Tatum's POV:

We spent the rest of the day talking and learning more about each other.Samuel promised me that the next time I visit, he'll teach me how to play guitar.

When my parents arrived back home I told them about Sam and my father said that he wants to meet him. So we'll see. I for one, think that it's too early, but my dad thinks otherwise.

*Monday morning*

"Sweety wake up."My mom says softly then pulls the curtains wide open,causing the blazing light to momentarily blind me.

"Ugh, I want to sleep."I groan pulling the covers over my head to block the light.

"You have to get up.It's school and your finals.From tomorrow onwards you can stay at home,for the summer."My mom pulls the blankets off me.God how much I hate and love this woman.

I decide to get up and get ready for school. I pack shove my books into my backpack.I pack my after school dance clothing into my Adidas sling bag.

I head down stairs to see that Toby is already eating breakfast and my parents as usual making breakfast together.

"Mmm, I smell pancakes."I say excitedly and greet my parents.

"Morning Tatum."My dad greets and hugs me.

"Toby you're gonna have to take Tatum to school today and pick her up after school."Mom says.

It's probably because she's going to be working late tonight. She's a nurse.I don't get why she still works when my dad is here to support us, he makes more than enough money. Maybe she still wants to be independent or she just loves helping people.

"Okay, no problem with me, just don't eat in my car."Toby says warning me.

"Fine."I say and roll my eyes.

Soon after we finished breakfast, we left onward to the lovely little thing called high school.I can't wait for this year to end. Then I'll be a senior.

"Bye, see you later."I greet Toby then run off.

I make my way into the big doors of this holy hell and make my way to my locker.

On my way, I see Brandon and walk up to him.I put my hands on his eyes covering them. Brandon Carter is my best friend, we've been friends since forever.He's like a second brother to me.We tell each other everything.

"Guess who?"I say attempting to make my voice thick so that I can attain manly tone, but I hopelessly fail.

"Oh,let me guess, Mmm... It's my one true love Tatum."He laughs,removes my hands and turns around to face me. I smile at him brightly.

"I missed you so much."He says hugging me tightly.We haven't seen each other so much since exams started. We're always busy studying there's almost no time for each other.

"I missed you too, but since this is our last exam,we'll be spending our whole summer together.I promise."I remind him of our summer plans.

"I'd love that."He smiles.

"Oh and I want to tell you something too, but after school." I say and the bell rings before he could say anything.

We went our separate ways and it's not like we'll see each other during the day because Brandon is a senior and I'm still the amazing junior. Yay how fun.

The day has been simple and exam was pretty easy.I don't get why people decide to cheat instead of studying, studying is much easier.It helps you more and it's the right thing to do. It might take a lot of effort, but the result pays off. I might sound like a goody two shoes, but all I want is a simple life. Most people are the causes of their own troubles. I think it's really unnecessary, like for instance;they know what the outcome would be of a certain choice, but then they pass better judgement and do it anyways. Then they want to go moping around and feel sorry for themselves. It's completely unnecessary and something that is 100 percent avoidable.

"School is finally over."I hear Brandon's voice behind me.He wraps his arm around my shoulder and walks beside me.I wrap my arm around his waist as we stride out the school doors.

"What did you want to tell me?"He asks.

I admire Brandon so much, he has good looks and he's really smart. His eyes are light blue and he has light brown hair.He is also a bit taller than my 5ft2.Okay who am I kidding, he's a lot taller than I am.It's not that he's tall, but that I'm short.

Light up dance studio isn't really that far from our school. A couple blocks further.On our way we just catches up and talked about the most stupid things. He kept on that I should tell him what it's about, but it'll have to wait for after the dance.

"I'll tell you after the dance."I say as we arrive at The light up dance studio. We head inside and greet a few people that are already here.

I head into the changing room and get ready while Brandon waits outside.

Once I'm done I pack the rest or my things away and head back out.I see Jerry, the founder of light up and our dance choreographer.

"Brandon can you wait here please?"I ask.

"Sure."He nods continuing to type something on his phone.

I walk away and go towards Jerry. Jerry owned this place for 5 years, he's 23 now. He always loved dancing and he created our group. We're about 45 people here, many people have already moved on to better careers in dancing after Light up. Everyone that ever came here, went out a success. I hope that I'll be one of those people one day.

"Hey, Jer."I greet him excitedly.

"Hey Tatum."

"Are you ready."He asks.

"I'm ready as ever."I say enthusiastically.

"Good, so we'll start shooting in 5 minutes.You, Stacey and Sapphire can practice in the meanwhile."He says and I nod. The three of us have always been great dancing together. Our style of dancing is diverse, but we click together perfectly.

Stacey, Sapphire and I start practicing our routine and there's no problem at all.

I see Jerry holding the Camera and he tells us to get ready.

