Well, main medical profession mein hu to saal mein 3-4 conferences hoti rehti hai hamari. To aisi hi conference Goa mein hui thi pichle saal December ...mein. Aur ap sabhi jante hi hai ki December mein Goa ekdam full rehta hai.Luckily mera room usi resort mein prebooked tha jahan conference thi. Wahan pohach ke maine notice kiya kafi foreigners bhi ruke the usi resort mein. Conference ka pehla din shaam ko khatam hua. To maine socha thoda swimming karke relax hua jaye. Jab main pool ke paas pohcha. It gets the job done, but it’s not my choice with any other partners nowadays compared to two years ago. Nobody was at my apartment other than me; roommates were rarely home anyways, which was fine for me because I like my privacy. I left my apartment complex to get to my car, I get inside the vehicle, but holy shit it is so cold in the NorCal region at night. It was probably the late thirties degree Fahrenheit, and I was wearing loose sweatpants, and a lightweight sweater as if I was going. “Almost all of them. It’s so much fun, Jenny! It’s like ... It’s like when you ride your bike down a steep hill and you feel like you’re gonna wipe out any second but you don’t and your heart’s beating a million miles an hour and you’re scared outta your gizzard but it feels so GOOD!”Jenny laughed a bit at that. More of a tomboy than Paula, Jenny understood all about scaring herself to have fun. Paula had a tiny bit of tomboy to her, too, so Jenny knew she could take her friend’s explanation to. All that mattered was that the kiss was. We both drank it in and felt it – knowing it was a sign of our togetherness. Then we just sat and looked at each other for a moment. And a soft sob permeated the room. Amanna. My heart shook. Lynn’s eyes widened and I could see on her face… worry. Real worry. And sympathy now. Not jealousy or apathy or some kind of look like she was being put out by another person’s hard times… but true empathy. I leaned forward and kissed Lynn’s nose quickly..