"Are you planning on going?"

I looked up from the play script I was memorizing.

"Planning on going to what?" I asked Mia, attempting to keep the irritation out of my voice.

I needed to get this stuff done. I had approximately 6 minutes before the bell would ring and presentations for our Romeo and Juliet skits would begin. And I needed every second to memorize Juliet's lines- something that I had procrastinated on doing the whole weekend.

"Homecoming of course" Mia said.

It surprised me Mia cared about the dance. She had never been this involved in social events.

"Uh, I don't know. I haven't really thought about it" I said, turning my attention back to the skit.

"You should totally come! Kyle asked me this morning!"

"I think I'd rather stay home" I said honestly.

The last dance I went to with these people had been the biggest lie in my life, so I really didn't need to repeat that again.

Mia groaned and slumped down in her seat, "C'mon! I know you don't have anyone to go with but it would still be fun to get out and do things" she said.

She sounded exactly like my mom when I first moved to New York.

"It's not that I don't have anyone to go with" I said, slightly annoyed.

It honestly kind of bothered me she had to bring up something like that. Like Yay you, you have a boyfriend. Aw poor me because I don't.

"Then what is it?" Mia huffed.

I noticed the irritation creeping into her voice and I looked up to face her, "I don't like school dances, Mia. I thought maybe you would understand that" I said.

Mia looked down at her desk before responding, "Yeah but the 8th grade dance wasn't bad. You liked it!" she said.

I raised an eyebrow at her , "And then days later I found out my brother died and I'd be moving away from my friends that didn't even care enough to contact me" I said.

It was like the last loop on a roller coaster. It was great when it happened, but then you have all the nasty stuff that comes after.

"It's not like history is going to repeat itself" Mia said calmly.

"I know I know" I said, throwing my hands up in exasperation, "And I feel like I need to get over what happened then because it was three years ago, and honestly, I've been trying! But no matter how hard I try, I can't!"

"I know you Finnly, and you wouldn't be holding onto the past If you didn't care about the things that changed. You say you don't care about Becca and how she's been taunting you and you say you don't care that Colton has moved on, but I'm pretty positive you do care." She said, "And the only way to let go of the past is to move forward" she said.

I nodded fiddling with the bracelets on my wrist, "Yeah" I mumbled.

I knew she was right. When she wasn't talking about Kyle she was the smartest and most insightful person I knew.

"Just ask Colton what happened" she continued

I nodded, "Yeah I've been meaning to do that" I said

Mia smiled, "Good, once you get his side of what happened, maybe it'll be easier to come at peace with the past" she said.

I just nodded, "Yeah that would be nice" I said.

The bell rang, cutting our conversation short, and Mr.Fells walked into the room, shutting the door behind him.

"Ok class! I hope you are all prepared for your Romeo and Juliet skits, because like I said Friday, we will be presenting them today!" he said.

Some of the kids in the back of the room started talking in hushed whispers and Mr.Fells took immediate notice, "What is all the fuss back there?" he asked, pushing his glasses up.

"We're presenting today?" one of the girls asked.

"Yes. And every group will present today, so there will be no exceptions" Mr.Fells said, rubbing his nose.

I glanced down at my half memorized script. At least I was in better shape than the kids that weren't even in their costumes and had obviously forgotten about the presentation.

I looked over my shoulder to ask Colton if he has memorized his script, but his seat was empty.

I faced a second of sheer panic.

Mr. Fells said there were no exceptions! What was I going to do if Colton didn't even bother to show up?

My prayers came true when Colton walked into the room only a couple seconds later.

A huge feeling of relief mixed with a pang of anger, after seeing Becca come in with him, flowed through me.

Becca tossed me a small smirk that seemed to send a message along the lines of 'You wish you were me'.

And for the sole reason that she had happened to snag Colton, I did wish I was her.

I thought back to what Mia had said about me actually caring and I groaned internally. Damn right I cared.

"Did you memorize the script?" I asked Colton in a soft whisper, making sure Becca or Mr.Fells couldn't hear me.

Colton looked up at me and my previous feelings of relief and anger were replaced with butterflies galore.

His hair was disheveled as if he had just gotten out of bed, which looked beyond amazing. And he was wearing the khakis and button down white shirt he was supposed to wear to play Romeo.

All I have to say is, he looked exactly like a drool worthy modern version of Romeo.

"We had to memorize it?" Colton asked, his eyes widening.

Well shit.

"Yeah" I said, my voice tinged with worry.

We had translated the script and everything, but If we couldn't even remember it, none of it mattered and my grade would drop like the bass drop in a Skrillex song.

"Shit" Colton said, his fist clenching.

I turned back around in my seat when Mr.Fells called the first group up.

Maybe it wouldn't be that bad. I mean Colton and I had put the most effort into our costumes compared to the rest of the class and it's not like we hadn't spent time rehearsing. We were bound to remember at least some of it.

