The night began with a meeting at Starbucks at 630. He opened the door and greeted me with a smile. It was hard to walk past him and not try to hug him, but I was not prepared for any touching during this meeting. I paid for my coffee and picked out a seat to start chatting with him. We exchanged plesantries, and I was nervous and had a hard time making eye contact with him.
We then headed over to the mall to grab a bite to eat. My father called me to arrange my plane ticket for Nashville. I am now officially going to Nashville with my mother for four days. They only paid 80 bucks for the flight! Whoo!! Four days not having to go to work is just what the doctor had in order. We walked into the mall and discovered it was too crowded and went to a cool joint that we had been to before. We had a lot of challenges, in getting there. I was more nervous to be in the car with him, but it wasn't so bad.
After dinner, he went to drop me off at my car and I said, we can abandon the evening or you can come over to my house and we can continue to chat. Either way, it doesn't matter to me. He accepted and we talked till 5 am.
There was a lot that was said that was very and deeply personal. I will not reveal that here, in this public forum. He cried, and I cried. I offered my couch and he opted to go home and sleep in his own bed.
The time spent was trying to get past all the crap that we put each other through. We both agreed that dating is off the table. But that there was still an attraction between the two of us, and that it would be staying there out in the universe for the time being.... what's going to happen?
The rest is unwritten...