You Again?

Nothing like my first year of College in New York City. I never would have thought I would make it into Culinary school, none the less the best school I could ever imagine going to. Now, life doesn't seem too much like a dream,

"Blizzard hits New York City just before Christmas, stay indoors folks, keep yourself warm!" Great, just great. I turn off my phone. Best to keep me as calm as possible for the journey ahead. My flight has just been canceled and I need to call for a Driver. So I can try and make back home to Virginia, just before Christmas. "Take a breath Lydia," I think to myself. I open my phone back up and with the press of a button my driver is on his way to pick me up.

It seems like only 5 minutes have passed when I get the notification "Your driver has arrived." I race outside of the airport and I see a boy, my age with blonde hair and deep chocolate eyes. Wow, maybe this won't be so bad after all. Then, as I get closer I begin to recognize him more and more.

"Asher?" I ask

"Wait, Lydia is that you? What has Destiny brought us to?" Yep, that's him same old Asher I know and don't love. I first met him at my middle school in Virginia, he said behind me in classes and annoyed me so much I moved seats. This is going to get interesting.

"I cannot believe out of all of New York, we were paired together!"

"Neither can I, now hurry up and get your little-"

"Asher, I am paying you to drive me to Virginia, be nice to me."

"Well, I was going back for the holidays as well, so it's no big deal. Though I was hoping for some cutie to be my passenger."

"Wow, at this point no offense taken. I wouldn't want to be cute to you." He has grown in the few months that I haven't seen him. He used to be a short little guy for our grade and now he is so much taller than me. Though, that's not saying much considering I am 5'0 on the dot. I grab my suitcase and load it into the trunk of his still newly polished car, he must really take care of this thing.

"Lydia, how long can you possibly take, come on hurry up. I'm not patient ya know."

"Trust me I know." I pop into the front seat and brace myself for the ride. Destiny, more like fate. Why is this happening to me?

The first 5 minutes are an awkward silence, then,

"So, why are you even out here anyways? What about you and Dylan I thought you guys were gonna go to the same college in Virginia?"

"Well, you must really be behind. Dylan and I broke up before college, I knew what I wanted and I was going to go after my dream. If God had wanted us together than I would have known it."

"To be honest I never really thought you and Dylan were good for each other anyways, plus you must have so many options now."

"Asher, my love life is so far from interesting. Now, what about you?"

"Well, after Junior year I kinda stopped wanting to date. The only girl I ever really wanted was taken already."

"Oh, I'm sorry about that. That doesn't mean you can't open yourself up to more possibilities now, right?"

"Well, I am sure I-," just before he finishes his car slams the break so hard and I am certain that I can see my life flashing right before my eyes.

"Ahhhh!" I scream so loud I think all of New York can hear me.

"Dang! I think you could've hit a slew of high notes with a scream like that."

"I'm sorry, I just wasn't expecting that, what even happened?"

"Oh, looks like major traffic, I don't think we will be getting to Virginia anytime today."

"Ugh, more time spent with you, this is horrible!" he laughs, so do I. Maybe, it won't be so bad after all.

After being stuck in the car for nearly 3 hours in traffic I can't handle it anymore, "Ash, we need to get to a hotel there is no way we are gonna make it through traffic with a blizzard like this."

"Ah, so you are calling me by my nickname now. Well, actually no one has ever called me that before. Ha, I kinda like it."

"Oh please, let's just hurry I am getting really tired."

"Okay, you little baby."

"Asher, I am being serious I am really tired."

'I know, I will get us-," but before I can even hear what he is trying to say I start to drift off into a dark, peaceful sleep.

"Lydia, Lydia, LYDIA!"

"Wha-What?" I ask still groggy, I look over to see Asher peaking through the door. We must have made it to the hotel. I check down at my watch and see that it is 11:30pm. "Let me go back to sleep, I'm too tired to move."

"Lydia you cannot sleep in my car the whole night, okay. You sleep, I'll take you in." I cannot even really process what he is saying until he scoops me out of the car and picks me up."

"Okay, I guess that's fine too." I'm too tired to argue with him. As we approach the front of the Hotel he sets me down on my feet again. I feel half asleep as I step into my hotel room that night, but I also feel different. Happier, Excited, and why is my heart beating faster than usual? Oh no! Please no! Wow, I never would have thought that I would end up liking Asher Greendale, not in one million years. But, here I am. Liking him and hoping that maybe, he feels the same.

I wake up the next day, a little scared and nervous. Oh please let that have been a weird dream. I don't like Asher, I can't possibly. Then he walks out in front of me and I cannot help but watch. My heart starts to beat a little faster, I lose focus and of course clumsy me trips.

"Haha, I gotcha." Of course, he would catch me. Just what I need right now. I am supposed to be focusing on my career and instead, I am feeling some type of way for a boy that used to annoy me every day in class.

"Sorry." I walk as fast as I can out to the car, I don't want him to see me blush.

"Hey," he cases after me, "What's up with you?" I hesitate, oh no Lydia, please this cannot be real feelings. I know instantly that they are though. How could I not like a boy that is so funny, sweet, sarcastic, and of course we worked together in Algebra in high school every day. He wasn't truly that annoying, I was just scared because I felt it then and I feel it now. I like him. I must sound crazy.

"Um, well I guess this isn't the best time to say this to you. But, I um kinda think that I-"

"Lydia Anderson, do you have a crush on me?" He jokes, I knew this would happen, oh gosh he is gonna hate me forever.

"Well, the truth is I liked you in High School and I just was too afraid to say it and I was too afraid of my feelings, so I pushed them away and then I met Dylan. "

"Wait, you mean to tell me that you only liked Dylan to shoo your feelings for me away?"

"Well, I ended up kinda liking him, but I never really knew what to think of it. I'm sorry I guess I just ruined everything didn't I?" I look up at him hoping, praying, wishing that I didn't ruin something good.

"Lydia, you never did ask me who I was in love with in High school, ya know the girl that made me not want to date anyone else if I wasn't with her."

"Why does it matter now, I'm sorry I must've ruined everything. I can find someone else to-"

"Lydia, it was you."

"What?"

"I was-well am in love with you."

"I never thought you could like me back."

"Well, you are a smart girl Lydia I don't think it takes rocket science to figure out that anyone could like you." I stare up at him and smile. He grabs my waist, pulls me in, and our lips meet. These seconds are the best seconds of my life and for once I feel not scared to be in love.