Allen

Ari holds my hand in hers. "There is nothing like what you are thinking." She assures and squeezes my hand. I close my eyes for a moment and then look at her. It was like I almost crossed the threshold of hell and came back. "It's...it is....I haven't kissed anyone before." She tells me in one breath, very fast that for a moment I couldn't understand what she was speaking.

"What?" I ask her taken aback arresting the smile. "Yeah you heard it right. That was my first kiss and I was a bit anxious. So..." She shook her head looking down at her feet. I bring my hands...