A Man Now
Her lips were buzzing from the kiss. Her whole body felt like it was on fire and her fingertips were tingling.
The awkward, tall, gangly boy she used to know, well, he was gone. Red looked up at Jack, both of their faces flushed from the kiss. Her eyes were wide. She had never been kissed before...
Jack cleared his throat.
"I'm sorry, I.. Uh, do you, um..." Jack trailed off and ducked his head, scuffing his shoes on the dirt pathway. "I shouldn't have uh, kissed you..."
"What?" Red was bewildered. "No! That was a really good kiss." She said.
Now they were both as red as a tomato.
"I mean," Red cleared her throat. "I guess I might have been ok with kissing you."
Jack laughed and looked down at her upturned face. "Are you sure?" There was a teasing look in his eyes, one that Red had grown very fond of.
"Y'know what? I'm not sure." She stretched up onto her toes and poked him in the chest. "You were distracting me."
Where all this confidence was coming from, she had no idea. Jack grinned back at her and grabbed her hand.
"Well, we'll just have to try it again then." Still holding her hand, he bent down and captured her lips once more. Red's heart sped up again. The tingling intensified and she gasped when they finally broke for air. With her other hand, the one Jack wasn't holding, she touched her lips.
"Yeah, I'm definitely ok with this." Red breathed.
Jack was no longer a little, dim witted boy.
He was definitely a man now.