Fiona and I are making chocolate biscuits in the kitchen. She warned me about my parents not liking the idea but I insisted because I wanted to know how to bake .

"Fiona , what is it like to fall in love?" I ask

She looks at me surprised at my question and sighs.

" It's an amazing experience I can say. It's a feeling like no other. You'll know when you know." She gave a small laugh before continuing mixing the dough .

"I don't know Fiona , something tells me my parents are actually going to choose a partner for me. They always decide on my behalf so I wouldn't be surprised. So how will I know what love is if I'm being forced to do things I don't even like?" I whine sadly.

"Oh honey, you don't look for love. Love happens where there's already love . You start by loving yourself then you'll see. And never give up on your dreams. Now , how about you go and help Penelope in the garden while I finish making these biscuits and I'll call you once they're ready."

"Alright Fiona." I sigh and walk to the sink and wash my hands before joining Penelope in the garden.

"Hey Penny, how are you doing today?" I laugh at the dirt on her face.

"I'm ok as you can see." She points to her face and we both laugh.

"I'm here to help, what can I do?" I swing on my heels from side to side. She hands me some gardening gloves and I put them on.

"We have to weed the flowers so that they can continue growing healthy and beautiful." She tells me and I nod.

"That doesn't sound so difficult. It's actually fun." I giggle. Penelope looks at me and smiles. "I'm actually surprised your parents let you work here." She mumbles

"Oh no, they didn't." Her eyes widen in realisation. "Are you trying to get us in trouble? You know how your parents are, they'll blame me for everything." Penelope wasn't happy so I decided to leave and go to the other side of the garden.

I take off the gloves and wonder off into the orchard.

I see a young man raking in a distance , I've never seen him here before, so out of curiosity I follow him.

"Uh hey." I nervously call out. I'm not allowed to talk to strangers so this is actually my first encounter and I'm taking a huge risk.

"Oh hey there. Are you supposed to be here ?" He furrowed his eye brows and then I realised my parents must have warned him to stay away from me.

"Oh no I'm not and I'm  really sorry for disturbing you. I'll just leave now."

"No ! Wait... that's not what I meant. Please stay." He pouts and I giggled he's so cute.

"Really ?" I ask and he nods ." Yes, I'm assuming your parents aren't around ? So yeah it's ok." He shrugs and picks up his rake.

"Come we can talk by the bench." He gestures for me to follow him so I do and we sit comfortably together on the bench. I realise we are sitting too far apart from each other so I move closer but then he tenses up.

"Do I make you uncomfortable?" I tilt my head to the side curiously.

"Uh what?...no no of course not." He gulps and I just let it slide. "My name is Chad by the way and you must be .."

"Emma." I answer happily.

"Well it's nice to meet you Emma. What brings you here?"

"I was actually with my friend Penelope and I was trying to help her weed the flowers but she got angry and I left. I didn't want to upset her more." I shrug and frown sadly.

To my surprise Chad takes my hand in his and gives it a little squeeze. "It's ok to fight sometimes because the truth is we people are different and we differ in our thinking. But what's important is to apologise to each other and move on." He explains to me and I just stare at him in awe.

Let's just say it's the first time a boy who is not my father has touched my hand and being this close and talking is all new to me. I forget what we were talking about as I'm mesmerised by his beautiful blue eyes , his long black curls , his sharp jaw and tempting lips. I wonder how kissing him would feel like...

Without understanding what I'm feeling and what's going on I start to lean in and I watch as his eyes widen in shock at my sudden movement.  I just want to know how it would feel like kissing his plump lips...

"Emma!" I hear my name being called and I jump from the bench. I make eye contact with Fiona who has a scowl on her face.

"Come dear, your parents are on there way here." She says . I turn around and look at a flustered Chad. "I'm glad we talked Chad and I hope to see you again some day." I smile and pull him in for a hug , he tenses up again but he manages to say a thanks before I let go of him and followed Fiona to the house.

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