The music starts and we begin at the right time,we're always in sync with one another.As I'm dancing I hear everyone cheering, but mostly Brandon chanting out my name and I laugh a bit.

I end the dance with a ballet spin to kinda break the theme a bit.I stop and feel someone grab me around my waist. Unfamiliar warm lips come crashing onto mine, but I immediately push him away. I look up to see Brandon.

"Brandon, what are you doing?!"I question him maybe a bit too harshly.

"What? I thought..."

"Well, whatever you thought, you thought wrong!"I cut him off.

"But you said you wanted to talk to me after your dance, so-?"

"Yes,I wanted to talk not kiss you."I say angrily and throw my hands in the air.Samuel?What is he doing here?

"Samuel?"I ask.

I walk closer and place my hand on his shoulder.He comes out of his thoughts and looks at me.

"I'm sorry, I shouldn't have been here."He says and walks away.

"Look, what you've done!"I shout at Brandon.

"I don't und-"

"Of course you don't!I wanted to tell you about it,about me and him."

"What are you saying?"

"Sam's my boyfriend. I wanted to tell you about him, but I don't even think I have a boyfriend now because of you! "I run out and see Toby and Sam by the car.Thank God he's not gone.Oh now I know, Toby came early to pick me up and he brought Samuel with. I just hope he's not mad at me. How great. We're not even dating for a week yet and we're already having problems.

Brandon's POV:

I run after her, but I stop when I see her in his arms,kissing him.

I decide to turn around and go home.I'm an idiot,what was I thinking. Of course she doesn't feel the same way. How could she?I've been battling with myself for years on whether I should let her know how I feel or not.Now that I decide to tell her, this happens.

Tatum's POV:

"Sam,I'm so sorry." I hold Samuel's face in my hands.

"I promise I didn't kiss him back." I say truthfully.What I feel for this boy I can't lose. I've never felt this way about anyone, this feeling is too brilliant to just throw away.

"It's okay.I know."He says."I was just shocked I wasn't expecting to see another guy kiss my girl today."Hee says. It's the first time he called me his.

I smile at him and he pushes his lips against mine then wraps his arms around my waist and I kiss him back.I feel bad for yelling at Brandon now.Oh my god Brandon! I turn around and see him walking away. I'll talk to him on another day.

"What are you looking for, what's wrong?"Sam asks.

I turn to face him.

"Nothing, I just wanna get out of here."I shrug.

"Let's go then."Toby says in a bored tone.

"I have to go fetch my bags first, before Jer closes up."I say.

"I'll come with you" Sam says.

"Hey Jer don't close up yet!"I call out.

"Sure,you lock up and you can bring me the key tomorrow."He says.

"Will do."I say and he hands me the keys.Samuel and I head inside and I switch the lights back on.

"I really love the way you move."Samuel says, putting his hands on my hips from the back.He pulls me closer and kisses my neck.

"I've been craving for you for so long."He says and turns me around, forcing me to face him.

"It's only been 3 days."I wrap my arms around his neck and play with his hair.

"It's been 3720 minutes."

"Ooh, that's a long time." I say jokingly.

"You're so beautiful, do you know that?"He says and I blush at his words.He tucks a loose strand of my hair behind my ear and kisses me sweetly.I've never felt so relaxed in anyone else's arms before.Although his touch does send sparks through me,but it's comforting in a strange way.

Samuel's POV:

I pull away and rest my forehead on hers,breathing in her sweet scent.

"Who was that guy anyways?"I ask not being able to keep my curiosity in anymore, I have to know.

"What?"She asks a bit taken aback.

"The guy that kissed you."I elaborate.

"Oh...That's Brandon my boy bestie."She says a bit awkwardly.

"... And he kissed you like that, are you sure?"

"What do you mean? Yes I'm sure. He is my boy bestie and we were never anything more. I was shocked myself when he kissed me, but I didn't feel anything tho, like when you kiss me or even just look at me.I feel sparks going through my body." She says shyly.

"I've felt it too."I reply completely hypnotized by her.

I pick her up and push her against the wall. My lips attach her sweet ones hungrily.

Tatum's POV:

He made me blush when he said that he feels it to.

He picks me up and pushes me against the wall.He kisses me,but this time his kiss is different.It's a wild kiss, hungry, full of lust.Making me hot as hell. I kiss him back and he deepens the kiss, pressing our bodies tight against each other.

I know it's insane and it's not like me at all to be so careless,but I feel like Samuel is worth the risk. I think I'm falling for him. I always used to cringe at stories of (in my opinion) idiot love, like Romeo and Juliet. It took me to experience this feeling they always talk about in those novels for me to actually believe in it. Sam did that for me, he made me believe in something I thought I would never have.

We break our kiss, both trying to catch our breath.He sets me down and when I'm about to take my bags, he takes it.

"Let me carry it, you're probably really tired from dancing."He says.

