The First Time

Emma’s POV

After I gave Zack a kiss on the cheek, I felt really great. I started to feel like to like the old me before the quiet and shy Emma came up. I’m still going to be quiet Emma, but not with Zack. Zack might be the exception. I feel comfortable with him. I feel safe around him and my feelings for him are beginning to tremble again.

The last period ended and the bell rang. School was over. I went out of class and that is when I found Zack waiting in front of the door, the first guy to have ever made me feel free and comfortable. I was quite surprised because I thought that he would think that I’m being weird after the kiss.

“So, I was thinking, “The Winter’s Tale” is coming up and maybe if we finish painting the props early, we might be free. Let the other two guys do the rest of the painting. So, do you want to stay late and paint?” Zack asked.

“Yes, I would, but I have to call Joe so that he doesn’t have to pick me up. Is it okay if you wait for awhile?” I replied

“Yeah, sure.” Zack smiled

I called Joe and told him not to pick me up. He offered to pick me up at 7 pm, but I said no. I don’t like bothering him from his homework or other stuff. He’s really serious in getting a degree. I thought I could just walk home. It wasn’t that far anyways.

“Shall we go?” Zack asked.

“Okay, I’m ready. Let’s go.” I replied.

We went to the theater and saw Ms. Blanchard with the lucky students who got the role. A really good folk song was playing. It was really soothing. We asked permission to paint and she agreed to let us paint. Zack’s plan was working. I started to tie my hair up and we both put our aprons on.

We started to paint the rest of the well, which was not painted. We both just wanted to get the well over with and start with the cottage. When the well was finally done, we dried it off and put it away from the other props. We both looked like a complete mess. We opened other colors of paint cans for the cottage and we started painting. I was sad, we weren’t talking much, but then again, the goal was to finish painting so that I can get closer to him when I have the time.

When I really thought we both weren’t ever going to be talking, Zack poked me and said, “Hey Em, You have something on your face.” He was holding his brush and he stroked a yellow paint on my nose. “God, it smells horrible!” I replied while laughing.

We stopped laughing and I wanted payback so, when we were back to being serious, I stroked orange paint on Zack’s muscular upper arm. Zack was surprised. He started to squish his brush to my arms and I had yellow spots on my arm. I did the exact same thing with blue paint to Zack’s shirt and face. We were laughing really loud and we both started to scream and stuff. I’ve never had this much fun before in my entire life.

When things were getting much more serious than squishing paint, Zack moved closer to me. We were facing each other. I was really nervous. We were standing really close. I felt his warmth. It was a weird moment for me. He leaned in closer and we were millimeters apart. I could feel my heart beating faster. I was so closed from being kissed when Ms. Blanchard came in the room.

“Mr. Merrick? Ms. Kavanaugh? What are you doing?”

We moved apart and I couldn’t feel the tension between us anymore.

“Nothing.” We said together

“Well, I hope you can clean up this mess you both made. You have to be grateful your well is still in good condition. Look at the cottage! It’s a big mess! Fix it!”

“Yes, ma’am.” We said.

We cleaned the paint and washed our faces and hands. It was an awkward moment for the both of us.

“We should continue the cottage tomorrow.” I said. “For now, let’s just go home. You look tired. You should get some rest”

“Okay, then.” Zack Replied

Notes

Hi again. So, tension is finally getting to Emma and Zack and I am really excited to start making the next chapters. To the ATL and Zack fans who like this fanfic, thank you and I hope that you like what I have in store for you guys. To other fans who doesn't like this fanfic, I am sorry for wasting your time. I would also apologize for bad grammar or spelling. If you have any tips for me, just comment below and I'll be happy to apply it in my writing. Please rate/comment/suscribe.

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