After several hours of trying to teach Frances how to skateboard she is able to stay on it untill she needs to turn so instead she runs into a wall. We decided to take a break and she gives me a hug before she heads off to her room. And when her arms wrap around me my mind goes blank. I stand not moving until she lets go and walks away.
I go to find April. I find her sitting outside the layer by the tracks with a book.
"He April can we talk?" I ask as I sit down next to her
"Yah sure, what's up?" she closes her book
"It's about Frances…"
"Ok….. what happened?" she scoots a little closer looking concerned.
"Well, I get this funny feeling whenever I see her or get close to her. It's like goosebumps and like my heart is jumping out of my chest. I can't form any words and I feel butterflies in my stomach..." I have no idea where this is coming from so I smile to cover up the fact that I'm uncomfortable.
"Hmmm, I think I know what's happening…" she narrows her eyes and leans close to my face
"What!?" I panic thinking maybe I'm allergic to her. I'll never get to hug her ever again!
"You're in love!" she nudges her elbow into my shoulder
"Hu?"
"You know, you're in love with her… you like her."
"Of course I like her. She's like a sister to me." I smile
"Oh Mikey…" she pulls a Donnie and does a face palm.
"What? what did I do?"
"You need to tell her how you feel about her." she explains
"I don't even know how I feel! How can I tell her something I don't know!?"
"Well, you don't have to use words."
"Not following."
"You could… kiss her."
" . . . " I stare at her blankly. Half from confusion and half from shock.
"Well it's a great way to express feelings."
"I don't know how to kiss." I say finaly accepting the idea
"Have you seen me and Donnie?"
"You two kiss?"
"Ok never mind. Bad example… just, go with the flow. Don't think about it. You're good at that."
"Ok…"
"You can DO this."
"I CAN DO THIS!" I stand up and walk towards the entrance of the layer.
"Yah Mikey. You got this." she says as I leave. I continue softly saying "I can do this." over and over and over again as I make my way to France's room. I stand in front of the unopened door and close my eyes say it one more time then open the door.
I walk through the door and see her making her bed/hammock and I walk right up to her. As I get closer she starts to speak
"Hey Mikey, what's u-" I get close enough to pin her to the wall "go with the flow, don't think about it." April's words echo in my head. I lean in and close my eyes and I can feel the soft touch of her lips on mine. And then were kissing. Really kissing. And she's kissing me back. It feels so good and so right. I don't feel nervous or scared. My heart is right where it belongs and it is full of happiness.
Suddenly I think, what if she's mad at me. I pull back and look into her eyes. Then at her mouth, it's smiling. I quickly look back into her eyes. We don't need words just like April said. I know what she asking.
"Why did you stop?" she says my thoughts.
I lean back in and a magical feeling washes over me. And we kiss.
PLEASE DON'T DIE! THERE IS MORE BUT YOUR GOING TO HAVE TO WAIT FOR IT.