I scan the crowd, looking for that familiar face. Not that I’ve ever seen it before in the flesh. There. Out of the corner of my eye, I spot you. I don’t think you’ve seen me yet. I start to walk towards you, beaming with glee. Finally, I get to meet this amazing man for real I think to myself.

You see me, and your smile lights up the entire room. You start to walk quickly towards me, bumping the other bystanders just to get to me quicker.

Then, we stop. We just look at each other. What do I do now? Shake hands? Hug him? Kiss him? Wait for him to make the move? Goddamit woman! Say something!

“Uhh… hi. I finally made it” I say, blushing.

You just stand there, staring. Smiling. Is that a good thing?

You step forward and wrap your arms around me. I melt in your embrace, and you kiss my forehead. “Hello, my love” you say, still holding me.

“Mmmmm” it’s all I can manage, as I drink in your touch, your smell. This moment, right here, is perfect.

Minutes pass, we haven’t moved but the bystanders have now thinned out. How long have we been standing like this? I wonder to myself. And I don’t care. If this is all I get, I’ll be happy.

Finally, we slowly move apart and take a good, long look at each other. Just exactly as we thought we’d look. Still smiling, beaming, silent.

You take my hand and lead me away from the open space of the terminal and take me outside. I falter, and just breathe in my surroundings. I close my eyes and you tug gently on my hand. For a moment, I’d forgotten where I was. “Oh, sorry. I’m ok. Just… overwhelmed” I say as you look at me, puzzled.

“Come. There is so much to see, but first you need to rest.”

You tug on my hand again, pulling me towards you, and then you let go as you drape your arm around me to lead me to your car. Bags loaded, and you plant another kiss on me, this time my cheek. Sweet, but will he just kiss me already! I’m still unsure on everything, and my stomach is doing belly flips, even harder than it’s ever done before.

You already know where we are headed, I gave you that information a while ago. After all, even though we have known each other a while, we don’t really know each other. I watch the scenery go past, and start to feel sleepy, but I fight the need as I want to take all of this in.