I kissed my crush overboard!

By the end of summer camp, almost all of my friends had kissed a boy. I'd been crushing on this guy Ian, but all we'd done so far was hold hands. By the last week of camp, I was determined to kiss him. I put my plan into action by telling Ian I needed to practice my paddling skills for the camp Olympics on the lake. He agreed, having no idea I was planning to make a move. We were pretty far from the shore when I moved in for the kiss. He was so suprised, he jerked backward, tipping over the canoe! We fell into the water, which was full of algae and weeds and totally nasty. Luckily, we managed to flip the canoe back over, but Ian was bright red all the way back to shore. Guess I went a little overboard with my plan!- Natalie, 13