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I stand at my bedroom door horrified.
"POPPY!!! WHAT ARE YOU DOING!!!" I blush so hard and dash onto the ground to pick up all my stuff. Then I feel two arms wrap around my neck...
"You. Really. Do. Care" Poppy sobs. I wrap my arms around her giving her a big hug.
"Of course I care, Poppy" I pull her away and smile, then go back into a hug... "Why wouldn't I care... I mean, your Poppy!" I smile as she pulls me into a tighter hug, and lets out a big sigh.
"I just thought I was crazy..." She responds... "I thought it was all only a dream... I never believed you really liked me..." her voice sad but happy... "Branch" she adds.
"Yeah?" I answer.
"You are so sweet to say all those kind things about me... and your poems... they're beautiful!"
"Anything for you Poppy" It feels like time freezes because we just hold each other into a hug, not saying anything, for a while.
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We never really got to study, but it didn't matter, there was not anything to study for, I mean we aren't even in school anymore. But we did talk about life, work, love... It was great. We found out her dad started to date again, we laughed so hard, the lucky lady is Titina Slooopy XD, it was great.
Poppy fell asleep so I carry her to my bed and just stare at her beautiful face, admiring every little detail. Her eyes are the prettiest type of pink you ever do see. WOW! She is so pretty. Her lips are a light pink. And her hair, oh, it's so beautiful, her wavy pink hair is the color of BubbleGum, and it smells like coconuts and watermelon, she is just so beautiful.
As I am staring at Poppy, she groans and turns to fully face me, which makes me immediately blush a dark red.
"Hey" Poppy grumbles... I lean in so I can hear her more. She smiles at me a great big smile, eyes fluttering. "Dang... You are handsome" she smiles even bigger, but for some reason, my eyes aren't staring at her whole face, just at her lips.
I decide now is the right moment, so I cup her face and pull her into a deep kiss, her eyes burst open as she kisses back, every kiss more romantic than the others, I feel her tongue lick my teeth, they are like a wall, so I break down that wall and let her tongue find mine, she tastes like butterscotch, she smiles during the kiss, tickling my face as she pulls me onto the floor making me fall on my back, her on top of me, we roll around feeling passion. Our lips part as we catch our breath and roll onto our backs, panting, I realize that she messed up her hair, so I start to gently stroke it and stop to touch her lip with my finger.
"Wow!" she says "You must really love me" she smiles looking at my face, I laugh, and she giggles.
"Yes, I do..." I smile, our hands find each other and we start to hold our hands together, sometimes squeezing them to let each other know we are still there in the moment.