Weeks had passed since the day I asked Sarah to go to the festival with me, and today was the day. I hadn't seen her all afternoon, but she let me know yesterday that she was going to be really busy with getting ready. She was getting together with Hinata to get their nails and hair done, and whatever else girls to to primp themselves up. Sarah was beautiful without all of the extravagant stuff, she didn't need excessive amounts of makeup and an evening gown to look gorgeous. But I was still looking forward to seeing how she looked, and to spending some time with her.

I had to get a suit, unfortunately, I always thought they felt pretty awkward. But the festival was always somewhat fancy, sure they had games and stuff to keep one entertained but everyone dressed up. Mainly I did it for Sarah, I didn't care about what anyone else felt, but she meant the world to me and I just wanted her to be happy. If only this damn tie wouldn't be so difficult.

I glared at myself in the mirror, trying to fix the tie which was the last item that pulled the look together, but no one ever taught me how to make one of these look good.

"Whatever."

I grumbled before hearing a banging on my door, I rushed to answer it, only to find Naruto standing there in a suit of his own.

"Ready?"

He was going with Hinata, the girl almost had a heart attack when he asked her. And since she and my girlfriend were getting ready together, we decided to all go as a group.

"Yeah."

I locked the door behind me and we ventured outside, the two of us walked side by side towards Hinata's house where the girls were getting ready. Again my gut twisted, I wondered how she was going to look, what kind of dress she was wearing. I was sure she looked immaculate either way. Once we came up to her porch, the knot in my gut tightened, I was never usually nervous about anything, but things were so different with her. She brought out a whole other side of me. Naruto knocked on the door and Hinata answered it, he smiled at the sight of her, she did look really nice.

"Come in! We're almost ready!"

She told us in her timid little voice and we headed inside. Closing the door behind me, I fidgeted awkwardly in the corner as Naruto admired and complimented Hinata on how pretty she looked, all the girl could do was blush, giggle and glance away. I waited until I heard a clumsy stumbling coming from down the hall, and Sarah came bounding into the room, attempting to slide her last shoe on. I blinked, resisting the urge to chuckle, however it wasn't too hard, because the moment she stood up straight and looked at me, I was entranced. Her hair was bouncing around her in curls with her bangs pinned back, she had a slender black, strapless dress draped over her perfect figure. And I simply couldn't help but notice the long slit that gave me a great view of her long right leg.

"Wow."

I gaped at the sight of her, she was more beautiful than I ever imagined. Everything about her was amazing, and again I couldn't help but wonder how I got so lucky. She started to blush furiously, probably because I had been staring at her this whole time and barely spoke a word. Finally, I snapped out of it, managing to compose myself in time to walk over to her, she bit her bottom lip and I cupped her chin, gazing into her glimmering eyes.

"You look gorgeous."

She smiled at me and my heart melted right at that very moment, I had never seen anything like her before. It seemed like every time I saw her, I fell harder for her.

"You look awfully handsome yourself."

I smirked and she glanced down at my chest.

"But your tie is just a tad bit crooked, my dear."

Of course, it was. I groaned a little and shook my head, displeased with myself because I couldn't do this one simple task. She giggled and started adjusting it on her own, I watched her with a smirk, the warmth that was comfortably settled in my stomach was spreading through the rest of my body. This wasn't like all the other times, it was much stronger now, and it had been like this for a while. Now every time I saw her I was overcome with a sudden nervousness, it was something I never felt before, it was powerful. My knees would go weak, my stomach would twist into knots and I could hardly breathe. I was never normally like this, this had only begun a few weeks ago, but it wasn't as if I wanted the feeling to stop. Because for a first time in my entire life, I felt like I was living, that there was something better out there for me. For the first time, I didn't feel like getting revenge against my brother was the only way I could achieve happiness. Sarah was all I needed, she was all I would ever need. Was I falling in love?

Once she was finished with my tie she looked up at me again, I swiftly wrapped my arms around her tiny frame and pulled her close to me, she squeaked and nuzzled her face into my neck.

"You seem really happy tonight."

I took in the scent of her hair and smiled to myself, appreciating the moment.

"Well, you make me really happy."

It was the most honest truth that I knew, I was falling in love with her, this was the first time I had ever felt this way about anyone. I couldn't believe it was happening.