21 // …for the first time
𝓚𝓪𝔃 𝔀𝓪𝓼 𝓪 𝓿𝓮𝓻𝔂 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓲𝓹𝓱𝓮𝓻𝓪𝓵 𝓹𝓮𝓻𝓼𝓸𝓷 𝓯𝓸𝓻 𝓢𝓪𝓵𝓵𝔂. Out of the corner of her eye and mind, she was a dark spot that flitted from side to side. While Sally could nudge her shoulder and sense that they had comparable lives–to some extent–Kaz was often, for Sally, just not there.
𝓣he party was okay. Not the best. Not the worst. The host had rounded everyone together then set them loose in their yard with a good hundred solo cups, cheap beer, and cheaper music. Sally couldn’t remember who got her in. (It was probably herself, by handmade invitation.)
𝓢he shoved her own way to the bathroom, and Kaz was there, too. Not out of the corner of her eye, but full-view and 𝓭𝓪𝓻𝓴. Not dark like ‘Sally’ dark, but a muted and smelling of pine.
𝓢ally banged on the wall next to Kaz.
“𝓗ey, you know, you’d look good in black lipstick.”
“Bit too 𝓮𝔁𝓬𝓲𝓽𝓲𝓷𝓰 for you though, eh?”
𝓚az looked at her. There’s an exchange, and Sally realized that Kaz was undone. Watery words and finicky gazes laid low. Sally swung her empty bottle in between pinched forefinger and thumb. Kaz was drunk. And Sally wasn’t one to be helpful. She was one to 𝓮𝓷𝓪𝓫𝓵𝓮.
𝓣o prove a point. Easily riled up, Kaz teetered and fell halfway to her, and Sally met her equally as messy. (But less aimless.) Kissing girls was the only 𝓪𝓯𝓯𝓮𝓬𝓽𝓲𝓸𝓷 of Sally’s life, even if they only lasted as long as a dream. This was for a minute at most, as Kaz wasn’t so drunk that she forgot her shame entirely, and Sally was tipsy enough to acknowledge what self-control looked like. For Kaz’s sake, she pulled away at the same time.
𝓐 sleek head of dark hair and a long, pale face, Kaz looked more naturally 𝓮𝓵𝓮𝓰𝓪𝓷𝓽 than any teenager at a molotov party ought to be. Her lips were smeared darkly, but Sally could still see the pink curve of lower lip and upper Cupid’s bow. She was black and white and even more mysterious.
𝓢ally’s thumbnail–violently rounded and black as Kaz’s mouth–tapped the nape of Kaz’s neck. Then she pulled back completely, and gave double finger guns.
“𝓒heck that out, I was totally right.”
