Episode 2: "First love"

At the age of 16, I had a crush on a classmate. Her name was Emma. She has beautiful eyes, long black hair like silk and her smile is just wonderful. Everything about her is perfect. The only thing that separates us is that, she isn't from a well-off family. The only reason why she got into this prestigious school is through a scholarship. She's smart. But she doesn't have friends.

My parents for sure won't let me marry a girl from a poor family. But, I personally do not care. I would be the one marrying her, not them. I would watch her from afar. Following her secretly from behind and I tried to impress her with my athletic skills during physical education class. I've done all the things that a 16-year-old boy would do to impress a girl. She wasn't impressed.

I usually follow her after school. I know where she lives, who she lives, her likes and dislikes, her favorite show, her favorite undergarments are, what her favorite shirt is, etc...

She just doesn't know me personally. She probably only sees me as another annoying teen boy who's smart and plays basketball.

Until there's this one incident that brought us together. Thanks to her one and only family member, her old and frail grandma. She had collapsed after buying some groceries at a nearby supermarket. I was looking for Emma after school as always, until I saw her grandma, laying down on the ground with all the groceries all over the place.

I hurriedly called an ambulance while standing beside her grandma.

The ambulance came.

I accompanied her grandma at the hospital till Emma came.

"Oh my god! Thank you! Thank you so much for saving my grandma,Felix!" Emma cried while hugging me.

This is the first time when a girl hugged me. I've never been so red in the face my whole life. She then, of course got shy and retracted away from me. I wished the hug would have lasted longer.

The next day in school, I apparently had an upset stomach that I went to the infirmary room. When I opened the door, I saw a silhouette of a girl behind the curtain, softly crying. I didn't want to disturb her, so I just went ahead and laid down on the next bed beside.

(*screech* The sound of the curtain opening)

The girl then opened the curtain. That's when we locked eyes. It was Emma. I was worried, so I asked her what happened. Apparently, her grandma had passed away just now. Then, from that day onwards, we became closer than before. I took care of her, and stayed by her side. Our classmates were obviously confused as to why we are always together. They thought that we were a couple.

Until it's time for me to confess to her.

It was a cold day that night. We were sitting on the swings eating ice cream and other snacks at the playground when I stood up and bent on one knee with a ring pop and asked her.

"Will you be my girlfriend?"

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