54.Spontaneity

Work had been a little overwhelming for a few weeks, so I needed to dance the night away hard core and be the last person off the dance floor at closing time to release some stress.  It was the perfect medicine, and I was feeling fantastic when I hit the bus stop at 2:00am to head home.  As the bus pulled up 54 was getting on, too.  I hadn't seen him for months, so we hugged and made polite small talk for a few minutes before he looked at me and asked, "Do you want to go to the beach?" It's 2:00am, a dude I went out with one time months ago wants me to go to the beach - I'm pretty sure we're not going to be talking about world peace.  I knew it wasn't my best decision of the month, but I agreed. On the bus ride to the beach it took me all of four minutes to remember that he was a super nice guy, but we didn't have a connection at all...too late to turn back, though.

When we got to the beach he took a spare shirt out of his backpack for us to sit on, propped his skateboard up for us to lean on, and put his arm around my shoulder in an attempt to keep me warm.  We just sat there for a few minutes appreciating the peacefulness surrounding us, before he made his move and went in for the kiss.  I'll be the first to admit that I'm a bit of an unemotional jerk, but while we were kissing I was laughing at myself a little and thinking, "Man, this is ridiculous.  Why am I kissing this guy? I don't even like the way he kisses...I'm such a jerk."  Then when he oh-so casually whispered, "I have a condom...sex on the beach?" I couldn't help but reply, "Unless you're talking about the drink, that's not happening."  He laughed and didn't ask again and kept kissing me.  I finally told him that I needed to go home and sleep, so we got back on the bus and casually chatted until his stop.  At that point he hugged me and gave me a quick peck, I told him, "Bye, this was lovely." His reaction (which I know was an accident, but it's still hilarious) was, "I love you."  I held it together until the bus pulled away, but then I laughed the rest of the ride home.  

All in all, it was a great night of dancing and spontaneous kisses - possibly the best stress remedy combo in my opinion.