I... didn't know how to do this. Oh, I'd seen pictures. I knew the theory. But in the moment, when you can't stop and just look down there, how is it done?

But maybe it wasn't important. Maybe i was focusing too much on this as a goal line. What was important was that this moment, our moment, was special already and one we were sharing together. Come what may, it would be all right, as long as we shared it together.

I leaned closer, pressing deeper into her, and kissed her, long and earnest, on the lips.