Hey folks here's the fifteenth chapter of our story.
Soon they all made it to The Carlyle and Gabe Rosemary Mickey Jackie went inside.
Doorman: Welcome to The Carlyle.
Then Mr. Peabody Sherman Penny Paul and Patty came inside The Carlyle as well. Then they saw Gabe Rosemary and her parents.
Mickey: Oh look. The Petersons are here.
Jackie: And it's that little white dog with the red bowtie and his adoptive boy.
Rosemary: Why are they here?
Gabe: Yeah? We didn't know they were going to be here with us.
Mickey: Well the Petersons won the special tickets as well. So we invited them to come with us.
Jackie: And they also brought two guests with them.
So Sherman and Penny sat next to Gabe and Rosemary and Mr. Peabody Paul and Patty sat next to Mickey and Jackie. While they were enjoying themselves Sherman and Penny looked at Gabe and Rosemary. They both tried to say something to them but they put their hands out.
Rosemary: Please do not even say one word to us.
Gabe: Yeah. Don't even.
Sherman: Well that was very mean.
Penny: How rude.
Sherman: (whispering) I think they don't want us to apologize to them.
Penny: (whispering) I think so too Sherman.
Later when they continued enjoying the fancy style of The Carlyle, Rosemary's parents started talking.
Jackie: Mickey took me here on our third date. We had to stand over there by the bar because we couldn't afford a table. And from that moment on there was no turning back for us.
Sherman: Mr. Peabody Penny and I learned a whole lot about The Carlyle.
Mickey: You did?
Sherman: Yep. We learned it was being built by Moses Ginsberg the maternal grandfather of Rona Jaffe and it opened up in 1930.
Penny: He's right and it was designed by Sylvan Bien and Harry M. Prince which opened as a residential hotel with apartments costing up to one million dollars a year.
Jackie: Wow for a seven year old boy and an eight year old girl you two sure are smart.
Sherman: Oh why thank you Mrs. Telesco.
Penny: Yes. Thank you as well.
Suddenly some of the lights went down.
Mickey: Oh you're gonna love this guy. No one sings like Loston Harris. This guy is New York.
Soon Loston Harris himself starting singing a song called Teach Me Tonight. Now Gabe didn't know what the song means. He thought it was about love and a boy and a girl and the boy could think of nothing but holding the girls hand in the darkness. He wasn't quite sure how he got the brave. He thought it was the buzz from the Shirley Temple. But he knew it was Loston Harris the greatest singer in this little town that has ever known. He also knew that his love relationship with Rosemary had to go to the next step or they would just end up as karate friends forever. So he used his hand to grab Rosemary's hand and he never been so keenly aware of the ability of his hand to manufacture sweat. But he was determined to hold Rosemary's hand for every single second. As for Penny she was so delighted to hear this song until she noticed Sherman had a tear strolling down his cheek. So she took hold of Sherman's hand and smiled at him as Sherman blushed with red cheeks. Soon Rosemary let go of Gabe's hand.
Gabe (thinking): What does this mean? Does she hate me? Is she grossed out by me? Am I pushing everything way to fast?
Rosemary then hold Gabe's hand once again. Sherman and Penny peeked under the table and saw Gabe and Rosemary holding hands.
Sherman (whispering): Look Penny they're holding hands. I bet they love each other now.
Penny (whispering): I'm glad that happened. At least we're holding hands right now.
Sherman (whispering) Yes. And I'm happy we still are holding hands.
And those ridiculous songs about love Gabe finally understood it all.
Later at night it was time to go. The taxi cab stopped in front of Gabe's apartment and Gabe Rosemary and Mickey and Jackie came out of the cab. Then the Peterson's car stopped behind the taxi cab.
Mickey: Forget the second stop. We're gonna walk from here too.
Taxi Driver: Thanks.
Mickey: Thanks.
Jackie: Well uh you guys say your good nights now and uh Daddy and I are gonna get some milk for breakfast tomorrow okay?
