DID ONE KISS RUIN IT ALL?

Dear Jellybean,

Okay. Me and my guy friend have liked eachother for months, we both know it. He never got around to asking me out, because he was "waiting for the perfect moment", as he told one of our mutual friends. A few days ago, we kissed. It was random, and not at all the perfect moment. Afterward was SO incredibly awkward. It was my first kiss, but he doesnt know that; it was kind of dissapointing. The last few days have been awkward, but not quite as bad as right after the kiss. We're sort of settling back into how it was before, not talking about it, and maybe not seeing as much of eachother as we usually do. I don't know what to do. Should I talk to him about it? Could that one awkward kiss have ruined the chance we had for a relationship? Was the awkwardness a sign that we shouldn't be together, or just a normal but sucky "from-friends-to-more-than-friends" transition? I'm so confused right now. I still like him, but I'm afraid he might have stopped liking me. Please, any help would be greatly appreciated, I'm going crazy here!!!
-Kiss Between Friends

Dear Kiss Between Friends,

I bet it was just a totaly normal "moving from friends to more" moment. You're probably over-analyzing it. But if you were disappointed in the kiss, and are convinced that it (and not your nerves) are the cause of the distance betwen you in the past few days, it might be worth addressing.

How gutsy are you? If you're a brave lady, you could be totally direct about what happened, in a light, joking way. I'm talking about saying to your guy friend, "Holy cow, what the heck happened with that kiss? I know we can do better than that!" Then flirtatiously offer to practice with him after school.