{"sf1_id":188317,"sf2_id":"Rno7y4qn","title":"Love At It's Finest: Episode 2","author":"MaerLriole","words":739,"posted_at":"2010-10-23T06:34:00.000Z","tags":["Character Development","M/M","Romance"],"url":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/188317-love-at-it-s-finest-episode-2","original_url":"https://sofurry.com/s/Rno7y4qn","image_url":"https://cdn.sofurryfiles.com/submissions/thumbnails/06/9d/069dafb7-fb99-4685-a7c4-fc81364ce945","description":"","content":"Well, the unamimous vote was: Love At First Sight! So here's the next installment.\u0026nbsp; I hope you enjoy...\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nBefore I knew it, two weeks had gone by; two agonizing weeks.\u0026nbsp; In the past few days I've formed semi-friendships with Gale, Andrew, Vick, Kate, and Kat; and also a small mouse named Abigail (\"or Abby, for short\").\u0026nbsp; I have lunch with Andrew, Vick, Kate and Kat and I have even days with Gale (in Math) and Abby (in English).\u0026nbsp; Add to that piles upon mountains of homework and you've got High School.\u0026nbsp; Sounds fun right?\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEver since my first day, and that jolt that coursed through me at seeing him, I haven't had any problems.\u0026nbsp; That is, until the start of Quarter 2 and Mr. Frinse drops the biggest bomb on me that he could.\u0026nbsp; \"New quarter, new seats!\u0026nbsp; Everyone up and wait for me to assign you to your new place.\"\u0026nbsp; Everyone does as he says and I'm able to find a nice corner to hide in until my name is called.\n\nHe reaches the back-middle cluster of desks and calls out, counterclockwise, \"Jason,\"--the tiger walks over and slouches right into the seat--\"Maer,\"--breathless, I take my seat--\"Abigail, Tyler.\"\u0026nbsp; He moves on to the next set of desks as Abby sits next to me and Tyler (a cheetah) to her; forming a roughly square shape.\u0026nbsp; Mr. Frinse finishes giving everyone their new seats and says, \"Now say hi to your new friends so we can all get to work.\"\u0026nbsp; Abby and I smile at each other, but I can't help mine being a tad bit strained because of who else I happen to be sitting beside.\u0026nbsp; Somehow, though, I end up being able to focus on my class work and converse with Abby without thinking too much about the tiger.\u0026nbsp; My tail can't help giving me away a little bit with the fur at the end bristling slightly; worse Abby asks if everything's okay at one point because she noticed.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nDays blur into weeks and weeks blur into months; Thanksgiving is now just around the corner.\u0026nbsp; I get to know Jason and Tyler better and I learn Jason is stuck between outcast and jock and Tyler is a full-fledged jock.\u0026nbsp; All four of us like games and Jason likes reading.\n\nIt's the day before Thanksgiving break that anything new happens.\u0026nbsp; As the announcements start everyone rushes to the door to be dismissed, except me of course, I'm always slow getting my things together.\u0026nbsp; What's different about today is that Jason doesn't get up either.\u0026nbsp; He gets up as I do and walks with me to the door.\u0026nbsp; When the announcements end he asks, \"Can you c'mere a minute?\"\u0026nbsp; Curious, I follow him down the hallway students who ride the buses take and down the stairs.\u0026nbsp; He steers toward the back wall and we both wait for the stairwell to clear out, which takes about thirty minutes.\u0026nbsp; After everyone is gone Jason takes a few steps up and looks for anyone coming down; once he's sure no one's coming he comes back to me.\n\nHe takes my arm and pulls me into the little pocket of space under the stairs.\u0026nbsp; He looks at me and begins stammering.\u0026nbsp; \"Are you doing anything over break? I mean--are you free...\u0026nbsp; Wait, no, uh...\"\u0026nbsp; Odd as it is, seeing as how I don't know him well and I'm the new kid and just met everyone here about two months ago, I start thinking his stammering is cute; I also get kind of tired of it.\u0026nbsp; So I do something I would never think of doing; something so un-me.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI take the collar of his shirt in my and, pull him close...\u0026nbsp; And I kiss him.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nI've never kissed anyone before; I didn't know what came over me.\u0026nbsp; But, as soon as I did, his arms went around my waist and mine go around his shoulders and me move closer together.\u0026nbsp; Just then, I wish time would freeze.\u0026nbsp; I wish I could continue to live that moment, it felt so good.\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\nEventually we pull away from each other.\u0026nbsp; He looks into my eyes and I'm swimming in a vibrant blue ocean as he asks me, \"Would you... go on a date with me?\"\n\n\u0026nbsp;\n\n-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------\n\nWell, looks like I new a location for a date don't I?\n\nPM me with restaurant ideas and I'll see which spot is more hot!\n\n  \n  \n\n","previous":"https://fse.anthro.fr/stories/186337-love-at-it-s-finest-episode-1.json"}