“Very funny Bette,” she laughed, “Alright then, would you like to be my girlfriend?” I loved her saying girlfriend. Wow, I needed to hear that more often.

“Yes, Tina, that would be nice.” I finished what was left of my lemonade, and decided it was my turn to move things forward.

I moved around the table towards her. Placing her hand in my own. She stood up and moved towards me. My hands fell around her waist and I pulled her to me. It was just an embrace, a sweet one too. Her arms shifted themselves around my neck, pulling me into the crook of her neck. It was such a tight hug, I felt I couldn’t breathe, but I didn’t want to let go either.

She pulled back slightly, and looked me in the eye “We’ll get through this Bette, it’s only 5 and a half weeks until graduation and then we’ll be okay.”

I smiled at her. That really special smile that I would reserve only for her from now on.

“Tina, listen it’s all good and well to speak of five or six weeks but uhm,.. Can I just claim my losers kiss now? And I’m sure we can talk later.”

“Oh yes, I did promise you that kiss, but I never said when.” She was teasing me and that was fine, it was good even, it was fun.

She backed away from me then, moving to the other side of the table. And she winked. “Catch me and you’ll get it.” And like before. She was gone. Running into the other room and into the hall. I followed, quietly tip toeing around into the living room, where I expected to be. She was sneaking back into another, which presumably led to her bedroom. So I pounced, pushing her back into the door, and onto a really large soft fluffy bed.

“Wow,” I cried exasperatedly, “Can we do that again?”

She raised her eyebrow at me, while I straddled her. “Well not now, of course, god, I want my kiss now.”

“Well I’m glad, I feared for a second that the four-year-old-within was coming out.”

Tina moved herself, so that she was sitting up, while I was still straddling her lap.

“So about that kiss,” I started.

“Yes what about it?” Tina said, licking her lips. I really wanted that tongue, wow.

My hands moved down and cupped her cheeks, her chin lifting itself up slightly.

“Mmh, I like it when losers win something.” I said, before swooping down and placing a soft sweet kiss on her gentle lips. Tina’s eyes fluttered, and my arm slid around to hold her up, as we melted into each other.

She moaned, her moan, the moan she found, and I would always love. Opening her mouth slightly, I reciprocated her movements and our tongues slid against each other in slow explorative progression. Her arms wrapped around me, sliding underneath my shirt and tracing along the vertebras on my spine. I shivered, to her delight and slowly, we moved together, removing clothing in an attempt to define what we had found. We were exploring a new found land between us. And finally, my mind had stopped talking to itself, and had found peace as one, as I had found peace, as one, with Tina.