Short Story Sunday

The Kiss

I had been going to Harris County School for almost three years now and I never really noticed my entire junior class. The jocks, who were always to be found in regular classes; the nerds who would be frequented near the latest technology; however, there always seemed to be a mixture of both at my school, and that is where I met him.

His name was Raymond and he had caught my eye a few times before but I always shrugged him off in an attempt to possibly find someone else, but something about today made me notice; not just notice but want, even lust after him. We had our Junior Class Camp Out and while I was sitting with my clique that was mixed between the popular and nerdy girls, I saw him out in the field playing football. I could easily distinguish between him and the others because he wore a light blue shirt, with grey jeans and a visor around his well-kept curly hair; all the other guys were a mix between the usual striped horizontal shirts and khaki pants and an occasional t-shirt with shorts, but something about Raymond's outfit today stood out far more than the others.

When the camp out was over I was walking around and then I saw Raymond as he walked up to me to shake my hand like he does everyone, he stopped me and we engaged in conversation. While talking I noticed he was very sweaty and his shirt had stains from under his arms and his neck, but something about it was so attractive. Standing up close was definitely a distinction between where I was sitting while he was playing football. The sweat running down his perfectly bronzed-brown light skin made his appeal even greater; not to mention that without his uniform you can see the defilement in his arm muscles, which were a bit larger now that I remember them, while the veins inside were distinct in their path as they flowed down his arms like the pictures of rivers you would typically see on a map. As I looked into his brown-green eyes I couldn't help but to explore my sinful thoughts. I never noticed how fine he was until that very moment when I knew I wanted to put his arms around me and to hold me close while resting his cheek on my head and just swaying back and forth. I couldn't explain it but I felt as though he knew what I was thinking while talking to him, and every time he touches me I just get so happy and I never know how to tell him how I feel.

While talking he asked me to help him with his chemistry homework, so I agreed. Spending time alone with Raymond, and helping him with my favorite subject, it couldn't get any better than that. We got back to school and we found an empty classroom where we could work in peace. I was helping him and then that's when things got interesting. While showing him electron configurations, I noticed that when I would go to the board and come back, he was always a little closer each time; I got up again this time showing him where one of the elements were and explained why it was there. While I was talking I didn't notice that he had gotten up. Now that he was standing in front of me, I was still explaining and he walked slowly toward me while looking in my eyes and I started getting goosebumps. He finally reached me and he put one hand around my waist, and one hand behind my neck; then he pulled me in and planted his lips on mine.

The kiss was so amazing that after he pulled away I just stood there in shock, because I couldn't believe he did that. He took my hand and looked me square in the eyes and asked if I would be his girlfriend. He gave his explanation for why he had done what did and all the while I couldn't focus on a word he was saying because he kept rubbing the back of my hand with his thumb. After his explanation he pulled my hand up to his soft pillow-like lips and kissed it. Of course I would be somewhat on the stupid side to tell him no, so I said yes, and he just pulled me in and kept me in his warm, muscular embrace.