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Dave and Brittany

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Brittany, as almost anyone would tell you, had kissed every guy in their grade, even Kurt, but no one really knows who her first kiss was; she didn't tell a lot of people, meaning no one. She had been twelve years old when it happened. This boy was so cute and always nice to her, he didn't make fun of her like the other boys. The one day her bus left without her, no doubt someone jealous girl on the bus wanting to get back at her, so she had to walk home, halfway across town. He saw her walking by herself and he remembered what his Dad told him. 'They may say that they can take care of themselves, but you shouldn't let girls walk alone.'

'Cause they may be lonely,' he would reply to his father.

"Hey Brittany, what's wrong?" he asked, running over to the sad looking blonde girl.

"My bus forgot about me; now I have to walk home," Brittany said.

"Would you like me to walk with you?" Her face lit up and she nodded her head vigorously. "Okay, let me just go tell my Dad." He ran back in the house and let his father know what was going on. It wasn't a minute later that he was barreling back across the front lawn toward Brittany. "You ready to go?"

"Yeah," she said quietly. He reached out and offered his hand to hold. She took it without question, smiling at him.

"Do people not like me?" Brittany asked after they walked a few blocks.

"Why do you think that?" he asked. "You ever see the amount of people who want to sit with you at lunch?"

"I guess, I figured they would come to make fun of me, I'm not all that smart you know."

"I don't think you're dumb," he said softly, squeezing her hand a bit.

"Thanks," she said. "We're almost at my house."

"I'm sorry the bus forgot you today, you know," he said as they walked up her walkway to her front door.

"Thanks again," she said. Brittany turned to the boy and kissed him. He was a boy, and he liked girls, so of course he kissed back, putting his hands on her hips. It wasn't much of a kiss, but it really meant something, to the both of them.

"Wow," he said as they broke apart.

"See you in school tomorrow Dave," Brittany said. "And thanks for walking me home."

"Yeah, no problem," he said, still in shock.

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