The kiss may have only lasted a few seconds, but they were eternal, those rare moments in life when time slows to a crawl and the gods allow you to bask in the glory of all that is breathtaking. Passion and pleasure pumped furiously through their veins as the jukebox kicked on.

I made it through the wilderness
Somehow I made it through
Didn’t know how lost I was
Until I found you

The lovers’ lips parted around the time Old Bess yelled, “Karl!” at the top of her lungs.

“What?” Karl retorted. “I thought it was appropriate.”

Like a virgin
Touched for the very first time
Like a virgin
When your heart beats
(after first time, with your heartbeat)
Next to mine

Jameson felt his heart race.

“Why’d you do that?” Prandi asked, her owl-eyes piercing him.

Why did I kiss her? Did I move too fast? Did I misread her? Why did Karl play that stupid song? I’m gonna kill him.

All these thoughts swam through his mind with her eyes focused so intently upon his own. But then Prandi smiled warmly and kissed him back.