"Now wait a minute!" I exclaimed, "Just because I'm married they think I'm not really serious about any of this?"
"Yes," her friend said, "Exactly."
"But that's not fair to me," she thought. "No one knows how I really feel or what I need."
"I'm not unapproachable either," she thought.
Thinking about it, she really didn't know what to do anyway. She was inexperienced and didn't have a clue on how to meet someone. Oh, she had seen lots of women, wished and knew deep down how much she could please. She knew she wanted this so much--the touch, the feel of another woman against her hands to her lips--that it was beginning to be an ache to her heart.
She had seen so many women she knew who were gay. They would look at her, and she at them, but that's always as far as it went. She didn't know how to take the first step. She didn't know how to ask someone out. She didn't want to be disappointed or make a mistake.
She decided she had to do something and thought about a bar. She wasn't too up on the idea, but she was getting to where she had no other choice, and maybe it wasn't so bad.
She was alone and afraid, but the desire was so strong that it drove her on. Heart pounding, she approached the bar.
Opening the door, she walked in and stopped.
She let her eyes adjust to the dimness and smiled to the women she made eye contact with. Looking toward the bar she saw an empty stool, and moved over to sit. She ordered a drink and looked around some more. It was a nice little place and as she drank she took in the atmosphere.
Out of the corner of her eye she noticed someone had moved in beside her, took the stool and sat down. She turned and smiled at the woman as she ordered her drink and said, "Hi."
They started talking.
The woman asked, "Is this your first time here?"
"Yeah and I was so scared to come, but I did. My name is Jan."
She said, "I'm Jackie," and smiled.
Jan turned more toward her and said, "I guess you come here a lot."
"No, not really, just if I need to get away or for something different. Why are you here?"
"I don't know why I'm here, but I do know also." Jan said. "I'd like to meet someone. I'm married, but there never has been anything between us, and I've always been attracted towards women."
"I understand," Jackie said, "but you know you are dealing with other people and their feelings. Other women may look at you as not being real. Someone that wants to play games, or that may leave them and go back to being a wife."
"Oh, I know," Jan said, "I really do, and its sad. But, I cant give up, I just cant."
As they continued to talk they both realized they had a lot in common, and the evening flew by.
It had gotten late and Jan said, "I need to go but I had a wonderful time with you."