4 Chapter 4

“And,” Kevin continued, “it has to be a girl.”

Tom began to relax, and the earlier oohs had quickly transformed into a cheer and chants of ‘kiss, kiss, kiss.’ I shifted my gaze from Tom to the person sitting next to him, his girlfriend Marianne. She was so shy and reserved I figured the whole thing would be over before it even started, and that was just fine with me.

Marianne wouldn’t even look me in the eye and seemed to shrink as I got up and walked over to her. But I had put away enough beers today that it gave me the liquid courage required to slip my hand behind her neck and lean in to touch my lips to hers.

I was honestly planning on a little peck, but once our lips met, I quickly changed my mind and decided to linger for a while. Marianne was soft and gentle and I could feel her warm moist breath as she sighed into my mouth. She tasted a little like beer, but then so did I.