I wiped my palms on my red dress.

It was paired with some black flats (because I was absolutely incapable of wearing heals) and I had put on some red lipstick along with some eyeliner and mascara.

Yes, attention all - Finnly Cage put on makeup and actually bothered with her appearance.

That alone should be enough to get us a good grade.

"How much do you have memorized?" Colton asked, whispering so Mr.Fells couldn't hear.

I tried to ignore how close he was to me and I laced my hands together to keep calm, "Uh, half?" I said, continuing to look toward the front of the classroom, where the first group had started to perform.

"I guess we'll take your advice and just wing it" he said, before leaning back in his chair.

I smile softly, thinking back to our first practice when I told him we would just wing the performance so I could get out of his house.

The classroom erupted with applause and my attention snapped back to the boy and girl who had just finished their performance.

"You two obviously weren't prepared. There's not even a guy named Cobalt in the play. I think the name you were looking for was Tybalt" Mr.Fells said, shaking his head in disappointment.

The two kids just rolled their eyes and sat back down.

At least Colton and I knew the character names.

"Finnly and Colton! You're up!" Mr.Fells said.

I bit my lip and stood up, making sure to smooth down my dress.

We would do fine.

Colton handed Mr.Fells a copy of our script and we positioned ourselves at the front of the room.

Colton started with his monologue on Juliet and I awkwardly stood there, looking down at my feet. I should've been pretending to dance or something because we were supposed to be a party, but I seriously couldn't bring myself to dance in front of a whole classroom.

"Her uh beauty is too good for this world; she's too beautiful to die and be uh buried" Colton said, obviously struggling with his lines. He made up the rest of his monologue and ended with, "Did my heart ever love anyone before this moment?"

Colton had a few more lines before it got to the part when Romeo meets Juliet.

I struggled with the lines here and there, and from the look of Mr.Fells' face the few times I looked over, we weren't doing too well.

I mentally prayed things would get better as we moved onto the more intimate part of the scene.

"Well then...let lips do what hands do. I'm praying for you to kiss me." Colton said, locking his eyes with mine.

I couldn't begin to express how awkward this was, and especially in front of Becca, who was probably fuming right about now...although she'd never admit that to anyone.

"Saints don't move, even when they grant prayers." I said, matching his gaze.

In all honesty I was surprised I remembered as much of the script as I did.

"Then don't move while I act out my prayer." Colton continued.

When he didn't move I raised an eyebrow at him. This was the kiss. What was he waiting for?

'Where's the Hershey kiss?' I mouthed silently.

His eyes widened slightly and he glanced at Mr. Fells quickly before looking back at me, 'I don't have it' he mouthed back.

I mentally smacked myself. Out of all things we screw up on the Hershey kiss.

'Do something' I mouthed quickly. Mr.Fells was starting to get impatient, and any more stalling would dock our grade even more.

Colton searched my eyes frantically, as if he could find an idea there.

Colton responded by placing his hand on the small of my back and drawing me close to him.

I didn't have time to be surprised before he closed the gap between us by pressing his lips against mine. It didn't last more than a second, and when it was over I was too dumbfounded to say my next line.

He did that. In front of the whole class, Mr.Fells, and Becca. But at that point I wasn't even worried about what Becca might do to me later, I was too caught up in him.

It had been my second kiss since the 8th grade dance, but he had been more confident now, and the lingering taste of his lips made every part of my body melt.

"Uh um you kiss like you've studied how" I said, my voice quieter than it had been before. I truly felt like at this moment I was Juliet, because that's how surprised I was.

At that our scene ended and the class clapped. I took a quick glance in Becca's direction and saw her tapping furiously on her cell phone. If she had been fuming before, she was smoking in the fires of hell now.

I was half expecting Mr.Fells to rat us out and tells us we did horribly like he had the first group, but he stood up and put his hands on both of our shoulders.

"Now class, I would like you to look at Finnly and Colton's performance as a role model. Of course, their play was not perfect. They butchered some of those lines. However, the whole idea about this project was to bring out the actor or actress in everyone's self and truly convey the emotion in 'Romeo and Juliet'. Finnly and Colton did that perfectly. Very good job!" he said.

A small smile broke out on my face and I thanked Mr.Fells before heading back to my seat.

Everyone's eyes followed me as I sat down. Most of them probably knew that the kiss was a big deal. Just because Becca was his girlfriend and she did in theory 'rule the school'.

I knew that from now on, my life would be a living hell.

But Hey, at least I'd have a good 'Folton' update for Anna.

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Soooo....how'd y'all like the Folton kiss?

I thought it was about time to give ma readers a little bit of lovin' and add it in there so I hope that made you happy :)

Predictions?

Song of the chapter: Superheros - the Script

kisses- A

(note: The play in here is "Romeo and Juliet" by Shakespeare ! I do NOT own ANY of the lines or translations!)