My 38 [F] friend 40 [M] on the highway patrol or, “the sundress and the baton”
I had known Dominic for a long time. We had actually gone to school together, though he had been two years ahead of me. We shared friends, similar social circles. We’d been about as close as platonic teenagers could be in those days.
I remember not particularly liking any of his girlfriends, and he hadn’t been overly fond of anyone I dated, either. Still, nothing passed between us apart from one very fiery and wholly unexpected kiss the night of his graduation. I think we were both surprised by how we felt ourselves responding to each other, and before we could take things further, we were interrupted by the rest of the party pulling us in opposite directions. In a few weeks, he’d be off to university out of state, and life continued.
I always wondered what had happened in that kiss, and where it could’ve led if we hadn’t been interrupted.