I again sit on my couch as a old jeopardy show plays on my small TV far in the evening. Thecouple from yesterday are still going at it in another room in the complex, but this time it's a lotmore docile.I grab another chip from the bag, tasting the wonderful salty heaven as it slides down my throat.I also have a sandwich on my lap, two cans of cherry soda, and a few bags of gummy worms. Itook a little of the money I've been saving over months and used it to buy all this. However, itwas all the worth it. I don't know what I was stressing about before. Every bite, every drink was

He gradually puts his arm on the couch head behind me, making my mouth fall open."I know a way you can earn them." He breathes. He leans in close as he glides his finger over mybottom lip. My heart says to lean in with it and kiss him, but my head tells me that he'll probablyjust reject me like last time.With as much will power as I can muster, I turn my head away, knitting my eyebrows into afrown. David leans back slightly in surprise, looking over my face."What's wrong?" He asks. I shake my head, twisting my fingers into my lap."Do you actually want to... to kiss me this time?" I falter, my heart beating in my ears. I try tokeep my voice steady but I can hear the slight wobble at the end of each word."Why wouldn't I want to?""... That day when we were kissing, and you stopped... I know it wasn't a big deal, i just want to know how far I guess...How far we'll go. I don't know what I'm trying to say-"

"I've... never really thought about it. I suppose I don't realize when I'm not cursing.""It defiantly turned me on a bit." We sit in silence for a few blissful minutes, the smell of his mildforest cologne filling up every pore, every part of my being. I start to feel like I'm finally in arelationship, that I just got home from my job and waiting in the bedroom was my lover. It filledme with a warmth that I thought I'd never acquire. I don't want this moment to ever end..."I'm going to go take a shower. You're free to use my other bathroom upstairs if you want." Hesays, stretching off the bed while accompanied with a few cracks