I was walking down Main Street when she appeared. I hadn't seen Elaine there until she stepped in front of me.
"Kiss me," she said. I'll admit, I was caught off guard. How many times does a girl stop you on the street to ask you to kiss her?
I looked around. There was a group of people standing nearby, including her brothers. "Right here?" I said. "In front of all these people?"
"Sure," said Elaine. "Why not?"
I had noticed her in the past, with her cute dirty-blonde bob and her great figure with the curves in all the right places. I had never thought much of it until now, however. I mean. she was cute, but I had never thought of her romantically. Not that I minded.
"Are you sure?" I said.
"Yeah," she said. "Kiss me. Come on." The crowd was looking at me. I took a deep breath. "OK," I said. I pulled Elaine to me and kissed her. It was a fairly casual kiss.
Elaine responded by kissing me hard. She pulled me to her. Now I gave her a good, strong kiss.
"Mmm," she said. Then, "See you Saturday night."
"Saturday night?"
"The dance. You kissed me. You're taking me."
"Tricky way to get a date," I said.
"You didn't like it?"
"I didn't say that."
"OK, then. See you Saturday."
Saturday came. It was the day of the dance. Just after lunch, the phone rang. It was Elaine. "You remembered our date tonight, right?"