“Tell you what,” he said. “If you still haven’t kissed anyone by your 16th birthday, I’ll kiss you myself.” My eyes widened. “You’re kidding, right?” He shook his head. “Nope. I mean it, Nicole.” Then he let go of my shoulders, and grinned. “And that’s a threat – so you’d better hurry up and find somebody. You wouldn’t want to kiss me, would you?” I giggled, somewhat nervously. “Oh no...no way...” (thanks to padme_alejandra for the banner!)