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And clarity too Since I’d been trying to figure uys and girls?

Before that first kiss near the end of irls in the backseats of cars Gone on a couple of dates Toldit was okay, it was so-so, I wasn’t that into the girl

I had a pretty good inkling I’d like kissing a guy more

But I’d wanted confirmation with my body

And I got it the first tiuy

It happened at a party with a man I’d just met After a couple seconds, I had all my answers

But for the sake of science, I tested soer

I walked the rest of the way hoer black and white It was bursting with color

The next , I texted Reese and asked her to meet me for breakfast

At the local diner, over pancakes and eggs, I cleared my throat

This was going to be hard, wasn’t it?

Saying so I’d suspected for a while

Saying it out loud to another person

But then, we’d been friends since I was eight, and she was six We’d already talked about our crushes on Chris He to shock her Still, nerves whipped throughthis out loud for the first time to another person

I set down ay”

It cahtforward To the point I didn’t throw myself a parade

Reese seeaze onme Any reason why you decided to tell me now?”

Good question Easy enough answer “I kissed a guy last night”

Her blue eyes sparked with curiosity Her voice too “And…?”

“It was…pretty fucking good,” I said, laughing, as I remembered

Her lips curved into a grin “So a little better than the so-so kiss with Hannah? Thethe stories of my other kisses

I leaned back against the booth, relieved “Exactly Nothing so-so about it” I took a beat, dragging a hand through my hair “You’re the first person I’ve told”

“And how do you feel now that you’ve said it?”

“Honestly? Pretty awesoh “It was easy to tell you”

She slad you knew you could”

She knew allher felt so good “I should get a tattoo or so,” I said, jazzed by that idea

Her irises twinkled “I’ of?”

“So “I want all estured to the bands that looked like water on my arm