-Chapter 5, I Love You...I Think-

A week after Kyle came over, I woke up and got ready for my first day of school. For once, I actually got to choose what I wanted to wear. I wore my favorite red sweater, a black shirt underneath, and my favorite grey skinny jeans. After 10 washes, my mother had FINALLY got the oil stain out. To finish it all off, I wore my red high tops that reminded me of Kyle. I hadn't seen him since the dinner and again, I had thought about him TONS!

"RIMA!,"my mother called.
"I'm coming!,"I called back. I ran downstairs."What's up?"
"Your friends are at the door,"she smiled. I opened the front door and saw Fanboy and Chum Chum.

"HI RIMA!,"they smiled.
"Hey guys!,"I replied. I was sorta worried that they would be mad at me because I had lied to them about a new flavor of Frosty Freezy Freeze. But they didn't seem angry, or even seem to remeber.

"C'mon! Let's walk to school!,"Fanbot suggested.
"Okay!,"I replied. I ran inside and grabbed my backpack.

"BYE MOM!,"I yelled. She locked me out and waved at me from the window. We walked down the cold sidewalk. I listened to all the stories the boys told me about Mr. Mufflin.

"Sometimes when he goes crazy, his hair piece flys off his head!,"Chum Chum laughed.
"Yeah, and his lazy eyes are creepy too!,"Fanboy added. I laughed and shivered all at the same time. I had never heard of the term "lazy eyeS" before. I always thought only one eye could go lazy. Suddenly, the boys stopped and stared across the street. They grabbed me and ran.

"What's going on?,"I asked. The looks on their faces were terrifying.
"BOOG!,"Fanboy replied,"If he sees us, he'll take our lunch money!" I gasped. I REALLY didn't want to run into that giant again. We sprinted and made it to school before the doors opened. We dropped on the playground floor to catch our breath. I heard footsteps coming our way. I hid behind the jungle gym and closed my eyes tightly. Fanboy and Chum Chum stood up. I prayed it wouldn't be Boog coming.

"Please no, please no, please-"

"KYLE!,"the boys shouted. My eyes bursted open. I saw them all piled up on the ground.

"MUST I ALWAYS GO THROUGH THIS?,"Kyle shouted. I laughed as they all untwisted themselves. The boys walked back over to me. Two of them giggling behind one.
"Goodmorning, Rima,"Kyle smiled at me.
"Morning,"I smiled back. Fanboy giggled and whispered something to Chum Chum, who giggled after. I raised an eyebrow at them and threw a confused look in.

"What's going on with you two?,"I asked. Fanboy and Chum Chum laughed at my question.
"WE should be asking that to YOU TWO!,"Chum Chum chuckled. I looked over towards Kyle. He was giving the costumed boys the usual bad stare.

"What do you fools mean?,"he asked. The boys laughed again at the questions we asked.

"A few nights ago, Fanboy and I walked past you house, Rima," Chum Chum started.
"And we saw a certiant, wizard, kiss a certiant, girl," Fanboy finished. They giggled with easchother. I thought back to that night and realized the front door WAS opened. But why were they out so late? Kyle and I stared at eachother, searching for something to say and shocked at the fact that someone was watching us.

"Uh...,"we started. The boys laughed before we could come up with an excuse. Fanboy's face was red and Chum Chum's cheeks were stained with tears from laughing so hard. Kyle tugged me away gently from them as they rolled around on the playground floor. We hid behind the school.

"They know,"he whispered. I raised an eyebrow at him and grinned.
"Know what?,"I asked,"I don't have any secrets to hide, do you?" He bit his bottom lip, probably regretting dragging me over. His eyes wandered around searching for something to say. Why wouldn't he just tell me? Unless, he really didn't like me the way I liked him. The school bell rang and the front doors opened, allowing the now huge crowd of kids to push eachother in.

"We'll continue this conversation later, at lunch,"I finished. I walked away from him, leaving him to trail behind me. I smiled to myself at how tough I was, but I was still a little disappointed that he didn't give me an answer.
When I got into the school, Fanboy and Chum Chum walked me to my new classroom. I walked in with them and saw eyes,
peering at me.

"A NEW KID!,"a girl in the front cheered. She looked girly and colorful. She ran up to me and hugged me."I'm Yo!,"
she giggled. I really wanted her to get off me. I'm a little shy around new people. I heard Kyle laughing at me when he walked into the room.
"I'm Rima,"I replied. She giggled.
"That's a pretty name." I inched away from her slowly and walked to the back of the room. Fanboy and Chum CHum followed me and sat down. Kyle sat in the front row.
"So...,"Fanboy started,"You and Kyle?" I rolled my eyes.
"There is nothing between us,"I replied,"So don't get any ideas." They giggled quietly. The classroom door suddenly opened and a short, chubby man walked through the door. One of his eyes rolled to the right while the other stared at the class. His expression was robotic, dead almost. It scared me when he stared at me. I was guessing this was from all the stories the buys had told me on the way to school.

