"Kiss Jade"

My face turned from a smile into a look of shock

I could feel that Benny had stopped laughing too.

"But you have to do it in the middle of town, and it has to be for 10 seconds" Porter looked so pleased with himself

I looked a Benny who seemed just as nervous as i was.

"Unless you're too scared Rodriguez" Porter said laughing at him

I sighed and rolled my eyes. I stood up taking Benny with me.

He looked at me with question in his eyes.

"I can't kiss that bad Benny, come on. It can't hurt" I said

He shook his head smiling. We walked all the way into the town with the rest of the boys following us.

"Do you think they'll do it?" Kenny asked

"They'll probably chicken out" i heard Porter said

I just looked up at Benny who was smirking at the boy's comments. We went and stood outside of Vincent's drug store.

"Come on then" Ham said to us, smirking

They were standing a few feet away from us. They were loads of people walking past us and standing outside of shops around us. I looked up at Benny who was trying to hide a grin. I just laughed and put my hands on his shoulders. He leant down and lightly pressed his lips against. Our lips stayed still for a few seconds but then our lips started to move together, in perfect sync.

I could hear girls around us saying stuff like

"Is that Benny?"

"What's he doing with her?"

"I seriously thought him and me were meant for each other"

"They're both fucking shirtless" some girl sounded like she was shitting herself over that

I've kissed guys before, but this one felt so much nicer, warmer that all the rest. Hearing girls get jealous just added to the joy.

"Okay, ten seconds is up" Timmy said

"10 seconds is up" Tommy repeated

But neither Benny nor I pulled away. Instead he just pulled my hips closer to his and i wrapped my arms around his shoulders. We stayed like this for a few more seconds then i pulled away. I felt my cheeks starting to feel a bit hot. He blushed slightly too.

"See that wasn't so bad Rodriguez" I said breaking the silence

"Nah, I liked it" He said smirking

The rest of the boys erupted saying stuff like

"Get in there Benny"

"Yes Benny man!"

"Skills Benny"

They were all jumping on his back and patting it etc, you know what boys do when they're 'congratulating' each other and stuff.

I just laughed and followed after them. We went back to the Sandlot and played for a few more hours because it had cooled down a bit. It was still like 80 degrees but at least it wasn't 93 like it was before. It was getting dark so we decided we would walk home. We split off one by one, me and Benny both said goodbye to smalls, but not to each other. I think after that kiss we were both a bit confused about our feelings towards each other. Well i was, don't really know about him though.

I walked into my house and My auntie was packing up. "Can't you stay for longer?" I asked her "Just a few more days, please. I need a girl around here"

"I'd love too, but i have my kids and Rico (her husband) to get back to honey" she said softly

"I'm gonna miss you" i said hugging her

She hugged me back "we still have the rest of today, is there anything you want to talk about?"

"Yeah, please" i said

We walked up to my room, she lay on my bed and i sat on my desk chair.

"Well there's a guy" i started

"A guy" Gina interrupted "Is it the tall tanned one"

I swear she knows everything about me "Yeah. Well today, i was out with the guys and we started playing truth or dare. Ham dared Benny, the tan one, to kiss me"

My aunt sat up intensely listening to what i said. I chuckled softly at her fast movement.

"Well we did kiss, and it was really nice. I always thought of him as my good looking friend" I stopped and Gina and I giggled "But after that, i maybe wanna think of him, a bit differently maybe" I said

"You seem to really like him Jade. I think you should tell him maybe. Do you know if maybe he feels like this about you?"

I shrugged "I don't know"

"Jade, Gina! Dinner's ready" My dad called us from downstairs

We both stood up "Either way Jade, everything will turn out fine. You're a beautiful and smart girl, any guy would love to be with you I'm sure" Gina gave me a reassuring smile.

"But seriously get in there girl" Gina said high fiving me referring to me kissing him

I laughed and we went down stairs for dinner.

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THE NEXT MORNING

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I woke up to the sound of small pebbles hitting my window. I sat up and walked over to my window to see Benny there. He was already dressed in his Jeans and a Jersey. I opened my window and moved to the side so he could jump in.

"Hey" He said looking me up and down. I forgot what i was wearing; some pyjama short shorts and a grey tank top.

"Perv" I said giggling

"I'm not the only one who does that" He said in his defence

"You kinda are"

"The rest of the guys do it"

"Yeah but they don't count" I said "Other than you guys, no other boy had ever taken interest in me" I knew this would kind of a lie, because otherwise i wouldn't of had boyfriends back in Vegas. I said it because i wanted Benny to disagree and say something. Luckily he did.

I lay on my bed

"you've gotta be kidding me Jade? In the pool guys were staring at you, Phillips liked you" I giggled when he said that.

"Doesn't now" I said

Benny was sitting at the end of my bed

"When we walk to The Sandlot every morning, the guys we walk past whistle at you. How can you not notice?"

I shrugged "how can you not notice all those girls flirting with you?" I asked him

"Cos you're the only girl i notice" He said looking down

I felt myself smile really wide. I sat up and scooched over to where he was sitting. I sat down next to him and let my legs hang by his. He looked at me and I pressed my lips against his. He didn't pull away, thank god;)

Then out of nowhere, Gina burst through the door "Okay bye Jade-...Oh, um yeah" She said closing the door after giving me a grin

I bit my bottom lip, going slightly pink.

"Jade...Will you be my girlfriend" Benny said after a moment of awkward silence

I nodded "Yes Benny"

I waited a few seconds before pushing him up towards the window "Okay you've gotta go now. I need to get dressed"

"But cos we're together now, don't i get to stay?" Benny grinned

I smirked "Yeah, you're right"

"Really?"

"No!" i said laughing. "Now go!"

"Fine, fine" Benny hopped out of the window and ran back to his house. I opened my bedroom door knowing who would be there. I saw my auntie standing there with a big smile on her face. I just laughed really loud and ran into her arms.

"I'm gonna miss you!" She said "Give me updates whenever you can" she said winking at me

"Yeah okay. I'm gonna miss you too Gina" I said

My auntie left after breakfast and i was waiting for Benny outside my house. When he walked up to me I gave him a small kiss on his soft, lush, heavenly, sweet...SNAP OUT OF IT ...lips.

We walked off to the Sandlot hand in hand talking about what the boys might think when we tell them that we're together.