"Thanks, but it's not the dancing that made me exhausted."I wink at him. He smirks and kisses my lips softly. I turn the lights off and we head on out and lock up.

"Where were you guys so long?" Toby asks frustratedly, arms crossed over one another, against his chest as he narrows his eyes at us accusingly.

"I just decided to clean up a little since it was my last time this year being here with Light up."I lie. What? It's a white lie. Would you tell your older brother you just had a hot makeup sess with his best friend?

"Let me guess, you just helped her clean up?"Toby asks Sam, but he just shrugs.

"I'm never leaving you two alone ever again."Toby says and I rolled my eyes, Sam chuckled and we were on our way to Sam's place.

Toby was...I don't know where and Sam took out his guitar as we sat in his living room.

"Um, Sam?"

"Yes, love?"He ask,making me blush as I tuck a strand of my hair behind my ear.

"Um,where...where are your parents?"I ask completely curiously.

"Oh no, this is my house." He says with a smile.

"So you live here alone?" I ask.

"Yeah, well I just moved in a few months ago. I thought that it would be great to live in Florida for a while."He says.

"Oh."Is all I can say. In time I'll get to know more about it,so I won't press on the topic.

"Come here."He says, reaching out his hand for me to take.

"Huh?"

"Come here, don't you want to learn how to play?"

"Oh, yes, sorry."I smile foolishly, what's wrong with me? Why do I get all squirmy around him?Geez Tatum, have some self control!

I take his hand and his touch burns against my skin, but a good type of burn.

"Sit here,come closer."He says and I sit next to him on the couch.

"Okay."I say and move closer to him.

"You have to turn away from me so that I can guide you."He says.I turn away and he pulls me closer, pulling my back to his front and I flinch at his touch.

"Don't worry relax.I'm only going to teach you how to play the guitar."He whispers into my ear and breathes onto my neck. He knows what he's doing to me. Damn you Samuel.

"Hold it like this."He says placing the guitar on my lap. He takes both of my hands and puts it down on the guitar strings.He then gently places his arms around me and he puts his hands on mine.I can feel the rush whenever we touch.He starts telling me what's what and how to play. Then he guides me with his hands and he teaches me a Spanish piece and just in half an hour I could play it. What can I say? I'm a fast learner.

"Wow you're a natural."Sam says while I play further. It felt good even though the strings did hurt my fingers tips at first when I had to put a lot of pressure on the strings.

"Not really.I just had a great coach that's all."I say, giving him credit and he smiles back at me.

"Well, don't you think your coach deserves something for being such an awesome coach?"He asks, with a smirk on his face.

"Mmm, like what Mr Larsen?"I ask.

"What about a kiss?"He says,rubbing my bottom lip with his thumb as he moves closer.

I decide to tease him and I just peck his lips.

"What,do you call that a kiss?"

"Yes I do"

"But I don't"He kisses me slowly letting me lay back onto the couch.
I wanna kiss him back so bad, but it just doesn't feel right if my brother walks in and we're making out.

"What's wrong?Kiss me Tatum."He says pleadingly.

"Wait."I push him off lightly and he looks confused.

"What's wrong?"

"No, it's just...well Toby could come in any minute, you know."He smiles and rolls his eyes playfully.He puts his hand on my cheek.

"You're so innocent"He says.

"It just wouldn't be right though."

"It's not like we're doing anything wrong, besides he has to get used to seeing us together, coz we're a couple now."Sam says and holds my hands in his.Then places a soft kiss on each hand.

"But still..."I'm cut of.

"But nothing, he's gonna have to get used to the fact that I love you."He says realizing what he actually said.

"You love me?"

"Well...there's no point in lying,I am... I am in love with you.Every time I see you I want to be close to you. Whenever you're not around I always think of you. When you look at me,I feel like the greatest person on earth.Everytime we touch, I feel a rush that I can't explain.Oh and when I think about you with another guy, it drives me crazy. I felt like that since the day I met you.I can't stop thinking about you.I'm really, truly, madly... In love with you Tatum." He says and looks into my eyes, hoping for a response. I'm rendered speechless.I don't know what to say, so I do the only thing I can do.I kiss him passionately and he kisses me back.I rest my forehead against his, and I look deep into his green brown eyes.

"I feel the same way.I've never felt like this before,I love you Samuel."I say and he smiles.

After that Toby came in and we played a few board games to pass the time then we went home.
I couldn't get Samuel's words out of my mind,that he loves me, he actually loves me. I know it seems crazy,because we feel this way in such a short time. Over these few days I've learnt that love isn't a measurement of how long you know each other, it's the amazing, cosmic way that person males you feel. Love is not being able to think about anyone else, but him. Love is amazing.

When we got back home my parents weren't home yet, they always work late especially on Mondays.

I love my family, but them meeting Samuel is something dreadful for me because I know how judgemental they can be. I'm dreading that conversation with my dad about meeting him.