Author's note: WOW, I wrote this one fast! Anyway, this is probably one of my favorite chapters of my story…(hee hee)
The Choice
Chap. 4 The Confession
Rika sat on a bench in the park. She knew she would never have to guts to tell Henry how she felt about him. Why did you run away? she asked herself, …Why? Her hands covered her face. Then, unexpectedly, Henry walked by.
"Hey, Rika," he said as he passed her, never looking at her once.
Rika stood, "Henry!"
He turned around and they face each other.
"What?"
"I…just wanted to apologize for running away the other day."
"No, Rika, I should be the one apologizing. I shouldn't have kissed you…I don't even know why I did that," he lied.
"Well…maybe we should forget the whole thing and move on."
"Yeah…..friends?"
"…Friends."
They hugged.
Rika thought, Friends? Just like with Ryo?...This can't be right; this is different!
"Henry…I….." the words wouldn't come out of her mouth, "…I should probably be going home now…"
"Yeah, it's getting kind of late…"
"Well…bye."
"Bye…"
They went their different directions.
After walking a while, Henry thought to himself, Bye? Is that really true?...Why am I walking away from her?...he turned and ran to Rika in the distance, "Rika!...Rika, wait!"
"Henry, what is it? What's wrong?"
"Rika…I can't go on like this…" he held her hands, looking deeply into her eyes, "…Whenever I'm around you…my heart can't stop beating, and…and I can't take my eyes off you…I can't live my life without you, Rika…I…..I love you."
Rika was glad he had said that, "…Really?"
He nodded.
"I…I don't know what to say…except…..I love you, too, Henry."
Henry gave Rika a kiss on the cheek, and she smiled. They embraced as their lips met, sharing a long, warm, passionate kiss. Then they walked together, hand in hand.
Author's note: I LOVE that chapter! Ok…next one won't come until after the weekend because I'm going on a trip, but, I'll get it up ASAP.