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Bette’s Side
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I can hear Tina parking her car on the driveway and I immediately stopped chopping the vegetables. I approached my front door and saw Tina stepping out of the car, she saw me standing at the front door and gave me a small wave. She opened the back door of her car to retrieve something and to my surprise she pulled a nice bouquet of flowers.

She quickly moved towards me and I thought that the flowers were the only amazing thing she will give me but there’s one thing that left me grounded on the ground.

She kissed me.

On the lips.

Tina kissed me on the lips!

A real kiss on my lips.

I could not move!

Is this really happening? It was just probably a 5-second kiss on the lips but it felt like eternity. And then I felt her withdraw from the kiss.

"I love you." Tina said as she gave me the flowers.

"I love you too." Came my immediate reply. "Where and when did you get this?" I asked trying to hide the state of shock that I’m in.

"I have my ways.." Tina said.

The normal 20-minute drive from Tina’s office to my house was cut down to a 15-minute ride.

"It’s only 15 minutes since we’ve talked on the phone and you managed to buy flowers?! That’s impressive!"

"I told you, I have my ways." Tina said pulling me inside the house.

"Whatever happened to her in that office, I liked it. I got a kiss from Tina. I know this day is gonna come." I thought to myself. "This anniversary started good, half-way was a struggle, I hope the end would be perfect."
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Tina’s Side
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As I was nearing Bette I can see her eyes widened with the bouquet of flowers I am holding and I didn’t know her eyes can take anymore widening when I kissed her,  but it did. Not only did her eyes widen but her face lit up, her smile gotten bigger. I felt her tremble and when I reached for her hand I noticed that it was sweaty a tell-tale sign that she was either nervous or super excited.

I never planned to kiss her, that never came to my mind until I saw her waiting for me. And for the first time in eight months, kissing Bette became an automatic thing for me.