Chapter 88

He halted but didn't turn. So I ran up to him and stood in front of him. His eyes for some reason were glossy too. Why? He shouldn't have been affected. I don't mean anything to him. "Don't I get a farewell gift?" I asked. He kept looking at me in confusion. "I'm sorry" I said before standing up on my toe to place my lips softly against his. He froze but didn't push me away. I closed my eyes and savoured the feel of it. My first kiss, it had to be him. I will have no one else have it. It was his. "I love you" I whispered one final time before sprinting away towards the forest. My entire being was yelling at me to look back, to run back to him but I kept moving ahead. That was the last time I saw him that day, that month, that year and it will be years before i see him again........Houston Wood, my first love. _____________________________ 4 years later: "May