Dear Neighbor Boy,

You've Got Batter Right There

"Oh, sure! I didn't know you could cook." She grabbed my arm and pulled me up, dragging me to the kitchen.

"So, what shall we make, Chef Grey?" Hazel said in a funny accent and saluted me.

"How about pancakes, Chef Ambrielle?" I pretended to rub a non-existent moustache while arching my eyebrow.

We took out all the ingredients to make pancakes. As we mixed the batter, things got.... Dirty.

Not that kind of dirty, you dirty minded freaks.

I stood at the counter mixing the batter. Hazel went behind me, scooped two of her fingers into the batter, and covered my nose with it. "Boop!" She said and started laughing.

Oh she really did it now... I scooped my whole hand in and covered her cheeks with batter. I started laughing my ass off while she pouted at me.

She scooped up batter with both of her hands and dumped it onto my hair.

"Hey!" I whined since she ruined my hair and it would be extremely hard to get the mix out.

I pinned her down on the floor and grabbed the bowl of batter. She squirmed under me to try to avoid whatever fate was coming her way. I picked up the bowl, turned it upside down, and dumped the entire mix over her head and torso. A little bit got on my legs since I was on top of her, but she was drenched.

"Asher!" She yelled as she tried to get the stuff off of her, but it did nothing. "I can't see. My glasses are all covered!" Then she grabbed the hem of my shirt and used it to wipe her glasses until she could kind of see through them.

We both looked at each other for a few seconds and started laughing. The , tension started building up when we realized the position we were in.

I was hovering over her with my hands pinning her arms down. We were both breathing heavily from the adrenaline.

"Princess?"

"Yeah, Muffin?"

"You've got batter right there."

"I've got batter all over me." She laughed, though she still looked nervous.

"Yeah, but, in that specific spot." I furrowed my eyebrows as I stared at it.

"Where?!" She wiped at her face to try to get any spots with batter but her face was still completely covered.

I put my thumb on her lips and caressed the bottom of her chin. "Right here." I said as I slowly leaned down. She softly gasped as I got closer.

I paused as our lips brushed against each other, and then I crashed mine onto hers. She was stunned at first, but quickly melted into the kiss.

She put her hands on my cheeks as I tangled my hands through her hair. Some batter got into my mouth from hers, but getting salmonella was worth it.

The kiss deepened and I moved my hands from her hair to her waist. Then, we slowly pulled away.

I stayed hovering over her as we looked at each other, trying to catch our breath. The air was still.

"That was my first-" She whispered, but interrupted herself. Her eyes widened and she was looking at something behind me.

"Where's Ava?!" She asked in a panicked voice. I turned behind me to find that the chair she was sitting in was empty.

Fear crossed my face and I got off of Hazel. I helped her up before we raced around the house to look for my little sister.

Finally, we found her in her bed watching Beauty and the Beast.

We stood in the doorway with surprise stricken faces. "Where did you go?" I asked Ava.

"You guys were having a moment and I was getting kinda bored. Sorry if you had to stop to look for me. I didn't mean to cockblock you." She shrugged and pulled her blanket up higher.

"Ava!! You can't just say words like that!" I gasped dramatically.

"What? You mean like cockblock?" She tilted her head to the side.

I yelled in frustration. "Yes! That's a fucking bad word! Don't say that shit!"

Hazel glanced at me and tried to suppress a laugh. "You just said two bad words."

I looked away with my arms crossed. "Shut up." I mumbled.

She quietly laughed to herself. "Okay."

"Well, can you leave me to my own devices now?" Ava asked, tapping her fingers on the remote control.

"Oh, uh sure." I grabbed Hazel's wrist and pulled her out of Ava's room.

As I was about to close the door, Ava asked,"Also, why are you guys covered in pancake mix?!"

I rubbed the back of my neck. "Um, long story. We were-"

"Yeah, don't want to hear it, actually." Ava interrupted and put her hand up, signalling me to stop talking.

Rolling my eyes, I closed the door and dragged Hazel back downstairs.

We ended up making scrambled eggs, instead. I could tell we were both kind feeling kind of after my bold move.

I turned off the stove and turned to Hazel. "Look. I'm really sorry. I really shouldn't have done that. I regret it." I sighed and ran my hand through my hair.

Her face fell and she looked down. "Y-yeah. Me too. It's okay, though. It's not your fault. Anyone in that position would do the same thing." She said quietly.

Did I say something wrong??

"Yeah. So can we stop being awkward and go back to normal?" I nudged her side and smiled suggestively. "How about it, Princess?"

She tried to conceal a smile and folded her arms as she looked away. "Okay, fine."

"That's my Princess!" I exclaimed as I lifted her up into my arms and spun her around. She yelped and held onto the neck of my shirt.

Once she calmed down, she looked at me. "Just one more thing before we stop being awkward."

I scrunched my eyebrows in confusion. Then I realized what she was meant when she leaned forward and kissed me softly. I was caught by surprise, but quickly kissed back to savor the moment before it ended. She pulled away and I looked at her with raised eyebrows.

"Hey. What can I say? Kissing feels nice." She laughed as I put her down. I felt dumbstruck, but that usually happened when you kissed someone.

The rest of that Friday was spent with the two of us watching movies on the couch and Hazel screaming at the dumb decisions the characters made. I laughed at her as she got all fired up.

Thinking back on what happened earlier... I didn't actually regret kissing her. She just didn't seem like she liked it so I tried to play it off. I think I did the right thing.

Right?

A/N: NO YOU DIDN'T ASHER! SHE OBVIOUSLY LIKES YOU, YA WINGNUT! I'm yelling at my own characters.😓😂 So... THEY FINALLY KISSED! THEY HAD THEIR FIRST KISS TOGETHER AND IT WAS HAZEL'S FIRST KISS EVER TOO! Man these two are hecking cute. They got so carried away in their romance that they forgot they were taking care of a whole child. Ava ships it though.Well, I hope you enjoyed your fanservice. I'm sorry but these two love birds are dense. I hope you liked the chapter! Please keep reading and vote! Thank you! Bye my lovelies!!!❤❤❤

---Your Smøl Bean Gen