Chapter 43: Chapter 43

I slipped into my window better than I slipped out. Disappointment bubbled in my chest, but I understood what he said. Who was his mom anyway? Why haven't we seen her yet? And most importantly, who was she obsessed with?

All my questions vanished as I remembered what happened earlier... I snuck into his house, through his bed room window, and we kissed!!! My excitement drummed in my veins. I was too excited I shot up from the bed. Oh my God, oh my goodness!!! It happened. It happened! I screamed internally. It hard not to jump up and down like I was high on something, but for the sake of the sleeping country, I managed a berserk head shake.

I had to tell someone or I would go crazy. The number one on my list was Dawn, I had missed her so much and I hadn't written anything in her for weeks. Suddenly I felt guilty.

"Dear Dawn,

I'm so sorry for ditching you... You see, my crush... I mean THE Joseph Wilson, and I have been having swell times together. We had ice cream together, went on a movie date, though bad guys wanted to ruin it by showing up.. he fought them and saved the day like a super hero! Later, I snuck into uis room through his window, like he did while I was sick. And finally for the fun part... We had our first kiss." As I wrote that part, I blushed so hard I thought my head would blow off from being too hot.

I swung my legs off the bed and went to my phone. I had to tell the girls. But it was too late... I couldn't even wait till morning. Oh! What do I do? I asked myself as I sat by on the floor by my reading table.

I send a quick text to my friends, telling them to meet me in my house immediately they see the sun rise.

My finger idly rested on the phone screen until an idea came to me.

"What happens after a kiss?" I typed into Google.

I saw many comments and articles on it. Clicking on the first one that started with,

"Oh, young love, that's the sweetest thing ever. Usually after a first kiss between two individuals, it's supposed to be a relationship.

But if it's not young love and not a relationship? I'm seeing crazy one night stands in their future.._

I stopped reading it there. What did they mean by that? They knew nothing. My back comfortably rested on the bed as the memories played in my head.

"What's this? You ask to meet by sun rise and you are still sleeping?" I heard Sophie's voice say.

I jolted up instantly. Picking up my glasses I put it on my nose, the scene came to live, I say my best friends well now.

"Good morning girls!" I say too excitedly.

"We will be having breakfast in a few, if you want to join us, clean up and come downstairs."

I have never had a more hurried bath.

The pancakes were just downed with strawberry juice when my friends and I decided to go back to my room.

"Joseph Wilson kissed me!! I kissed him!!! We kissed!!" I say hurriedly.

They stared at me for a second before bursting into questions.

"Oh my God, I never thought a day would come when Carolyn would call us to her house for something better than her physics test or one of her AP classes." Sophie commented when I narrated the whole story, excluding the part about his mom, he trusted me with that.

"I can't believe she jumped windows." Andrina said looking at the distance between the two windows.

I looked at his window, it was shut tight. His curtains drawn. I felt sad for some reason.

"What's the next step?" I ask to remove my mind from there.

"Well, it's obvious at this point that he likes you... He kissed you first. So.. your very first relationship is on its way." Sophie announced like one of those weather news journalists.

We all squealed.

"Come Monday... She would have a boyfriend." Andrina said.

Monday came, I was too excited to sleep last night. I stayed up all night arranging my clothes. I had to look perfect for when he would ask me to be his girlfriend.

I squealed into my pillow. I will be his girlfriend!!! Not Debbie! Me!!!!

I took two cups of hot chocolate that morning for good luck.

"Well some one is excited," mom noticed.

"Oh mother... How do I tell you this? My life will change forever today... I won't come back from school the same." I say too excited.

She looked at me in confusion.

Before I could explain, I hear the honk of Andrina's car. I picked a single banana from the table, waved her good bye and left.

"Hey girls!!" I say excitedly.

"You look like you didn't sleep at all." Andrina noticed.

I nodded, "yeah, the nerves and the excitement made it difficult."

They laughed before she started to drive off, I looked at their driveway. Lucy's car sat in the driveway, meaning he was still home. I'd get to see him in school today.

Andrina hadn't even parked the car properly before I zoomed off into the school building.

I sat in my seat waiting for him to come. I didn't know what to do so I opted for natural.

The class began filling up, my eyes trained on the door, waiting for one person. And that one person showed up. Even with a band aid across his right eye brow, he looked beautiful.

My heart started to race. My palms sweaty. My eyes went to his lips, and I lost all sense of reasoning. I ran to him.

Smiling at him.

He looked at me with cold dead eyes. I shivered when it rested on me..

"I was... I was waiting for you." I managed to say.

He stared at me for a second before walking past me. I blinked in confusion.

"What was that?" Andrina asked as I walked back to my seat.

What do I say? His eyes from yesterday was hot melted chocolate.. today... It was like steel.

"I don't know."