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A Question Better Left Unanswered: Part one

Neal awoke just at sunrise. The bell would ring soon, so he might as well get up then. He thought of Kel, and wondered about her, and what she thought of him. She had been acting strange lately. Whenever he came into the room she would be very, very quiet and leave early, with homework not done. It seemed....that...she....maybe....had some..Before he could finish his thoughts, Cleon pounded on his door. "Neal, come on, it's time for breakfast!" (More pounding) "Hurry up!" Before he broke his door down, Neal opened it.
"Good morning to you to." Neal said, irritated.
"Why, aren't we just a little ray of sunshine this morning." Cleon said sarcastically.
"What do you expect when you interrupt a guys thoughts?"
"I don't know. What were you thinking about?"
Neal blushed slightly, which made him blush more because he didn't know why he was blushing in the first place. The boys heard a voice behind them.
"Neal, Cleon, wait up!"

As Kel ran to catch up with Cleon and Neal, Neal turned and looked at her with a strange gleam in his eyes. 'Well, that certainly is strange. I wonder what that is.' she thought. She forgot all about that when they walked into the mess, because Kel was starving.
It hit Neal like the sand bag on the quantine. 'She has a crush on me. And I have one on her. I think.' Neal decided that he had better talk to Kel in private. He glanced at her across the table.
"Kel, can I talk to you somewhere...more private?"
A look of concern swept over her face and she nodded. "Sure. Let's go." she said
Neal's heart pounded as he got up from the table.
Kel's heart pounded as she got up from the table. 'Talk about what?' Kel thought. She didn't know what to think, but Neal didn't sound very happy about "talking".At that, Neal pulled her into a empty classroom. Kel rubbed her arm where Neal had grabbed it.
"That hurt, you know." Kel said
"Sorry. I'm just going to get to the point. Kel, do you have a crush on me?"

Kel was so shocked, or maybe it was that Neal looked so cute, but she leaned up and kissed him. She put her hands around his neck, and she felt his arms encircle her waist. She had never kissed anyone before, and she thought her knees might collapse from under her. 'I'm glad he's holding me up, I might fall!' Kel thought happily.
Neal was so shocked that he kissed her back. 'Do I really want this?' But the reasonable corner of his mind gave him the answer to his question. 'You seem to be enjoying yourself, so why stop?' That was good enough for Neal. Suddenly, Kel pulled away. "Does that answer your question?" Kel said in a whisper.
"It certainly does, my love." Neal said just a softly. Neal kissed Kel again. Suddenly, they were interrupted by the door clicking shut. Neal pulled away once again. Someone had seen them. That was bad. Very bad.

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