The Cadwell House

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Kylie had put on a Cyndi Lauper track, Girls Just Wanna Have Fun, and was dancing around and singing it to her empty house while the television illuminated the black living room. She had grabbed a pillow and held it in front of her as if it were Andie dancing with her. She about had a heart attack when the doorbell suddenly rang. She let out a quiet shriek, dropped the pillow and killed the music. She wasn't expecting anyone and no one said they were coming over, so who was at her door? A murderer? A rapist? Why her?

Against her better judgement, Kylie cautiously approached the front door with a candlestick. It was like something from a bad horror movie mixed with Clue. She could see a tall figure on the other side of the glass and thought for a second that it might be Andie. She cracked open the door, gripping her candlestick, and peeped outside. "Andie!" She jumped, swinging open the door.

She threw her arms around his torso because that was the only thing she could reach in her house shoes. "Oh my gosh, what are you doing here? Why aren't you at the dance?" Why wasn't he at the dance? Didn't he have a date or something? He surely had a date, who wouldn't want to go with him to homecoming?

[Andie Costello]

Andie smiled when Kylie opened the door and flung herself at him. "Oh hello to you too," he said, patting her back kind of awkwardly. He always made things so uncomfortable.. but she seemed to be alright. She didn't move from his awkward hug. "Why aren't I at the dance?" he mimicked her question before squatting a bit and picking her up. That was something he really liked about being so huge: he could pick almost anyone up. Moving inside, he set her back down. "Huh. Why aren't I at the dance.." he teased her, putting his hand behind his head. Before pulling his hand back down, he felt something hard against the side of his face. What was.. aw shoot. He'd forgotten to switch his glasses for contacts. Now he probably looked like a total nerd dork. But whatever.

Kicking off his shoes and kicking them to the side of the door, Andie cleared his throat before looking back at Kylie. "I'm not at the dance.." he didn't know how to say this without making things super weird. "I'm.. not... Cuz I never.." he was practically stuttering. "I'm not there.. because I never found the courage to ask you to come with me."

There it was. He finally got it out and his hand had trailed back up behind his head again. What an odd habit.. it only made him look taller and awkwarder. Awkwarder.. is that a word? He thought it over, trying to avoid the fact that he practically just admit his crush. Not like he'd kissed her last week or anything.. but that didn't really count, did it? Oh he didn't even know.

"Why.. why aren't you at the dance?" he tried to switch the topic to her.

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Kylie set the candlestick down on the entryway table and acted like it was nothing and that she wasn't just about to beat him to death with it. "Yeah, why aren't you there?" She asked before he could answer. She let out a quiet giggle when he lifted her from the ground and moved them both inside. She had never been a fan of heights, but she felt secure when he lifted her up.

He wasn't at the dance because he hadn't mustered up the guts to ask her? Why would he want to go with her verses some other, older, and probably much prettier girl? "Me?" She asked, shocked. Kylie looked at her boots and tried to hide her reddened face. She was failing miserably with hiding her face and the smile that was spreading across her lips.

"Jett wouldn't take me. And I would have just gone with Esme, but I didn't have a date." She had only now noticed that he had on glasses which made her smile even harder than before. "You look cute with glasses.. I mean, not that you didn't before, just.." She paused from her own awkwardness. "Want to watch a movie?" She asked, pointing towards the living room with her thumbs.

[Andie Costello]

Andie frowned a bit. He kind of hoped that her reasoning for not being at the dance was that he hadn't asked her. But he shrugged it off anyway and nodded when she asked about the movie. "Yea," he said with a smile, then adjusted his glasses. "I hate these. They make me feel like an old man pedophile."

He followed her towards the living room and sat when she did. He sat kind of close to her, but not close enough to where they were touching. "Hey Kylie.. can.. can I tell you something?" he asked quietly and cutely. He was preparing to tell her that he liked her.. but it was going to be hard. He'd just barely been able to say he'd wanted to asked her to homecoming. But he felt he had to do it. If he was ever gonna ask her out, she should at least know that he liked her.

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She brushed off his comment about his glasses making him look like a pedophile. She had thought about it many times and how dangerous it was to even think about dating an eighteen year old while she was only fifteen. Her parents would never even allow such a thing despite their final decision being that they thought he was a nice young man and would like to have him over again.

She plopped down near the edge of the couch and leaned her body against the arm. She was honestly kind of nervous being home alone with him as she hadn't even been by herself at home with a boy who wasn't her brother. Kylie tucked a stray piece of hair behind her ear and looked to him. "Yeah, of course. Shoot!" She replied in her cheery voice. She was expecting him to say that he had a girlfriend and he was sorry to not be sorry about the other night when he kissed her goodnight.

