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    He was smiling now, his fingers linked loosely with hers. “If I tell you something, will you promise not to laugh?”
    Melissa laughed, anyway. “Um…oops.”
    Matt shook his head a little. “I haven’t been this nervous about kissing someone since I was in eighth grade playing seven minutes in heaven in the closet.”
    Melissa hadn’t played that game. “Spin the bottle, for me.”
    He tilted his head, just a little. “You too?”
    “I can honestly say I’ve never thought about kissing someone with as much trepidation and anxiety as I’ve been thinking about this all day long,” Melissa admitted.
    Matt’s fingers squeezed. “You don’t want to?”
    Did she imagine he sounded disappointed? Melissa shook her head. “No. I want to. I mean…do you want to?”
    “Yeah. A thousand bucks, right?”
    Melissa took a deep breath. “Right. It would be stupid to get all this way and then bail.”
    They both nodded.
    Neither of them moved.
    “Maybe if we both went for it at the same time,” Matt suggested. Then, “God, you must think I’m such a pussy.”
    “No!” Melissa laughed at that. “No, Matt. Wow. Not at all. Believe me, I’m nervous, too. This isn’t really the normal way anyone goes about kissing someone for the first time, you know. I’m trying to remember all the details to put in the report, first of all. Usually that first kiss is just…sensation, you know? Not logic. Not analysis.”
    “Count to three,” Matt murmured, eyes gleaming. “Then we’ll go for it.”
    “Deal.”
    One. Two. Three….
    It was spectacularly bad. Teeth mashed against gums in a hard, dry peck that had nothing resembling passion whatsoever. They both pulled away from each other, and Melissa touched her mouth to make sure she wasn’t bleeding. It sure felt like her mouth was at least bruised.
    “Wow,” Matt said. “That sucked.”
    Yet Melissa laughed again. “It sure did.”
    Matt ran his tongue over his bottom lip and eased a tiny bit closer. “Let’s try it again. Slower this time? Maybe…you should go first.”
    “Me? Why me?” Melissa heard a squeak in her voice and swallowed hard.
    “I just…uh…” Matt looked embarrassed. “I think it would be better that way, that’s all.”
    Melissa eyed him. “Why?”
    He looked down to where their hands still linked. It had become such second nature she’d barely noticed. “Because you’re the woman, and I want to make sure you…um…you know. Really want to, and all.”
    “A thousand bucks, remember?” she teased.
    Matt looked at her. “Yeah, well…aside from that. I want to make sure you’re okay with it.”
    This touched her, and Melissa nodded, even though the idea of being the one to move in first for the kiss made her stomach clench. “That’s very sweet, Matt.”
    “Hey, I’m a sweet guy.”
    “And so modest,” she said.
    “So? You’ll do it?”
    Melissa drew in a deep, long breath. “Sure. Okay. I’ll do it.”
    Had she ever been the first to make the move? If she had, Melissa couldn’t remember it. Of all the first kisses she’d ever had with someone, this was certainly shaping up to be the most memorable. That’s when she decided she was going to make it memorable, not just because they were doing an experiment, but, well, just because.
    Because she could.
    Letting go of Matt’s hand, Melissa pushed up onto her knees. The couch cushions dipped underneath her as she moved in front of him. She took his face in her hands, cupping his jaw. His skin was bristly, just a little, though he looked fairly clean shaven. Her fingers brushed the bottom edges of his sideburns while her thumbs pressed the curve of his chin.
    Matt’s mouth opened the tiniest bit, but he didn’t say anything. He looked deep into her eyes, and though they’d spend oodles of time hugging and holding hands and talking about everything that could be talked about in four-hour increments, this was the first time he’d ever looked so deeply into her