Chapter 10

Seth left his house about 10:40, since it was about a 20 minute walk from his house to Mahea's. On his way there, he kept thinking about what Lulu and Zoe said the other night about this being their second date. "Well, it could be a date, if you make it into one." is what Lulu told him. Then he heard Zoe's voice, "Well, not an official one. Not yet anyway.". Could he possibly find a way to make Mahea his girlfriend? He wanted to, but wasn't sure how he would do it.

"I mean, she must like me." Seth thought to himself. "She kissed me." He remembered that moment last Saturday at Mahea's house when she kissed him. Before he could argue with himself about what that kiss meant, he was already walking up Mahea's driveway and ringing her doorbell.

"Hey Seth." Mahea said, opening the door to see Seth wearing jeans and a Metallica t-shirt, along with his beanie that never seems to leave his head.

"Hi." Seth said quietly.

Mahea turned around to see her dad walking downstairs. "I'm leaving." She called to anyone who could hear her.

"Hi Seth."Terry said happily, looking at the boy standing outside of his house.

Seth waved. "Hi Mr. Akana." He smiled.

"See you guys." Mahea called, and walked out of the house. Before she closed the door, Seth waved goodbye to Mr. Akana who waved back.

Seth and Mahea walked to the town center, but didn't find any store that sold things they were looking for. Seth knew of a smaller open shopping center which was more like a thrift mart, with some enclosed shops. He told Mahea it was somewhat of a long walk, but she didn't mind. On their way there, they talked about their skit and how they thought the other groups were doing. Once they got to the smaller shopping center, they instantly found a Goodwill store and rushed in, hoping to find something worth buying.

"Ya know," Seth said as he and Mahea rummaged through racks of clothes. "I'm gonna get my license in a few months, and when I do, I can pick you up and we can drive to places. Instead of walking." He smiled.

Mahea smiled back. "It's a deal." She said, noticing how Seth's eyes lit up whenever he smiled.

Mahea found a simple white apron she could use for her waitress outfit and bought it. After they left Goodwill, they wandered around the different stands that people were selling random things at. They found a thrift store that looked like it had items from costumes and took a look into the store.

"Hey, I could get these for Dylan." Mahea said, holding up gloves with the fingers cut out. "He could be one of those bad-boy gangsters." She laughed.

Seth nodded. "He'd love it." He commented.

They looked around the store a little more and found other costume parts that they didn't need for their skit, but wanted just to have it.

"Hey Seth." Mahea called to him. "Try this." She said, handing him a dark blue hat, a detective's hat that Humphrey Bogart would wear, with a black rim around it.

"Cool." Seth said and took his beanie off and put on the dark blue one. He walked over to a mirror a few steps away and looked at himself. "I like it." He smiled.

Mahea nodded. "It looks good on you." She said, smiling brightly.

Seth turned to her and smiled. "Thanks." He said, and played around with it. Mahea took Seth's beanie and put it on her head and looked at herself in the mirror.

"I look weird wearing beanies." She said and chuckled.

"No, you look great." Seth said softly, making Mahea look at him through the mirror.

She smiled. "Thanks."

Seth took off the blue hat and looked at his blond hair. "My hair's so weird." He said, thinking that what he said sounded very strange after he said it.

Mahea chuckled and smiled. "No, I like it." She said, Seth turned to her. "You have nice hair." She commented, and began messing with Seth's hair. "I wouldn't be lying if I said I'd rather see more of your hair instead of your beanie." She smiled, then turned to go back to where she found his hat.

Seth couldn't think of any time a girl played with his hair. Except for his sisters, but that obviously didn't count. He turned to the mirror and looked at his hair. He moved some hair to the right and left side, looked at himself and smiled. He never thought he had nice hair, until now.

Mahea saw Seth still looking at himself and smiled. "C'mon Narcissus, stop looking at yourself and help me find something for my costume." Mahea teased.

Seth blushed, and walked over to Mahea who was smiling at him.

Mahea walked out of the store, smiling. "Well, an apron for four dollars from Goodwill," She began. "gloves and this waitress hat for six, I think it was a good day." She smiled.

"And, I like my new hat." Seth said, still wearing his new blue hat while his beanie sat nicely on Mahea's head.

Seth and Mahea found a small drive-thru restaurant and had lunch there. They walked back to the Chesapeake Heights town center and got smoothies. The sun was slowly going down, so Seth walked Mahea home.

Seth wasn't sure if this was actually a date or not, and he kept thinking that if it was, Mahea might kiss him again. Mahea didn't make any indications that it was a date, but he still wasn't sure when he reached her house.

Both Seth and Mahea stopped outside the front door. "Today was fun." Mahea said, smiling. "I think we picked up some good things for our skit." She told him.

Seth nodded. "Yeah, I really love my hat." Seth said, holding up the bag that his hat was in.

Mahea reached up and touched Seth's hat. "Oh sorry, I forgot about this." She smiled, and began to take it off, when Seth took her hand.

"That's okay. It looks good on you, keep it." He smiled gently.

"Thanks." Mahea smiled back.

Before Seth knew what he was doing, his eyes were closed and he felt his lips touch Mahea's. He had kissed Mahea. If this was a date or not, he ended it like one. He pulled back and looked at Mahea, who was just as shocked as he was .

"I had a good time." Seth said, gleaming.

Mahea nodded. "I guess I'll talk to you later." She said, as Seth nodded.

"Bye." Seth replied, and watched Mahea walk inside. He couldn't believe what he'd just done. He didn't know he had it in him to kiss her, but he obviously did. His walk home was different from the others. He saw things in a different way, in a better, more 'happy-go-lucky' sort of way.

When he got home, Zoe and Lulu immediately attacked him at the door, wanting to know how it all went. By the casual smile on his face, Zoe figured that something 'big' happened when he walked her home, and sure enough, she was right.

Seth, still somewhat confused about all that happened, wasn't sure if this second kiss meant that he and Mahea were now going out or not. But he had to think of something to do this upcoming week of school. He felt he needed to change something about him, since everything else was changing as well. His view of school, his thoughts of Mahea, as well as how he looked at himself.