"Another one,"he mumbled,"Who are you?" The whole class turned around in their seats and stared in my direction. I swallowed down air.
"Rima,"I whispered. He frowned more at me.
"WHAT?,"he replied,"I can't hear you!" His shouting made me jump. Kyle giggled quietly in the front, even though I heard him clearly.

"Her name is Rima, Mr. Mufflin," Yo answered for me,"Isn't that a nice and pretty name?"
"Whatever,"he replied,"At least we finally got a normal one." Normal one? I was the class norm! I sighed as he continued by writing his name on the board.

"My name is Mr. Mufflin, as if you all don't know,"he mumbled,"Let's begin the day with some quiet reading, so I can take a nap. So start reading your English text books."

"Excuse me, what page are we reading?," Kyle asked.
"ALL OF IT!,"he shouted. The class gasped, but continued to read the book anyways. Some students slept themselves. Fanboy and Chum Chum turned to me.

"You don't really have to work, Rima,"they laughed.
"But we're gonna get in trouble," I replied. Yo walked in on our conversation.

"New one for sure!,"she commented. I frowned at her. Slowly, I was begining not to like her.

After a few BORING minutes of class, the bell rang for lunch. Kyle caught up to me as I walked myself to the lunchroom. He looked at the brown bag I was carrying.

"Bagged lunch?,"he started,"Lucky! I have to eat that GARBAGE they call food!" I smiled.
"No you don't,"I replied,"When you came over for dinner, you said you didn't like the glop they serve at school. So I packed you a little something for lunch today." He smiled that full and happy, brace face smile that I love.

"Another reason why I love you,"he said in a daze. Then he gasped and covered his mouth.
"What?," I said,"You love me?"
"Oh dear,"he whispered,"I fear I've said too much." I felt soo happy that I started to laugh. Kyle looked at me with a confused face.

"You, me, recess," I commanded,"For now, let's just have lunch." He stayed quiet and walked slightly behind me. We entered the lunchroom with a loud bang of the double doors. A wave of vial smells entered my nose as I breathed.

"Ugh!,"I groaned as I covered my nose,"What is that horriable smell?" Kyle laughed.
"I would say the food, but that would be an understatement,"he replied. I took a mental note,"ALWAYS REMEMBER TO PACK LUNCH!" We sat in the far corner of the lunchroom and sat next to each other. I opened the brown bag and handed Kyle a container. He opened it and smiled.

"The food your mum made," he said. I nodded and giggled at the way he pronounced the word "mom". I dug in the bag and gave him a cookie, chocolate chip. He hugged me warmly and thanked me. I would too if I knew that when he said glop was served, he really meant GLOP! Then he took out the book he always reads.

"The Necronomicon!,"I smiled,"I remeber the name!"
"Your the first to ever remember," he blushed,"Would...would you like to read with me?" I nodded and he gave me one side of the book to hold while he held the other. He taught me new words, history, and even spells. Even though I wouldn't be able to use them. Some classmates were looking over at us and making comments. Mostly, they talked about how they never saw Kyle look soo happy and how cute we looked together. Fanboy and Chum Chum walked into the room and walked our way. Kyle groaned when they sat on the opposite end of our table.

"HI GUYS!,"Fanboy greeted. I waved at them, Kyle didn't.
"Go away!,"he replied,"Can't you see we're READING! A skill you have yet to obtain..." The boys continued to smile at us. Chum Chum crawled under the table and popped up between Kyle and I.
"I wanna color too!,"he cheered. He scribbled blue crayon in Kyle's Necronomicon. I gasped.
"No Chum Chum! It's not a coloring book!,"I shouted. Kyle snatched my side of the book and closed it shut.

"You IDIOTS!,"he yelled,"YOU'VE RUINED OUR LUNCH!" The bell rang for recess. Kyle grabbed my hand.
"Come now, Rima," he said,"Away from these fools." Fanboy and Chum Chum exchanged confused looks, but they went on to play. Kyle and I walked to the swings and sat down to talk.

"So...,"I started while I lightly swang,"You and I sorta need to talk."
"Yeah, right,"he replied,"About what I said this morning." I looked over at him.

"Kyle, you know if you don't like me, then you can just-"

"No,"he said,"Don't say that." A frizbe hit my foot. Yo ran over and picked it up.

"Oh, sorry Rima,"she smiled. She skipped away. Kyle stood up.
"Let's talk in a more, private area,"he suggested. I followed him to a tree in the corner of the playground. We sat behind it.

"Look,"he started,"Rima, I don't know how to say this." I bit my lower lip. For some reason, my stomach hurt a little. I already knew what he was going to say. I stood up.

"You don't have to say any more," I sniffed,"I know you don't like me Kyle." He grabbed my hand and pulled me down before I could leave.

"NO!,"he shouted,"DON'T LEAVE! I...I-" Then he kissed me. His lips, pressed against mine. My eyes grew ten times it's normal size. I had butterflies in my stomach. It was too much for me to handle. I pushed him away and caught my breath.

