Zac's Point Of View:

Ashley was first to walk out of the car, and I followed her into her house, surprisingly she didn't kick me out. She kindly let me in and then made her way to the kitchen. I didn't really notice how late it was, I mean I knew it was dark out, I just didn't notice it was past ten. I thought it was still around eight or seven. I kept on touching my lips and I didn't care if she noticed me, because there was no way we can both ignore the fireworks that came between us.

I know this is probably really awkward for her, because it's awkward for me too. But if I told her how long I've been having these feelings for her, then maybe she would understand and let me know how she's feeling.

"Ash, can I talk to you?" I asked resting my elbows against the kitchen counter and leaning over to get closer to her, even though there was a thick counter that kept our bodies apart.

"Yeah. Go ahead." She answered getting a cup out of the cabinet.

"Okay, well—for starters—I love you." I started watching Ashley's face turn a shade of pink from embarrassment. "And I have loved you for a really, really long time—oh maybe...four years?" I said looking down.

"FOUR YEARS? And you're telling me this now?" She exclaimed, her eyes wide open.

"I have many reasons why I couldn't tell you. First, I was too scared back then. Second, you were all over other guys. Third, you met Brad. Fourth, you picked him over me. Fifth, you didn't listen to me. Sixth, we got in a fight. What number—seventh, we didn't talk for two years. Eighth, we just met again. Ninth, I didn't think you would feel the same way, and tenth, I was afraid to tell you." I said trying to come up with the top important reasons.

I just watched Ashley's face drop into a major shocking look. I understand why she's shock, but I want to know if she feels the same way! When is she going to say something?

"Can you say something? You're kind a scaring me and if you're going to say something about staying just friends, can you say it nicely and pretend this never happened?" I said in a nervous tone.

"No." That simple word came out of her mouth.

"No? What?" I asked.

"No, I'm not going to say it nicely and no I'm not going to pretend this never happened." She answered me with a smile on her face.

I know for a fact that I'm missing something here and I don't get what she's trying to tell me.

"Zac……………..I do love you." She said after noticing my lost look.

I smiled. So glad to hear her say that. But I can't just stand here all night and smile; I don't want to look like an even bigger dork in front of Ashley.

"I really wished you would have told me before Zac." She said walking over to me.

"I know. I wish I had the courage too." I said closing my eyes as I pulled her into a hug.

"I've always loved you, I just never showed it because it was easier that way—you not knowing. I didn't know you felt the same way, so I just kept it to myself." She said giving me a soft kiss on the lips.

"You're really good at hiding your feelings. I never could tell." I admitted returning the soft, tender kiss.

We just stayed in each others arms for a very long time, but neither one of us wanted to let go, so we never did, until we got really tired and headed to Ashley's bedroom. We both sat on the bed for a few hours, just staring at each other with silly smiles on our faces. We didn't know what to do and staring at Ashley kept me plenty busy. I just kept on thinking of how awesome she is and how breathe taking. After awhile though we ended up having a laughing fit for no reason!

"That was odd." I said after our laughing fit.

"Yeah, I know. So what do you think about joining me in that movie? Still a yes?" She asked me changing the subject.

It took me a few seconds to finally get what she was talking about. I blanked out for a little bit with the whole movie then. I told her yeah and she looked excited.

"Great. I can't wait. Tomorrow you can come with me, okay?" She smiled.

"Sure. I just need to rebuild my whole acting career. It's been a while. I need to be the number one star!" I joked.

"You're always the number one star in my book." Ashley said sounding serious as she looked at me in the eye.

I gave her another smile. She knew just what to say to make my day.

"You know what?" I smirked.

"What?" She said with a laugh.

"I love you." I said.

"Aww. Wish I could say the same about you," She chuckled.

"HEY!" I shouted not liking her respond.

"I'm kidding. I do love you…sometimes…. okay, I seriously love you." She answered, finally answering with what I wanted to hear.

We laughed again for a little bit and leaned in for a soft tender kiss.