[Andie Costello]

Andie smiled and let out a snort when she said shoot. It was so cute, the way it just kinda popped out of her mouth. "I uh.. this is gonna sound weird," he laughed a little as he looked at her. "Kylie.. I really like you. Like.. like you like you." It wounded so awkward. He couldn't have been any more awkward as he sat there, hands folded in his lap and sprouts of hair sticking out weird around his face because of the glasses. He was a complete nerd tonight.. and it only added to the awkwardness of confessing his feelings to a fifteen year old.

"I'm sorry.. that was weird," he said as he looked away and squeezed his knees with his fingers. It took everything he had to not get up and run away. He'd never confessed his feelings to a girl before.

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Kylie's heart felt as if it has stopped, leaped into her mouth, and then dropped back down into the pit of her stomach. What did he just say? Why had her jaw fallen open so suddenly and her heart felt all fuzzy? Oh yeah, Andie Costello had just admitted that he was into her. She felt as if she could jump right out of the seat and fly to the moon and back again in a single leap.

Alas, Kylie kept,or tried to keep her emotions on the down low so she wouldn't scare him off or anything. She had already threatened his life with the candlestick earlier. Her eyes widened as she realized that she hadn't said anything back to that! He had just spilled a big something to her and she just sat there thinking about flying and all of her own giddy feelings.

"I.. uhm.. I.." She stuttered with her words and fought with herself not to tackle him right now. She didn't even care anymore. In a second, Kylie flung her arms around his neck and stood on her knees on the couch beside his legs. "I'm sorry.. I get excited waaay too easily." She tucked her hair behind both ears and laid her hands in her own lap. "I don't really know what to say but uh.. I feel the same way but I was scared to tell you.. or anyone really." Which she was, but it was different because he said it first, right?

[Andie Costello]

Andie was a bit scared when she hasn't said anything. Was she confused? Did she things really was and old man pedophile? Oh god, how bad would that have been? He looked down at his hands as she sat with her mouth open. But just as he looked up to say something, she was flying towards him and then her arms were around his neck. His heart melted when he realized what was happening.

Oh holy mother of god she likes me too. What. What is happening. Is this real life.

When she pulled off, Andie smiled at her. "You were scared?" He asked with a chuckle. "I was terrified! I thought you'd like call the cops and scream rape or something." He shifted his eyes away from her for a moment, but looked back with a smirk. He made a 'hmm' sound.

"Well now that the cats outta the bag... Kylie," he took her hands in his. "Would you wanna go out with me some time?" He blushed pretty hard as he looked into her eyes.

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Kylie looked surprised at the reaction he thought she was going to have and laughed at him and his relief. "Why would I ca-.. oh yeah, you're eighteen. I almost always forget." Kylie said. She kicked her legs out from underneath her and scooted closer to him. She hoped that he couldn't feel her trembling from nerves and excitement. She hadn't ever cared about his age before, so what was holding her back now?

She literally shook her head to get those thoughts out of her mind, they'd figure everything out later. She looked back up to his face and tucked in her bottom lip to hide her smile. He was so adorable when his face was twenty shades of red! "I'd love to go out with you sometime." She mocked, playfully of course.

She thought back to the other night when he had left her house and left her standing there, stunned. She realized that she hadn't actually kissed him back that night so why not fix that? Kylie looked away and then back to him and reached her hand up to touch his hair. It was like velvet and felt nice against her skin. Would it be too much for her to kiss him right now? No. She was definitely going to try.

She shakily leaned toward his face and stopped right before she connected their lips. Kylie had never kissed a boy, and Andie was the first one that had kissed her. He probably knew that, which is why she was okay with it now. She slowly closed the distance between them and let the kiss last a short while. All of the butterflies in the world had flew into her ribs and stomach at once. She eased back and returned to her sitting position next to his side.

[Andie Costello]

Andie smiled lightly as Kylie grew closer to him. He was ready for the kiss, and if she hadn't stepped in first, he was gonna make the move. But really, he was kind of thankful she had. He didn't want to seem all too pushy, what with asking her out and such. But when her face was just centimeters from his, Andie couldn't help but smile as he closed his eyes and the space between them closed. When their lips met, Andie placed his hand atop hers before lifting it to mimic how she had touched his hair.

"So Kylie.." Andie said after she'd pulled back, a smile across his face. He paused. "Actually.. I don't really know what to say. What do we do now? Are we.. are we a couple?" That was exciting to him. Being a couple. Eighteen years, and this boy had never had a single girlfriend. He'd never even kissed a girl, held a girl's hand, hugged a girl.. nothing. Kylie was his absolute first. And he loved that.

(i apologize for it being rather short..)