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Never. Not once in my whole life, especially not over the last eight years, could I remember ever having as much fun as I had with Kane today.
The fact that we’d gone snowtubing just made it that much more meaningful to me. And even though I probably shouldn’t have been reading into it the way that I was, I couldn’t help it. Getting in that tube, riding down the hill, and feeling beyond free for the first time in so long was beyond what I could have ever imagined it would be.
Kane was doing things for me that I don’t think he even realized he was doing.
That made it all that much more special.
Not only had he taken me out for lunch, given me great conversation, and shared a boatload of laughs with me as we raced each other in our tubes today, but he also stopped on the way back to the tiny house to pick up dinner for us.
I’d offered to cook, but he insisted it wasn’t necessary, stating that this was supposed to be a day of fun and that neither one of us should have to work.
When he put it that way, I couldn’t argue.
So, we’d returned and ate a lovely dinner together. But the minute I started stripping out of my layers after we ate, I began shivering.
“Go get yourself in the shower, so you can warm up,” Kane immediately urged me.
I swear, I’d never met a man like him. It was as though the mere thought of me being uncomfortable was unbearable to him, and the only thing he could manage to do was figure out a solution to whatever the problem was.
“What about you?” I asked.
“I’ll go in after you’re done,” he assured me.
I smiled at him, unable to ignore just how much of a gentleman he was.
Now that I’d taken my shower, put on a pair of joggers and a T-shirt, and dried my hair, I was feeling infinitely better.
Kane had also taken his shower, and now we were here.
Hereas in on the couch in front of the television. He was on one end, and I was on the other.
I’d finally given in.
In fact, I didn’t just give in. I initiated this.
After all that Kane had done for me over the last couple of weeks, but especially after what he’d given to me today, I felt compelled to give him this. Or, I hoped he felt like I was giving him something, even if made him feel only a sliver of what he’d made me feel today.
While we ate dinner earlier, I’d asked him if he wanted to watch a movie with me tonight. I’d barely gotten the last word to my question out when he replied and indicated he absolutely wanted to watch a movie with me.
Relief swept through me, and it wasn’t until that moment that I realized just how nervous I’d been.
I’d been forcing myself to maintain my distance from him when we weren’t in the middle of training, so I couldn’t be sure how he’d react.
And maybe the invitation I’d extended tonight went against everything I’d been telling myself to do, but I didn’t care anymore. I couldn’t continue to deny what I felt.
Maybe, even if it was just this once, it would be okay for me to live inside the fairytale. Perhaps it would be alright for me to get just a small taste of what it was like to share special moments and memories with someone when it was on my terms.
I deserved that.
If Kane wanted to be the one to give it to me, I refused to turn him down.
But after the way I’d been with him lately, I realized it was going to have to be me that helped us take that next step. If nothing else, I needed to be the one to open the door for him, so he knew it was okay to proceed.
The movie hadn’t been on for more than ten or fifteen minutes when I called, “Kane?”
He twisted his neck, looked in my direction, and replied, “Yeah?”
“Thank you.”
