"Kissin You" by Miranda Cosgrove

Almost Like the Puzzle Piece I'm Missing

Leroy groaned and rubbed his eyes, oh how much he hated how much homework his teachers consistently dumped on him. Something out his window surprised him and he blinked as he caught sight of Cleo silently walking down the street in her customary skinny jeans, light blue tank-top, and half sleeve denim jacket. He scrambled to his feet, swiped his shoes from the floor, and shrugged on his jacket as he ran down the stairs, wondering where Cleo was going and what she was doing out so late.

Cleo slowly walked along the shore as she started singing, her tennis shoes, with her socks stuffed inside, held in one hand while earbuds were playing the instrumental she had created.."Sparks fly, it's like electricity! I might die when I forget how to breathe...You get closer and there's nowhere in this world I'd rather be." For the past three weeks, Cleo had had lyrics to a potential song bouncing around her head, but this was the first time she had sung it out loud to the beat she had created that was currently playing in her ears. "Time stops like everything around me is frozen, and nothing matters but these, few moments when you opened my mind to things I've never seen!" Cleo's toes sunk slightly in the wet sand as she walked, and the wind teased her long auburn hair, caused it to flutter slightly in its ponytail. Her voice grew a little louder at the chorus, "Cause when I'm kissin you my senses come alive!"

A little ways behind her, Leroy jogged through the sand in his sneakers, his shoes sinking more than her feet were. His blonde hair had turned to gold in the evening's setting sun, which cast his shadow like an uneven demon, the sand causing the shadow to have a ripple effect on the edges of his darker shadow.

"Almost like the puzzle piece I've been trying to find, falls right into place you're all that it takes, my doubts fade away when I'm kissin you…" Cleo trailed off, as she pulled out the ponytail her hair was in, letting it tumble down to her shoulders and get caught in the wind. Which caused the ginger in her auburn hair to turn to fire, making her hair copper like and shining metallic in the red, orange, yellow, and pink hues of the sun's light. "When I'm kissin you it all starts making sense and all the questions I've been asking in my head like, "Are you the one? Should I really trust?" Crystal clear it becomes when I'm kissin you…"

Leroy followed behind her. His sunset eyes, which matched the sky's sunset, were directed toward the beautiful girl in front of him. She's beautiful, He murmured inwardly, breathtaking. He could faintly hear the words Cleo was singing, and not for the first time, Leroy felt amazed and happy to hear her perfect pitched voice, a trait she got from her mother.

"Past loves they never got very far," Cleo continued, still unaware of Leroy's presence as he got closer to her. Her emerald green eyes were now closed as she sang, "walls up. Made sure I guarded my heart and I promised I wouldn't do this 'til I knew it was right for me." She sang, her voice rising and lowering in pitch with each note."But no one no guy that I've met before can make me feel so right and secure, and have you noticed I lose my focus and the world around me disappears! Cause when I'm kissin you my senses come alive!"

Leroy moved a little faster, intending to catch up with her.

"Almost like the puzzle piece I've been trying to find, falls right into place you're all that it takes, my doubts fade away when I'm kissin you… When I'm kissin you it all starts making sense and all the questions I've been asking in my head like, "Are you the one? Should I really trust?" Crystal clear it becomes when I'm kissing you…" Cleo sang the chorus once more.

Leroy's sneakered stunk a little too far into the sand and he lurched forward with a grunt into the sand which caused sand to spiral into the air due to the wind's current.

Cleo spun around and opened her eyes. When she saw who it was she rolled her eyes, dropped her shoes, and leaned down to offer him a hand with her white teeth poking out between her slightly open lips in the form of an affectionate smile. She didn't pause her singing even as she pulled him to his feet, "I've felt nothing like this, you're making me open up!" She grasped both of his hands and pulled him as she lightly pranced in the sand, the sea's spray gently brushing against their skin.

Leroy looked confused as she did so but went with it, allowing her to pull him around in the sand and the surf.

"No point even trying to fight this, it kinda feels like it's love!" Cleo sang with enthusiasm, pulling Leroy closer to the surf, close enough to the point where the grains of sand dotting her tanned feet was swallowed up by the surf's gentle caress and the tide left small water droplets adorning the skin of her feet and ankles. "Cause when I'm kissin you my senses come alive!" She sang smiling at Leroy as she dropped his hands and spun around in the ankle deep water.

Leroy's sunset eyes softened and he smiled, watching his beautiful girl dance around in the tide. The sunset aided her beauty, casting a gentle golden hue that made her green eyes sparkle just a little more and her auburn hair look just a little more like gold.

"Almost like the puzzle piece I've been trying to find, falls right into place you're all that it takes, my doubts fade away when I'm kissin you…" Cleo sang as she threw her arms around Leroy's neck, pulling him down her level in the process. Her voice softened and her volume lessened to be closer to a whisper than her normal singing.

"When I'm kissing you it all starts making sense and all the questions I've been asking in my head like, "Are you the one? Should I really trust?" Crystal clear it becomes when I'm kissing you…" Cleo's voice faded at the end of the song and she smiled, leaning up on her toes in the ankle high water to kiss him.

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