It was the beginning of December and the landscape along the highway was snow covered. She blankly gazed out the window of the bus, lost in her portable cd player.
Their song was playing. She had set the cd player to play it on repeat and hadn't switched it off for the whole, hour and a half, bus ride.
"This was it!", she thought. She finally was doing something wild. She had met Ryan years ago, but had lost touch. Only recently did she discover his number in one of her numerous notebooks and decide to call it.
As she hashed over the past in her mind, she was awakened by the jerk of the bus stopping. She looked out the window, scanned the bus terminal in the strange city she hardly knew. She looked around for Ryan but couldn't see him through the mass of people. As she stepped down off of the bus she went to collect her bags and as if out of nowhere he appeared.
A huge grin appeared across both their faces as Ryan embraced her. She planted a sweet kiss on his lips. Both of them savoured the peck as it was there first kiss together.
"Love you," Ryan said timidly. They had said it many times over the telephone but never in person to each other.
Stephanie smiled and said, "I love you too."
Ryan picked up Stephanies backpack, holding her weekends worth of luggage and headed for the parking lot. They got in the car and the grins persisted on their faces; they were both in a dumb state of shock.
"So how are we going to spend our weekend together?", Ryan asked. "I'm up for anything!", she replied.
They arrived at Ryan's parents house. Steph would be taking his room in the basement and he was to sleep on the upstairs couch.
They spent the afternoon talking and Ryan played their favourite song on his guitar for her.
His music made her fall deeply for him. There was something in his voice and the songs he wrote and played that drew her to him.
It was nearly supper time and Ryan had volunteered to his father to go and pick up some Chinese Food for supper. Steph and Ryan got back in the van, if only to steal a kiss.
They placed their order at the Chinese take-away and decided to go to a nearby parking lot. Steph had gotten Ryan a gift. A big care package with lots of little things to remind him of her.
Ryan leaned in and kissed her sweetly. They paused for a moment and then resumed kissing. Their lips tingled at the feel of each other. Their tongues danced as they held each other, eyes shut.