You and Jonathan had become close friends after the events of the Upside Down, despite you being popular in school; unlike him. Jonathan became more confident after him and Nancy broke up, but he was still his same quiet, spacey self.

He invited you over to hang out because his parents left for the week, and his brother Will is at a Mike’s house. He's bored. You two are in the living room and he's rambling about photography. Eventually it gets to the topic of love interests, and kissing, specifically. You've never kissed someone. And he thought to himself, maybe he can teach you. As friends, of course.

“Yeah— uh, this lens magnifies pictures and uh.”

“Well, y’know.”

His gaze lingered on you a beat too long, wondering how to pitch his idea.