Ahh Young Love!!

I remember a time when I was much younger, a guy I liked actually wanted me to be his girlfriend. I felt like I was on top of the world. I felt grown and beautiful. With being his girlfriend also came the realization that I'd finally have my first real kiss. My friends were more excited than I was. I was really petrified. "Oh God what if i drool? What if he doesn't like it? Well really what am I supposed to do? What happens after we kiss? All day those questions kept popping in my head. At 3 o'clock we met a block away from the school. My friends held my bag as I walked towards a secluded spot between two buildings. I looked back at them wondering how would I feel after we kissed...

It was dry, quick and not at all what I had expected! 

I walked back to my friends feeling good to have gotten that over with. 

As I'm getting my bag one of my friends says, oh my God what's wrong with your lips? 

I freak out and put my hands on my lips wondering what happened. Did my lips fall off because I was of no age to have a boyfriend?

What's wrong with my lips? I can't see myself and I don't have a mirror...

It is true what they say she says, your lips have turned white and your cheeks are red. Your mother will know the moment you walk in the door that you've kissed a boy.

Tears come to my eyes as I realize that my mother being who she is will definitely know everything and she'll beat me until my lips turn red again.

What do I do?

There's nothing to do, you'll just have to come clean the moment you get home. Maybe she'll take pity on you and not beat you as hard. Don't worry she says if anything happens to you I'll make sure to tell Rudy (name changed to avoid further humiliation) that you really did like him and that you're sorry you things ended tragically.

I grab my bag and I start running towards home. As I'm running I'm trying to think of a way out of the situation. I have ten blocks before I get home to come up with something.

Mm maybe I won't have to go home. Maybe I'll just run away and my mother will be heartbroken for the rest of her life. 

Five blocks away...

No I can't do that she'll find me and then the beating will be worse. Maybe I can say that I've had a fever all day and that's why my lips are white. Yea, I haven't had water so my lips turned white.

Three blocks to go...

No she'll call the school and they'll tell her that I didn't go to the nurse today and that nothing's wrong with me.

A block away...

I can drink strawberry cool aid until my lips turn red again...

Opening the door...

I'm just going straight to my room and locking myself in until the color comes back.

I walk through the door run to my room, lock the door, run to the mirror...

Standing there looking back at me is a very scared looking girl with perfectly pink lips and rosy cheeks.
And then it dawned on me...  

My eyes start squinting and I burst out laughing!!

It is now 2009 and I see my brother, such good hearted, he's truly a good kid. He likes a girl who is a year older than him. All I can think is, "Oh brother, I hope your friends have a better sense of humor than mine did!"



Do you remember your first kiss? Was it what you expected?