PruCan Week

Day Three:

I am stringing these chapters together into a single love story that takes place over twenty years.  I chose ‘First Kiss’ for the third day of the challenge.  The characters are eleven and twelve years old now.

First Kiss

Gilbert crawled up onto the mattress and sat across from Matthew with his legs crossed.  He studied the curve of his lips in the darkness and frowned.  Matthew squirmed.

“I don’t get it,” Gilbert mused under his breath.  “I’ve never wanted to kiss anyone.  Ever.  But Roderich kissed Elizabeta behind the bleachers yesterday, and Antonio kissed Bella two weeks ago, and Francis has kissed all of the girls in Grade Six at least twice.”

“Do you think it hurts?”  Matthew whispered curiously.  His pajamas were wrinkled, crooked, and his hair was a mess of tangled blonde curls.  It was past their bedtime.