Originally Posted by Bubbles

Oh crud.

She was smarter than he thought and she got the message real quick. Quicker than he had liked. "I-I...Uh, well...I...yeah." Gosh, will she know now that he liked her?

Oh...

She kissed him because that's what you do? Something like lead dropped to the bottom of Kennedy's stomach. Kennedy hung his head, not knowing how to respond to that. She only kissed him because of the mistletoe. His prediction had been right and now...

He raised his head when he heard her speak again. Wait...what?! A smile spread on Kennedy's lips. She liked him?

She liked him?

Was he dreaming? Had he tripped on a rock and hit his head real hard that now he was hearing things? Or had heard wrong? "Y-You like me?" he said. His heart was pounding hard against his chest and he felt as if though he would pass out. Get a hold of yourself, Escalante! "I-I mean are you sure?" Because, he was Kennedy. The kid that got bullied back home, the kid that things like this just didn't happen to.

With the smile still plastered on his face he looked down at the ground and then back up. "You don't have to worry about anything," he said, taking his hands out of his pockets. He tucked a red strand of hair behind her ear and smiled wider. "I really like you, too." This had to be a dream and if it was, he never wanted to wake up.