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Contrary to popular belief, Mary wasn’t actually amazing at being romantic.
In fact, she’s not even sure if she could be considered good at romance. Not even a little bit. That doesn’t mean she doesn’t still love it though.
So awkwardly locking hands with Shannon as they danced after dinner was exciting, if she wanted to say the least. Her girlfriend’s smile shined in the moonlight as they moved to the slow song playing from Mary’s phone---and god was she glad that neither of them had two left feet.
She rested her forehead on Shannon’s, the girl’s brown eyes sparkling. Each smiled, eventually keeping with the pace of the song as it slowed down---technically becoming Mary’s first slow dance. Everything else became irrelevant; for just a few moments, it was just her and Shannon against the world for a few moments.
So as gently as possible, Mary kissed her.
It wasn’t long---a couple of seconds at most but afterwards each girl pulled away, a smile on their face. An awkward yet somehow comfortable silence followed as they stared at each other, still arm in arm. Neither said anything, as if nothing happened.
Shannon suddenly looked at her watch, her face falling. “Oh no, I’ve gotta go. I promised my mom I’d be home hours ago,” The girl backed away, grabbing her stuff from a nearby bench.
“Oh...okay well, uhm,” Mary struggled to find the words to say goodbye. “Err..thanks for all this.”
Shannon smiled. “Yeah, no problem. Besides..being with you was fun.”
Mary felt her cheeks heat up. “Yeah?”
“Yeah.” Shannon turned back, quickly pecking her girlfriend on the cheek before running back home.