Jack POV

It was 6.15 pm and we were about to leave. Alex had been antsy all day long but we had cuddled a lot. It had been very fluffy and cute, for lunch we had eaten pasta with tomato sauce (delicious). But now it was time to leave.

I wore the stuff Alex had given me and he had joined me in the sweatpants gang. It looked like it wasn’t exactly a high-society gathering we were going to. I got in the car, Alex got in on the driver’s side. The streets were icy and it was raining a bit. I was scared of driving. Memories… But I could not let that happen. No.

We arrived at the house of the girl soon after and Alex hopped in to get the tickets, leaving me in the car. It was hard not to let the memories surface now I was alone in the car but I did my best. It didn’t work too well though. Broken glass. Bent metal. Pain. Sirens wailing. Someone yelling my name.

The car door opened and I snapped back into reality. It was Alex. I let out a deep breath. It was not real. They were just memories. Shh. He seemed to notice I was a bit off.

“Jack? Are you okay?”

“Yeah, totally,” I lied.

“Are you sure? You look pale as a ghost,” he insisted. I nodded but it was still unconvincing to him. He hugged me and held me in his arms for maybe a bit longer than normal but I liked it. He smelled so good, of aftershave and I had finally identified the other component: home. The very special smell of home. I indulged in the hug and when he let go, I felt heaps better.

He looked at me for a bit more, straight in the eye, and I got a bit nervous. There was a special tension between us. I thought about how I had never been in a relationship before. I had never even kissed someone. But I knew I was gay since girls simply didn’t attract me. Alex did attract me a lot though…

We drove off to the cinema and when we arrived there, we walked in in silence. Alex bought us a big popcorn bucket and we went up to the show-room. Some big, bulky guy ripped off our tickets and we entered it.

It was dark and smelled of popcorn. We looked for our seats and soon found them. It was actually a seat for two people, without an armrest. Alex looked at me.

“Well, she said she was going on a date…” I nodded, I was totally okay with sitting in a couple’s seat with Alex for the movie if I was being honest. We sat down; it was actually quite a small seat so we were close to each other. I could breathe in his scent…

The movie started and I liked it. It was fun and all but I couldn’t stop looking over at Alex. He seemed to magically attract my gaze and I caught him looking at me a few times too. We were so close to each other and I felt the tension again. I reached for the popcorn and our hands met, little fizzles going through my hand.

Soon after, he stopped paying attention to the movie at all and looked me deep in the eyes. I was mesmerized by his gaze. He put his hand on my thigh and very slowly, he leaned in. In the background I could hear the burglars screaming but it was soon drowned out by the sound of my heart beating faster and faster as mine and Alex’s face slowly came closer. I could smell popcorn and his special scent but also his breath now. It smelled of popcorn too. We got even closer and I was able to make out his long lashes in the darkness of the room. I didn’t dare to breathe and destroy this magical moment. He moved his hand to my upper arm and pulled me in some more. His fingertips were calloused and rough. We were very close now.

He closed his eyes but I didn’t know what to do so I just mimicked his actions, closing my eyes too. I could feel his breath on my face. Something bumped into my nose and when I opened my eyes for a tiny moment, I found out it was his nose. I instinctively tilted my head a little bit. And then, something touched my lips. It was feathery and light at first but soon, his lips pressed against mine a bit more. It felt amazing, little sparks seemed to fly through my lips. I moved my lips against his, doing what he was doing. He put his arm on my back now and pulled me even closer. He tasted of popcorn, it wasn’t bad.

I broke the kiss after some time because I didn’t know how to breathe while kissing; I mean you wouldn’t want to breathe right onto your partner, right? I looked him deeply in the eyes and he pulled me in for a short peck on the lips, then I sank down to rest against his chest. The rest of the film went by in a haze; all I could do was think about how it had felt to kiss Alex. At some point, I couldn’t resist and gave him a little kiss on his lips but he held me and made it a big kiss, opening his mouth a bit and gently licking my bottom lip. I didn’t know what to do so I ended the kiss and blushed.

After the film, we got out of the cinema quickly and drove home through the snowy streets. I didn’t even really care about driving anymore, I was so happy. Alex pulled up in the driveway and kissed me some more. I loved kissing. It took us quite a long time to get out of the car but we did it. And got right back to kissing between every floor we had walked up the stairs.

Notes

How exciting!!! What do you think?? c:

-Laura