FIRST KISS EVER

I felt guilty. I only meant to tease Elle a little. She never asked for help, instead taking everything on her own shoulders. Her priority has always been looking out for her family, which as far as she was concerned, included Lee. Something I could only just admit to myself that I was a little jealous of. And at this point she wasn't asking me to take part in the kissing booth. She was just asking that I make an appearance.

At the heart of this entire day it was to raise funds for charity. Elle wasn't asking for much. Just for me to show up. She wasn't even asking for herself which made me feel even worse. What the hell, I had nothing better to do. So I made my way to the kissing booth.

When I got there, I couldn't see Lee or Elle. I bought a ticket figuring by the time I got to the front of the line, either my Brother or Elle would have shown up. That plan went flying out the window when the kid at the front of the line offered to let me cut in. What could I do but say thanks.

It was then that Elle made an appearance. Or rather someone shoved her blindfolded through the curtain. This was not what I had expected and clearly not what she expected either. Just when I was reconsidering being here, Elle stumbled. Luckily I was close enough to catch her and see the looks of horror on the girls' faces who had obviously shoved Elle out here as some sort of joke which had backfired on them. I took a guess that it was because I was next in line and not the guy who had let me cut in front of him.

"Sorry. Oh muscles." Elle didn't seem to realise it was me she had stumbled into. I wasn't sure yet if that was a good thing or bad yet. She offered me an out thinking that I was probably hoping to kiss Olivia, although she was obviously nervous as she was rambling on about never kissing anyone and a couple of near misses.

Although the crowd watching us was finding Elle's rambling amusing and I have to admit, so was I, it would be best if I stopped her before she let something really embarrassing slip. So I did the only thing I could given the situation, I kissed her.

I was not prepared for what kissing Elle Evans would be like. Granted her scent was still on my sheets from when she had gotten drunk last weekend and that was causing non-brotherly reactions in me still. Why hadn't I expected the same thing from kissing her? For someone who had never been kissed, she was a quick learner.

She pulled back and slid the blindfold off, staring at me in shock. I'm not sure that I didn't look as shocked as she did. I don't how long we stood there staring at each other before I went in for another kiss. For some reason I needed her to know it was me kissing her. For Elle to kiss me back whilst knowing it was me kissing her, because she had really got the hang of kissing.

We were both breathing pretty heavily when we parted although our foreheads were still touching. That was until we both remembered there were other people watching. The crowd seemed as shocked as we were, that was until they started applauding. It was sort of funny actually.

Elle however was not seeing the funny side of all of this. I guess I could kind of see it from her point of view. Nobody wanted their first kiss to be in front of a live audience. Even if that audience was applauding. "Everyone ... everyone just saw that, didn't they?"

"Come on, relax Shelly. It was just a kiss." Although the crowd chanting my name was not helping. And at this point I think I was even trying to convince myself that it was just a kiss and not more.

"Yeah of course." It was clear that it was something more judging by the look on Elle's face. But I wasn't willing to push my luck and ask her what it was to her.

"All right. So I'll see you around." I handed her the blindfold, which I wasn't even sure how it ended up in my hand and got off the stage as fast as I could without looking as if I was making a run for it.

I stuck close to the booth to make sure that Elle wasn't pushed into kissing anyone else. The different girls who kept coming up to talk to me stopped it from being obvious that I was watching Elle. Where the hell had my Brother got to? Why wasn't he looking out for Elle? Who was I kidding? I would have stuck around to keep an eye on Elle even if my Brother had been here.

Lee walked past about an hour later with a brunette who seemed to find him fascinating. I guess he had wised up to the fact that he didn't have a chance with Mia. But that left Elle without a lift home. I was trying to work out how to convince Elle to accept a ride home on my bike, while faking paying attention to the girl who was talking to me. When I glanced over to where Elle had been packing up the booth, she had run off in the direction of the exit. I excused myself from whatever her name was and started up my bike. With any luck, Elle was jogging home and I'd be able to catch up with her.