Beso?

We all piled back into Johnny's car, Jasper too, and drove off in silence. The radio was playing a song Johnny liked and he leaned over to turn it up. (O.K., it was the song 'Baby Got Back by Sir Mixx Alot. What? It was the 90's! It was a popular song!! Don't laugh.) As he leaned back from turning the nob, his hand slid over and rested on my inner thigh. I flinched but gave him a weak smile and he kept his hand there. Amy and Tony were in the backseat with Jasper and apparently they were getting along just fine without any awkwardness.

We drove around for awhile before I finally said something. "Where are we going?"

Johnny just smiled at me and said, "beso" (in case anyone wonders, it's Spanish for kiss.. I think I spelled that correctly??). I leaned towards him and gave him a quick kiss on the check. He gave me a disappointed look and asked again. "Beso". I hesitated, but leaned back over and gave him a peck on the month and leaned back. We had finally stopped at a light and he turned to look at me.

"beso!"

"I just gave you two!!" I laughed.

He smiled and said 'beso' again. I leaned towards him, again, and when I leaned in to give him another fast kiss on the mouth, he reached around grabbing my head and kissed me deeply. With a lot of tongue. I didn't know whether I should gag or pull away or what. I decided to stay, stiff in his embrace because I knew it would get him angry if I pulled away.. ESPECIALLY in front of his friend. I didn't want to embarrass him again.

When the light turned green, he pulled away with a smile.

"Where are we going now?" I asked again

"How about my house?" He asked with a smirk, looking into the rearview mirror to his friends.

I gave a quick glance to Amy and she had the same look I did. It was obvious she didn't want to go there just as much as I didn't.

"Actually, I'm getting kinda hungry. Can we stop for something to eat?" I asked in my sweetest possible voice.

Johnny looked back at the guys in the back seat and they replied with a shoulder shrug, then said, "Sure. Where do you want to go?"

I only had about $3 on me. It wasn't like I could have asked my parents for money this morning. "McDonald's is fine with me. How's that sound to everyone?"

Amy piped in with a sure, as did Tony. Jasper was still quiet.

We pulled into a McDonald's within minutes and Amy and I announced we needed to use the bathroom. Once we were inside, we continued the conversation we tried to have earlier.

"I do NOT want to go to Johnny's house!" I whispered

"Me either! What do you think is going on, anyway? Jasper's acting all weird!"

"I don't know! That guy gives me the creeps. I wish they hadn't brought him."

"I know. Me too." Amy said into the mirror as she applied more lipstick. I don't know why she even bothered. Between eating and kissing Tony some more, it would be all gone faster than she could apply it.

"What are we going to do then?" I said, watching her slowly outline her lips.

"I don't know. Maybe we can talk them into going to the mall or something?"

I let out a groan and she realized what that meant. Our LAST trip to the mall didn't exactly end well and I didn't know how I'd handle the situation again without pissing Johnny off.

We exited the bathroom a few minutes later still not having any idea of where to go once we left McDonald's. We tried to take our time in eating and talking, hoping that would buy us some time and thankfully it did.

As luck would have it, where we stopped at the McDonald's was 1/2 way between Johnny's house and mine. We would have to drive back threw downtown traffic and it would take us forever to get there. Once we got there, it would almost be time for us to leave in order to get back home at our usual time so our parents wouldn't suspect anything. We instead, decided to walk around to the sidewalk shops to waste a few hours.

Johnny and I walked side-by-side with his arm drapped around me. Amy and Tony were being all lovey with each other and it was then that I wished I had hooked up with Tony instead of Johnny. Amy looked so carefree with him. She didn't flinch when he reached for her or when he leaned in to kiss her, unlike I did with Johnny. Tony also wasn't aggressive like Johnny was, but in a way I liked it. It was exciting... sort of.

Jasper.. well.. he just walked with his hands shoved in his pockets with a sour look on his face.