Chapter 25

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It was a couple hours before the party for Luna started. Celeste was at her home, getting herself and the party ready. Luna was at her Angel's home getting ready. Luna wanted to look her best tonight. She wanted to look beautiful.


Luna walked through the front door of Celeste and William's home. She was dressed in a London blue, sparkling dress synched at the waist. The neck was a deep cut, with a nude panel to cover the slit. The loose sleeves fell softly over her shoulders and down above her elbows. As she walked in, the slit on the left side of the dress opened and exposed her right leg; her foot in a black high heeled shoe. Her hair was pulled up into a loose bun, exposing the nape of her neck. She felt eyes on her as she walked towards the center of the room where Celeste and William were.


William took his glass of champagne and tapped a knife on it. "Ladies and gentlemen," William said out loudly. Everyone stopped their chatting and turned to face the center. "Thank you all for joining us tonight." William gently placed his arm around Luna's shoulder. "The lady of the night just arrived." Luna shyly smiled at the crowd. "This beautiful lady here will be leaving us for a couple months to follow her dreams; this party is to celebrate her and her accomplishments!" William raised his glass up in the air and everyone cheered.


'I don't know the majority of the people here,' Luna thought to herself as she witnessed a roomful of strangers cheering in her name. After the announcement, Luna stood with her sister as strangers walked up to her and congratulated her.


'I wonder if they know what they're congratulating me for?'


"Congratulations, Luna." A familiar voice sounded from behind her. Luna turned around and saw Grayson.


"Hey Luna!" Out from behind Grayson appeared Sera and then Noah.


"Hi Sera! Hi Noah." Luna smiled and waved to them. She then slowly looked up to Grayson and said 'hello'.


"I hear that you're going abroad? How exciting!" Sera said. She walked up to Luna and gave her a hug.


"Uh thanks." Luna felt a bit uncomfortable with the hug. She didn't feel that they were close enough to be giving one another hugs. Sera pulled away.


"You're going to love it!" Sera said. "Trust me."


"I am excited for you," Noah said. He opened his arms. "May I?" Luna smiled and walked towards Noah and into his open arms.


"Thank you." Luna thought about how she was going to be leaving some newly made friends behind and she felt a bit sad.


Luna became aware of the music that was playing in the room. She felt like dancing, something she never feels. She glanced over at Grayson, who was conversing with William and Michael. Taking a deep breath in, Luna gathered up her courage and walked towards Grayson. When she reached him and her brother-in-laws, she stopped abruptly.


Feeling a bit shy with her brother-in-laws there, Luna whispered, "Grayson". Michael stopped talking and the three of them turned to face Luna.


"What is it, Luna?" William asked.


"Uh... ummm..." Luna was starting to feel panicked. The three of them just stared at Luna. "I need to speak with Grayson," Luna blurted out.


Grayson looked surprised. Michael and William grinned. "He's all yours," William said. He and Michael walked away, leaving Luna and Grayson. Luna stood there awkwardly, not knowing how to start.


Grayson noticed Luna feeling uncomfortable. "Would you like to dance?" Luna gladly took the offer; it should help with the nerves. Luna placed her hand on Grayson's outreached arm and he led her to the center of the room where several others were dancing.


They stopped in the middle of many others. Grayson took Luna's arms and placed them both on his shoulders, her forearm gently up against his chest. Luna's eyes opened wider. Grayson then placed his hands on either sides of Luna's cinched in waist. Luna's heart skipped a beat.

They swayed from side to side to the emotional music playing loudly in the room. Luna found herself not wanting the moment to end. Grayson's smile did not change as he looked deeply into Luna's eyes.


"What did you need to speak to me about?" Grayson asked, breaking the spell Luna was under.


"Oh," Luna said blinking quickly, her eyes moving away from Grayson's. "I... I don't know how to begin." Luna paused. She took a deep breath in and held it for a second. "I like you too."


'There! I said it!' Luna let out a great sigh of relief. She felt a huge weight lift off her chest. Grayson's feet stopped moving; they paused on the dance floor. Luna's racing heart continued to race. Grayson then started swaying to the music again, the edges of his lips turned up into a smile, but before he could say anything, Luna spoke.


"I know that I am leaving soon and that I will be gone for several months. Like how you didn't expect anything from me when you told me you liked me, I don't expect anything from you either. I just wanted to tell you that I like you too. I know your feelings will change as soon as I leave, that's why I didn't want to say anything, but I felt I had to for myself." Luna was running out of breath.


"Luna," Grayson said softly. "I'm happy to hear that you feel the same way. This was the first time I felt unsure about the other person's feelings."


Luna unintentionally scoffed.


"You don't know the thoughts and feelings that went through my mind after I confessed and you seemed to have rejected me. I thought you didn't feel the same."


"No, I did," Luna interjected. "I just... didn't think you actually really liked me."


"Why would I tell you something I didn't mean? Especially when it's my feelings?"


'True."


"You need to have more confidence in yourself," Grayson said, pulling Luna in closer to him. "You are beautiful; everyone sees it, but you."


"It's just hard to think that someone as perfect as you," Luna said slowly. "Can like someone as... average as me." Luna looked down, feeling a bit embarrassed.


"Even if you are the most average girl in the world, I don't care. You are beautiful to me and that's all that matters."


Gray lifted his right arm from Luna's waist and lifted Luna's chin up with his forefinger. Luna's eyes, wide open, stared at Grayson's smiling face. Luna and Grayson stopped dancing and stared into each other's eyes. As the music continued playing in the background, Grayson slowly lowered his face down closer to Luna's. Luna didn't hesitate this time. Luna gently closed her eyes as she felt the touch of Grayson's warm lips on hers.


Time seemed to have stopped; the music became silent and everyone disappeared. There was only Luna and Grayson left in the center of the room; Luna's arms still around Grayson's neck, Grayson's hands around her waist, pressing her up against his body as their kiss came to an end. They slowly pulled away from one another's lip to catch their breath. Luna smiled shyly.


"Our first kiss," Luna said. The music and chattering of the guests came back into the background.


"That was our second kiss," Grayson said and smiled slyly.


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