“Kara!” Tori called out, banging on her door. The handle jiggled for a second then she burst into the room. “Ohmyllama Kara!”

Kara groaned and pulled her blankets up. “Go away.” She said. What time is? Why do i feel like crap? Kara thought.

“Get up, get up! I made you some coffee downstairs. You’re gonna need it to get over that hang over!!” Tori said pulling Kara’s blankets off. “You should look better! You kissed Miles!”

Oh llama. Kara thought. Tori pulled her out of bed. “Can I not just stay hidden in this room for the rest of the term?” Kara groaned.

“Nope! Miles has been asking about you all morning. You need to get up and go see him.” Tori said with a smile.

Kara groaned again. “Oh llama, Tori. I don’t know what I was thinking. I was so juiced.”

Tori giggled. “First time juiced hey? Well, you kissed MIles, in the entry way, everyone saw. They also saw him kiss you back. You two are already all around campus. The new super couple.”

Kara hid her face in her hands. “Llama, Tori. We are not a couple. Miles and I…we, we barely know each other!” She cried out.

“That doesn’t mean you ca’t be a couple.” Tori winked.

Kara blushed. “No Tori, I-I don’t do that. I’ve never done that. I’ve already screwed up my first kiss. I am not going to screw up that first with someone I don’t even know!”

Tori laughed. “For living in Starlight Shores you sure are traditional.”

Kara shook her head and looked at her phone. A call and a text from Miles. She needed to get rid of this headache before she tried to fix anything.

She was standing in the kitchen cleaning her coffee cup out when she heard someone clear their throat behind her. She put the coffee cup out to dry and turned around, only to be face to face with Miles.

“Hey, Kara.” He said, looking a little awkward.

“W-what are you doing here?” Kara asked, feeling a blush come to her cheeks.

“You asked me here.” He said, looking confused and pulling out his phone.

Kara felt in her pockets. No phone. She heard a giggle from the other room. Tori. “Oh llama. Listen Miles, that wasn’t me. Tori took my phone.”

“Oh, uh, sorry. I didn’t know.” Miles said, beginning to look a little uncomfortable.

“About last night…” Kara began

“I know, you were juiced.” Miles said.

“Yeah.so..uh..can we just, you know, forget about it?” She asked.

Miles looked down at his shoes. “Listen, Kara, I have something to say and ask. If you say no I understand. But just hear me out okay?” After a nod from Kara he continued. “I like you. You’re a really nice girl and you’re funny and pretty. I know you were juiced last night but I really liked it, and in case you don’t remember I did kiss you back. I wasn’t juiced.” He paused, watching her. “The thing is, I want to get to know you better. I feel like we have something, even before you were juiced I wanted to kiss you. Would..would you go on a date with me tonight?”

Kara stood there, shocked. “I uh…” She looked around the kitchen in panic. From a slit in one of the doors she saw Toni nodding her head. Confident, brave, beautiful she thought. “Sure.”

Miles smiled. “Oh thank llama. So, I uh, already have an idea for tonight. We can always change it if it’s not something you wanna do.”

Kara shrugged. “As long as it doesn’t involve a party or juice I’m down.”

“Stop when you hit the beach.” Miles said behind her as they ran down the trail. He had parked off the main road and they continued on foot down this old path that looked overgrown.

“Where are we going?” Kara asked.

“I told you, somewhere beautiful.” He said, a smile evident in his voice.

She rolled her eyes and kept running. Her heart was pounding, and not all because she was running. Miles was right behind her. He could easily pass her, flying with his wings, but he stayed behind her. She stopped as the overgrowth opened up to a quite beach with only an old abandoned boat house as evidence that humanity had ever touched it.

Miles pulled her down onto the sand. “No one comes here. I found it towards the beginning of the term. I come here when I want to get out of the fraternity house and be alone.”

Kara looked out at the ocean. “It’s beautiful.” She whispered. She sucked in her breath when she felt his hand move over hers.

Kara lost track of how long they sat on the beach looking up at the sky and water. Sometimes they sat in silence but they would talk sometimes too. Finally Miles streched.

“It’s past midnight. I should get you back.” He said, standing up and holding out his hand.

Miles helped her up and pulled her close. “You’re absolutely beautiful.” He whispered, moving a stray lock back into place. She blushed and looked down.

“Thank you.” She muttered.

They walked mostly in silence back to his car, holding hands. When they got to her dorm he opened her door for her and walked her to the door.

“Thank you for hearing me out earlier. I really enjoyed it. Can we do this again sometime?” He asked.

“It was fun.” Kara said, nodding. “I’ll text you tomorrow? Maybe this weekend we can hang out again.”

Miles nodded. They stood there both unsure of what to do next. Miles took her hands in his and leaned in. Kara felt her pulse race and she closed her eyes, leaning in to him.

He kissed her softly, lingering for a moment as she kissed him back, then pulled away. Kara kept her eyes closed a moment longer. This, this should have been my first kiss. She thought. She felt his hand on her cheek and opened her eyes.

“Is that a good first kiss?” He asked.

She nodded. “Yes, but it wasn’t-“

“Shhh.” He shushed her, “It was, I was asked to forget this thing that happened at a party. So, by forgetting that, this is our first kiss.” He smiled.

Kara laughed. “I guess it is.” She said, opening the door to the dorm. “Goodnight Miles.”

“Goodnight Kara.” He replied, waiting until she was inside and had shut the door before walking away.