I was listening to my dad's Peter Paul and Mary Around the Campfire CD last week (July 23rd?) and started thinking about Ben and Amy when this song started. Thought maybe I'd turn it into a semi-song-fic inspired by the first verse and the first Secret Life ep—specifically, Ben wanting a sex life. So yeah. We'll try it. It'll probably be short, and maybe a little like Ashgurl2897's What Love Is. Don't sue me if it's too much like hers, because I wasn't planning on it to come out that way. If it does at all.
And actually, as I was thinking about it July 27, 2008, I realized there were several songs I could relate to Ben and Amy ("Amen"/"Bemy", although I prefer "Amen") and decided to turn this into a series of 100-ish word drabbles on the two of them, based on parts of different songs. I've seen it done with Law & Order: Criminal Intent and a few other fandoms and figured I could try a Secret Life version.
When I was a young man and never been kissed
I got to thinking it over what I had missed.
I got me a girl, I kissed her and then
Oh Lord, I kissed her again.
-"Kisses Sweeter", Peter Paul and Mary
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At first, the reason behind Ben's insistence to join the band had been the fact that he thought he no longer wanted to be a virgin. So he'd convinced Mr. Molina to help him get into the band, then had asked Amy to go to Grace's church's post-game celebration with him. He'd been thrilled when Amy had accepted, but as the night progressed, he'd realized he was in love with her.
And then, after the fair, he'd kissed her.
So now, he had a girlfriend, and that virginal stigma didn't seem so bad.
Word count: 93
It may not be superb, but it's a start. It's my first attempt at this (well, maybe second, if you count the one I did on Les Miserables…) and I'm sure as I write more of them, I'll get better at it.