Agreed.
To.
Kiss.
My.
Best.
Friend.
Dear brain, next time think things through longer before you agree, okay!? Thanks. Love, Elle.
Noah didn’t give me the chance to change my mind before he pulled me up by my arms. He made sure I was stable on my feet before moving his hand to cup the back of my neck. I watched his eyes close, and I inhaled sharply before letting mine flutter shut, waiting with bated breath. My heart beat wildly in my chest as I tried to focus on the erratic thump, rather than what was coming next. I wiped my sweaty palms on the sides of my jeans, fighting to keep my eyes closed as the anticipation threatened to send a wave of anxiousness through my body. Suddenly, I could feel the hotness of Noah’s breath, his lips so close to mine that they were practically touching. We both stood still for several seconds and my eyes peeked open, when suddenly he crashed his mouth into mine.
Warmth flooded my body as his tongue traced the seam of my lips. I opened my mouth to let him in, our tongues dancing wildly and our teeth clanging against each other. Instinctually, my head tilted to the side, just as he tilted the same direction, making us lose our already awkward momentum and break apart.
We both instantly used our sleeves to wipe our mouths and looked around everywhere but at each other.
My fingertips floated up to my lips; they felt fuzzy from our kiss and my entire body hummed. Noah had stepped back, but I was positive he could hear my wildly beating heart from where he stood.
My judgment was clouded, full of confusion. I could still feel him everywhere, but my first kiss wasn’t at all how I expected it to be.
For starters, I had never imagined my first kiss being with my best friend. I had also never pictured it being so… weird. In the movies, the first kiss is always so romantic, but in real life, in my life, it was wet, messy, and over as quickly as it started, lasting no more than three seconds.
I turned my head back to meet his gaze and we both instantly started laughing. Yep, that had just happened. I sat back down on the swing, my hands wrapping around the chains.
“Well, now that we got that over with, let’s go get ready to start high school!” Noah said, still laughing. He pulled one of my hands free from the hold on the chain and used it to high five himself. I ripped my hand out of his grasp and stood back up, letting him slip his arm around my shoulders as we walked. Wrapping my arm around his waist, I leaned my head against his side as we fell in step and headed out of the park, back toward my house.
“Elle, what if you meet your high school sweetheart this week and I just stole your first kiss from him?”
I snort at that because we both know how unlikely that is. I’m super shy and sort of an ugly duckling. A nerd in the making. Having my first kiss wasn’t in the cards for me for a very, very long time. At least it hadn’t been until tonight. I punch him lightly in the stomach as I look up at him and roll my eyes.
“C’mon loser, let’s race!” I take off running, forcing him to follow or be left in the dust.