Free NORMAL by Danielle Pearl Page B

like that? Not from Foster I hope."
    I giggle, surprising myself. I've never been a giggly girl. I shake my head. "No of course not!"
    Robin takes a step closer to me, but not as close as before when we were kissing. "You two are really just friends?" His tone is almost accusatory, and I'm a little thrown. It's as if he wasn't sure he believed us before either, but he's only just decided he really cares one way or another. "He's never kissed you ever, or anything?"
    I shake my head, grateful to Cam that I can do so without lying - only the case because he refused to teach me how to kiss earlier today. Robin narrows his eyes at me like he's trying to work out whether I'm being truthful. I look down at my ballet flats.
    "No one's ever kissed me before," I admit in a timid whisper.
    "Never?" Robin asks, incredulous, and I shake my head in confirmation. "Well how is that possible?"  
    I shrug, unsure if his question is rhetorical or not.
    "Look at me, sweetheart," he demands, taking both my hands in his. "I'm your first kiss?"
    I nod again.
    "Well now I can't stop wondering if your second kiss will be as incredible as the first," he murmurs before once again covering my mouth with his.
    It is.
    He pulls away with a wide, triumphant grin. I'm sure it mirrors my own.
    "Come on, we should get you home before your daddy starts to worry," he says and takes my hand to lead me back toward my house.
    "He won't," I reply under my breath.
    We get back to my driveway and I tell him I'm going to go around back since we never lock the back door and I never carry keys. Robin plants a chaste kiss on my lips and I smile.
    "Look, sweetheart, I get that Foster is your buddy and all, but the next time I come pick you up to take you out, I ain't gonna take too kindly to another man comin' down from your bedroom with you, alright?"  
    I nod. It's not unreasonable, but I'm more focused on the fact that he said there will be a next time. "Goodnight," I murmur. Robin smiles wickedly and presses me against his car.
    He kisses me again, and pushes his tongue gently into my mouth before pulling away.
    I can't help myself, I sigh.
    "Goodnight sweetheart."
    I walk around the house and, before I round the corner, I spare a glance back to see him standing by his car door, waiting until I'm out of sight.
    I sit down on the steps to my back porch, just needing a minute to myself, and listen to Robin's car drive off. Not five minutes later I hear another car pull up and wonder if Robin's returned for some reason. I creep to the side of the house and see that it's just Missy dropping off Cam. She gets out of her car to say goodnight. Cam grabs her and kisses her, and it's totally unlike Robin. Cam's almost disinterested about it, and yet his hand goes straight to her breast, the other to her ass, and Missy just presses her undeniably impressive body further into him.
    "Think we can hang out again tomorrow?" she asks - I can just make their voices out. Cam shakes his head. "Nah, I got plans." He offers her no further explanation.
    "Oh yeah? With who?" She puts her hand on her hips, but Cam turns away from her to jog toward his back door.
    "None of your damn business," he calls back to her, but he’s smiling. That's Cam - he can say the rudest things to girls, but through that crooked smile of his, he can get away with anything.
    He turns toward my back porch instead of his and catches me snooping, though I don't even try to hide it.
    "Hey there, Nancy Drew," he grins, slinging an arm around my shoulders as he walks me toward my door.  
    "Have fun with Missy?" I ask sweetly.
    His smile shifts into a smirk. "Sure did." He swings my back door open, grabs a box of Oreos from my kitchen pantry, and follows me quietly up the steps to my bedroom.
    I take a makeup remover wipe and start taking off my mascara. "Do you ever take her out or you just hook up?" I ask.
    "Her?" he asks, stuffing a cookie into his mouth whole.
    "Yeah, her . Missy. Lacey, whoever." I watch Cam