And after the first kiss comes the realization that they're starting to be a couple...so it'll start little by little, but it has to be kept to themselves...


Chapter 12: Keeping it Between Us

Several minutes later, Mikey drives Clawhauser back to his apartment and on the way back, he just thought about their first kiss back at the park and Clawhauser felt the same exact way and he lets out a happy sigh and said, "I had a good time today. Did you?"

"I had a great time! This is definitely the best Saturday I had in a long time." Clawhauser exclaimed, happily.

Mikey agreed with that and he turned up the volume on the radio and it started playing 'Hey Everybody!' from 5 Seconds of Stripes and just jammed out the entire way home as both of them bopped their heads and sang along to the song, just having a good time. 10 minutes later, they went to the parking lot of Clawhauser's apartment and Mikey shut off the car as he looked at Clawhauser for a minute and said, "Thanks for a great day. It was easily one of the best days I've ever had."

"Mine too! Thanks for taking me. We should do this again sometime." Clawhauser responded.

Mikey nodded his head in agreement and he's completely aware of that kiss earlier, which made him think that when he gets back to the ZPD on Monday, things will be a little different because they're starting to admire each other in the most huge way possible and is afraid that it might affect not only his professional life, but his personal life as well. He looks at Clawhauser and said, "Hey, Benji?"

"Yeah, Mike?" asked Clawhauser.

"That first kiss we had...it was just so cool that we did it. It's been a long time since I've felt anyway towards anyone, but I've never kissed anyone before." Mikey answered.

"Neither have I...except for my Gazelle poster when I'm in my underwear." Clawhauser replied, with a giggle.

Mikey giggled as well and said, "Yeah, I would do the same thing...only with just my T-shirt on."

"So...the kiss we did, I guess you wanna keep it between us?" asked Clawhauser, sorta getting the gist of the whole thing.

Mikey nodded his head and said, "Yeah, I'd appreciate that. Neither of us would want our reputations at the ZPD to be compromised."

"I would hate to see it on the headlines; 'ZPD officer makes out with receptionist under their nose' or something." Clawhauser added.

Mikey started laughing and then said, "Or...maybe 'An Officer and a Receptionist; a scandalous secret love story at the ZPD'. If you put that in a movie, they'd never believe it."

"Good one!" Clawhauser said, giggling.

After that, Mikey smiled at this and said, "By the way, thanks for hearing my story. I've never opened up to anyone about my personal struggles when I was younger and the fact that you were that listening ear, I really appreciate it."

"Life can be tough, but you're still here. Just embrace who you are and never be ashamed of it. I'm like way past 250 pounds and I always come to the ZPD with a smile on my face, never ashamed of who I am and what I look like. Just be yourself and know that you'll always have someone to lend a shoulder to cry on." Clawhauser said, looking at him.

"I will." Mikey replied, happily.

They both leaned forward and kissed each other again on the lips and they just picked up the pace as it grew into a passionate kiss once again with both tongues dancing around each other's and soon enough, Mikey unfastened his seat belt and brought him to the backseat of the car, lowered the top down and kept on kissing each other where Mikey lowers the curtain of the backseat window and continue their make-out session as the car makes several vibrations for 25 full minutes.


You can make a guess as to what they'll do in Mikey's car for 25 minutes! Stay tuned for more awesomeness and see where Mikey and Clawhauser's growing love go from there...