Kieran followed Tiffany out into the restaurant and was counting down in his head for a big reaction. He was shocked to see her turn around with dry eyes, “ So what’s so important you needed me to come out here Kieran? I am a busy woman”.

He walked past her to see an empty booth, “ Bull shit Tiff, we both know today’s pretty slow. Fuck!”.

Tiffany smiled at her frantic friend, “ What? What the hell are you looking for?”.

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Kieran was gone a little too long and I needed to use the restroom. When I walked out I saw Kieran with a blonde I hadn’t seen in a very long time. My eyes were glued on her, her body in that dress made my heart stop, and when I saw her smile, it just exploded.

Fuck! I didn’t know what to do. All I knew was that we were going to see each other sooner or later. It was obvious that she didn’t know I was in town.

I walked right behind her and laughed at how perfect this was. She asked Kieran, “ What the hell are you looking for?”.

I smiled and laughed to myself, “ I think he’s looking for me”.

I saw her body tense a little, and she slowly turned around. My God! She was even more beautiful than I remember. Her blue eyes, I couldn’t even describe. She had matured even more, and it showed beautifully. I didn’t think it was going to be this hard. I lost my breath, and forgot what words were. I caught her look me up and down and I felt myself blush. I looked up and saw her smile, I guess some things really don’t change.

“How you doin Tiff? It’s been a long time”, I finally squeaked out.

She laughed a little, and breathed out heavily. I saw a few tears fall, and wasn’t sure if I could wipe them away like I used to, so I just stood there, like a fucking idiot.

“ It has been a long time Riley” I saw her look around, and we noticed we had a bit of an audience, “ Do you have to leave? Can we go into my office and have some food and talk?”.

I wasn’t too sure that it would be too good of an idea. I was glad I had Kieran with me, that way I could use him as an escape route. But when I looked behind Tiffany, he was no where to be found, and when I looked out the door I saw him driving away.

“ I can’t fuckin’ believe he just left me here” I said, pissed off at Kieran for outsmarting me this time.

“well, I guess you really have no choice but to let me take you home later” Tiffany said with a twinkle in her eye, “ Come on, we can order something to eat and catch up, please”.

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We spent the next hour and a half talking about what we had been doing. Tiffany had been through a lot the past couple of years. I talked about school, and music. I had no idea, she had been talking to Kieran and Aunty, keeping herself updated on what’s been going on. We avoided talking about any girlfriends or boyfriends we had. Since Tiffany I only had brief relationships with a few women. I will admit, I’ve been a little afraid to get involved with someone so deeply again.

“ That was really good Tiff, thanks”, I said taking one last sip from my OJ.

“ Why did it take you so long Riley?” she asked, we had also been avoiding all the hard questions.

It was time to use the dumb card, “ Why’d it take so long to what?”.

“ Don’t act dumb, why did it take you so long to come back? Why didn’t you call me? Or respond to my letters, and e-mails? You got them all didn’t you? I lost count on how many I sent you. I’ve missed you so much” she let out, creeping closer to me. I felt my head start to spin, her hand was touching mine, she was still wearing the scent I loved, and all these questions were just so overwhelming.

I scooted back a little, pulling my hand away, trying to get enough air to concentrate, “ Yeah, yeah I got everything. I’m sorry but…look can we not talk about this right now?” I asked her, standing up.

She hurt me fucking bad! And here she was asking me all these damn questions! She should know!

“I’ve waited a long time to get my answers Riley, the least you could do is tell me something”, she stood up and walked towards me, a little too close. When I heard her say that, it pissed me off beyond anything.

“ The least I could do?! Are you serious? Tiff, you’re the one that…Fuck! You wanna know why? I’ll tell you why I never answered any of your damn letters, because you fuckin broke my fuckin heart into so many pieces I couldn’t figure out how to put it back together!,” it felt so good to let that out, “ That’s why, I didn’t know what to say. That’s not exactly something you want to tell someone, you knew you really loved,” the silence brought the guilt, leave it up to me to feel fucking bad, “ Look I’m sorry for raising my voice and for cussing”.

“ why are you apologizing? I’m the one who should be apologizing. I’m so sorry. I want you to know, there was never anyone, “ she walked over to me and I let her hug me. I felt her relax when I finally touched her. I grew a couple more inches taller than her, making it easier to hold her. I felt her breathing become sharper, and heavier. Her nose was tickling my neck, going left and right. Then her lips were resting on my shoulder, “ I haven’t been with anyone since I was with you”. she pulled back slightly, still keeping a closeness between us, I felt my cheeks getting warm, she noticed too. Her hand caressed my cheeks, “ you still blush”, she whispered smiling, “ I’ve missed you” she said, and her finger started to trace my bottom lip, “ your accent got thicker”, she moved her hand behind my ear and started to massage my ear lobe, “ It feels so good to touch you again”, her eyes started to water, and this time I knew I could wipe the tears. When my hand touched her cheek , she shut her eyes, and laid her head in my hand, I knew that this was going a little too far, a little too soon, “ I’ve missed you too Tiff”, I finally said, then I let her go.

We were both obviously hot and bothered by the moment. She started to rub her neck and I knew that every time she did that, she was hot. She sighed and smiled at me, “ well, I’m done for the day here, do you want to do something? I can take you home if you want”.

“only if you don’t mind, Aunty wanted to see my new bike, and have lunch there” I told her running my hand through my hair.

“A bike?” she asked.

“ yeah, I got a new Harley cruiser, I promised her I would take her for a ride” I told her.

“ I’ve never been on a motorcycle before”, she said with a really big grin plastered to her face, she could be so unbelievably adorable.

“ You could leave your car at my place, and we can take my bike to Aunty’s if you want to have lunch with us”, I offered, knowing it would probably be a bad idea, but I wanted to feel her close to me again.