Gabe: Good night Mrs. Telesco.
Jackie: Oh thank you for coming Gabe.
Mr. Peabody: Sherman Penny you two stay in the car while we go get a couple groceries okay?
Sherman: Yes Mr. Peabody.
Penny: We'll stay here.
While Mr. Peabody Jackie Mickey Paul and Patty went to the market Sherman and Penny stayed in the car and Gabe and Rosemary stood there just waiting.
Sherman: I hope Gabe might kiss Rosemary.
Penny: Well I think he might. We will just wait and see.
Gabe: Your parents are cool.
Rosemary: Everyone says I'm gonna hate them in a few years.
Gabe: Think you will?
Rosemary: Probably. If they say so.
Gabe was then thinking to himself when Rosemary and her parents even knew it. He wondered why can't he kiss Rosemary from stopping him and if it's cooties he fears.
Rosemary: So big wedding this weekend.
Gabe: Yeah right. I forgot about that.
Rosemary: I wish you could come. It's gonna be really boring.
Gabe: Yeah i really wanna see you do your flower girl thing.
Sherman: Any second now they're going to kiss.
Penny: I'm getting exited about this.
Rosemary: Part of me is sure I'm gonna tr...
But before Rosemary could finished Gabe interrupted her by kissing her on the lips. Sherman and Penny were shocked at what they saw.
Sherman and Penny: Holy Mackerel!
After they kissed Gabe started thinking to himself.
Gabe (thinking): Did... Did I do it right?
Gabe didn't know if that was the real kiss he gave to Rosemary. He was not quite sure if he was even close. And Rosemary just said nothing after that and felt a little bit uneasy until she spoke to Gabe.
Rosemary: I... I should go.
Gabe: Yeah Good night.
Rosemary: Good night.
So Gabe went inside and met Ralph in the elevator.
Ralph: Hey how was your night little Romeo?
Gabe: It was good. It was great. Fine I think.
Back outside Sherman and Penny started talking after they encountered Rosemary and Gabe's kiss.
Sherman: Penny I wish we can kiss like that when we're much older like them. I mean we can't do it now because I'm seven and your eight. We can't do it now right?
Penny: Well I don't know. Do you really want to kiss me Sherman? Do you?
Sherman was nervous. He didn't know if he can either say yes or no to his best friend and he couldn't stare at Penny's blue eyes.
Sherman: Well. Um... Yes I do want to kiss you!
Penny: You do want to kiss me?
Sherman nodded his head in agreement.
Penny: Oh Sherman. I'm so delighted you want to kiss me. I mean you are the best friend I ever had in my whole entire life since the first day we met. Come here you!
But just before they could kiss Mr. Peabody and Paul and Patty came by. Quickly Sherman and Penny sat in their seats as if nothing was going on.
Mr. Peabody: We're back. So what did you two do while we were at the store?
Sherman: Oh well um Penny and I were just looking at Gabe and Rosemary. And they just kissed on the lips.
Penny: Yeah It was so romantic.
Mr. Peabody: You saw them kiss?
Paul: Oh my goodness! Why would they do that?
Penny: I don't know why they did it Dad. But Sherman and I are not and we know we are not going to do that as well.
Patty: Well Penny when your dad and I were your age we actually did kiss and nobody at school ever noticed. Not even our teachers or the principal never knew what happened.
Sherman: Wow. That was so cool.
Penny: Yeah. I bet that was even more romantic then what Gabe did to Rosemary when he just kissed her.
Soon they all drove home. But back at Gabe's apartment when Gabe was in bed he couldn't stop thinking of him kissing Rosemary. He kept thinking of the moment over and over again. He didn't know if it was too hard too fast or too gross or if she wanted him to kiss her? He then started to feel very sick. He got out of bed and raced to the bathroom and threw up in the toilet. He thought that's what cooties are.
To be continued...
