First Kiss at Wernle Children's Home




 

The kids at Wernle were playing softball in back of the main building. This was a normal event during the summer. The staff did their best to keep the boys and girls apart, but Doc was always looking for cracks in their armor. He spent long periods of time locked up in the quiet room because of his activities. He sometimes got caught but most times he did not.


He knew the best time to talk to one of the girls was right after the softball game because the kids headed back to the main building and boys cottage like a crazy mob of wild lunatics, and the staff could not keep track of everyone.


Dru had made it known that Doc belonged to her, and she had overcome all his defenses. It was the first time this had happened to him, and their was nothing he could do about it.


On this summer’s day, while playing softball he was plotting a way to talk to Dru alone. Halfway through the game he walked up to Dru and whispered to her to meet him under the kitchen porch after the game.

After the game, Doc and Dru walked behind the crowd and out of sight of the staff. As all the kids went back to their housing, Doc and Dru slipped beneath the porch. Doc asked her why the interest in him, and she replied “does it matter”. Doc could not answer. He looked at her and could not believe this beautiful girl was there in front of him.


Dru had a mysterious way about her and it made Doc curious. He was taken by her. He put his arms around her and asked what it was that she wanted from him, and she replied “you already know”. She was right, he knew all too well.


They embraced and shared their first kiss together. For Doc it was an experience out of this world. Doc experienced an emotional high. It was the first time that happened to him and would never happen again.


Doc could not sleep that night because he kept thinking about Dru and that kiss. He also realized that his midnight creeps over the where the girls lived were over. It would be the only time in his life that he was the prey that got caught.


Doc and Dru would have a friendship that lasted over fifty years. Even though they spent years apart, that special something was always there.

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