Chapter 2

Eventually, I got my mind in gear and headed home. I would have just enough time to download the two cards to the computer and change into dress slacks and a shirt. I had a date. It was my first date. I did mention I was afraid to ask a girl out, because she would just say no, didn’t I?

I had the first memory card transferring to the computer as I changed. I started the second card going and looked over the shots from the first card. I got so horny, looking at the cheerleaders. I was out of time, however. I grabbed my equipment and left. I would have to run to get there in time. It was a good thing I only lived four blocks from school.

Unlike the other kids, my camera was my pass to get in. It was amazing how the school provided me free entrance to all activities. I wasn’t complaining, however it also obligated me to go to a lot of things I normally wouldn’t have.

I started taking shots of the people arriving, and of the gym area the dance was being held in. Once the DJ started playing, the lights would be turned down and I would have to use the flash or the IR. Then it hit me that the IR was useless for school yearbook work. There is no way that they would print any of those shots. I could see it now... ‘naked in school’, would have a new meaning to me from now on. Well, other than some stories I read online, that is.

I was grateful that the lens’s normal mode didn’t take nude shots, because I needed to get a lot of shots for the school’s yearbook. The committee loved to have lots of choices to pick from. The dance started, and the lights went down. I resorted to the flash for most of the shots.

It was about half an hour into the dance, when I looked over to see Mary Ann standing in the entryway. The light was dim, but the light green dress she was wearing looked like something out of a fairytale. I was hooked, that was for sure, and she was here to dance with me! I don’t remember her ever coming to a dance, before.

She was also drawing stairs from the others that noticed her. The guys had their eyes glued to her cleavage. The girls looked like they wanted to cry. And Mary Ann was just looking at me. It was as if she didn’t know anyone else was around. At that moment, there wasn’t anyone else around for me, either. All I saw was the vision before me. As an afterthought I lifted my camera and stated using the speed flash to its fullest. She tried so hard not flinch at all the flashes. She maintained the ‘I am happy to see you’ look on her face, until the camera slowed because the buffer was full.

I went up to her then and extended my hand. She took it and there were a few catcalls from some of the guys in our class. What could I say? I had a date with the prettiest girl in the school.

I stowed the camera at a table with my friend Eddy. He nodded dumbly at me when I asked if he would watch it while I danced.

Mary Ann and I went to the dance floor just as a slow dance started.

She sighed and said, “Oh good, I can do this type of step.”

I knew the feeling well, as the rest of the dancing looked like you were out there, just shaking your body around. Well, that’s what it looked like to me.

She was in my arms, and we started to rock back and forth to the music as if we were all alone. I was the one that sighed when she placed her head against my upper shoulder. She also drew her arms tightly around me. God! I was in heaven. The only thing better would be if we were kissing. Well, I wasn’t thinking ahead, what could I say. As the second song ended, she lifted her head to look in my eyes. Well, her lips became magnets to my mouth. I moved slowly to her face. When our lips met, it was like fireworks in the sky. I mean the earth shook under our feet.

As it turns out it was Mrs. Cunningham shaking us to remind us of the ‘no PDA’ rule. I almost laughed in her face. Slow dancing and she was worried about a kiss. We broke apart but Mary Ann never let go of my hand. I was glad of that. I liked holding her hand. We made our way back to the table and to Eddy. He was just grinning like the cat that ate the canary.

“Five Minutes, Homie! You were kissing for five whole minutes.”

Mary Ann and I stared at him like he was nuts. It wasn’t that long, was it? As we were about to sit down, we were interrupted by the principal. Mr. Stoppingham had a look on his face that meant trouble.

“I am afraid that we can’t let the two of you stay here any longer. You will have to learn some self-control before we let you back into another dance.”

I did mention that our school had a ‘no tolerance policy’ for just about everything, didn’t I. Well, it could have been worse than being thrown out of the dance. However, it was also common for it to happen to us kids. At least we didn’t have to worry about anything else happening in school on Monday. Everyone knew that. So many kids were asked to leave all the time that it was a big joke. In fact, it was a lot like being sent to your room. With a computer in there, you could do about anything. Heck, for most of my life so far, it was mom chasing me out of my room, to go do something besides sit in front of the computer.

Mary Ann was mortified. It was her first dance, and she thought there was going to be real problems on Monday. I had to explain to her how it worked.

“So have you ever been thrown out before?” she asked me.

“No, but then again I have never had a date, before.”

“Then I am your first date?” She acted surprised.

“Yes, my first date, my fist dance and my first kiss.”

She blushed so cutely at that.

“So, you have never kissed a girl before?” she said as we got to the parking lot.

“Well, my sister, but it wasn’t like that,” I said as the fireworks replayed in my head.