Cecily had peed on his welcome mat. The man she had had a crush on for who knows how long? She had not only done that, but she had also gotten caught by him. He had said her name! There was no way that she was going to get out of this. She had the whole week to come up with every possible bad thing that could come from this. When Monday came around she was reluctant to get up. She even considered not going, but her mom wouldn't allow that.

Sure enough as soon as first period started she was told to go to the principal's office. She couldn't even bring herself to look him in the eyes as she sat in his chair. "Cecily, what happened Friday night?" she still couldn't look at Mr. Scalco. She only shrugged. "I saw you… you peed on my welcome mat. Don't deny it… I saw you. I just want to know why?" Cecily began to cry "I'm so sorry Mr. Scalco! I was dared to… I'll buy you a new one… please, please don't tell on me." "Shhhh" he said as he pulled her into his arms to comfort her. Once she calmed down she began to explain what exactly had happened.

He surprised her by laughing. "Don't worry about it; just don't get caught up in any more stupid games. Okay?" He handed her a tissue to clean her tear stained face. "Don't worry. You're safe. As long as you buy me that new welcome mat you offered to get me earlier." Cecily laughed as she cleaned her face off "deal" she said. She started to get up, but Scalco stopped her. "You have something black under your eye" he stepped closer and with a tissue in hand he cleaned it off for her. Or at least he tried… he blushed when he saw that it wasn't coming off. "Sorry… it isn't coming off." Cecily laughed in a bit of a nervous way "I'll get it." She wiped her face and finally got it. She left and headed to the bathroom to make sure she didn't look like she wasn't crying.


After school she went out and looked for a new welcome mat. She decided to get one custom made. It took longer than she would have liked, but it was worth it. It had his name printed in it and it was pretty cool. She brought it to his house after school. He had obviously thrown the old one out. Cecily set the new one in front of the door. He grinned at her "Thank you. I love it." Cecily about turned to leave except Scalco grabbed her arm and turned her to face him. He pulled Cecily into his arms and kissed her. When she didn't pull away he did. "Sorry" he said looking shocked. Cecily shook her head rapidly before stepping inside and taking Scalco with her.