They blissfully slept in after a long night of love making. No kids to wake them up early, no job commitments. Just doozing off in bed, lying in each others arms. Just being themselves. His hand caressing her naked back. She grinned and moved closer to kiss him : " God, this is heaven, T. " In response he didn't say anything, he just kissed her back, intimately. Before they got too carried away she grabbed his hand : " Come on, let's get up , let's get breakfast...or lunch or whatever...I'm hungry. " He willingly complied. He always willingly complied her. He was so head over heels in love with her, the mother of his two young children.
He had a flashback to when they first had met, on the 2008 creative coalition of the DNC.
He had immediately been floored by her beauty ofcourse and instantly attracted to her kindness, her smart , quick brain and she had teased him from the get go. Something that had never changed so many years later.
He had already been in an arranged married at the time, with two wonderful daughters to show for. He realized when he met Kerry, even though nothing happend for the longest time between them, that he could no longer give himself to his wife. They where already on a trail separation for the past half year and meeting Kerry made him realize that both him and his wife deserved so much better than what they could give each other. They deserved to find true love. They where friends with two wonderful kids but they never fell in love. Complicated marriage pre nups and all be damned. It was time to bite the bullet. He knew very well that Kerry had just gotten out of a serious relationship and completely out of his league . But she did make him realize that he should stop punishing himself for a wrong life choice made whe he was still a young kid. That evening he flew to his wife's home in Connecticut and they had a long talk. A talk that ended their relationship as partners. Seeing no easy way out of the pre nups without hurting their kids financial futures, they decided to just leave it be but agree to live sperate lives from now on. To move on.
His heart felt lighter and he felt younger when he slept at the house for the last time, before hopping on a plane back to California.
He dreamed of Kerry that night of her beautiful smile, her bright wide eyes. He was already hopelessly lost in her . He had no clue that she would end up being the love of his life just a short year later.
He was blissfully unaware.