I PROMISE, IT'S NOT ME !

"Walk with me to the garden" he reached out for my hands. I swallowed a great deal of saliva, the hottest boy in school was speaking to me! He wanted to walk with me! Ken had been wooing me for quite some time in school, I was excited that someone was finally looking at me. It's been 2 years since I joined the school and no guy has ever made advances at me. Ken was the first. He repeated "Walk with me to the garden Cindy" I had almost forgotten that he was still there standing as wild thoughts went through my head. "Of course, I would love to" I replied and slipped my hand into his. We went to the garden. "A butterfly!" I exclaimed. "Would you like me to catch one for you?" He asked. I nodded and blushed . I was enjoying the moment, I loved the attention I was receiving. He stood up and chased a few butterflies around, I laughed when he almost fell into a puddle of mud. It was in the middle of the garden. "Heavens! I've fallen because of you, and Cindy, I've also fallen for you" Ken whispered into my ears as he sat down and wiped his sweaty hands on his shorts. I felt shy, so shy , I wanted the ground to swallow me, he had just confessed his feelings. "What do you mean? I don't understand" I asked, despite having fully understood what he meant. He came closer to me, placed his left hand on my chin, smiled wearily, he was tensed. He drew me closer to him, and whispered into my ears. "Cindy Troy, I've fallen in love with you" he chuckled, whilst breathing heavily. I withdrew myself from his embrace and saw he was tensed , very tensed. He waited for me to respond, but I couldn't speak. Words were failing me, I lacked the appropriate words to use. He drew me closer again to his bosom and said "I'm sure you'll know what to answer after this moment, please take your time" He brought his face close to mine , with shaky hands he lifted my face which I fixed on the ground, and my eyes met with his, he then locked his lips with me. I was fantasized! I felt awesome! I was elated! Ken just kissed me! He stopped and began to apologize. "It's fine" I whispered with a tiny voice. I drew him by the shirt, placed my shivering hands on his shoulder and returned the kiss, Ken was a good kisser, so was I. We were in that position for about fifteen minutes, kissing each other, non stop. I heard someone scream my name. "Cindy!" I looked up, it was my best friend Cole. I pushed Ken away and zipped up my skirt, Ken had almost undressed me , in public! I was carried away by the moment, I didn't even realize what was happening. Cole ran away, and I felt so embarrassed about everything. "Ken, no one has to ever know what happened in this garden, and what are we? After sharing this moment, does it mean we're dating?" I asked. "Yes of course" Ken replied excitedly. "Okay, we're dating " I said and sat down plucking a flower . We sat beside each other quietly without saying a word .He slipped his hands into mine and started to apologize for what happened. I didn't say a word to him, I was just wondering what to tell Cole. "when did you start liking me?" I finally found words to say. "From the first day you joined our school, and sat beside me during the morning motivation on Friday morning " he said and laid down. He placed his head on my laps and I ran my fingers through his hair, he had curly hair and I asked him why. He explained to me that he is biracial, his mother was African and his father was Canadian. He began to sing "As long as you love me " by backstreet boys. He stood up, and obliged me to join him to dance. I agreed and he sang as we danced. I was enjoying the moment. He pecked me on the lips and I felt butterflies in my belly. I was thinking of how to tell my other friends about Ken, I shall finally have my first boyfriend before my 16th birthday. Ken began to tell me that he would care for me, and protect me as long as I love him back. I didn't know what to say. Could I possibly love him forever? We went back to sit, and he began to tell me amazing stories about his adventures in Africa. "My parents are divorced, my mother stays at south Africa, while my father stays at Canada" he said. "I'm so sorry about that, I didn't know"I found myself apologizing. He continued "It's fine, I usually spend summer at Africa and come back to Canada once school resumes, I spend Christmas in South Africa and new year at Canada, it's crazy having to move across continents each time I desire to spend time with my parents" he scratched his head and giggled. I began to think highly of him, he was from a broken home yet he stayed strong and one would never notice unless you said it. He stood up "catch me if you can!" He yelled and ran around in circles, I stood up and chased after him. "I'll catch you, I am closer than you think" I said and he stopped running, I knew he did that so I could catch him, because he saw I was out of breath. He brushed my hair with his fingers and smiled . "I'm so happy you agreed to be my girlfriend" .I smiled back and he requested for us to go to our various classes. "Wait, Ken, please can we just be only friends? And can you please not tell anyone about what happened here today?" I asked nervously. "Why?" He asked in a sad tone. I simply said nothing and walked out. I left him in a confused state, and was sure he had many thoughts going through his head.