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Tracy and Mike's First date

Tracy's POV

It has rained for the past few weeks. That means no softball practice because the field is too saturated to play on. The gymnasium is too small to practice in too. I decide to head to the cybercafe to see what the others are up to. I enter the cafe. I see Kira playing with her band, Ethan playing the latest video game on his laptop, Conner is checking out a girl sitting at the bar and trying to get her number, and Trent is hard at work serving people. I walk up to Ethan and tap him on the shoulder.

"Oh, hey Tracy what's up?' he asks.

"Nothing much really. I'm just tired of waiting for the ball diamond to dry out so I can play again." I answer.

"Not being able to play is really getting to you isn't it?" he asks.

"A bit, but with this long break I took a stab at writing a song." I say.

"Really, can we hear it?" Kira asks as she walks over to us.

"I don't know Kira," I answer.

"Come on, please?" Kira asks.

"Well, it's not really finished, but I guess I can. Kira can I borrow your guitar?" I say.

She nods and hands me her guitar. I walk over to the stage and climb on it. I strum a few chords and start to play a simple tune. I start to sing Small but Strong, a few chords later. As I finished the song I hear my friends clap loudly. I hop down off the stage and walk over to them.

"Wow Tracy, you wrote that?" Ethan asks.

"Yeah, I know it's not that good." I answer.

"No, it's really good." Ethan says.

"Yeah Ethan's right. What's it called?" Kira says.

"It's called Small but Strong" I say.

I handed Kira back her guitar. A few seconds later I feel someone hug me from behind. I turn me head and see Mike.

"Hey, Darling did I surprise you?" He asks.

"Nope, and you know surprising a black belt isn't really a good idea." I answer.

"Point taken and I kind of need to take to you in private." he says.

He playfully drags me away from the group. He drags me over to the couches and he sits down. He pulls me closer and gets a whiff of my perfume. Mike doesn't say anything I figure my perfume has him under its spell.

"So, Mike, what's up?" I ask.

"Sorry darling, I want to ask you if you would like to go to the movies tonight." he says.

"Sure, I'd loved too." I say.

"Good, so I'll pick you up here around four." he informs me.

"Cool, can't wait, but what movie are we going to see?" I ask.

"What ever you wanted to see." he answers.

I turn around and finally realize how close we actually are. Mike takes his hands off my waist and cups my cheeks. Then our eyes meet and his lips press against mine. He starts to French kiss me and the fireworks go off inside my head. A few seconds later he backs away and I am still trying to process what just happened. I slowly get to my feet.

"So, I'll see you around four." he says.

"Yeah, see you then." I say.

I wave good-bye as he leaves the cafe. Conner and the rest of the gang walk over to me. Kira notices that I'm still in shock over the kiss. I come back a few seconds later afterwards and Conner splashes water on my face from the water bottle in his hand. Trent hands me a towel to dry my face off. I hand it back to him after I'm done.