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"Is this okay?" he asked "May I kiss you?"

My cheeks warmed "I…um…"

He spoke softly into erous kiss It’ll change your life forever, so you have to want it"

If I wasn’t feeling so flustered, Icocky I e my life forever?

But I kind of believed hiel after the shoplifting incident, I wanted to push the edges of my comfort zone just a little bit

And this was special--a boy I liked who ht like me in return I couldn’t just walk away

This tiers into his black hair and pulling his mouth toward mine as if I couldn’t resist I hadn’t kissed ht In fact, it felt really right My lips parted as the kiss deepened His fingers dug intoout of a movie--one of the romantic ones I never watched because they made me feel uncomfortable I didn’t want to try to relate to all of those emotions, those declarations of love and eternal devotion I mean, spare me the drama

"You’re delicious," Stephen whispered before he kissed ht out of ot weird

The cool sensation from his touch turned icy and spread to the kiss, and I shivered That iciness slid down s, chilling my entire body Goose buh , but I couldn’t exactly say it felt bad It was exciting, a rush, like being on a roller coaster in theexisted for me except Stephen His lips never left mine--and I never wanted the it was that he kissedhi me He held my face between his hands and stared at me for a heavy moment His eyes looked very dark in the shadows up here "Sorry, kid Really"

Then he let go of me and walked away

Kid?

Time slowed to a crawl as he disappeared down the stairs, the dancea hollow echo in h my chest now felt like ice

The scent of sweat mixed with perfume slowly pulled hts above the dance floor Even up here, the ground shook with the force of all the kids sto down there

Carly appeared at the top of the stairs and approached one "Sam! What happened?"

I tried to find my voice "Stephen Keyes kissed me"