"You want me to what?" I stared, aghast, at Juliet's calm face.
"I need you to come to the studio tomorrow and kiss a stranger."
"A kiss, like on the cheek? A quick hello-type kiss?"
She huffed at me. "No, Bella. Lips pressing." She grinned wickedly.
"Tongues meeting, if you want. That type of kiss."
"With a stranger."
"That's the idea. One of my volunteers called me today and she is sick. I need you. Please?"
"Why are you doing it again?"
"I was hired by a company to film this for them. It's a behavioural experiment. To see how people respond physically and emotionally to a stranger in an intimate moment."
"Well, I can save you a lot of trouble. I'll behave embarrassed, because that is exactly what I'll be. I won't even be able to speak."
She laughed. "Speaking isn't what I want your lips to do. C'mon Bella. I need you."
I took a sip of my coffee, stalling for time. I couldn't even remember the last time I kissed someone. Now She wanted me to kiss a stranger? I don't think Edward would like that.
"Is there, like, an age limit?" I shuddered slightly.
"I really don't want to kiss an old man."
"It's all mapped out," Juliet explained patiently.
"We've matched up age groups and sexual orientation. My volunteer who cancelled was your age and you'd be perfect."
"Do you know who I'll be, um, kissing?"
"Nope. Just that it is Volunteer #13-male, twenty-nine years old. Likes females in his age category." She grinned.
"How long do I have to kiss him for?"
"Whatever you feel like."
"What if I don't like him? Or he has bad breath or, oh God, Julie, what if he's a clown in his spare time? What if he wants to go to the circus?" I hated clowns-they scared the shit out of me.
She threw up her hands. "It's not a 'hey, let's get to know each other' type thing! It'll be easy. You don't have to like him-all you're going to do is kiss him and you can walk away! There will be no clowns or circuses-I promise! And I'll make sure there is a fucking bowl of mints in the room, okay?" She shook her head.
"Please, I need you. A few minutes of your life. Please."
I gave in. I could never say no to Julie and she knew that fact only too well. "Okay."
"Really? You'll do it?"
"Yes." I shook my finger at her.
"If he's got a red nose, big feet, and has halitosis I will never forgive you."
"Big feet are a plus, Bella. I keep telling you that."
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Fanfiction"Over six years had passed since Jacob had left me, during which I had struggled through every single day unable, despite my hardest endeavors, to forget him." Bella Swan was a sophomore at Ridgewood university in New York . She's studying to be a...
