"Why is that weird?" I asked, although I was mostly asking rhetorically, because I didn't expect Aggie to have an answer. I had already learned kids in Darrow declared all sorts of things weird and I fit into half of them this week. Next week I would probably fit the other half.

"I really like kissing," I said. I really liked kissing. My body decided to make me very aware of just how much I liked kissing nearly every single time I got to do it and also half the time Eddie just smiled at me the right way, which could be annoying, but that much, I knew, was completely normal.

"But I can see why someone wouldn't," I continued. "When you describe it, it sounds sort of gross, doesn't it?"