Friday Night
The whole crowd went to the cinema Friday night. Bruce, Kyle, Kerry, Callum, Conner, James, Lauren, and a few other kids. Kerry and James sat next to each other on the bus leaving CHERUB campus while Lauren and Kyle sat in the seats beside them and Bruce and Conner before them and a few of the girls behind them.
The bus was a real riot and the group slagged each other, constantly messing about and trading jabs with each other despite the driver's constant complaints. Kerry kept up a constant flow of conversation with a girlfriend behind her while James and Kyle argued about something or another.
The bus let them off at the cinema and the entire group piled out, still as wild and rambunctious as any group of children might be. The only difference was that they didn't scatter or wander, they stayed in a tight group despite all their foolish antics; they always kept their eyes scanning the adults around them. Training certainly wasn't something that was easily broken and after most of the group had just become gray shirts, few of them would be so unobservant.
Because of this, everyone noticed James and Kerry break off from the group and head towards a different part of the building.
"And where are you two love birds off to?" Kyle quipped as James and Kerry turned around to face him, shy looks plastered on their faces.
"W-well, you s-see," James started to stutter.
"We-we're going-" Kerry tried to explain.
"James and Kerry sitting in a tree!" Bruce exclaimed in delight as the others rapidly joined in. Both James and Kerry blushed heavily and made a hasty retreat towards their own theater—neither had realized they had joined hands in the process—and the rest of the gang went to their own theater, though they were by no means done with their teasing.
"That was total rubbish," James muttered as he and Kerry sat in their seats, still holding hands and blushing lightly.
"Total rubbish," Kerry agreed.
The screen was still pushing new films on them and both of their stomachs were grumbling. Kerry leveled an expectant gaze on James.
"Give us some sweets?" She said with a jaw dropping smile and a shy look. James blushed even brighter and tried to stand, only to realize his hand was still clamped tight around Kerry's. She blushed and reluctantly let go, James beat a hasty retreat to the main lobby.
As he walked back to their theater with his arms laden with food, drink, and sugary treats, James was warring with himself over what he was doing. That he was nervous was obvious, that Kerry was beautiful—though not Amy beautiful—was a given. But did he want her to be his girlfriend? James had barely dabbled in girls before CHERUB and he had never really put much thought behind it after joining due to his preparations for basic training.
The most obvious thing to him was that he and Kerry clicked. He had never felt what he was feeling for her with any other girl he had interacted with. She was a mate, but she was even more than that; it was like she was some superb mix of perfection—like pepsi-icecream.
He was drawn out of his thoughts as he felt himself take a seat next to Kerry. She took advantage of the opportunity to relieve him of his burden; however, she also lifted the arm rest between them so she could nestle into his chest as she ate her popcorn.
Both of the newly minted CHERUB agents blushed heavily at her bold move; but not as much as when James met her advances by putting his arm around her. Both were light-headed by the sudden change in their seating arrangement, but neither were complaining as they shared a pepsi and dug into the popcorn and chips.
"You know, this is actually pretty nice," Kerry said as she took the pepsi from James' hands and took another sip.
"Yeah," he agreed, his arm around her making him feel a hundred feet tall.
The movie continued on and the pair sat contently as they burned through another pepsi and then their popcorn bucket and a few bags of sweets. As the movie—an action piece with just enough drama to make Kerry happy—began to wind down and with it, their attention shifted from the film to each other.
James realized it right after a long monologue scene had ended and he suddenly became aware how close Kerry was to him. Her body was pressed tight to his own, her head was practically wedged under his own.
Her perfume and shampoo flooding his nostrils and making his body heat up considerably. Before he could even begin to deal with that, Kerry turned to ask him something and both teenagers suddenly realized how close their lips were to each other.
"I-" James started to say as his heartbeat went into overdrive.
"Uh-" Kerry's dark eyes—normally so sharp and observant—were pools of shy attraction so deep that James nearly felt himself lean in and fall forever.
Instead, he ended up leaning and kissing her.
Kerry froze in fear at first, but soon her hands dropped the empty popcorn bucket and shifted to run through James' thick hair. His own free hand found itself on her cheek while his arm around her shoulders shifted to lay loose around her waist. The kiss deepened and the pair shifted closer, but after a few more moments they broke apart panting for breath.
"That was...wow..." James said, mind spinning as Kerry likewise sucked in breath.
"I know," Kerry said as she gazed up at James in curiosity, "want to do it again?"
James grinned and they began kissing again, this time more frequent and less depth as the movie began to reach its conclusion. Luckily there were other couples in the theater doing the same thing, so they doubted anyone would try to get them kicked out.
The movie did end however, and the two were forced to end their shenanigans and leave the theater with the rest of the patrons after the lights came on.
Their friends were waiting for them.
"Have a good snog?" Conner asked with a wide smirk.
"I bet James didn't even have the nerve to sit next to her!" Lauren taunted.
James just sighed and hung his head.
"Is that a lovebite!?" Bruce shouted in horror.
Kerry and James both blushed.