If I Fell (On Hold)

If I Fell- Prologue-ish

"What, is Julia gonna cry now? Again?" David asked, sticking his lip out like he was sad. I just shoved him.

"I'm sorry, I didn't know having emotions was a crime these days," I stated, looking irritated.

"Oh, you know I love you," he said, giving me a quick hug.

"Yeah," I said, smiling, shrugging it off. Zoe looked like she was about to speak up when an announcement came through the lobby,

"Any flights departing between eleven and twelve, your shuttle is leaving in fifteen minutes," the voice said.

"Crap, that's me," I mumbled. "I've got to go get my bags, meet you guys back here in five," I said, turning around and making my way back up the stairs. I had just made it into my room and laid on the bed to take a five second breather when a knock came at my door. This made me start singing,

"Someone's knocking at the door! Somebody's ringing the bell! Won't you do me a favor, open the door, and let 'em iiiiin!" one of the lines from a Paul McCartney song. I heard the person on the other side of the door chuckle as I opened the door. It was Jake.

"Hey Jake, what's up?" I asked, turning back around to get my bags. I was kind of surprised to see him here, because guys weren't allowed on girl floors and vice versa. But that didn't stop our entire group of friends from sneaking up to David's room last night at two am to watch Avatar on the tv he had brought. Still, he was at risk of being caught. Jake cleared this throat and started,

"I wanted to do something before you left, because I've been wanting to for almost the entire time we've been here, and since you live in Maryland and I live in Jersey I didn't know if I'd ever see you again, and,"

"Jake!" I said, turning back around and cutting off his rambling fest. "What is it?" All of a sudden, he rushed over to me, gave me a huge hug, and pulled back, his arms still around my waist. We had some serious eye contact going on when he said,

"This," and leaned in and gave me a small peck on the lips. When he pulled back, he was smiling, and I'm sure there was a big goofy smile on my face as well. I leaned my head up against his chest, or as far up to his chest as my head would go against his huge body, and returned his hug. I looked back up at him and it appeared to me he was beginning to lean in for another kiss when someone in the hallway shouted,

"JULIA! Hurry up," which sent Jake scrambling underneath my bed. I sighed, the moment being ruined, but also couldn't help but laugh a little at the way Jake went running under the bed. I went to open the door, and found Zoe in the hallway, smiling at me.

"Hey, just so you know, you better hurry up cause Jake was looking for you and," she started, but I cut her off.

"Yeah, he's in here," I said, nodding towards my room. "Jake, its Zoe, come out," I said, behind my shoulder. Jake crawled out from underneath the bed and stood next to me, itching the back of his head.

"Umm, yeah, I'll see you two in a bit," he mumbled, walking out of my room and through the hallway. Zoe went into my room, sitting on the bed, and asked,

"What was that all about?" Zoe asked, smiling. Zoe was a good friend, and there really was no point in lying to her, so I just came out with the truth.

"He kissed me," I stated, as if it was an everyday thing, which trust me, it most definitely was not. I had only ever kissed one other guy.

"Well finally," she said, rolling her eyes and standing up.

"What do you mean finally?"

"Well Evan told me a couple of days ago that Jake has liked you since practically day one, and he's been trying to man up enough to tell you. And he said he really wanted to kiss you before you left. I really wasn't surprised about any of it, because anyone could plainly see that he liked you. Well, of course, except for you, I guess, which makes this seem like a cheesy romance novel."