A Walk to Remember

            This was ridiculous! I was standing here, dreading the very thought of walking up those stairs to meet his luscious gaze. I should be celebrating not shaking uncontrollably! Get a hold of yourself! Pause. Breathe. Walk. Every step felt like a nightmare. The hallway seemed to continue on forever. There would be no light at the end of the tunnel for me.

            There he was.

            My memory had not done him justice. He was so, un-humanly beautiful. Everything about him. The way his maple brown hair scattered across his head, his penetrating blue eyes that sparked pools of thought into my mind, the fashion in which his shirt clung to his well muscled chest. I struggled to keep my jaw from giving into gravity. I was mesmerized. And he knew it.

            I glimpsed at K.K. sitting next to him. She gave me and oh-my-god-where-have-you-been look, so I played it cool with casual, unimportant talk. After a few exchanges of, ’I didn’t do my social studies homework’s and ‘I forgot to study for the science test’s, I limply fell against the lockers. Right when I’d just about buried my nose into my book, I heard his velvet voice. “Would you like to take a walk?” I looked up to see him standing above me, with his hand outstretched towards me.

            Thump. That was hardly fair. I’m sure he could hear my heart pounding in my chest. I simply nodded, took his hand and scrambled to my feet. I took one last look at K.K. who smiled. I flashed her a quick smile and then returned to walk beside him.

            His silent glide was incomparable to my scrawny stumble. We walked towards the stairwell in silence. Angela flashed me a smile, she seemed to know exactly what was happening, though I told her nothing. “Is outside ok?” he called.