It was the same day as any other, but once I saw him everything changed. I couldn't explain it even if I tried, something was just different about him. Special.
He didn't look like the same old Drake that I've known since childhood. He looked . . . cute. He looked hot and sexy too, but the thoughts were too weird to process. His light blue eyes and smile sent glorious shivers down my spine.
Was this what if felt like to be in love? Did I love Drake? My best friend? The person I shared everything with? What if I did and I told him but he didn't like me back? Would we still remain friends? But what of he did love me? Would he tell me? Would he feel just as scared about it as I did now?

"Hello, are you in there?" Drake said, waving his hand in front of my face.

I blinked and shook my head.

"You've been dazing off like that for days now. Is something wrong?" He asked.

"No, nothings wrong. I just haven't been getting a lot of sleep lately," I lied.

The rest of the school day involved me drawing and thinking about Drake. What was I going to do? It's been a week now since I found out about my true feelings. How could I go up to him and say "Hey I'm in love with you"?
I cringed. There was no way I was going to tell him like that! The bell rang for lunch and my stomach sank. I was going to see him. We were going to sit next to each other at a cafeteria table, alone. Could I tell him now? I shook my head. Not in the school's cafeteria. After school, as we walk home. Butterflies swarmed around in my stomach at the frightening thought.
I was going to tell him after school.

"What are you going to do after school?" Drake asked as he took a giant bite out of his hamburger.

Panic coursed through my veins when he said the words "after school." I was scared and unsure of how to tell him my feelings. Would I even be able to tell him?

"I'm not sure," I said to him and to myself.


When the last bell of the day rang my heart stopped beating and my stomach hurt with nervousness. I bit my lip and gathered my things to meet Drake in front of the school. I still had no idea how I was going to tell him. And I had no idea what his reaction was going to be. Would he laugh? Would he dismiss me? Would we still be friends after the whole thing is done and over with, out in the open? My hands shook as I walked down the front steps of the school. My heart shored once I saw his figure leaning against a tree. He looked cool and calm. The total opposite of me.
I smiled brightly when I made it over to him. He smiled back and my heart skipped a beat. We walked in silence until I sucked in a deep shaky, nervous breath and said three words.

"I love you."

Drake stopped in his tracks and I stared down at the sidewalk, waiting for him to laugh. But when he didn't I looked up. Drake was staring up at the sky. And I noticed that his eyes and the sky were the same shade.

"I love you too," he whispered.

Drake looked back down at me. We stared into each others eyes until Drake pulled me into him and kissed me. Long and deep. Gentle and sweet.
That kiss meant something that day.
A few years later we got married and later on we had kids.
That day that kiss meant forever.