What If

What If We Are Taking Chances Just To Lose It All

Johnny POV

"I dare you to kiss Kenz," Asher dares me while we're playing Truth or Dare in the Ziegler basement.

I choke on the water I was drinking, splattering it on the bean bag that I'm sitting on. Lauren glares at me while I have a coughing attack. I can't keep eye contact with Kenzie right now, if I do, then I'll end up kissing her. And if I end up kissing her, I won't stop. Well, until I need to breathe.

When my eyes glance up and meet hers, I see that her eyes are expressionless, but it's her eyebrows that give her away. Slightly narrowed, they basically say that she's upset regarding my reaction. I would be too if I was her.

I decide that, since we've always communicated nonverbally, I can try to talk to her with facial expressions.

I give her a look that says, "Do you want to?" And she just shrugs her shoulders. Kenzie's not the type to ever shrug her shoulders, unless she's pissed. Ugh, what have I done?!

By this point, everyone, and I do mean everyone, is staring at us. Except Annie and Asher, who are just in whatever part of Coupledom that they live in now. I have a feeling we will have to adjust to this. That's a problem for another time, though. One thing at a time.

"Y'all do have to kiss, bro," Nadia informs me and I roll my eyes at her. Thanks, genius. Of course I have to kiss her. Why wouldn't I? I like Kenzie, not just as my sister, but as a romantic interest. Why can't I be the one to make the first move and kiss her? Man up, John! I scold myself.

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Kenzie POV

Welp.

He had been staring at me for almost a minute, since I had shrugged my shoulders. Everyone was staring at us, waiting in an uncomfortable silence for us to kiss. I like John, I do, but what if he doesn't like me back? I mean, that's a definite possibility.

Kissing him... It could ruin everything for us. It could also make everything so much better. Why does life have to be so complicated? I'm pretty sure Avril Lavigne said that first, but we'll ignore that here.

I hear someone moving out of the corner of my eye, and see that it's Johnny. Why is he moving closer to me? Is he going to- OH MY GOD, HE'S GOING TO KISS ME!!

"Look, I know you don't want to kiss me, but we have to. You can pull away first," Johnny whispers in my ear, sending shivers down my spine of nervousness.

I just nod instead of speaking, and our lips connect. I feel fireworks when we kiss, losing myself in it. I'm not holding back here, I kiss him, hard. He kisses me back just as hard, and I bite slightly on his bottom lip, as someone taught me years ago when I first started kissing boys. He groans slightly, parting his lips. I shove my tongue inside, and he shoves his in mine.

That escalated quickly.

Behind us, everyone's whooping, hollering, cheering, or wolf whistling. Embarrassed, I pull away, blushing profusely.

"Tell me now that Jenzie isn't real!" Lauren dares, and I look at Johnny. Ultimately, it's up to him to decide if he likes me.

"Well, Laur, I don't know, because we have to talk about that first," I remind her to have patience, and she frowns, pulling her thick brown hair into a braid.

What if I just ruined my friendship with him? What if he doesn't like me anymore after I kissed him? He probably doesn't, he's probably into Nads or... Not me. Right?

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Okay, so there's a dance in 15 days and people are freaking out over it. And then there's me, just trying to get a new outfit out of this and not worrying about a date.

Later loves,

~Ry