The Relationship Status (1)

Stephanie

Right before we left, Jennifer glared at me to the point where I got a bad feeling in the pit of my stomach. Donnie and I left through the back door, since there was obviously too much going on in the front.

I dragged him back to our neighborhood as soon as possible. I was livid at Donnie. How could he do that?! Joey knew he had it coming, too. He wouldn't have walked into the Teen Club for no good reason. He must've found out we were all gonna be there.

Donnie said when we turned the corner to our street, "Hang on, we'll go to my house." And then he led the way while I still gripped my hand on his out of anger. He knew we needed to talk.

Donnie brought me inside and brought me upstairs into his room and shut the door behind him. We didn't say a word until he closed it like we were playing the quiet game.

"Ok, what is wrong with you, Donnie!? Why would you want to add more damage!? Do you realize how contaminated Jennifer's mouth is!? Joey is almost as perv-y as Mark!" I yelled.

"Well, how was I supposed to know Joey was gonna show up today!? Then Jordan showed up and crashed the place, so why put Joey to waste?"

"Donnie Wahlberg, what has gotten into you..?" I start slowly shaking my head and backing up, touching my hand on the door knob. "You're turning into such a such a bas****! Probably because you're learning from Mark!"

My hand almost hit the side of his face in a slap, but Donnie caught my wrist before it could make contact. We made deep eye contact for a second and he pulled me in with his gripped hand wrapped around my wrist. We kissed for the first time. It was my first real kiss. I dunno if it was Donnie's first time, but it was the best first kiss I thought I'd ever get. And the fact that he got to be the first one. I'd never thought my first kiss would play out like that, though... It just... happened.

But I liked it when he kissed me. I really liked it. Donnie might've gotten into it a little, too. But I didn't exactly mind... Not in the way you're thinking! Like, c'mon guys, I'm only fifteen! Basically, we somehow moved from us standing up to sitting on the bed.

For some reason, I felt like people were watching us, but I didn't care. When I was with Donnie, I didn't care what was going on around me, I just wanted to stay there with him in that space in time. Kissing him.