“Yes,” I say, still holding onto her hands because I’m afraid she’ll slip away.
“Wow,” she breathes. She looks down at her lap, at our intertwined hands. “I mean…wow. I didn’t think you felt that way about me.”
“How could you think that?” I bring her hand up to my lips and kiss her knuckles. “I’ve been pretty obvious about how I feel about you.”
She shrugs. “Yeah, but then you said you were going back home.”
“And I shouldn’t have said that. Because I’m not. I can’t leave you, not after I’ve totally fallen for you.”
She blushes and that cute grin comes back. “Okay,” she says, looking up at me through her eyelashes.
“Are you saying yes?” I ask.
She nods. “I’ll be your girlfriend.”
Warmth spreads through my entire body. I hadn’t realized how much I needed her to say those words until she did just now. Now I am complete. Now I am happy. Nothing else matters other than her and me and this very moment.
I take her face in my hands and bring her lips to mine. She smells like green apple shampoo, and she sighs a little as I kiss her, and it’s so adorable. I am so crazy about this girl.
Her hands slide up and around my neck and she holds me close. We’re on her bed, but I don’t try to take it any further. There will be plenty of time for that later.
For now, I want to take things slow, and get to know every single thing there is to know about my new girlfriend.
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End of Unplugged Summer
