David said, and gave Monica a kiss on the cheek. Then, he went to his room.
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David lied down on his bed, and put a blanket around himself. Before closing his eyes, he thought about Jennifer, that girl who seemed to attract him. Her smile, her voice, even her little laugh made him shiver.
"Why do I like her?" he thought "Is it because she looks like Mommy?" In fact, Jennifer had the same pale skin, brown hair and brown eyes as Monica. And of course he loved his mom, but the feeling he had for Jennifer was way more different…
But how come could he tell her how he felt? And what about his…secret? That one only his family and him knew…how could he tell her? That was the problem, he had no idea how.
"I have to tell her" he thought "Yes, that's what I will do" he said, as he closed his eyes and fell asleep.
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Monica looked at an old picture of David, one from when he was 11 years old.
"David's in love...my boy is growing up so fast...he's not my little one anymore" she thought.
