Always Good.
She lives a good number of time zones away now, so chatting with her is somewhat rare. Usually she is just off to work when I am heading to bed. But still we’ve kept in touch here and there. I knew she would be in town but had forgotten, so it was a nice surprise to see her pop onto IM and then find out she was in Redmond.
She walked into the coffee shop looking as stunning as ever. Not that I had forgotten what she looks like, but you can’t help but think “Wow!” when faced with one of the most beautiful and smart women you have ever known. Just like always “Tall double americano with a little bit of ice” for me and “Tall white chocolate mocha with whip” for her. Then a race to see whose credit card the barista would take. The same thing we ordered every day for almost two years.
Conversation about how things are now, how things have been, where things were going. How much different the UK is from the US. Talk about her work and how they keep things rather restrained which really does not suit her. Talk about my new job and all my stock options. Leaning against my car having a smoke and yes, we both need to quit.
Travel and where we are going to see. The disappointment of me not getting to go visit Europe this year, and her making it well known that I have to visit her when I do get over there.
Her previous BMW, both of our ungodly fast motorcycles.
It was a good visit. Even if it was short. It’s always good to visit with friends and reassuring when things pick right back up where they left off a year ago.
And I am sure, that had any of our mutual friends been there, they would have been just as confused as to why we are just friends. Just as always. Though the marriage proposal threw even me off a little. 