SOPHIA WRIGHT

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"I'm leaving on the 24th.", Florence replied. I was so saddened because it was too soon.

"That's a week from now.", I said. Florence hugged me tight. Thought of being away from him made me so sad.

I woke up in the middle of the night. I took my phone and checked for any messages. Actually, I found three messages from Florence.

"Hey, how are you feeling right now?"

"Have you eaten dinner yet? Be sure you will or else I'll feed you."

"I love you. I wish you would love me back."

I smiled at his first message. I laughed at his second message. The third message got me. Truth is, I had already realized that I love him. I just don't know how to say it. I sighed and texted him.

"Hey. Are you awake? Can you open your window?", I asked and sent my message. A few seconds later, I recieved a text. I checked it and it was from him. Wow that was fast. I read his message and he told me to not open my window for five minutes. I replied with an okay and waited for five minutes.

"Alright. Five minutes is over.", I said to myself. I got out of bed and headed to the window. I opened my window and he was just right infront of me. I gasped in shock.

"Geez. You scared me.", I said.

"Sorry.", he apologized.

"How did you -?", I was about to ask how he got here but when I looked down, I then knew that he was using a ladder.

"Since when did you have a ladder?", I asked.

"Since the day I found it at the garage. It's pretty useful for times like this.", he said.

"Maybe for you.", I replied. Then we just stared into each other. It felt comfortable. I could just stare at him the whole day.

"Say...", he talked and I flashed him a confused expression.

"I love you.", he said. This made me happy and my heart began to pace up. I leaned my head against my palm.

"Do you love me back?", he asked. Is this the right time to give my answer? Can I now say how I feel? Sophia, you have to tell him. You can do it. But how? I don't know what to do. Just do what you want to do. Don't think. Just feel it. What I want to do? Then I hugged him. I bet he was shocked when I hugged him.

"Can I answer your question?", I asked and I felt him nod.

"I'm not actually good with words but here goes... This is my answer.", I said. I pulled away from him and I leaned forward to kiss him. A few seconds passed and I pulled away.

"Does that mean...", Florence was about to clarify my answer but he cut him self off and hugged me instead. I felt really really happy. I bet he was nuch more happier than me.

"Thank you. Thank you so much. You don't know how happy I am.", he said. Because he was so happy, he almost fell off the ladder. I gestured him to come in my room and both of us sat on my bed.

"I just realized recently that I actually loved you. I was really confused at first but now I get it.", I said.

"I'm really happy that you love me back.", he replied and I nodded. I leaned my head on his shoulder and he pulled me closer to him.

"Please don't go.", I said.

"I won't.", he replied. I sat up and looked at him.

"You won't?", I asked.

"Now that you're mine, how can I ever leave you?", he said.

"But what about your Aunt? What about Michael?", I asked but he smiled at me.

"Sophia, I promise that I won't leave you. Don't worry, okay?", he asked and I nodded. He leaned his forehead against mine and the tips of our nose touched.

"I will never leave the girl that I love even if it means sacrificing things. If you love someone, you have to sacrifice.", he said and I nodded.

"I'll do something about it, okay? Trust me.", he said and I still nodded.

"Damn it. I freaking love you so much.", he said. This made my heart skip a beat. He was so sweet and yet so reassuring. I loved the feeling of being reassured by him.

"I love you.", I whispered.

"I love you much more than you know it.", he replied. I chuckled and kissed him. It was a night that I couldn't forget. We pulled away and we looked at the time.

"It's nearly three o'clock.", I said.

"I'll get going now.", he told me. I grabbed the tip of his shirt.

"Don't go.", I said while having my sad expression. He softly laughed and shook his head with that sweet smile plastered on his face. He gently pinched my cheek and I looked at him with teary eyes.

"You want me to stay here?", he asked and I shyly nodded. He sat on my bed and tapped the space besde him telling me to sit down and so I did.

"Do you still know how to make snow angels?", he asked.

"Yeah I do. Why?", I asked. Then he smiled at me like he had some plan in mind. He stood up and he wore his jacket. He took my jacket and told me to wear it. I already did and he held my hand as he headed towards the window. He went down first and when he was already down, he told me to follow him.

"Wait, what are you planning to do?", I asked.

"Just come here.", he said as he raised his arms like he was ready to catch me. I climbed down the ladder but two steps before I could touch the ground, he told me to jump and I did. He caught me.

"Man, you're heavy.", he said. Embarrassed, I jumped off him and made a snowball. I threw it at him.

"I'm not heavy!", I said.

"Oh? So you want a fight?", he asked. I didn't care to reply because I was now busy making my cover.

"I see.", I heard him say. When I was done, I turned around and saw a huge cover than mine.

"That's not fair!", I said.

"Nah. It is fair.", he said. I hid behind my shield and threw two snowballs at him. Too bad, he wasn't hit. We played and played until we got tired and I gave up.

"I win.", he said.

"Yes, you did. Congratulations.", I uttered in defeat. He wrapped me around his strong arms and he leaned his head on my shoulder.

"I won alright.", he said and this made me smile and my heart was pounding like crazy. I fell more inlove with him.

"So, can you teach me how to make snow angels?", he asked. I smiled.

"Alright. First, we lay down on the snow.", I said.

"Then?", he asked.

"Just glide your arms and legs up and down until it would be deep enough so that the snow angel can be clearly seen.", I instructed and he followed.

"Awesome.", he said. Florence got up and he offered me a hand. I took his hand and he pulled me up. We looked at our snow angels and it felt really nostalgic.

"Cool.", I said.

"I know. How about we build a castle?", he asked.

"A castle?", I asked and he nodded. I smiled at him and so we began to build one. After for what seemed like an hour, we both finished the castle. 

"Awesome.", I said.

"Yeah. It's perfect.", he replied.

"I remember when we were kids, you built a fortress around our castle.", I told him. I saw him sweetly smile at the castle and he turned his gaze to me. He held my hand and I looked at him.

"I built that fortress because back then, I couldn't protect you with my small arms and tiny body. But now, " he paused as he pulled me into a tight hug with him being behind me, "I can protect you from your head down to your toes.", he said. I swear I blushed and I turned around to look at his face. He was smiling down at me. 

"And for that, I promise to always be careful so you wouldn't worry.", I replied. There and then, we kissed. The sky was in a shade of black as snow fell down on us, piling up little by little.