Page 61 of Mile High Mystery

“Exactly. You didn’t feel like you had to leave them off the pizza just because I didn’t want them. I liked that. I liked that you were sure of yourself that way. That you didn’t try to make yourself over to please someone else. I felt like when I was with you, I was getting the real you, and that’s who I fell in love with.”

“Mike?”

“Mmm?”

“I’ve been practicing saying the name. I’m getting used to it.”

“I’m still figuring out this new life.”

“I hope you’ll let me be a part of it.”

“I never wanted to do it without you.”

They kissed again, and for a long time neither said anything. It was enough to know that no matter what the future brought, they would face it together.