Holy crap. I've just reached my house when it hits me that the whole reason I started this reverse psychology stuff is about to happen. I run up to my room, throw my backpack in a corner, and begin freaking out. What if he says something I'm totally not prepared for? What if the plan really hasn't worked at all and he knows what I'm doing? Realizing that worrying isn't going to get me anywhere, I take a calming breath. It's 4:15, and Double D is going to be here at six o'clock. I've got some time.

I rush down the stairs and out the door, Lee and May not even bothering to question me. I begin picking up trash and random crap my sisters leave outside so that it'll appear cleaner. Knowing how much of a neat-freak he is, I don't want him to be repulsed by my living area. After it looks presentable and I've thrown the mess near the neighbor's trailer instead, I go to the bathroom. I'm all sweaty from cleaning the 'front yard', so I take a bath and decide to drop in some perfumed bath oil so I'll smell nice. As much as I'd like to stay and relax in the tub for a while, it's already 5:07. Hurriedly I dry off and dry my hair so that it looks like it did today in school. I can't have him thinking I did all this for him! I change back into the black tank top and green pants that I wore today and reapply my makeup. Not bad. I look kinda nice, but not so much that it looks like I tried too hard.

This is make it or break it, and I'm so nervous that I start sweating a little. I sit in front of the fan in my room so my perfumed skin won't be spoiled by sweat. Now it's 5:49, so he should be here any minute. I walk out the door of the trailer and sit on the steps. If he knocked on the door, Lee or May would get to it first and who knows what they'd do… So true to my word, I prevent my sisters from attacking him.

About five minutes later, I hear someone's footsteps approaching. My heart starts beating like crazy and I get nauseous. Keep calm, I tell myself. Soon Double D walks up to me, bathed in the orange glow of the sunset. He gives me a small nervous smile.

"Shall we go?"

"Yeah." I get up, dusting dirt off of my butt and join him at his side. "So are we going somewhere, or are we just wandering aimlessly?" I ask as we head out of the Park n' Flush.

He lets out a small laugh. "No, I plan on taking you somewhere."

I don't think he's gonna tell me where, so I just follow. I reflect on what he said. It's getting dark out and he's taking me…somewhere. If it were any other guy, I'd be a little freaked out. Of course, since it's Double D, I'm not worried. I doubt he has the mindset to harm me, and if he did I could easily take him on.

While we're walking, we don't say anything at all. So much for speaking. That's what he came to do. Suddenly his arm brushes mine and we look at each other. I can't hold in a blush, and as I look at him in the dim light, neither could he. He turns his reddening face away from me. I smile a little bit, he just looked so cute. I realize that we've been walking in the woods now, twisting and turning to avoid the trees.

Finally, we come to a clearing. I gasp slightly. This is the clearing. The one where I caught Double D talking to himself. I guess this must be his little private area, to get away from it all. He sits on the log, patting the space next to him inviting me to sit down. I comply, and again my heart starts beating fast as I notice that our bodies are about five inches apart from each other.

"Marie," he begins, startling me out of the silence we've shared the whole way here. I look up to meet his eyes and see that he looks just as nervous as I am. "Why, uh…why have you been avoiding me?" He asks.

I gulp, unsure how to answer him. I can't tell him the plan! "I've just…" I pause, nearly shaking with anxiety. "I've just come to a realization," I finish.

"What kind of realization?" His eyes are so deep and alluring. Now that I've looked into his eyes, it's like I can't look away.

"That…you'd never be with me," I manage to whisper, on the verge of tears. Telling him this is really making me look deep inside myself. I'm not lying, the reason I stopped attacking him really was because I thought he'd never be with me. I just happened to have an idea so that he would notice me.

"Oh," he says softly. He looks down, like he's sad or something.

"Yeah," I reply lamely, not sure how to continue the conversation.

"Well…I'm sorry for making you have that realization," he says, looking back up at me. I can tell he's using every ounce of his courage to have this talk.

A tear escapes my eye and I quickly brush it away before he can see.

"Marie, I should never have acted the way I did. I treated you like you were something horrible, something I couldn't stand. But I had every reason to! You forced yourself on me," he tells me, and I choke back a sob.

"Although, these past few days I've felt…empty." I snap my head up and look him dead in the eye as he says this to me. "When you didn't attack me as usual, it made me feel strange. It's as though…I missed you."

My eyes widen.

He runs his hand through his long hair. "I couldn't understand why it was that I wanted to be near you when I had just been trying to get away from you all those years. In just a few days my thoughts about you have completely changed," he lets out a long breath. "And now that I've taken the time to figure out my feelings…I think I'm in love with you, Marie."

I do nothing but stare at him stupidly. I mean, the love of my life had just admitted their feelings to me! What am I supposed to do? I open my mouth, but then close it. I really am at a loss for words, but Double D takes this the wrong way.

"I-I'm sorry. I don't blame you if you don't return my feelings; I have acted badly towards you. You can forget that I ever existed and go on with your life. I really am sorry, Marie," he apologizes and shifts around uncomfortably.

I gulp. "That's not it at all," I say quietly, and he seems shocked as I broke out of my long silence. "I just never thought that you'd ever look at me in a different light. I always thought you'd find someone better, like Nazz or someone," I say, and again tears threaten to fall from my eyes. Before I can say anything more, Double D speaks up.

"Oh, Marie. No one's better than you. I've just never gotten to talk to you, actually talk to you. There's so much more to you than I've ever thought," he smiles softly at me, melting my heart. This started out as just a plan to get him to notice me, but he actually had feelings for me and finally realized it! I start crying openly now, and he brushes my tears away.

"I just want to start over with you and get to know you for who you are, not what you've done. I really can't avoid it, I love you," he buries his face in my hair, and I'm so glad that I just washed it.

"Edd, I love you too," I whisper, wrapping my arms around him. The only thing I've ever really wanted in life is happening. This is really too much for me to handle.

"Marie," he whispers back. I've never heard him use my name so often and in such a pleasant tone. He puts his hand under my chin and tilts my head up. Slowly, he lowers his face towards mine and before I know it, our lips are touching.

Tenderly he kisses me, as gentle as possible. I've never felt so happy before, I could die right now. We continue, both unsure and innocent, neither of us having kissed before. After a while, we pull apart and gaze at each other for a long time.

He gives me a wide, happy smile with a perfect view of his adorable gap. My face heats up, my vision blurs, and suddenly I see black.

So there's chapter five! I'll probably update soon, I've been writing whenever I get a chance.

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