That beautiful May afternoon, I remember it so vividly, when Bryce and I sat in that grass, covering up the hole where the newly sycamore tree lay. Feeling the warm sun beating down on us, to feeling the cold grainy dirt, next to my Bryce, who smiled at me a few times. His hair shined just like the sun, and his eyes sparkled each time I looked into them. I remember the way I felt, hopeful and happy. It felt as though I was back to those first feelings of love towards Bryce, the way my stomach would have butterflies when I would see him, and how I held my breath when he smiled. Almost as if we have never had any disagreements, and we just met for the first time.
Felt as if we were in a dream.
I wondered how on Earth, that the past few days I wanted nothing to do with him.
A few days had passed since we planned that tree, and we had been nearing the end of the school year. I spaced out at my locker as I thought of that moment. It had been replaying in my head over and over, and I couldn't think of anything else more important to think about.
I snapped back to reality and started to pick up the books I needed for my next class when suddenly I felt someone tap my shoulder, and I turned around. To my surprise it was Bryce.
"Bryce, hi," I said, happy to see him. He smelled of cologne, I wondered why.
"Hi Juli, you look," he paused, "beautiful as always."
The butterflies in my stomach fluttered, and I nervously chuckled, but smiled back at him. His gorgeous blond hair fell perfectly with his smile, and his eyes, oh his eyes. Something in those eyes made my heart skip a beat.
"I was thinking we could hang out again, maybe later tonight?" Bryce asked.
"Sure, what did you have in mind?" I questioned.
"Maybe hanging at my house?" Bryce suggested. "I also have a bit of a surprise for you."
"Oh," I said, already guilty of this surprise he was going to give to me. He's too sweet, I haven't even gave him anything, and he's already giving me surprises just like that sycamore tree.
"Why do u sound disappointed," Bryce asked, now sounding hurt.
"No no, I'm not I just-" I struggled to find the right words, there was so much I wanted to say. I wished the whole noise of the busy hallway went away so I could have a quiet moment with him.
"I feel guilty, that I haven't gotten you anything" I paused again. "And here you are here giving me surprises."
"It's nothing to feel guilty about, trust me," he assured and gave me a bit of a smile.
God I loved it when he smiled.
"I guess I'm gonna have to," I said.
"So how does 6 sound?" He asked.
"Oh, actually-" I tried to explain, but he interrupted me.
"You'd be eating dinner around that time, right?" He guessed, "So how does 6:30 sound?"
Without a doubt, he read my mind completely, and he must've noticed cause my mouth must've stayed open long enough for him to catch on.
"6:30 sounds great," I smiled.
"Sweet," he said and checked his watch. "Oh shoot I'm running late to class."
Then all of a sudden, instead of just saying goodbye and leaving, he leaned in and gave me a kiss on the cheek. As he pulled away both of us kind of stared at each other for a second, unsure of what to say. For some odd reason, it reminded me of when I pulled away from him the first time he tried to kiss me, and I think he really didn't fully recover from that. Somehow, I was confident at that moment to leave, but now recently, everything that Bryce had been doing and how sweet he has been made me want to go back to that moment in time and kiss him. I had a feeling, that maybe he knew that I wasn't ready for the kiss. The kiss that I would've been ready for years back, but now that all the old feelings are coming back, and the fact that he liked me back this time made it a lot more complicated. Back then it was just a crush and now, well now it's something more serious.
After those brief moments of silence, he grew a big smile, and so did I back. Yet, it wasn't a nervous smile that he was known to give, but more so an excited smile, knowing he had gotten a little closer to finally kissing me.
I could feel the eyes in the room staring at us, yet neither one of us even bothered to look around.
"so 6:30 then, I'll be looking forward to it." he paused and nodded, "see ya then!" he said rushing off.
"Bye!" I yelled through the halls waving him goodbye, but no one paid any attention to me yelling, but more attention to Bryce running past them.
I watched him as he ran weaving in and out between the students, and I couldn't help myself from smiling.
I think this is the happiest I've ever been.
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Flipped
Romance(continued story to what happened after Flipped ended and how Juli and Bryce's relationship will continue, as well as other storylines that were left open for interpretation)