"KYLE!,"I shouted,"Please, warn me next time!" His face was red with a worried look.
"Please excuse my barbaric behavior...,"he mumbled. I giggled.

"Barbaric?,"I laughed. He laughed with me. I think we both felt releaved. We had FINALLY got our feelings for eachother out.
I leaned my head on his shoulder. He held me close to him and we sat there. Quietly. I had never been in love with someone before, but I was so glad I was with him. He looked down at me.

"Rima?,"he started.
"Kyle?,"I replied. He smiled.

"Since I like you, and you like me...are we sorta, kinda-"
"Together?"
"Yeah, that."
"I guess it's only right," I laughed. He moved his face closer to mine.

"Can I...kiss you, again?,"he asked. I sat up and the butterflies came back. I nodded. Slowly, he made his way closer to me,
like in those movies. We closed our eyes and held on to eachother's hand. He kissed me softly while the rest of him pulled me closer. I kissed him back. In the distance, I heardthe bell ring, but we didn't bother to move. I felt dizzy, as if I was going to fall. I wrapped my arms around his neck and pulled him down with me, my head hitting all the red and orange fallen leaves. I heard footsteps coming over to where we were. Then, they stopped.

"AHHHHHHHHHHHHH!,"Someone screamed. Kyle and I pulled away from eachother. I looked up from the floor and saw Fanboy and Chum Chum. Kyle quickly stood up from being on top of me and dusted off his clothes. Then he helped me up.
"WHAT IN THE NAME OF MAN ARCTICA IS GOING ON BACK HERE?,"Fanboy shouted. I hid behind my hair.

"Nothing!,"Kyle replied. Chum Chum giggled.

"You and Rima were...kissing,"he smiled. Fanboy giggled with him. I flushed. Kyle picked up his book and grabbed my hand.

"Come on, Rima,"he growled,"Let's go to class!" He dragged me into the building. We had French with Ms. Olive. I still felt a little embarassed that the boys has caught us "in the moment". We walked in the room and the class smiled at us. THE ENTIRE ROOM! I hid behind my hair. When I looked down, I noticed we were still holding hands. I let go and stuffed my hand in my sweater pocket. There were only four seats left in the front row. Kyle and I sat next to eachother. Fanboy and Chum Chum walked in after us.

"Ah, look,"Fanboy smiled,"The lovley couple." He pointed at both of us. The class giggled. I shot my head up from my hair.
"Guys, STOP!," I whispered,"Sit down!" Ms. Olive directed them to a seat.

"Okay class, let's learn some French!" She passed out papers. We had to get into groups of four and act out the story handed to us. All of the were in French. Kyle and I were paired up with Fanboy and Chum Chum since we were all in the front row.

"LOOK!,"Chum Chum smiled,"Our group got a romantic story!" I read the paper myself.
"No,"I replied,"It says the senerio is asking someone for directions to a bathroom." Kyle laughed. I laughed with him. They boys pouted.

"Well, French is a romance language,"Fanboy added. Kyle rolled his eyes.
"The wash room is anything BUT romantic,"he laughed.

"Okay class!," the teacher said,"You have one week to work with your group on the acting project!" With that, the final bell rang. We grabbed our bags and headed for the door.

"Shouldn't I walk you home?," Kyle asked. I smiled.
"Only if you want to," I replied,"I mean, you are my...boyfriend."My heart sank when I said that. His face was slightly pink too. We match our fingers together and held hands. We walked doen the street together, happily. We joked and laughed. I was soo happy and so was he. When we finally reached my house, Kyle walked me up my stairs.

"Thanks for walking me home,"I said.
"It was nothing,"he replied,"It's what boyfriends do...for their girlfriends." I blushed.

"Well?," I started.
"Well?," he replied. We both knew what was supposed to happen. I hugged him and giggled over our nerves. He laughed too.

"Kyle,"I whispered in his ear,"I, I love you."
"I love you too," he replied. I kissed his shoulder and he kissed mine. We looked up at eachother and closed our eyes as our lips touched. He pulled away slowly as we opened our eyes.

"Your green eyes,"he smiled,"It's one thing I love about you." He quickly kissed me one more time before walking down the stairs onto the sidewalk. I noticed someone walking down the sidewalk, but I couldn't see.

"See you tomorrow, Rima!,"Kyle waved,"I love you!" I waved back.
"I love you too!," I replied. I heard loud footsteps. The person I saw walking down the sidewalk was getting closer, FAST! Kyle turned around and gasped.

"BOOG!," he yelled. I gasped too.
"Come on Kyle!," I shouted. I pulled him into my house and locked the door. Boog laughed.

"I"m not goin' ANYWHERE!,"he said. Kyle held me close.

"Aren't your parents home?,"he asked. I shook my head.

"They work late..." We swallowed down hard.

A perfect day, ruined by a blonde haired giant!