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Maddie
He grabbed ahold of my hand and dragged me inside the janitor room, I would’ve said something but the look on his face told me it was something important. “Maddie, I’ll be honest. I’ve never had a crush on Lola in the first place.” What? What is he saying right now? I know he can’t be serious…right? It’s been a month already, the contract is over. Now he’s saying that he never actually loved the girl that he did all of this for. “What are you saying? Of course you do.” I said. He’s lying, bluffing. Please don’t say what I think you’re going to say, because I don’t think I’d be able to control myself.
Dave
I probably look so terrible right now. But I genuinely need to tell her right now or else I think I might die. “I don’t, not at all.” She looked at me with her nose pinched and her eyebrows raised, she seriously doesn’t believe what I’m saying at all. I don’t blame her, why would anyone pretend they’re in love with someone else for another person. It’s dumb and irrational and-“It’s you.”
Maddie
What do I even say to that? I understand what he means, but…how? I pinch my cheek and he is immediately shocked by that. I just don’t understand how someone like him would feel that way for me. It’s something I’ve yearned for. But I’ve tried so many times for it and now the word has slowly lost its meaning, But every second with Dave has made me remember the definition of love.
When he shouts out my name, when he comforts me and asks if I’m okay. When he always takes the fall for things he didn’t even do. When he was close to my neck and talking to me.
I’ve had butterflies in my stomach, which I forgot was possible but I only figured out it was when he took me to the amusement park. I thought all the fairytale love stuff was just a bunch of crap that the hopelessly naive people wanted us to believe. But when I felt that spark when he laughed for the first time, ohhh god I was in trouble.
How long have I been shoving this feeling down into the deepest darkest corner of my heart, pretending it doesn’t exist? After a long eternity of silence, I could tell he was growing nervous. So I said “Me too. Yeah, um…you. It’s you.”
Dave
I lean towards her and place my hands on her shoulders. I’ll be honest when I say that I have no idea what I’m doing. All I know, really, is that me and her both needs this right now. I always thought of love as those cheesy hallmark movies where the main characters are sucking each other face 24/7. But with Maddie, it’s something else. It’s mutual understanding and respect for one another. It’s not saying it out loud and moaning each other's name. It’s standing next to each other and laughing with her.
As I lean in closer and closer towards her, I feel her breath on her face. She squeezes my shoulders and that’s when I know I should go for it. I’m not experienced for this, she’s my first. I don’t even know if my breath smells good right now. I’m getting all of these second thoughts but when I look into her eyes, everything seems like it’s going to be okay.
I kissed her.
It was just a short peck on the lips.
Then it turned into another peck.
Just to make sure it was real, I kissed her for the third time.