First Fight/First Kiss Blogfest Day 2

Today's the 2nd day of the First Fight/First Kiss Blogfest hosted by Dani @ Entertaining Interests and me.

Share your 1st KISS scene on your blog. It can be a peck on the cheek or a full fledge kissing session, whatever you want to share. Then make sure you visit the other blogs in the blogfest and give them some positive feedback. (Go HERE for more details about this blogfest.)
Dani and I will choose winners and post them early next week. By the awesome fight scenes that we've already read, we have our work cut out for us.

My 1^st kiss scene will be from my current WIP, WISHFUL THINKING. It’s a YA urban fantasy, and I'm writing it from two POV's. Jagger is my male protag and Kara is my female protag.

**Please keep in mind -- this is in the rough stages and normally, my CP's only get to witness my work in this stage... a chaotic mess. But I decided to be vulnerable and share with you fine folks.**

WISHFUL THINKING excerpt from Jagger's POV

We head to the Ferris Wheel that almost touches the nighttime sky. Yellow, red, and blue lights flicker from it, like they’re competing with the stars above. The closer we get to the round ride, the more it looks like a hamster’s wheel—for a giant.

The line flows quickly, and when it’s our turn, we hand the ride attendant our tickets before taking a seat in a faded blue cart. The carnie pulls a black safety bar down to our laps then pushes on a lever like he’s shifting gears on a Mustang. Our cart floats backwards, letting on the next two victims.

Kara opens her bag of cotton candy and tears off a huge chunk. When she puts it to her lips, my own mouth waters.

“Would you like some?” She removes more pink fluff from the bag.

“Sure.” I grin.

We stare at each other as she pushes a piece into my mouth. I eagerly accept, licking my lips in appreciation.

The ride inches its way to the top then stops, giving us a perfect view of the carnival below. The wind’s stronger up here, which carries her vanilla scent that I crave along with it.

Our feet dangle like discarded puppets. She crosses her left ankle over her right and slips more cotton candy over her lips. I shiver, but it’s not from the breeze or this wobbly cart.

It’s because I want to kiss Kara. Now.

I scoot closer to her, which causes the cart to rock even more. She tilts her head toward mine, and I slide my thumb along her bottom lip, removing traces of sugar.

I’m at a loss here, not knowing if I should ask her for a kiss or just dive right in. What’s wrong with me? I’m acting like I’ve never kissed a girl before. Maybe it’s because I’m about to kiss someone that I actually care about.

I lean my forehead against hers. “Would you mind if I kissed you?”

“No,” she whispers.

“No, I can’t kiss you or no you don’t mind?” I realize I’m making this entire process difficult, but I don’t want to screw it up.

“No, I don’t mind.” She wraps her arms around my neck. “I want you to kiss me.”

My heart's beating so fast, it's like I just chugged a case of energy drinks.

I move my right hand to her cheek and close my eyes before touching my mouth to hers. Her warm lips mold to mine then part open, giving me consent to kiss her deeper. My tongue tangles with hers, and she lets out a soft moan. Or is that me? She tastes so good that I’m pretty sure if she hadn’t been eating cotton candy a few minutes ago, she’d still taste just as sweet.

“Finally,” she says against my lips.“I’ve been wanting to do that for a while now.”

“Me, too,” I say as I breathe her in.

I go to kiss her again, only my lips meet nothing but cool air. I open my eyes. Kara’s gone. Like M.I.A. gone. It’s like she was never even here with me, which I know she was because I can still taste her on my tongue.

My stomach jumps into my throat. Visions of her falling off this rickety piece of shit flip through my mind. I peer over the cart, praying like hell I don’t see her body on the ground.

If I killed Kara because of my stupid hormones, I won’t be able to live with myself.

Ever.

There you have it. Thanks for taking time to read it. Make sure you check out the other First Kiss excerpts for this blogfest.