First Kiss

They were walking home from school. Both had their hands tucked in their coat pockets, for it was quite chilly outside. She wanted her hand to occupy his hand instead of her pocket. He didn’t know; his mind was on other things. Today was the day he was supposed to give her it. “It” meaning that rain checked new years kiss he had forgotten to give her the day before when they had all of that time alone. This would be the only chance he’d get today.
He was nervous as heck. This was going to be his first kiss. She was a lot wiser in this sort of thing than he was. He had actually witnessed her first kiss, along with 20 other kids when she was as ill-experience as he was. But of course, he wasn’t the one kissing her then. He peeked over at that special girl. He felt terrified, fearing he would mess up, choke and not do it, or maybe not even meet up to her standards.
His eyes shot in front of him as she turned her head to look at him. She had just finished saying something, but he had missed everything while lost in his nervousness. She smiled, so it must’ve not been a question, and he breathed a sigh of relief. He smiled back. She continued to babble on about everything, and ever now and then she’d stop. That’s when he’d mention he felt like he was “forgetting” something. They were getting closer to her corner, where her parents could see them. That wasn’t good if he was going to go through with this.
“I just remembered what I was going to do now,” he said. She looked up at him curiously. “I was supposed to give you a kiss.” She stopped dead in her tracks.
“Oh…yeah” she said, smiling nervously as her cheeks turned a light red. They stood there in that awkward position for what felt like an eternity. He couldn’t hold still, and she couldn’t stop biting at her lip. They began discussing the situation. How her had no experience, and how her had looked at every detail except for this. He didn’t know what to do. She just waited patiently for him to pull the courage together to do it. She had to get home soon, and they were running out of time.
They decided to take baby steps. Literally. They went until they were close together, standing right in front of each other. He was still extremely nervous and embarrassed because he didn’t know what to do. She tried to give him some advice, but it didn’t work, so she went to plan B.
“I could take control of this situation, but I wasn’t sure if you wanted me to…” she said.
“Oh, please do! That’d help me a lot” he said, slightly relieved, yet feeling guilty he couldn’t do it himself.
“Ok,” She stood directly in front of his tall figure, placing her hands on his shoulders, grinning. “You just close your eyes and sorta…let it happen.” She said. He closed his eyes. “I was just giving you advice!” she said, chuckling to herself. He opened them again and smiled embarrassingly. She took a deep breath, let it out, placed her hands on his cheeks and looked into his eyes. “Now close your eyes.” His heart raced as her slowly shut his eyes. She stood on her tip-toes and leaned forward. He felt her warm lips press firmly against his. Both of their hearts skipped a beat. As she removed her lips from his, he thought to himself that that was the single most exhilarating experience of his life. His heart was still pounding as they smiled and laughed. She said goodbye, and turned her corner beginning to walk down her street. He also said his goodbye, and then started sprinting to his house. It was 3:10, and he was going to get home late today.