I Thought I Came First

Recap

Andrews POV

"Marcia, can I ask you something?" I blurted out without thinking.

"Yeah, sure. What's up?" She turned toward me, her gaze soft and relaxed.

I felt a knot tighten in my stomach. I wasn't sure what to say. As I looked at her, my mind went blank. All I could focus on was her—nothing else seemed to matter.

In a moment of panic, I blurted out the most awkward question possible. "What do you think of me? Like, in what way?" Instantly, I regretted it. I probably made her uncomfortable. I wouldn't blame her if she just got up and walked away. But she just looked at me and smiled.

"Well, to be honest, I'm not sure," she said, her gaze drifting toward the ocean.

I was at a loss for words, just staring at her. "What do you mean?" I asked, struggling to process my thoughts.

"Well, before everything that happened in July, I liked you. I had this awful dream where it felt like you were leading me on," she said, her eyes shifting back to the ocean. "I just don't know if that will happen."

"Marcia, I wouldn't lead you on. I'm practically in love with you," I said, taking her hand in mine and urging her to look at me. "Whatever happened in your dream didn't happen here, and it won't. I would never do that to you."

"I—" She looked down at our joined hands, hesitating. "Andrew, I just don't know. Give me time—"

She paused, her cheeks flushing pink as she turned away. "Did you say you were in love with me?"

"Yeah, I've loved you for a while, Marcia. I just wasn't sure how you felt," I said, smiling slightly.

As the sun dipped below the horizon and the sand grew colder, she looked at me, ready to respond, but then hesitated.

Marcia's POV:

He likes me?!

Wait, he said he's in love with me. I'm so confused. I don't know what to say or how to react. He's holding my hand, and I'm at a loss. Is this why he's been spending so much time with me? Andrew likes me? I'm overwhelmed. Maybe the aftermath of a dream leads to these moments. I'm just not sure if it's all right. It feels beautiful. I guess I should tell him how I feel.

How do I respond to this? Why can't someone just tell me what to do? Should I open up to him or leave things as they are? What should I do?

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Hii so I've edited the ending of "Second Choice" as you can see above, I hope it's a bit better than before and from now on the points of view are mostly in a third person rather than one or the other, it just felt odd to keep switching, that and I'm lazy. 

Anyways, thank you for reading! The next chapter is out at the same time as this one, the ones after that come out every Saturday, they're finished and have a schedule! Organized right? I will be occasionally be editing these chapters maybe even changing a few of the last couple chapters, hopefully before they're set to publish, so they flow better than what was previously written. 

That's all, enjoy reading! Thank you!