A bullied girl meets the popular new student.
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"Still saying that you're perfectly okay?" Max whispers.
I'm surprised to hear that his voice is shaking.
"I'm going to find who did this to you."
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One time, I was the most popular girl in sch...
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Max's lips feel so soft. He kisses me gently, and my heart feels like it's about to burst out of my chest. All of this is just too shocking to me that I don't even know what to do.
Oh, God. What are you doing, Luna? Why are you turning into a statue?
I can't do anything, and I wonder whether Max feels like he's kissing a concrete wall now, because I'm acting like one.
I should kiss him back.
But then, before I can do so, his lips are no longer on mine. When his body detaches from me, I realize that I'm still squeezing my eyes shut tightly.
When I snap them open, Max is already sitting on the bed, raking his fingers through his hair.
"Sorry," he rasps, and I can even see his cheeks turning red. "I didn't mean to scare you or make you feel uncomfortable."
My jaw drops.
No, no, no, no. It wasn't like that.
But then, how did I expect him to react when I basically squeezed my eyes shut like I was scared of him?
I curse silently at myself, trying to calm my heartbeat. I'm so stupid. Max may be thinking that he just made the wrong move.
My heart screams in desperation. I stare at the frustration on his face, then at his chest heaving up and down.
"I should have been able to control myself," he whispers, making me even more dumbfounded.
It wasn't like that, Max.
I wanted that kiss.
In fact, I want it back.
Kiss me again?
But I would kill myself before I say something like that -- I would die because of the embarrassment.
I can't say all of those things, and I can't just kiss him now.
I turn away from him and squeeze my eyes shut again, feeling like wrapping myself with the bed cover and hiding under it for the rest of my life.
I've just ruined my first kiss.
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