We giggled again when we saw each others' choices and sort of wondered whether we were crazy or not. During our giggle fit Brenda had found a Santa ha... and some aphrodisiac scented mistletoe and added it to her purchases. We laughed even harder. Again the shop owner looked at us like we were insane and rang up our purchases, dropping them into inconspicuous little brown bags. On the drive home we stopped at a neighbor- hood bar and had a few drinks while we. Paul was looking at this beauty, she was pretty even without makeup and sounpretentious. He was falling in love with the girl. Paul walked toTiffany and took the cup from her hand."May I kiss you?" he asked.Tiffany looked into his eyes and saw a caring look, one of love andunderstanding. Much to her surprise Tiffany wanted Paul to kiss her.Tiffany was finally behaving like a girl."Yes," she said, "I'd like that."Paul took her in his arms and touched his lips to hers in a loving way.There was no. I will be here Rosa. I promise you I will be here anytime you need me,” I said.“Oh Tommy, honey, that’s all I needed to hear,” she said, grabbing me and pulling me into one of the most heartfelt, passionate, and honest kisses I have ever had. She’d poured her heart out and put her feelings on the line and I hadn’t disappointed her. I had been open and honest and didn’t try to tell her what something just to get in good with her. I meant every word I had said and she accepted what I told her. We belong together Frank and we both knew that on the day we met so no more games Frank, please?"And there were no more games. We were exclusive from that evening on the rest of the way through high school and college and seven months after we graduated from college we were married.The next twelve years were good ones. We had wanted kids, but after trying like hell to have one we found out that Regina was unable to carry. We didn't let the news crush us. We decided that it meant that we were to.