The First Time

Emma’s POV

We continued to talk and walk, but we moved on to the fun and happy part. It was a nice chat.

“What’s your favorite song right now?” Zack asked me

“Uhm, remember when I came to your band practice?”

“Yeah?”

“I really like the second song you guys played. I’ve been singing it for days. It’s really deep and I don’t know why, but it gets me.”

“Therapy?”

“Pretty sure it is Therapy. Give me therapy, I’m a walking travesty!”I started to sing.

“Nice”

“Thanks”

He made me laugh and we walk even more. He makes the goofiest jokes and puns. Never thought someone so cool and quiet could be so funny.

On that night, he did something no one else could for a very long time. He made me happy. I haven’t been that happy and safe for a long time and I miss laughing. I really miss it.

We kept on walking. It was quite late, so we circled some blocks to go back to our houses. When we got closer to my house, he stopped and so I stopped. He said,

“Em, I need to tell you something. Just don’t say anything because I might act cool on the outside, but deep down I’m really nervous, so please hear me out.” He took a deep breath. “I really like you. From the first day I met you in Drama class, I was mesmerized by you even before you said a word. Then, I got to know you and things changed. I’ve never been head over heels over a girl before, but Emma Kavanaugh, you are the one. I know it doesn’t make sense, but what I’m trying to say is, I am falling in love for you.”

My eyes started to fill up with tears of joy. I started to smile. It was all super cliché and it looked liked those 80s romantic movies, but this was real and that made me very happy.

“Zack, I’ve been trying to tell you how I feel and because you confessed, I think I should do the same. Love has been something I’ve been avoiding for a very long time and it’s been hard for me because whenever I’m with you, my heart keeps telling me to just go for it. I’ve been scared, but I’m not anymore. I feel safe with you. You’re different Zack, you make me want to be a better person. Whenever I’m with you, I feel like I am finally free. You’re my first Zack and I thought that you should know that.”

He smiled and he got closer. He wiped the tears off and I could feel then tension and before I knew it, he kissed me. I kissed him back. My heart was beating so fast, the birds and butterflies in my tummy were flying around, and I couldn’t be happier.

It was a nice first kiss. It was the best time of my life.

We smiled and we walk back to my place. When we got there, I realized I didn’t bring my keys. How stupid of me.

“Uhm Zack, I forgot to bring my keys. I didn’t think about it before I jumped and now I’m locked outside”

He smiled and we both shared a little chuckle.

“You know, you can stay at my place. It’s not far from here.”

“Are you sure it’s okay?”

“Of course I’m sure. Come on!”

He walked and I caught up to him. The trip wasn’t long until we got to his house. He took his keys, opened the door and locked it again. We went upstairs to his room. I looked at the clock and the short hand was pointing to 2. We spent the last two hours walking and taking. It’s unusually like me to do that stuff, but I just didn’t care anymore because I was with Zack.

We were tired and we laid down on his bed. He hugged me and I fell asleep in his arms. It was nice.

At that moment, I felt safe. I’ve never felt this safe before. Like, I finally have someone other than my family. Someone worth trusting, someone I can love. It was truly the best thing that has ever happened in my entire life and Zack made it happen.

Notes

Hi, so uhm, I'll be posting 1-2 chapters every week. If I can I'll post more. School has been hell and it's really tiring so during this busy semester, I'll try to post weekly (Friday or Saturday). Anyways, I got some chapters coming out soon and I hope you'll like it. I apologize for grammar and spelling mistakes. To readers who like this story, thank you for reading it and to those who don't like this story I am truly sorry for wasting your time.

Have a nice week. :)