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“I like you.”Oh shitWhat does that mean?“You like me?” I repeat back“Yes, So my question for you is would you like to go to the movies Tuesday night with me?”Okay… I have exactly 15 seconds to answer before it gets weird. Why me? He is not handsome by any means but he has a nice face and he’s kind and not many people are in this world.I had noticed that between classes or after school he would seek me out to talk to me but I always chalked it up to being just a scenario in my head I was over exaggerating.But why me? I’ve never been a date before and yeah I’ve had crushes but not anyone I was head over heels obsessed with.This is new territory and hell I’m absolutely terrified. My 15 seconds are up, he’s looking at me expectantly“I’m not sure… I’ll have to check me schedule.I don’t have anything going on TuesdayI’ll call you.”Jesus ChristI don’t have his number, how the fuck can I contact him.But he takes it in stride“Sure, do you need my number?”I sheepishly nod my head as he takes out a pen and asks if he can write it on my hand. I nod yes and he writes his number with care, trying not to dig the pen into my skin.When he’s done he grins down at me,“Call me.”Then he walks away.I stare down at the writing on my hand, wondering if it’s real or not. Before I quickly turn around and run towards the mess hall, towards my best friend shoving spoonfuls of ice cream into her mouth.“Andi, I need to talk to you.”“I’m busy right now.” She says with her mouthful.“This is more important.” She rolls her eyes as I shove my hand into her face.It takes her a moment to register what she’s looking at before she jumps up. Jumping up and down squealing.“OMG, WHOSE NUMBER IS THAT?”“It’s Calvin Inglewood’s.” I whisper.“Who?”“He’s that guy who brought my homework to me last Friday when I left it in Mr. Johnson’s room.”“Ohhhhh, him? He’s cute I guess. What happened?”“He asked if I wanted to go to the movies with him on Tuesday but I said I didn’t know if I was free do he gave me his number.”“Adorable. But sweetie you never have any plans especially on a Tuesday night.”“I know but I panicked.”“You should go.”“But-““No. Stop making excuses, you’ve never been on a date because you’re too afraid of getting hurt but one of these days you have to try.”“It’ll blow up and be a huge mess and then school will be awkward and it’s just better if I don’t.”“Or he could be the love of your life.”“Highly unlikely.” I mutter“But possible, you’re going and that’s final.”I went…I had the time of my life, we had similar interests in movies, food and futures. And the things we didn’t agree on he would tease me about and id tease him right back in a banter that felt right. He drove me home after the date and paused outside my door.“So this is me.” I said. It was late and I had an exam at 9am the next morning so even though I didn’t want the conversation to end, my anxiety wouldn’t let me go that far just yet.“Are you free tomorrow?” He asked.He wanted to see me again already???“Yeah, I have a shift from noon to five tomorrow but I can n my wet you after.”“Great.” His smile was dazzling. I stared at him. Was this real? I started to panic as the silence continued but then he leaned in.I’ve never been kissed before, sure I had seen kisses and read about them, I’ve even had it described to me in vivid detail but I’ve never experienced it myself.I was about to make up some excuse to back out of it but before I could do anything he pressed his lips to mine.There were no fireworks, but he tasted like dessert and I wanted more, I leaned in further to continue the kiss when his hand came up to my face, tugging on my hair and pulling me closer.The longer we kissed the more I wanted, I grabbed him by his shirt pulling him in more before I wrapped my arms around his neck. He moved his hands down to my waist then all too soon we had to break apart. We stood there, breathing heavily as we just looked at each other.Before I could stop myself I broke into a massive grin, he seemed to feel the same because his grin was just as corny.He said goodbye, looking back as he walked away making sure I got safely into my dorm. As soon as I shut the door behind me I moved my hand to my lips feelings his lips still there. If that was a first kiss I was counting down the seconds until I could get another.