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They kiss.
They kiss for a long time, tongues tangling and groaning noises sounding from both of them.
I’m only standing a foot away, so it’s awkward. I glance at Wendy, causing her to dip her chin as she bites at her lip, a smile hinting. Not knowing what else to do while Theo and Monica suck face, I stuff my hands into my denim pockets and saunter over to her on the swing. “So…”
She looks up, like she’s waiting for more.
I’ve got nothing.
A giggle slips out, and she nods her head to the swing beside her. “Sit.”
“Okay.”
I do what I’m told, collapsing onto the swing seat and pushing myself back and forth with my feet. I look over at Wendy, and she looks at me. We laugh, then glance away.
“Have you ever kissed a girl before?”
Her question has me choking on absolutely nothing. Swallowing back a coughing fit, I heave in a deep breath and shake my head. My cheeks feel hot as mortification sets in. “No…have you?”
She smiles, mischief lighting up her eyes. “Nope. I haven’t kissed a girl before.”
I realize my poorly executed question and duck my head, that stupid Katy Perry song springing to mind. “You know what I mean.”
“Yeah, I know,” she says, making a hissing sound as she sucks her bottom lip between her teeth. “I kissed a boy once. Last summer at the carnival. He won me one of those stuffed-animal prizes, so I felt like I owed him, you know?”
“Sure, I guess.”
“He’s not the one I wanted to kiss, though.”
My lips suddenly feel dry, so I lick them. “No?”
Wendy shakes her head back and forth, digging the toe of her sandal into the wood chips. When she looks up at me, blush stains her cheeks. “I wanted to kiss you, Brant Elliott.”
“Me? Why?”
“Because I like you.”
I suppose that’s a sensible enough reason. “Is that why you asked me to come here tonight? To kiss me?”
“Maybe.”
My belly flutters with unfamiliar feelings. I’m not sure what I’m supposed to do with this information.
Maybe I’m supposed to kiss her.
Monica laughs loudly when Theo picks her up, propping her over his shoulder so she’s dangling upside down. “Put me down, Theo! You better, or I swear you’re not getting any tonight.”
Getting any.
I know that means sex.
Theo and I are close, so we’ve talked about sex—specifically, the fact that he’s having it and I’m not. His first time was with Monica Porter earlier this year. He’d snuck out of the house through his bedroom window, just like in the movies. I guess they both had sex together for the first time in the back of Monica’s parents’ Land Rover, which sounded uncomfortable to me, but Theo said it was one of the greatest moments of his whole life.
He told me I should try it, too.
I swallow, returning my attention to Wendy. Her eyes darken. Summoning my courage, I ask her, “Ever had sex before?” My skin flushes as the words spew out of me, and I’m really hoping she doesn’t notice.
Wendy’s eyebrows lift, like she wasn’t anticipating the question. “Oh, um…no. Just that one kiss.”
