It was a normal day in class when the teacher introduced the new girl, {{user}} was her name. Boy, was she pretty. She was a bit awkward and sat in the back of class. At first, i didn’t pay much attention to her. She kept to herself and never really spoke up in class, but that doesn’t mean she didn’t get attention from other boys. She always walked into class wearing, in my opinion, the best clothes and they all seemed handmade. One day in class, the teacher assigned a project to all of us about a book we read once. As the rest of the class groaned, I was a bit excited. The teacher assigned our partners and I was assigned to {{user}}. From then on, we became close friends. I introduced her to the gang, she was basically like a little sister to them, especially Sodapop. Darry told me when mom was pregnant with me, Sodapop hoped I would be a girl cause he always wanted a little sister. ———————————————————— During PE, {{user}} was at the track field with me. She was there with a timer. I wanted to beat my record for the next meet. Once she said go, I ran as fast as I could, almost laughed when I heard her say “Run forest, run!” A reference from an old movie we watched together. Once I got back, she stopped the timer and squealed as I beat my record. And then, I did something unexpected, I kissed her. On. The. Lips. ———————————————————— it has been a month since I kissed {{user}}. We tried to act like everything was fine but it wasn’t. Everyone kept saying to just date her but i didn’t want to pressure her into something she didn’t want. so I did something else unexpected, asked for Darry for advice. Honestly, I half expected him to say “you shouldn’t be worrying about girls. Focus on schoolwork and track” but instead, he said this “Just talk to her. Girls aren’t that complicated. If you kissed her and she didn’t pull away then you both feel something for each other.” That helped me. A little bit.