Girl. Love. Girl.

That night when I got home from work; I was feeling extremely tired.

It’d been such along day full of girls, and testing, and girls, and

work, and girls. I was just ready to head upstairs and pass out. But

when I shut the door, I felt my pocket vibrating. I checked the name

on my phone and groaned a little. ‘Ugh, not now Kyle.’ I said to

myself as I hit the view later button. I didn’t really feel like

talking right now.



When I walked out of the bathroom, now changed into my pj’s, I

started working on my homework. I must have drifted off to sleep

because it was almost 10:00pm when I got another text that woke me. I

usually fell asleep doing math homework. Soon, I started to become

annoyed at the beeping that was coming from my phone. ‘Kyle!’ I

said as I checked the phone again…only it wasn’t Kyle. It was Mya.



“Oh,” I breathed as I read the message.



“what are you doing?”



I couldn’t help but smile. She actually wanted to know what I was

doing. So I told her.



“homework. sounds fun huh? Lol”



“haha oh yeah, that’s the way to start a party!”



“lol so what are you doing?” Hey, I was curios too.



“just being bored out of my mind…want some company?”



My heart stopped for a moment. ‘She wants to come over?!

Why?!...wait, who cares!’



“ok. my mom is at work.”



‘Why did I just say that? She knows my mom’s not here her car is

gone! I’m such a dork!’



“cool, be there in a sec”



Instantly, I was not feeling tired at all. I started to put my books

away and ran downstairs to answer the door. Mya stood at the doorway

wearing a light purple tank top and VERY short white shorts. I

couldn’t stop myself from staring for a moment before I let her in.



“Nice pants,” she said, laughing a little.



I looked down and noticed I had on my Family Guy bottoms. ‘Doh!’ I

panicked to myself.



“Oh uh, haha, yeah well…it was laundry day.” I lied.



Mya just smiled and then said, “Right. So, what do you wanna do?”



“Movie?” I suggested while raising my hands.



“Okay,” Mya said, turning and walking upstairs.



“Where you going?”



“To your room. Can we watch it there? I like your bed remember?”

Mya didn’t even bother to wait for me to respond.



**********

It was after midnight when the movie ended. We watched The Blair Witch

Project and Mya had her eyes closed a lot towards the end of the

movie. It was so adorable how whenever there was a noise or one of the

people in the movie would scream, she’d freak out and grab my arm…

that part I didn’t mind so much.



“Taylor, why’d you make me watch that movie? Now I’m going to

have nightmares.” May asked as the credits rolled.



“Aw, I’m sorry,” I say laughing, “I didn’t know you didn’t

like scary movies.”



“No, I do,” she says laughing a little too, “it’s just I

don’t normally watch them before I go to sleep.”



“What are you talking about? That’s the best time to watch them!”

I reply smiling at the beautiful girl.



She frowns at me then yawns signaling she’s tired and ready to go to

sleep. I want her to stay, but I know that won’t happen, so I offer

her something that might make her feel a little more at ease.



“Well, since you’re scared now,” I say as she playfully pushes

me, “want me to walk you home?”



“Aw, you do care.” She says smiling at me.



“Yeah yeah,” I say looking away as I start to blush, “so yes or

no?”



“Well duh, you might even have to tuck me in.” She notes the even

deeper blush on my face and laughs. “I’m just saying that was a

pretty intense movie. It’s the least you could do for me. Pretty

please?” She bats her eyelashes at me and grabs my arm begging me to

say yes.



“Okay.” I say as we get out of my bed.



“Yes!” She says hopping out of the bed excitedly.



I start laughing and grab my shoes. We walk down stairs and out the

door making the “long” journey next door to her house. She unlocks

the door and we walk inside. It’s the first time I’ve been in her

house and walking in the dark was a little awkward to do. Luckily she

senses my bad navigational skills and grabs my hand to lead us to her

room. I can feel my breath catch in my throat as she interlaces our

fingers. ‘Breathe, Taylor…and don’t trip.’



“Sorry about the dark. If I turned on the lights, my mom and dad

would wake up.”



“It’s okay,” I say as we enter her room.



She turns the light on and I look around and smile at how “Mya” the

room was. The walls were a pale purple and everything was neatly put

away and organized. ‘Mmm, it smells so good in here.’



As I’m admiring my dream girl’s room, she smiles at me and sits on

her bed, motioning for me to join her.



“Cool room,” I say to her as I sit.



“Thanks,” she says laughing at my comment, “I’m kinda a neat-

freak.”



“Yeah, I can tell.” I say jokingly.



“Shut up,” she says laughing.



“So,” I say looking to the floor, then back up at Mya.



“So,” she says looking straight at me.



Seriously, if someone had a knife, they’d be able to cut the tension

that was starting to build at the given situation. There we were.

Alone. In her bedroom. Sitting on her bed. I didn’t know what to do.



“Well uh, I guess I’ll let you go to sleep now. See you later.”

As I get up to leave, she stands to and grabs my arm.



“Wait,” she says stepping closer to me, “what about tucking me

in?”



“You weren’t serious, were you?” I ask, trying to cover up my

nerves with a small laugh.



“Hey, a promise is a promise.” She says as a sly grin spread across

her lips.



I take a deep breathe, “O-okay then. Let’s get you in bed.” She

smiles and I can feel the heat rising in me. ‘Let’s get you in

bed?! Way to go Taylor, that’s not the lamest thing you could have

possibly said!’



She let’s go of my arm and takes her shoes off. Next, she pulls back

the covers and looks at me. I instantly look away, not wanting to make

eye contact because I know my face is red.



She giggles a little then says, “Okay Taylor, I was only kidding.

I’ll settle for a goodnight hug?”



I look at her and smile. ‘Of course I can do that.’ I say to myself

as she pulls me in for a hug. She wraps her arms around my neck and I

let mine settle at the small of her back.



Mya whispers a “Good night” in my ear then pulls back a little to

give me a small kiss on the cheek. My eyes close at the feel of her

lips on my face and I breathe deep.



I manage to say, “Night” as we finally pull apart. She let’s her

arm slide down my arm and for a brief but sensual moment our hands

touch.



She gets into bed and I turn off her light but not before I turn back

to wave and say goodbye. The walk home is one I’ll never forget. I

was relieved that it was a cool night out because it felt so good on

my heated cheeks.



‘Wow,’ I thought to myself as I walked upstairs, ‘what a night.’



When I get to my bed I lay awake thinking about how it was only going

to be Wednesday and so much had already happened this week. Suddenly

my mind drifted and I was out. The next day at school was sure to be a

one-of-a-kind day…but what else is new?