• It's a very cold night. I shiver as I walk down the street, the wind screaming around me like a banshee, and my heart thumping away in my chest like a child's drum. I hear the snow crunching under my feet, but it doesn't muffle the footsteps behind me, I wheel around, and there he is, the most beautiful thing I've ever seen. He’s there to walk me home, like always.

    He takes my hand and, seeing the look in my eyes, he looks alarmed, and as we start to walk, he asks me what’s wrong. I stay silent; I can't possibly answer him. He'll just laugh at me, tell me I'm stupid, and walk away. He'll hate me, he'll think I'm weird, and then everything we might have will be lost.
    He stops and stands in front of me with his hands on my shoulders and says "Tell me. You know you can trust me with anything.". I look up at him. I can't deny the truth that's burning in his eyes. He’s not lying.

    He smiles at me, and it's so beautiful that I can hardly breathe. I can feel my face turning red. But even so, I can't tell him. He'd never say what I want to hear. I turn away, but he holds me still and lifts my chin up. Our eyes meet again, and I blush even more. I'm now as red as a strawberry.

    He smiles the most beautiful smile in the world, his soft green eyes glisten with kindness and he whispers, “I swear, you can trust me, Jade. After all, we are friends.” I smile and look up at him slightly puzzled. “We're friends?” He looks away, and when he does, I can see the hurt on his face. “You don’t...want to be friends with me anymore?“ I felt my heart stutter in fear and amazement; how could he ever think that?. But I had just hurt him and I didn’t even mean to. I felt my eyes filling up with tears, and I didn’t care if they fell. I had to make him smile again, I had to tell him the truth; that I wanted to be more then friends, because I loved him, more than anyone could ever dream about. I moved closer to him and took his hand. He looks up. “Aiden, I do want to be friends with you. That's not the problem.” He turns, then hugs me. I hug him back, relived that he’s happy again. A contented sigh slips though my lips and he lets go of me and asks me again what’s wrong. I look down. I know that now is the time.
    I’m going to end up telling him what I feel, what I've felt for so many years. He puts his hand under my chin and lifts it up again. I have no choice but to look up at him again. “Jade, what’s wrong?” he said softly. Looking into his gentle green eyes, I've long since stopped noticing the cold. “Nothing. It’s just… well...” I let out another sigh. He looks at me with concern and says “Tell me please.” His beautiful green eyes plainly tell me that all his attention is on me, that I'm the most important thing right now. That gives me courage. I take a deep breath, shut my eyes and begin. “Aiden... I love you. I don’t want to be just friends with you, I want to be so much more. I have loved you for so many years and I just never had the guts to say anything to you, because I thought you'd never feel the same. And if you don’t-" He cuts off my rapid confession by suddenly pressing his lips to mine, after a quick moment I was able to gather myself again. I opened my eyes and peered up at him in awe, had that really happened? Or was I just dreaming?.

    He smiled his wonderful smile and he looked so happy, something I never expected then he spoke “Jade, didn't you ever realize the truth? I love you too.” I gape at him, utterly speechless. Aiden laughs and pulled me to him. It's gotten colder, but I don't even notice.
    After releasing me he took my hand and we walked home together, when we reached my house he kissed me good night and went on his way. Waving good-bye I went inside and up to bed, this was defiantly the best night ever, then I lid down to go to sleep.

    Suddenly my alarm stared buzzing, I hit the snooze button and was about to go back to sleep but then I remembered everything and sat up quickly in my bed looking around was it a dream!?, did it really happen?!. I jumped out of bed to get ready for school but looking at my phone I realised it was Sunday, I would just have to wait. I sighed shut off my alarm got back in bed and went to sleep.