Nathaniel:

"Did you hear that Loki killed our chief?" I overheard a man say to his wife.

"Yeah!" She agreed. "He is out of control! The god of mischief needs to be whipped into line."

Nobody could tell that I was sitting in their midst. Alvin and I wore hoods and placed dirt on our face to cover our identity. We were different people, unrecognizable in the bar.

The townsfolk were all dressed up in their best outfits. They had a Summer-Winter dance thing. Maybe the word they were looking for was Fall, but who was I to judge? Basically, all the single men and women, would get together, dance, drink rum and do stuff. It sounded fun, therefore Alvin and I were sitting alone in the corner together, both of us still single and lady-less.

"I find it funny how neither one of us-" Alvin had drunk seven bottles of something. "The smartest brains in probably most of the galaxy, we just can't figure out this plan."

With that weird remark, my only friend passed out, falling out of his chair and onto the floor. Man, was he embarrassing! What was it with his obsession with this liquid? Geez! I couldn't take him anywhere!

"Yeah." I sighed, I had barely touched my first drink. "It sucks."

I looked out to the people dancing across the floor. I saw musicians playing some stringed instruments. Vector was dancing with some guy. That's when my eyes caught a girl in a white and gold dress. Her hair was white and very long, almost to her hips. She caught my eyes and walked over. My heart skipped a beat. What was this feeling inside of me?

"Hey." She said.

"Hey..." I stammered to find my tongue.

"I never got to thank you for setting me free." She smiled. "I'm Stinger."

"Nathaniel." I shook her hand. "And it was no problem."

"Are you a virgin?" She asked.

My face turned red. This is not a topic I typically talked about. I actually had never talked about it, except for that time Azun told me about how my body would start changing soon. I didn't want to repeat that talk, especially not with a girl!

"What?" I asked her, thinking I misheard her.

She giggled, leaning closer to me. Then before I could move she pecked her lips onto mine. That kiss was hard, but soft. Quick, but lasting a lifetime. I couldn't breath, speak, or blink.

That was my first kiss.

"Dance with me." She took my hand and pulled me onto the floor.

I was still speechless as she moved around me, our arms brushing up against each other. I was not raised in a barn, I learned how to dance at quite a young age from Azun. He always taught me everything I needed to know to prepare myself.

But... My first kiss.

All I could think about what that quick little kiss. Was this how kissing always felt? She laughed as she talked, I didn't know what she was talking about, I was so focused on that freaking kiss! I didn't think I had ever felt this feeling before in my life! It wasn't love like I had for my brother, or a friendship love that I felt to Alvin. This was different, like my mind was crushed.

There.

That was it!

I had a crush on Stinger.