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“Oh look, you’re already doing it. Really, has that much changed? It’s only been a couple of hours since I told you that I liked you.”
“You see, what you don’t know is that this has been inside of me all along. You’re just the one who happened to let it out into the open.”
She shook her head, but didn’t suppress her little laugh, and guided me inside the house where she immediately plopped down on the couch and looked up at me expectantly. “You said something about the possibility of a movie?”
“That I did. Is that what you want to do right now?”
She nodded, a grin filling her face. “Yes, I was thinking a movie and some popcorn would be the perfect way to start the evening off right.”
I raised my eyebrows. “How romantic.”
She nodded. “Only the most romantic. Now come on, you should really be getting that popcorn in the microwave and I’ll pick us out a movie.”
I sighed, but I was grinning as well. Leave it to Bernadette to pick something that fit so well the position that the two of us were now in. Still friends. Maybe lovers, but not quite yet.
“A movie and popcorn it is, then.” I headed into the kitchen, grabbing a large bowl and putting the first bag of popcorn into the microwave to start popping. Then I got down the extras that I knew she liked: butter and sea salt. I started melting some butter on top of the stove so it would be ready to drizzle over the popcorn.
Only the most decadent for the girl that I was so very happy to be with.
I finished popping the two bags of popcorn, filled the bowl, and then added the extra butter and salt.
In the living room, Bernadette had already picked out an old, animated classic for the two of us to watch.
“How does this sound?” she asked, holding up the case.
I nodded in approval. “That sounds absolutely lovely. How does this look?” I showed her the bowl full of buttery popcorn.
“Amazing,” she said with a smile, then patted the place next to her on the couch. “Come sit. We have popcorn to eat and a movie to watch.”
“Then I suppose this popcorn will be our dinner?” I asked with a grin.
She nodded. “Oh, of course. What else is it supposed to be?”
“I suppose anything other than dinner would be an inappropriate answer?”
“You know it.”
She stood up and put the DVD into the player, giving me a minute to appreciate her glorious ass. Then she came and sat back down next to me, hand immediately going for the popcorn. I settled my arm around her shoulders, and she snuggled into my side, a look of utter contentment on her face.
We watched the movie for a few hours, consuming the entire bowl of popcorn between us, and then as the credits rolled it was time to decide what the two of us wanted to do with the rest of our evening.
I leaned in to plop a kiss on Bernadette’s cheek and whisper in her ear. “So, what shall it be, my fair lady?”
She giggled and squirmed in my arms, probably still trying to get used to the idea that the two of us were together now. I know that I was, but I also wanted to have her, all of her, in that moment.
“I suppose not straight to bed?”
“If that’s what you want, then that’s certainly something that we can do. But I was thinking that I might be able to replace some of those memories of yours with better ones.”
“Which ones?” She looked up at me with wide and innocent eyes, and I leaned down to whisper in her ear.
“You know which ones.”
I pulled back then to look down at her, and she looked up at me, and then she leaned forward and placed her lips against mine, drawing me into a long and soft kiss.
“I think I do know which ones,” she said, her voice almost a sigh. “And I would love to have you make better ones.”
“Good.” I kissed her again. “Because I don’t want you thinking of that fool anymore. All I want is for you to think of me, to know that I am here and that I will cherish you always.”
