It had been a while since I had met someone like Paul. A long time ago, we were introduced, then we didnโt talk for a while. One day he contacted me, however, and we started talking, immediately clicking on all sorts of levels. We had a lot in common, but there were enough differences between us to make decidedly deep arguments interesting. We talked every night and saw each other as much as possible. We were both swept away by the volume of our emotions for one another, and felt as if there was unknown depths we had yet to discover about โus.โ It had only been a little while, so we were a little apprehensive about getting too seriously involved. We went out as friends for a while, caught the occasional movie or bite to eat, but kept our immense feelings in check. Looking back on it now, I canโt imagine why.
That all changed one day. It was just another day, I believe it was a Friday night. He came over and we decided to make it a Blockbuster Night. We picked up a few classics and went back to my apartment. You must understand, this has happened numerous times. There have been many nights where we did just this same thing. This night though, something changed. Maybe we decided to give in - maybe there was something in the air - maybe we were just sick of pretending.
I offered him some ice-cream - I was on my way to the kitchen - and he agreed. I was standing at the freezer reaching up for the butter crunch when I felt his arms encircle my waist. I abandoned the dessert, shut the freezer and turned to give him a hug. This also - not new. But this time, he tilted my face up to look at him. I could see how he felt about me - it was all written there in his eyes. It was very powerful - the emotion was leaking from his every pore - seeping into my skin - flashing through my whole body and making my face hot. My body was instantly on fire - and I was taken aback. Never had I been turned on this instantly. I had always thought that we had an emotional relationship without too much on the physical side.