Episode 5

She smiles at him. With that smile his heart stops for a millisecond.

"It really is peaceful here. I think I have found my new favorite hide away place." She giggles.

"I like it." He smiles at her "Can I ask you a question Emma?"

"Yes, if I can't answer, don't blame me." She smirks

"It will be an easy question." He chuckles. "What kind of man do you like?"

She sighs "I want a man who can love me with all his heart. Someone I can make a family with. A simple man I feel safe with. Likes to take walks, read books to me and I can read to him."

"Sounds simple enough, I think I know someone." He says

"Really, you do?" she asks

"Yes, I will let you meet him later. But right now I think I should get you home because it is late." He gets up and holds out his hand. She takes his hand, it is warm, her heart speeds up at the contact.

They return to the car, driving down the highway they couldn't help to steal glances at each other. Soon they were back at her dorm. Kylen walks around to open her door. She smiles when he reaches for her hand to help her. When she steps out of the car her foot steps the wrong way, she falls into his chest as he catches her before she falls.

"Thank you." She says as she blushes in his hold.

" You're welcome." He can feel her warm breath as he holds her in his chest. She looks up at him with her gray eyes.

He couldn't help but to lean down to brush his lips against hers. Her eyes widen in shock but soon she recovers and starts to kiss him back. They pull away breathless.

"Wow" He whispers against her lips.

She smiles "Yes truly that was… Wow." she looks into his eyes. "I was having a wonderful day with you. I forgot to tell you that I got the third female lead in the show: "Helpless Hands'' I am working in the Brassica Agency."

"With Mr. Jonas?" He asks with his eyes filled with concern.

"Yes, I got tired of waiting for you to call me back." She raises an eyebrow

He rubs the back of his neck. "Yeah, we were going over a lot of candidates for a male role this last month." He smiles

"I had fun, I have been stressed out and this was a big help, thank you." She says

"You're welcome. Do you think we can have dinner next time?" He asked nervously

"Yes I would love to." She places a kiss on his cheek and goes to the building. Turning one last time to look at him with a smile.

***Mothers

BY NIKKI GIOVANNI

the last time i was home

to see my mother we kissed

exchanged pleasantries

and unpleasantries pulled a warm   

comforting silence around

us and read separate books

i remember the first time

i consciously saw her

we were living in a three room   

apartment on burns avenue

mommy always sat in the dark

i don’t know how i knew that but she did

that night i stumbled into the kitchen

maybe because i’ve always been

a night person or perhaps because i had wet

the bed

she was sitting on a chair

the room was bathed in moonlight diffused through   

those thousands of panes landlords who rented

to people with children were prone to put in windows   

she may have been smoking but maybe not

her hair was three-quarters her height

which made me a strong believer in the samson myth   

and very black

i’m sure i just hung there by the door

i remember thinking: what a beautiful lady

she was very deliberately waiting

perhaps for my father to come home   

from his night job or maybe for a dream

that had promised to come by   

“come here” she said “i’ll teach you   

a poem: i see the moon

               the moon sees me

               god bless the moon

               and god bless me”   

i taught it to my son

who recited it for her

just to say we must learn   

to bear the pleasures

as we have borne the pains

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