Previously –

“Alice, no. I wanted to do something special tonight. I just wanted you to a bit of all of your favorite things. I know it’s cheesy, but I just want to spoil you tonight. I’m not good with words. But I can do stuff. And I wanted to do something that made you see how happy I am about this. OK?”

“I don’t know what to say. Thank you. You’re really sweet, you know that?” They sat staring at each other for a few seconds, “So are you going to pour the wine or what?”

“Yeah, there’s that famous patience.” Dana quipped as she poured the wine.

“So can I at least make the toast?” Alice asked.

“Go ahead. The floor is yours, Ms. Pieszecki.”

“Why thank you.” She lifted her glass and nodded to Dana to do the same, which she did.

“So, Dana. I didn’t plan on this, so this is off the cuff. I’m not so good at words either. But I have hope. For the first time I can remember, I look forward to tomorrow to see what might happen, to see the possibilities. Sitting here at home, with you at my table, I am more than satisfied. To the start of something amazing.” As their glasses made their way to each other, so did they, kissing in time with the toast.

More than Satisfied 2/2

After dinner Alice got up to clean the off the table. As she walked around the table to get Dana’s plate, she leaned down and kissed Dana’s forehead. She walked into the kitchen with a smile on her face. It just seemed so right. All of it. Dana, sitting there in her house, not as Dana best friend, but as Dana, the woman she’s dating. Somehow all of the bad relationships, problems, heartaches and just plain dates from ***** all seemed worthwhile now. They were all just practice for this. They were all an experience in what was wrong in relationships. What to make sure you didn’t accept. Without them, she might not have realized the difference to understand this feeling. That feeling of complete comfort, of knowing that though it was still technically a first date, their interactions were still effortless, their conversations were effortless and that connection was effortless. It was plain there, nothing to do but enjoy it.