"The wind beneath my wings" read once in a book. The power of gliding through storms doesn't depend on your strength but on the wind that lifts you and you let it.

That's just how I felt sitting beside Eugene, I couldn't even concerntrate on the movie that was playing.

I felt like maybe this is the wind that I need to sit on to glide me through the storm i.e the situation. I made my mind of having a talk with Eugene after the movies and dinner.

Once the planned out evening ended, Vivian dropped me and Jake off home and I took this moment to grab my chance.

"Wanna come inside?" I ask Eugene from the window, he nods and gets off the car himself.

Matty was still not home, so I felt nervous and tingling to be home alone with Eugene after a long time.

I handed him a coke as he took a seat on the couch

" I ran out of beers" I say taking a seat across him

"That's fine"

How long it had been to hear him, his voice, while looking at his face, his expressions. I didn't know something like this would feel so good. I'm still amazed at what love can do to a person.

"I'm sorry" he says breaking me away from my thoughts

"What I did, was insensitive but think of it from my point of view. I couldn't bear to see you struggle and I wanted to help even though I knew you would be against it."

"See that's the thing Eugene" I spoke "how could you! despite knowing how strongly I would be against it. it may not be a big deal to others but to me it was."

He looks down, taking in my words

"I wanna make this right" he says "tell me how. I don't want things to be this way between us because of this. I know I made a big mistake but I know I won't again."

I thought back on everything we had together, my anger was justified but I still remembered this story my mom told me about dad gambling before they got married and how upset my mother was at their relationship and him but she told me everyone deserves a second chance atleast once to prove themselves better.

And maybe this situation calls for that time? I do not if this is the right thing to do or would I regret or not. But right now looking at this grown man, look down at the table, in remorse and sorry what he has done. It would make me too cruel to not forgive his honest actions.

I get off the seat and go to him and hug him, he hugs me back tighter.

"It's alright, I forgive you."

He pulls away and kisses me, the deep, loving kiss that I missed so much.

Our kiss gets deeper and heavier, he lifts me and put me on his lap, our lips not parting once.

His hands work his way around my dress, pulling it over my body and I do the same with his shirt.

We were going to it to the next step? What about him and Vivian? my mind started wandering.

In between his kisses, he speaks

"Stop it. Don't let your mind leave this moment."

He kisses me harder and deeper.

He lays me on the couch and sits above me, unzipping his pants and untying my panties.

The feel of his lips of my body was unlike anything, definitely skilled and amazingly hot.

The groans from him gave me an assurance that I was doing great myself.

We were satisfying each other, physically, mentally and spiritually.

We were in our own zone, our own trance, a trance that lasted the whole night.

The next morning, I found myself in his arms on the floor in the living room. We were butt naked, and no one has to guess what happened.

I look at him and peck his lips, he slugishly opens his eyes and snuggles me into him.

"Where you going?" He says

"No where" I chuckle

I rest my head on his chest and feel his calm heartbeat. My legs feel weak to even move so we lay in each other's arm and fall back to sleep.

The next day we make our way to school, hand in hand. Everything seemed like things were finally getting back to normal with prom now only 3 days away, the atmosphere in school was alot different than I would originally remember it to be.

The hallways were decorated with the prom theme colored ribbons and so were the lockers, the teachers and student got around together planning for things, odd set of group were helping around with the decor and the principle yelling away at the council for fundings. It all semmed chaotic but great at the same time.

We make our way to the cafetaria during lunch and sit around our usual seat, across all the tables, right at the end. I see V part with her cheer team and make her way towards us on one side and on the other end, I see Jake enter in from the college path. I never would have guessed the usual sitting made for two would drastly increase with two more and bring out the bestest change in my life. They sit across us and talk about the usual as I take my moment to break away from my world and look at all the tables in sight.

Remembering the excitement V and I had when we both got in, the fights that took place in the first week of entering, our carefree cafetaria lunches with her specials, the moment I took some time out on the terrace on an odd day and meeting with an odd guy who came looking for me. Getting into a deal, playing hookie, it all started as a act but turned out to be real, there has been so much chaos.

Lance, got into my first fist fight which I lost, partied, cried, drank, loved, made memories, saw my little brother grow up and so much more with a constant name that connected with all the incidents. Eugene.

The man of few words and more actions, the man who wanted to give me his all but hides so much more, the man who interested me less and got me hooked on longer. Eugene.

Who would have known.

I break away and look back at my people, my group, the moments we shared together and the even the few,  it was a moment no one could ever take away, right here, right now, all of us together and the future that awaits

We were graduating and nothing felt more exciting than this.