It was around 2AM on Sunday morning when I had that brainstorm. And it was out of the blue and unexpecting. One moment, I was having a dream about the beach and the next Sarah had come into the picture for no apparent reason.

She looked glorious and beautiful in a long navy blue dress with a silver necklace. Her arms were outstretched towards me as if she wanted me to get up close and personal.

I hesitated. Wondering if she was going to do anything else to me.

'Ryan,' Sarah whispered, 'Come to me.'

I gazed at her without saying a word.

'Ryan,' Sarah whispered, 'I love you.'

I walked towards her, 'I love you too.'

As I touched her arms, she starts to fade away like an illusion.

And that is when I wake up covered in sweat. That is a sign that if I dream about Sarah like that, then I am mad about her and want her so badly. Blame hormones for that.

I don't mention anything about the dream to Sarah when she pops round to my house later on the same day. But the first thing that she does notice is how tired my eyes look.

'Oh Ryan,' she exclaimed, 'Did you have a bad night?'

'Sort of,' I replied with a lie, 'Just a programme on the TV came into my dreams.'

There was a brief pause then I bravely opened up my mouth, 'Sarah... I need to talk to you.'

She stared at me, 'OK Ryan. In private?'

'Yes,' I replied, 'It's something that I want to tell you.'

'Is it?...'

'Wait and see.'

Both of us went up to my bedroom which I had tidied up just for the occasion. Well, I had tried to tidy it up. Sarah sat on the edge of my bed and waited for me to sit next to her. She looked slightly afraid as if she was dreading what I was going to do to her.

'Don't worry. I'm not going to tickle you.' I said just to reassure her.

'Your tickles were cute.' Sarah replied.

'Well... Let's get down to the main reason why I wanted to talk to you.' I say.

Sarah takes a deep breath and looks at me. At this point, my heart is beating fast.

'Sarah...' I begin to say but my voice fades.

She looks at me and to my surprise, she takes my hand and places it on her heart. I can feel her heart beating fast too.

'Ryan...' she whispers.

We both stare at each other for a few minutes. And say nothing.

I could feel the flames of love burning beside us and I know that these flames won't hurt us. It will make us stronger.

'Sarah, I think you are a beautiful girl.' I say.

She blushes, 'Oh Ryan, I think you are incredibly handsome.'

Her reply gives me a boost of confidence to ask her, 'Will you go on a date with me?'

Much to my surprise, Sarah's smile fades, 'Oh, I was thinking you were going to say something else.' said Sarah.

'Like what?' I asked.

'Nothing, It doesn't matter.' she replies.

I get off the bed and stand up pulling Sarah up in the process, 'It does matter.'

Sarah stared at me, 'I thought you were going to ask me to be your girlfriend.'

I pulled her in closer, 'Is that what you really want?'

Much to my surprise, she leans forward and kisses me on the lips. A short, sweet but beautiful kiss.

'Oh Sarah.' I moaned as I tried to register what had just happened.

She smiled, 'Will you be my boyfriend Ryan?'

'Yes. Yes and yes.' I replied as I placed my nose next to hers and rubbed it gently.

'Thank goodness you said yes because I booked a table at a restaurant for us this evening.' she declared.

'What? You didn't have to do that.' I exclaimed in shock, a positive type of shock mind you.

'Yes I did. Because I love you.' she whispers.

'And I love you too.' I reply.

It's coming up to 6PM when I arrived at the restaurant. After a bit of digging around in my wardrobe, I found a black jacket, matching trousers and a white shirt. Perfect for a first date. To confess something, I had butterflies in my stomach. I had never been through a time when I was incredibly nervous for something. It was starting to weigh on my mind. I didn't want this date to go wrong and end up broken-hearted or embarrassed.

I walked in and spot Sarah sitting at a table. She stands up and I gasp.

She is wearing a pale pink dress, a silver heart necklace and matching bracelet and white pumps. She looks very beautiful indeed. And the surprising thing is, she literally can't take her eyes off me.

We both sit down and read the menus that the waiter has given us. We both order a pint of Diet Pepsi and gently sip it while I decide what to have.

'What would you like?' asks the waiter.

'I would like the Roast Beef please.' says Sarah. I smile.

The waiter turns towards me, 'And you Sir?'

I cleared my throat, 'I would like the Sirloin Steak please.'

The waiter left and raced off towards the kitchen. Both of us gazed into each other's eyes passionately across the table.

The meals arrive quickly and we settle down to eat them. The steak is delicious and very well cooked much to my liking. Sarah is slowly eating her food trying really hard not to cough.

'Nice?' I asked.

Sarah nods, 'Yeah. And yours?'

I nod in reply, 'Yes.'

Time and life fly on by and it isn't until after we finish our ice-cream desserts that Sarah takes my hand and kisses it. I smile and kiss her hand back.

Giggling as we left the restaurant, she pulls me round the side of it into a small alley. And to think that a shy girl would be such a romantic. I could never have guessed.

'Sarah, I love you.' I whisper as I hold both of her hands tight.

'And Ryan,' she replies, 'I love you too.'

And slowly, we both lock lips as a cool gentle breeze surrounds us. We kiss passionately like there is no tomorrow and it is one of the most beautiful feelings that I've experienced in my entire life.

After a while, we pull away breathless. Her beautiful body still lingers close to mine.

'Oh Ryan. You're such a good kisser!' says Sarah with a cheeky grin on her face.

I laughed, 'No, you're the good kisser! Not me!'

'Are we really going to start arguing about kissing and who's the best kisser huh?' teases Sarah.

'No! We are not.' I smile as I tickle her under the chin. She laughs. I laugh.

'Do you want to go out with my parents tomorrow?' I ask Sarah.

Sarah looked at me, 'Where are you going?'

I grin, feeling warmth and excitement in my heart, 'We're going to the place where they filmed the music video for You & I.'

She jumps in delight, 'Really?'

I laugh, 'Yes, really!'

'In that case.' says Sarah, 'I would love to go.'

My reaction was to pick her up and spin her around in my arms.

'Careful!' she yells, 'I don't want to be sick!'

I laughed, 'Trust me, I will be careful.'

Aw! Love is in the air! (Well, in this story at least.)

One chapter to go. Set in the location where 1D filmed the You & I music video. Hope you stick around till then!

Scarlett