Do Not Act Shy, speechless, or Tongue-Tied

Less than twenty-four hours after that misguided kiss, Tom called Kayla and said they had to "talk." Which couldn't be good. Yesterday, on the ride back home, Tom hadn't said a word to Kayla. She couldn't tell if he was angry or sad or confused.

She was still having a hard time reading him and now he sat across the table from her at a nearby Mcdonalds.

With the soda machine whistling in the background and the smell of pickles in the air, it almost felt like Kayla was at Scrappe.

She knew it was wrong, but she wanted to kiss him again. And maybe part of the reason why kissing him was so exciting was because she knew she wasn't supposed to.

Still, she was ninety-four percent certain she'd never do it again. The guilt was a heavy weight in her gut because she knew Tom had loved Emily. Was it her fault that he didn't love her anymore?

It'd been stupid to kiss him. She'd just gotten caught up in the excitement.

"So," Tom began, holding his cup between both hands, "we need to talk about what happened yesterday."

Kayla nodded and took a sip from her Dr. Pepper.

"Don't get me wrong," Tom went on, "I like you. I really like you and that kiss..." He ran his hand over his hair. "But i don't know what i'm going to do about Emily yet. I don't know if we can work things out."

Kayla nodded. She was having a hard time getting anything out.

"So we agree that the kiss was a mistake?" he asked.

Kayla liked the kiss and if he were single, she'd want to have more kisses between them, but right now, with their situation, it was a mistake. "Yes." she finally said.

Tom let out a relieve breath. "Are you going to tell anybody?"

Kayla knew he was scared that if she told Eric, their secret may find it's way to Emily's ears.

"No," she answered, "I don't think i'll tell anyone."

Tom turned toward the windows, the sunlight playing over his face. "Yeah, i don't think i'll tell anyone, either." He glanced at her then, his voice having gone low. "How about we let that secret die here, then?"

Kayla nodded. "Agreed."