I wake up and look around. I'm in my room. It's dark and I'm lying on top of the covers in my pajamas. What happened? I don't remember getting here.

I turn my head and read the time on the clock on my nightstand. 8:11 p.m. Why am I already in bed? I sit up, swing my legs over the side of the bed and go downstairs. I squint as the bright light hits me. Lee and May are on the couch watching T.V. as usual, but they shout in surprise when they see me.

"Marie!" May yells and throws her arms around me in a hug.

"How are you feeling?" Lee asks with a concerned expression on her face.

"Uh…fine?" I reply. Seriously, what happened to me?

My mom hears us talking and comes rushing into the room, pushing Lee and May aside. "Marie!" she yells just as May had. After giving me a bone-crushing hug, she inspects me. She puts her hand to my forehead to check for a fever, pushes up my eyelids to get a good look at my eyes, and asks me how I am.

"Mom, I feel perfectly fine. I just don't understand what happened to me."

A worried look flashes through her eyes, probably thinking that I've got amnesia or something. "You fainted, sweetie," she tells me, and at that moment it all came back to me.

Holy crap! Double D and I had kissed! An actual, consensual kiss! The last thing I remember is seeing him smile, which means…Oh god. How embarrassing! I fainted right in front of him after our first kiss! I feel my face flush as I think of this, and again my mom feels my forehead. I gently bat her hand away. "Really mom, I'm fine," I assure her. Now time for the dreaded question. "But how did I get here?"

She smiles softly, but in a strange way. "Some boy named Edmund brought you here."

"Eddward," Lee corrected, smiling knowingly at me. She raises her eyebrows and gives me a look that just screams 'What were you doing?'

"Yes, Eddward," Mom repeats. "He said you two went for a walk and you suddenly fainted. He carried you all the way here! I don't know how…the poor kid looked pretty scrawny. Anyways, he was really worried about you."

She hands me a small piece of paper. "He left his phone number because he wanted to know how you were doing. Since you're awake, you should give him a call and put him at ease."

I leave my family in the living room and go back upstairs. I walk into my mom's room and grab the cordless phone. Taking it back to my room and shutting the door, I sit on my bed and stare at Double D's phone number. I couldn't help but be nervous. After all, I just fainted after having my first real kiss! God, I feel so stupid.

It's strange, the whole thing feels unreal. I wonder for a while whether I'm dreaming or not right now. The guy I've been after since I was twelve has said he loves me, and he even kissed me! It seems too good to be true. Please, please don't let this be a dream. I feel silly for wondering, but I have to make sure. I reach for the lamp on my nightstand and touch the light bulb. I quickly jerk my hand away because the heat scorched my fingertips. Despite the burning sensation, I smile. It's real. Double D really loves me. We really kissed.

Feeling confident, I punch in the numbers on the paper into the phone. As I wait for it to start ringing my breathing speeds up, but I try to keep calm. The phone gets picked up after only one ring.

"Hello?" Double D sounds anxious.

"Hey," I answer him.

"Marie? Oh thank goodness," he breathes out a sigh of relief. "How are you feeling?"

"Fine, really. I wanted to thank you for bringing me home," I say, then laugh lightly. "I must've been pretty heavy."

He chuckles. "You weren't."

"Good," I smile to myself. "I'm, uh, sorry for fainting. That was pretty lame. I guess I just felt overwhelmed or something."

"It's quite alright. I was extremely nervous, too. I'm just glad I didn't faint as well, we'd probably both still be lying in the clearing unconscious!"

We laugh together. I feel a lot better knowing that it wasn't just me who was a nervous wreck.

There's a long pause over the phone as we just listen to each other breathing.

"I think it's best if you rest for a little while longer," Double D says, breaking the silence. "I'll leave you to recover from your fainting spell."

I sigh over the phone. I really don't want to hang up, but he's right. "Okay, Double D. Thanks again for helping me."

"Of course. You're welcome."

"I'll see you later," I say reluctantly. I'm about to press the button to hang up.

"Marie?"

I hear him just in time. "Yeah?" I answer.

"I love you."

Immediately I break into a grin. "I love you, too."

I end the call with a beep and let out a content sigh. I lie back on my bed and bury my face in my pillow. I love life right now. This has been the best day I've ever had.

I get up after a few minutes to return the phone to my mom's room. As I enter I see her sitting on her bed painting her nails red.

"Hey mom," I greet, placing the phone back on its cradle to recharge.

I'm about to leave, when she calls my name. I turn around and she pats the bed so I'll sit next to her. Confused, I gently sit next to her. She finishes painting her thumbnail and puts the bottle of polish on her dresser. She blows on her nails to make them dry faster and slightly turns her body towards me. "Marie, I know what I've told you before about men, but…" she smiles tenderly at me. "They're not all bad. I realized that today."

"Me too, Mom," I reply grinning. "I realized some men are wonderful."

Hope you liked it!

There will probably be one more chapter after this, though it might take me two.

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And I know that chapter five was pretty sappy, but I was in a sappy kinda mood! Lol, I guess it affected my writing. Anyways, thanks to everyone! :D