Run to Me by Lisa Girolami

Author:Lisa Girolami
Language: eng
Format: mobi, epub
Tags: ! Yes
ISBN: 9781602820340
Publisher: Bold Strokes Books
Published: 2008-10-10T05:00:00+00:00

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They spend the rest of the morning on lighter topics and got back to the Coop just before a downpour. Beth invited Mary in, but she shook her head.

“I need to get going.”

Beth nodded. She, of all people, understood the need for time alone to deal with emotion. “Thank you for this morning…for everything.”

She held the door, waiting for Mary to walk away. They looked into each other’s eyes and Beth’s pulse accelerated, but not just because of the pull of attraction she always felt. Mary wasn’t looking at her as though she could see them naked together. She seemed to be offering something of herself, more than just her body, and inviting Beth to accept. Beth didn’t know if anyone had ever looked at her that way.

“Would you like to go out tomorrow night?” Mary asked.

Beth’s next breath jammed somewhere in her chest. “Is this a date?”

Mary’s smile was slow but sure. “I would like it to be. Would you?”

Beth sifted through her instinctive trepidation, attempting to set aside the damage from her breakup. The lack of confidence. The urge to protect herself. Allow yourself this, she reasoned. But what did a date with Mary mean, exactly? Did it mean drunken debauchery? Did it mean sex? She’d enjoyed the innocent flirtation they’d engaged in. Up to now, she’d been able to be close to Mary without the complication of knowing her better.

Spending time with someone who didn’t touch her emotions involved no risk, and a date would be the next natural step. Simple fun. Good for the ego. A stepping stone back to the woman she used to be. But Mary?

Beth acknowledged the curling apprehension in her gut. “I’m not sure.”

“Let’s not call it a date. We can just say we’re booking some time together. How about a gathering of two?”

Beth’s mind raced back and forth between the woman she was beginning to care for and relax around, and the woman of questionable repute. She hadn’t felt imposed upon or played in the slightest, and their conversation on the beach had showed her a side of Mary she suspected few people saw. Still, that didn’t mean Mary was a completely different person from the flirt Beth had seen at the party. Lord knew what she would do on a date. Calling it something else didn’t change the simple fact that they each knew it wasn’t just a walk, or a casual cup of coffee.

All the same, the new label conferred some breathing room, and Beth needed it. “Okay, a gathering of two, then. Tomorrow night.”

“May I gather you at around seven?”

Beth laughed, relaxing a little more. “Yes, you may.”

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