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in the cottage I was sure. I have completely fallen in love with you.”
“What dream?” Was the only thing I managed to say.
“Around two weeks ago, I dreamt that we were at the disco at school. You leaned your head on my shoulder and I put my arms around you. Then Lilli came and-“
“Asked if I wanted to come with her to get some water.” I finished his sentence. He stared at me, completely surprised. “How do you know?”
I ignored the question and continued talking: “And then we went for a midnight swim and I pushed you in the water.”
“That’s exactly what happened.” Jesse said. “But how do you know?” He repeated the question.
“I had the same dream.” I whispered.
“Which part did you wake up?” He asked.
“We were sitting on the couch, watching the movie and..” I was too embarrassed to finish my sentence.
“And I was about to do this.” Jesse said as he leaned closer. When his lips touched mine, I knew for sure that the person from the dream existed.
I could barely breath when he pulled away. But I really needed the answer to a question.
“Jesse?” I asked him.
“Yes?” He looked at me, his bright blue eyes making it very clear that he was head over heels in love with me.
“What happened underwater in the pool?”
Jesse chuckled. “That was done on purpose. I couldn’t help myself.” I laughed. Jesse pulled me closer and put his arms around my waist. I put my arms around his neck and he lifted me up. He twirled me around and around until we were both so dizzy that we collapsed on the soft sand, laughing.

“Look who we have here. If it isn’t Emily.” I rolled my eyes as the girls walked into the bathroom.
“Oh no, it isn’t the Emily who has never had a boyfriend, is it?” One of the other girls commented. I nearly burst out laughing; if only they knew. But I had promised Jesse not to tell anyone and personally I thought it was a better idea as well.

“Mia, are you still single? I bet you’re never going to get married. Especially not now that everyone has found out you’re pregnant

.” I heard one of the girls say. I was furious when I heard this. Mia looked as if she was about to cry.
“Mia, don’t mind them.” I said as I walked up to her. “They’re just being mean.”
The three girls started laughing. “Yeah, Emily would feel sorry for her, she’s never had a boyfriend either.”
“For your information, there are plenty of guys who have crush on Mia.” I defended her.
“As if you know anything about that. You don’t even know what having a boyfriend is like.” I searched the crowd who had gathered to listen to what we were saying. Jesse was there. I caught his eye and he nodded. I raised my eyebrows to silently ask him if he was sure. He nodded again. Then I answered the three girls.
“Actually, I do know what having a boyfriend is like.”
The girls started laughing again. “Yeah right. I bet it was someone like Todd.”
“No, it was not Todd.” I said slowly. “And I am still in a relationship with the person.”
“Well, then who was it?”Nina (one of the three girls) put her hands on her hips and looked at me slyly.
“It’s Jesse.” Was the only thing I said.
The three girls burst out laughing again. “Yeah, in your dreams!” Nina exclaimed. “Jesse would never be interested in you.” I searched for Jesse in the crowd and our eyes met. I smiled at him and answered: “That’s what I thought too.” The three girls followed my gaze and stared at Jesse. He stepped out of the crowd and walked over to me. He then put his arms around me from behind and I looked at the girls triumphantly. They had absolutely no idea what to say.
“You could be faking it. Prove that you’re together.”
“We have nothing to prove.” Jesse said as he looked at Nina with an annoyed expression on his face.
“I bet you’re not together.” One of the other three girls pitched in. “Unless you prove it, we will not believe you.” Jesse was tempted to tell them that he didn’t care if they believed him or not but instead he said: “How would we prove it?”
“Kiss.” Nina said. Something about Jesse showed me that he had secretly hoped this. I thought it was maybe because it was forbidden to display affection at school and this would give us the perfect excuse to break that rule. I was quite thrilled about it as well. I looked around if there were teachers in the crowd and didn’t know if I was happy or not when I spotted one. And it turned out that teacher was the principal. To my surprise, he nodded. Jesse and I looked at each other and I could see a mischievous smile playing on his lips.
“Do you want to prove it to them?” He asked, with an edge of sarcasm to his voice.
I could barely stop myself from laughing.
“I wouldn’t want to miss an opportunity to kiss you.” I said. He leaned forwards and kissed me long. He made it absolutely evident that we were not just friends. Everyone around us started cheering and clapping and the girls walked off in a huff.
“You’re sure you don’t mind?” I asked Jesse once the crowd had parted a bit.
“Of course not. It taught those girls a lesson. And we couldn’t keep our relationship a secret forever.”
“Yeah, that’s true.” I grinned.
Mia was standing next to us. It looked as if she felt rather awkward.
“Em, when you said that plenty of guys have a crush on me, did you mean that?” I smiled. “I wasn’t actually supposed to tell anyone, especially not the person they have a crush on. But necessity knows no law.” One of the guys had stayed within hearing range the whole time.
“Sorry Tyler.” I said softly.
“That’s ok, because now I finally have the courage to ask Mia out.”

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