Author's Note: Jasmine, you are such a great friend- I hope you have the best birthday ever for another hour, or so. Enjoy this new chapter, sorry for not updating regularly enough, but I will, I promise!

God Bless,

Sarah.

Keith paced the floor in his room for the next couple of hours. Seriously? Why did his mother do things like this? Now Jasmine would think he liked he-

His computer alerted him of a new IM with a loud 'ding'. His eyes widened.

"Oh, no. Please no." No use. It was Jasmine.

He sat at his computer, took in a deep breath, and typed back.

Hey, Keith. Thx again 4 the chocolate.

No problem.

Hey, uhm, I waz thinkin', do you want to hang out tonight? Idk if u knew, but today is my birthday. (:

Really? I had no idea, truthfully. I'm sort of busy right now, though. :/ Happy Birthday.

Oh..That stinks; I was really hoping you could come! I'm going to pick up the new Super Mario Smash Brothers.

NO WAY. ARE YOU SERIOUS?

Yeah…

Well, then. You may have just intrigued me enough to set down all this homework.

Homework? On a Friday?

Lol, I'll meet you at the Game Zone in like, what, 15?

10?

12 minutes and 50 seconds, if you MUST be difficult. Don't be late.

He signed of then, and rushed to get ready. Why he cared so much, he didn't know. Maybe it was the random butterflies that swelled up in his stomach at the sight of her name popping up on chat…Maybe, it was the tingly feeling in his fingers and hands he got when she walked near him…Or, maybe it was just that way that, he had to admit, he thought she was adorable…Yeah, she was really cute, and he didn't know why he had never really realized that before. He sprayed himself with some cologne, with combed down his hair. Then, he threw on a plaid jacket over his black shirt and some jeans over his boxers. Sighing, he prepared himself for the task that was trying to get out of the house…His parents would be so ecstatic that he was going out with a girl, he didn't know if he would be able TO get out.

"Hey, honey, where are you going?"

"To the video store."

"All by yourself? How about we all take a ride?" She glanced over at Henry who nodded.

"No!" Keith blurted out before he could help it. He blushed. "No, Mom, I just…want to go on my o-own."

Sandra's eyes widened. "Keith, you aren't going alone, are you?"

He shook his head slowly; he couldn't lie to her. "N-no, I'm not. I'm meeting someone."

"A girl?"

"Jasmine." He said quietly. "It's her birthday today."

Sandra squealed and turned to Henry. "Henry, our baby boy is going out on a date!"

Keith didn't have it in him to fight with them about it not being a date, so he didn't. Besides, he could get…used to the idea of going out, on a date, with Jasmine. After that, he left as soon as he could, and drove to the game store where Jasmine was already standing outside.

"Hey, thought you bailed on me." She said, shivering as she wrapped her arms around her body. She had on jeans, but a short sleeved shirt. He smiled and removed his own jacket quickly, draping it over her shoulders. Her sense of smell lit up with the scent of a mild, manly musk, and gasoline. Grinning childishly, she walked beside him into the gaming store. He opened the door for her, and then lead her back to all of the Mario games. His personal favorite so far, was the third one, but the Smash Brothers set was amazing as well. They both picked up a copy and examined the back.

"New flying turtles!-"

"-and bigger MUSHROOM KINGS?"

"This is THE BEST!" They shouted in unison. Smiling at each other as they turned to face one another, they sobered up quickly.

"I'm such a nerd, forgive me." Jasmine chuckled.

Keith shook his head and stepped closer to her. "You're really not; not anymore than me anyway."

Jasmine laughed. "You aren't a nerd, and if you were one you would still be too…" she stopped and blushed, turning away. He grabbed her shoulder and spun her around, quickly though.

"Too what?"

"You're too cute to be a nerd." She said, almost inaudibly.

Keith's eyes shined over with excitement, and embarrassment. Cute? No one had ever referred to him as cute, or hot, or anything like that. He blushed deeply.

"Right back atcha." He replied, popping her under the chin and winking at her. She smiled, glad she hadn't ruined everything, and then followed him to the check out counter.

Once they were back outside, she sighed.

"Thanks for coming with me, Keith. I really enjoyed the company; all my friend's hate Mario games, and think it's dumb that I'm so obsessed."

Keith laughed. "Well, you just earned yourself a new friend who will definitely pick up every new one with you the day it comes out! It's pretty awesome that it came out on your birthday."

"Yeah, it is. Thanks again, and I will definitely look forward to the next game coming out."

"Me too." He replied truthfully.

They stood there for awhile then, in an awkward silence, until it was broken by Keith's moving toward his truck.

"Well, goodnight, Jasmine. Happy birthday."

"Goodnight, Ke- Wait!" She grabbed his arm and pointed to the sky. "There's a shooting star."

"Make a wish, then." He replied, watching it streak across the sky.

They stood in silence for a few moments, then opened their eyes since they had been closed, wishing on the falling star.

"What did you wish for?" she breathed.

"It won't come true if I tell you. Will you tell me yours?"

"Sure I will."

"Why? It'll never happen then."

"It'll never happen anyway…I w-wished for you to kiss me."

He stared into her eyes, and bit his lip, before leaning in, and kissing her gently on the lips. Keith had never kissed anyone before, and the butterflies in his stomach had either multiplied since the last time, or grown about ten sizes. Regretfully, he pulled away, and smiled, speaking as cold air rushed from his mouth in a cloud of white.

"We proved the old wives' tale wrong: Wishes do come true even if you say them out loud."