by Seven Steps
“Wendy!” I called, running down the hallway. “Wendy, wait!”
I made it to the elevator in about three seconds and stuck my hand between the doors just as they were shutting. (I knew that running track would come in handy one day).
The elevator dinged, and the doors opened, revealing a wide-eyed Wendy.
My Wendy.
I stepped inside and stood next to her.
“Here.” I presented her with a white envelope. Her Monday letter.
She eyed me, then plucked the envelope from my hands.
The doors closed, and the elevator started down to the lobby.
“I write you a letter every Monday.” There. It was out. I said it.
Heart, meet sleeve.
Her brows pressed together, and her mouth turned down. It was the same expression she’d had in my apartment. She was waiting for me to say something. But what?
“Why letters?” she asked.
I stared into Wendy’s beautiful eyes, and all of my fear left. This was the moment I’d been waiting for. The moment when I could tell her the words I’d been dreaming about.
“Because I love you.” My heart pounded in my chest like a fist. My stomach was so tight that I nearly doubled over.
What would she say? What would she do?
She let out a breath, and her cheeks turned pink. “I love you, too.”
She held my letter in front of her lips, and from the light in her eyes, I could see she was hiding a smile.
My entire body felt weightless. Like I was floating in a sea of ecstasy. The girl I loved just told me she loved me too. This had to be what heaven felt like. Intoxicating. Warm. Beautiful.
She was beautiful.
“Can I read it now?” she asked
I nodded too fast. “Yeah. Of course. I mean, it’s yours.”
Her eyes went to the elevator panel. “We’ll be downstairs soon.” She looked up at me with that expectant expression.
I bit my inner cheek. I was really coming to like that expression.
“My brothers and their girlfriends are waiting for me. I feel like I need more time.” A small huff of air left her lips. “With you.”
Before I realized what I was doing, I pressed the emergency stop button. The lights dimmed, and the elevator jerked to a stop.
“Oh my God, what did you do?” she asked.
Enclosed spaces freaked me out a little. Well, a lot. But I had to play this cool. I sat cross legged on the floor. “Giving you more time to read.”
She smiled then and tipped up her chin. I could see the happiness in her eyes. In that moment, I knew what my life’s mission was. I was born to make her happy.
“Are you always so…unpredictable?” she asked.
“Sometimes.” I smiled up at her. “When it comes to you.”
She sat down, facing me.
I held out my hand. “May I?”
She nodded and placed the envelope in my palm. “You may.”
And then I read her my letter. I hoped my words could be a mirror reflecting all of her best parts.
When I was done, she smiled at me. How could my entire life be complete with just one of her smiles?
“So, you are my secret admirer.”
I nodded. “Is that okay?”
“No. I don’t think so. I think the secret should be out.”
“Like, I can just admire you?”
“Maybe a little more than that. Come here.”
I leaned forward.
She did too.
Our lips met, and I swear the entire world turned upside down. Everything that was important was now meaningless. The only thing that mattered was this. Us.
I suddenly remembered I had something to ask her and I pulled away even though I didn’t want to. “Before I can’t think anymore, I have to ask you a question.”
“Yes, Peter?”
“Wendy Darling, will you choose me at the Winter Formal choosing ceremony?”
“Will I still get flowers and songs?”
I looked at her in horror. “You knew about that?”
She nodded, still smiling. “Your brothers ratted you out.”
“I’m going to kill them.”
“Later, babe. Much later.”
Our lips met again, and everything fell away.
It was just me and her.
The girl with the most beautiful soul in the world.
And the boy who was born to show her just how beautiful she was.
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