{the couple at the bar}

Tonight
I ate sweet potatos fries
while I sat at the bar
and drank diet coke
while talking
and laughing
with he who knows me best.

Of course none of this was done until
he got lost
and I acted as mapquest (role reversal!)
and convinced him that the BBQ joint on the corner
holds a seance
every Friday night
and the first person to
conjure a spirit
gets free wings for a year.
(yep. totally made it up. you believed me, don't deny it now.)

It's been over a year since we've been face to face.
You would never guess it by looking at us as an outsider.
In fact on our receipt, next to reference, it said 'couple @ bar'.
So far from what we actually are.

And that... that is part of what makes us so special.
That and the fact that when he went in to pay for gas
he returned with soda for me.
crushed ice
diet dr pepper
with a shot of cherry syrup
perfect
without asking

thank you J.
thank you for being you. and for accepting me. and for being my kinda sorta best friend.