The Dream

A Chapter by Keirsten

I'm sitting on the banister on my porch. My mom and Keith are in the house making dinner. I can spell the tremendous scent of my mothers famous chicken parmesan. It's my favorite meal that she makes. I hear someone calling my name down the sandy street. I lean over to see who it is. As they got closer I could finally make out who it was. It's Justin. He's running towards me waving his hands. Once he got to my house he stopped to catch his breath.

I said " Hey! What's the rush?" He said "No rush. Just the most amazing waves. It's perfect for surfing, come on, we need to get to the beach." "Awesome! I will be right out I will go and get ready really quickly." I replied. I sprung off of the banister and ran inside. Keith stopped me as I was about to run up the stairs. "Hey, where are you going? Do you got a hot date?" he said jokingly. "No, I'm going to go surfing with Justin." I replied. "Oh okay. You seem to hang out with Justin a lot." he said "Well he is my best friend." Then before Keith could speak again I sprinted up the steps skipping one step each time.
I went into my room and put my surfing clothes then ran down stairs. I grabbed my surf board and ran outside to Justin. "Wow your fast." Justin commented. Then he looked at my surfboard. "Do you want me to carry that?" he offered. "No, I'm good for now." I said. He smiled at me and we started walking. The beach isn't that far away from where I live. On our way to the beach, Justin and I talked about random things.

Once we were about to step into the water Justin stopped me by grabbing my arm and turning me towards him. "Um, Lacie I need some advice." he said very seriously. "Okay, you know you can tell me anything." I said curiously. "Well," he started. Then he took a deep breath. "I really, really like this girl. I don't know how to talk to her without freaking out in my mind. She is amazingly beautiful and I love being around her. How would you approach the person that you really like?" he explained. "Well, Justin. It depends on who it is. I would just act normally around her and when you think the time is right then tell her. Is it Casey?" “No it's not. I've known this girl for a very long time." he said.

"Oh, God is it Kelsey?" he laughed and said " No, it's not" he paused and became serious and I think I knew what was coming next. "It's you Lacie." I paused. I was surprised. Well very surprised. I had a feeling that's what he was going to say. Then I said "Wow Justin. You like me? Why?" He was really serious which made him look really cute. He replied " You are the most beautiful person that I have ever seen and met. You are a great friend to me and I am grateful for that. All I wanted to know is if you would be my girlfriend. We can just try and if it doesn't work out, then I'm fine with that."

I could feel my self blushing. Lately, I've been debating with myself whether or not I liked Justin or not. I didn't want to because I knew that he would never like me as more than a friend. He interrupted my thinking and he said, "So?" he asked looking very innocent. "Honestly, Justin," I stopped to think for a second. I could see that Justin bracing himself for disappointment then I said, " I like you too. I didn't think that you would ever like me anymore than a friend. But yes, I would love to be your girlfriend." He smiled the biggest smile that I have ever seen on him. Then he hugged me and kissed my cheek. We held hands while we walked into the ocean. After that, my mom started to bang on my door.

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