First Base

Ah relationships. Dating, love, reaching first base, all fundamental parts of human society. At one point, they'll hug and hold hands and get to first base. For example, I've seen this happen in science class. A couple gets together and starts a lab, they put some hydroxide with some sodium and they got to first base. The next week, they get to their second base: Mg(OH)2. Things were getting hot, really hot. Bunsen burner hot. I really didn't know how to react. But it was crazy. Once they got to third base, they were working with some really next level bases. The base was so next level, it was an acid. That's when things went sour and they had a fallout. It was over, all the bases were nothing now. It was time to start anew. Two people drifting to find new people to bond with.