Familiarity

We have been seeing each other a lot lately. After the movie on Monday, we arranged to meet at Balaclava again tonight. Although he was “there with friends” and I was seated with my friends, it was as if we were there “together”. After Balaclava, I went for supper with his friends and him. When he sent me home, I couldn’t resist giving him a friendly hug. He held me longer than he should have. But the embrace felt good, safe.