"OMG !! The girl playing the female lead in our drama has left the club" I heard as I walked in the practice room.
It's a cliché drama that my drama club is playing. it's not that I don't like love and romance but this drama is just too much of PDA.
"Oh, Hi Jena. Did you hear about the female lead of our drama?" One of my clubmates asked me.
"Yeah...I just heard you guys talking." I said.
"Who's gonna be the female lead now ?!" he again said.
"I don't know.....it's not our problem anyway" I shrugged.
"Everybody Gather Around!! Let's Practice" here comes our director.
"But...the female lead?" some overcaring club members asked our director.
I don't care about this at all as I've a side role with barely two lines. I'm just listening to their conversation.
"Since there's only one girl in our club now...and that's Jena ..so..."our director starts speaking.
What?! only one girl?! Oh, yeah!! This freaking drama is not being played yet and we've been practicing for a month already. So...all of the girls left halfway. 😂
"Our female lead now is..Jena !!"
" What ??! Me ?!"
"Yes....Jena"
"But, what bout my role then ??"
"It's not a very important role....and another guy can do it...but a female lead can't be played by a guy, can it be ?? In fact, all the others roles are gonna be played by boys even if it's a girl's role....cuz we ran out of girl club members."
I had to think for a while.
"Ummm..okay..?" I was not very sure but I agreed.
We were still talking when the guy playing the male lead appears.
"Oh, Blake?? you are late today?" our director exclaimed.
"Yeah...just had some important work to do" he said while looking at me in a way like he's won a lottery or something.
Why me ?! if the director asked the question, why did he look at me ?!
But...I liked it cuz I've had a crush on him since the day he joined our club...I mean I liked his personality...he's super cute too !!
Our director speaks up to Blake "Well...Blake ...are you okay with Jena being the female lead ??"
"Yeah...all okay !! I don't have any probs".
He didn't have to say that long of a sentence. Wait....By any way...is he also interested in me ?!
"I forgot to tell y'all that there's a kiss scene in the end of the drama" our director spoke up.
Wait ?! what ?! wtf ?! I'm freaking out. And what's worse is Blake is smirking at me like he knew this was gonna come up.
"I'm not kissing him, sorry" I said as I'm Hella nervous to kiss my crush and what if he doesn't like me back...my first kiss would be ruined. Also, I don't wanna have my first kiss in a play or drama like this.
Like every other girl, I also have fantasies about my first kiss.
"It's just acting, Jena ..it's not a big deal...now please don't tell me you're gonna leave too ?" our director was concerned.
"It's okay if you're uncomfortable...we can skip it, right director?" Blake said.
"No !! Not at all !! This was gonna grab the audience's attention ..we can't skip it ...you guys practice the drama ..I'll think of a way " our director responded.
Well...I can let him do that. He can think of something.
This way ..the whole month passed practicing and flirting with Blake. He used to flirt with me too though. 😁
But, little did I know what's gonna happen when we practice for the kiss scene.
"Today, our practice is all done...just the last scene is left and we'll be performing it after a week" our director said in an excitement.
"Well...the last scene is..."Blake was saying but he then stopped as he looked at me with nervousness..I guess.
"The kiss scene ..." the director said "it's not a big deal ..I've thought about it ...Blake ..You've to cover her face from the audience and pretend like you two are kissing for three minutes...."
"Not a bad idea." Blake said.
"Th..three minutes ??" I mumbled.
"Now...is it also a problem Ms Jena ??"
"Umm..N..No" I bit my lip.
"Let's Practice then !!! " the director clapped his hands.
As he said, we took the positions, Blake bent me down while carrying my right leg and hiding my face from our director. Actually, everyone else has already left as this is the ending scene just for the male and the female lead.
I was so nervous at the moment that I literally closed my eyes ...I couldn't help being that close to my crush. A minute passed and he is still holding my fat body up.😅 Impressive !!👏🙌
I thought that it's gonna end soon..but the second minute was longer than I'd ever expected. I felt his lips on mine. I opened my eyes in shock trying to get what was happening.
He was kissing me. He was literally sucking my lips and I couldn't breathe so ..I had to kiss him back. The director seemed to have no idea about it.
"That's it !! Perfect !! Now...we'll just practice once everyday, okay ?" our director exclaimed.
"Hmmm...." Blake and I hummed together in response.
We went to the changing room as we were not wearing much so...we didn't need separate rooms for girls and boys...
I was just doing my thing when...
"Umm...Jena ...are you mad cuz I kissed you back there??" Blake asked.
"I'm not . Really. But...why did you kiss me ?" I had to ask.
"I'll explain it rn..but can you please promise that you'd not act like you don't know me like every other girl does after getting kissed abruptly."
"I can't promise you before hearing the explanation."
" Uh.....the day you joined this school as a fresher....I saw you at the hallway and I've liked you since then..."
I was excited."What?!" I cut him off.
"Please don't cut me off !! Listen to my explanation first, please." 🥺
"Okay..."
"So...I've been liking you since then...and that's why I left my IT club and joined drama club for you ....just for you...when I heard that they're gonna do a romantic play...I didn't want another guy to do it with you....They took me as the lead role and I found out that you were not the female lead ...so...I
..I...um...I..."
"You what ?!"
"I paid every other girl in the club to leave the play...just so you could do it with me."
"What ?! Are you crazy or what ?! That's insane !!"
"I really like you, Jena...would you please ..please....be my girlfriend ?!"
"Look..I don't wanna drag it too...I also think that I like you...so...I guess...I can be your girlfriend." I said while looking down.
He lifted my face up and kissed me making me feel the confession through his lips. I felt that he really likes me.
We hugged. He lifted me up and swirled around.
"I'm so happy rn." he looked at my eyes and said.
"Me too."
We started dating and we kissed on every rehearsal without our director knowing it. It felt thrilling. The butterflies in my stomach that I got every time I kissed him were enough to drive me crazy for his affection.
This is how my first love started-"like magic."
Thank you for reading my story.💜
