History of You and Me

Chapter 6

Flashback Diane age 15 the boys age 16

Me and James [a time when Bucky still went by James] and Steve and my girl best friend Elizabeth we're all together. Elizabeth had thrown a boy/girl birthday party. We sat in her basement girls gossiping about the cutest guys on one side and the guys doing- guy stuff on the other.

"No steve is so cute. You guys don't understand."
Elizabeth argues
"No that new guy with the black hair who doesn't have any friends- he's the cutest!"
Another girl pleads.

I had totally excluded myself from the conversation. Elizabeth always was trying to convince all the girls how cute Steve was and that he was just a mature taste. I found some of the boys cute just none striking to be with.

I had been kicking my feet, bored, waiting until Elizabeth would tell us a game to play. I glanced over to the boys side and noticed James looking at me. We've been friends for quite some time and I can always rely on him to hangout with.

I waved at him and he softly smiled.
Bored?
He mouthed to me and I shrugged and glanced over to the the little huddle the other girls have made

Come over to the stairs
He mouthed to me glancing at the stairs to his right and I nodded.

I got up and walked over to the stairs. And sat beside him on the stair
"They we're talking about boy stuff again"
I tell him
"Why are you surprised"
He reminds me

I giggle and he blushes
"I love your laugh"
"Why thank you"
I smile

"What were the boys doing?"
I ask him
"All I know is that they were trying to have Steve to tell them if he and Elizabeth have gone out"
"They're always picking on Steve. If they keep on messing with him I might go over and rescue him"
I say to James
He smiles
"You always act like he's your little brother.."
James trailers off seeing Elizabeth's cherry red hair peek over the corner of the stair wall
"Ah found the first two contestants!"
She yells everyone cheers

"What?"
James asks.
She grabs our wrists and drags us back into the room

"So as I was explaining before. I have made up a game where we will all have first or new kisses tonight. But you will go into my storage closest and you will have to make out for five minutes."
"Seven minutes!"
Another girl yells out to Elizabeth

I look at James with a worried eyes and he shrugs but he's blushing

I clear my throat "Why Bucky? I mean I love him as my best friend but I don't want to-"
Elizabeth stops me before I can go on
"Oh come on"

Everyone in the room giggles. Then I look over at Steve to help us but he shrugs and mouths
Just fake it

Elizabeth shoves us into her small storage closet and outside the door the others start to giggle and whisper

"Elizabeth is the worst"
I say quietly
"Definitely"
He says.

"Do you like any of the girls here?"
I ask him
I had kept meaning to ask him all night but never found the chance to.
He nods
"Uh yeah- sorta"
"Who?"
He pauses and looks me in the eyes then looks away and says
"Well uh- um- well there a couple of um- pretty ones" he looks back at me as he says 'pretty ones'
He then changes the subject
"Do you.. like anyone here?"
I think then shake my head
"They're all not my type"

We start to talk about any random thing we could think up then later Elizabeth yells out
"2 more minutes!"

I sigh "Do you think we should make it look like we actually made out?"
James' eyes widen "What?"
"Ya know like I could put some lipstick marks on- cause what if she makes us go in here again if there's no sign that we did what she wanted us to"
"That makes sense"

I grab my lipstick that I had brought to reapply what I already had on and put a new coat of it. I pressed my lips to his cheek then looked at him
"Beautiful"
I say and he smiles
"It feels like you've had to do this before"
He says
"Nope first time"
I press my lips to his neck to leave another mark
"Ok this will be weird so brace yourself. I'm going to leave a mark on your lips."
He nods and I press my lips to his but then James start to kiss me for real. I don't even hesitate kissing back
Is kissing your best friend supposed to be weird-I kinda like this. We kiss for a couple of seconds until I think to pull away but I don't want to..
What am I thinking this is James.
I pull away from him and take a step away from him
"Good call doing a bit of real kissing for that real affect" I say awkwardly
"I thought it might- uh help the look"
"Good call"

I then unbutton his top button of his dress shirt.
"Woah there dee"
He jokes.
I cover my mouth to not laugh
And just like that those weird feelings I felt when I was kissing him went away.

We finally were let out of the storage closet and everyone thought we made out.