Hey guys! This is part one of a two part story! The next part will be coming soon.

Their first kiss was a complete disaster as far as kisses go, but that was par for the course in Milo Murphy's world. He never expected that he would kiss his best friend Melissa, but he did. It was horrible. And it was one of the few things that kept him up at night. It happened almost three years ago at Christmas time, Melissa had invited him over to a Christmas party her family was having, during which some little cousin of hers saw that she and Milo were standing under a sprig of mistletoe hung for decoration. So said cousin thought it would be cute to ram into Milo, pushing him into Melissa and causing them to have a sloppy and painful kiss. Melissa seemed a bit unfazed and shrugged it off, telling Milo again and again that "it was fine".

But it wasn't fine, at least not to Milo. He was mortified, and he always tried his hardest not to let the bad things that happened get to him, but this one did. It was his first kiss, and it was a piece of garbage as well as incredibly painful. On top of all of that, he had accidentally bit Melissa's lip upon impact, which just added insult to injury. Of all the things that could have happened, he resented that that happened. It was the one of the fews times he truly hated his curse, because he had wanted to kiss Melissa under that mistletoe that night, he knew it was above their heads the whole time and he was about to make his move when the little cousin pushed him into Melissa. It was something he had wanted to do since a year or so after they met, because she was the only person, the only girl (besides his sister and mom) that wanted to be around him. So of course he had feelings for her, right? But any chance of her even considering dating him went right out of the window with that kiss at the Christmas party. They didn't talk about it after the fact, so he didn't know what Melissa thought about what happened, but he could only hope that she didn't think it was too weird, or that would make all of his planning not worth it.

He had planned for the past few months about "redoing" that kiss, but without the little cousins to ruin it. Christmas was coming up, and Milo was once again invited to the Chase's annual party. This year was different, however, because their new friend Zack was invited as well, and he was going to help Milo recreate the tragic kiss from years ago.

The plan was to get Melissa under the mistletoe, and keep the area clear of all little kids were at least five feet away from the mistletoe at all times, so Milo could take his shot whenever he felt truly ready. The terrifying thing was, Milo wasn't ready, and he didn't think he ever would be. That last kiss was such a disaster that he almost didn't want to try again, even though it meant so much to him. He paced back and forth for nearly an hour, spouting off to Zack about all the things that could go wrong.

"The mistletoe could be moved."

"I've checked four times, it's still there Milo."

"Well maybe it wilted since he last time you checked and someone took it down."

"That is very doubtful Milo."

"You know me. Literally anything bad that can happen, WILL happen."

"Milo, I'm sure you're over thinking this whole thing. You have been thinking about this for nearly three years, it's time to get past that memory and make a new one!"

Milo slumps against the bathroom wall, cracking the tiles slightly with his touch, "I guess you're right. I'm just so nervous, nothing has ever been THIS important before."

Zack raises his eyebrows at Milo's statement, "Not even our egg project?"

Milo glances in Zack's direction and shrugs, "That was important, but it doesn't feel as important as this. This feels like it could change my life if it goes wrong."

"I highly doubt that, she didn't care the last time, so what makes you think that if this time is a flop, that she'll feel any differently?"

"Two terrible kisses? Both from me, if I were her, I wouldn't want to be near me anymore either." Milo takes a deep breath, and holds it for what feels like an eternity.

"Hey," Zack says, breaking through Milo's wall of silence, "It's going to be great. I have made sure that absolutely nothing could go wrong. I'm going to go get Melissa, and you are going to do this, and it is going to be great and you are going to live happily ever after. I promise."

Milo chuckles slightly, "If you say so, I'll go wait for her."

"Yeah, you do that," Zack replies with a smile as he leaves the bathroom with Milo. "Remember, you got this."

"Yeah! I got this!" Milo shouts, giving Zack finger guns and heading to the meeting spot.

Little did he know, Melissa had a plan of her own.

So I decided that this fic will be a series of shorter pics rather that one long fic with a cohesive plot.