Falling For You. [PAUSED]

"Okaaay" he said standing to the side "come in, you can sit on the bed"

"I want to stand" she said fidgeting with her hands

He stood in front of her "Ok" He scratched the nape of his neck noticing her nerves which made him nervous "Yo everytime you're nervous you do the fidgety thing with ya hands wassup?"

"I want to start with saying that again I'm sorry about what happened between us—"

"—aht stop apologizing for that yo"

"I'm not finished! Everything that happened between us was my fault and we'd probably be somewhere happily together— planning a trip for Christmas break or something! But I-i ruined it and today I realized that I cannot get you out of my head because I'm in love with you and we might as well skip the friend stage because we already did that. I want you Zachary Taylor, I want to be with you, I love you."

Zac took in everything she said but he didn't respond

"Zac... please say something"

"I love you too Ti... and uh you don't know how this makes me feel that we had this conversation, I just wanted you to be sure that this is what you wanted and that we were both ready" he said and then he grabbed her hands "I love you more than words can describe and I'm so happy you came to me with this"

Neither of them said anything, they just gazed into each other's eyes taking in the moment— until Zac leaned in and kissed her, the kiss filled with lust and passion. His tongue swiped across her lip asking for access and she opened her mouth to let him in.

Still in the kiss as both of their tongues fought for dominance, Zac picked her up and laid her on his bed still kissing her and suddenly he just stopped....

"Baby what's wrong?" Fatima asked  heavily breathing

Zac sighed and stopped hovering over her "We can't Ti, not like this.... I want to be able to properly ask you to be my girlfriend. You're virginity is sacred and I can't just take that from you with no title" he said

"You're not a virgin?" She asked as she sat up

He rubbed his hand across his face "Nah.... I regret it though. I was hurt and started doing reckless shit"

"Did you use a condom? I just don't want to.... You know catch anything. No offense" Fatima said

Zac sat in the bed next to her "None taken, and yea I used condoms and on top of that I still went and got checked to be sure"

"Okay.... How many people have you slept with?" Fatima asked fidgeting with her sweater

"Really Ti?"

"Boy tell me"

"3 girls... that's it"

"Okay. That's not bad I guess" she shrugged

"Thanks for not flipping out on me"

"How could I Zac? We weren't together... I just wanted you to be honest with me is all. I do have another question though"

"Sup?"

"How'd you know I was a virgin?" She asked

"Because when we used to talk you told me you'd never give it up to a man unless yall were together for a year. And you're always honest on your word so yea..."