They hear an ice cream truck. I can kiss in Esperanto, she tells him. The birds sing their happy songs. He figures he can learn her language.
Tagged: Love (951)
T 5413
Everything lies in the space between them. What will we do? she asks and he leans in for a kiss, even though the question is not rhetorical.
T 5392
They undressed. They stared at the water. It looks cold, he said. He steeled himself for her put down, but it didn’t come. And they dove in.
T 5385
A gust of wind interrupts the picnic. He says, Now what. I got us ballet tickets, she says. He hears the laughter of his friends in the wind.
T 5383
The toast pops out. Grape jelly? he asks. Only you could make that sound sexy, she replies. And he learns he’ll have to think up dinner too.
T 5382
Coffee gives me the shakes, he said as he shimmied up to her, but you’re an earthquake. She kissed him. He stopped shaking and began to glow.
T 5379
He felt a pinch and woke and she pushed him down and tweezed another ear hair, and he said, You’re too good, and she said, Your back’s next.
T 5366
And then he met her father. She had said she’d looked like him, and now he saw how true it was. They shook hands. You’re beautiful, he said.
T 5365
She gives him a paper bag and says, My heart’s inside. He drives off with the paper bag. It flies out the car window. But he doesn’t notice.
T 5262
He brought her flowers and an expensive Pinot. She kissed him deeply. He said, My wife doesn’t love you like I do. And that killed the mood.
