Two weeks later...

   
  Mystery Man:
       
        Chole, are you all right?

 
Chloe:

Yes, are you?


Mystery Man:
   Good, glad to hear it.  Yes, I am great, thanks.


Chloe:
 Why have you not sent me a text for so long?

Mystery Man:

Sorry, Chole.  I had to get a new phone since my old one had worn out.

  Chloe:
  Okay, well, that makes sense.

   Mystery Man:
     Chloe, I wish I could speak to you in person.

      Chloe:

    Why? 


Mystery Man:

How am I to know some other guy will not win your heart?

   
Chloe:
Ha, as if that could ever happen, not possible.


Mystery Man:
   Anything is possible when it comes to love.


  Chloe:
   I suppose, but I there is only one I have any interest in now.

    
Mystery Man:
   Who is he you like?

Chloe:
I do not know.

  Mystery Man:

How can you like someone you do not know?


  Chloe:

Well, I just do that is all because he is you.

   
Mystery Man:
  You like me?

  Chloe:
   Yes, I mean sure, I do.


Mystery Man:
    Chloe, I love you!

   
Chloe:
  I know and I care for you too.


Mystery Man:
  I  wish I could kiss you.


Chloe:
What stops you then?


Mystery Man:
What do you mean?


Chloe:
What stops you from kissing me?


Mystery Man:
  I am too nervous to get that close to you.

   
Chloe:
  You do not need to worry.  I am nervous too.


Mystery Man:
    Yeah, right, you do not seem like the nervous type, Chole.

Chloe:

Well, believe it or not, the thought of a kiss from you makes me nervous.


Mystery Man:
 Wow, so you do love me!:)

 Chloe:
 Yes, I mean maybe, uh, Yes!

   Mystery Man:
      My love, I will kiss you one day, but not yet.

   Chloe:
  Okay, I will be waiting for you.

   Mystery Man:
  As I will be waiting for you, Chole as I have for a while now. 
     
    

     Mystery  Man's  POV:
        How long must you make me fall deeper in love with you?

        He sighs and thinks, If I were not so lame I would just kiss you now.

         Yet, everyone knows this is not like me.


       Chloe's  POV:
         He thinks he is nervous about his desire to kiss me, but I am nervous too.

     I mean it.  I  have not been kissed in a long time.

   The last kiss I had was from my cousin.

   Somehow, I do not think that counts. He was three, I was two, and he kissed my cheek.

        

        Mystery Man:
    Soon, I will be there for you soon, my dear.

    
  Chloe:
   Good, then I shall be happy for you to be with me.


     Mystery Man's POV:

    How can she be so lovely?


      He blushes as he thinks about her again, and sighs.


   Chloe's  POV:
     Chloe thinks, it has been a while since your last text, and now you say you wish to kiss me.  

    She blushes and thinks, a kiss from you would be grand. I am sure of it.


    

Chapter published: February 17, 2020

 Edits made: August 6, 2021