Joke or not, it certainly had caught him off-guard. Completely and utterly so! So much so in fact, that he stood still for a few seconds. Until his brain registered just what had happened, and the fact that it was exactly what he had wanted to happen. Perhaps not that way, but it was good enough for him. If not better.
Without another moment of hesitation, Bobby had his arms wrapped around Paige's waist and returned her surprise kiss. He retaliated with his own firm kiss and idle fingers that had moved up behind her to fiddle idly with her hair.
The last time he had kissed a girl, a really kissed a girl, she had nearly taken his life, or close to it. Now? Now there wasn't that lingering fear, and it felt so good to really kiss a girl again.