Lisa sipped her cappuccino as she waited for her friends. She had arranged the meeting much like the one four months ago. She was glad though that this time it would be good news. As she watched the sun glint off her ring, her mind drifted to the night of the party and she had to suppress a smug smile.
The girls had been so right! Rick had paid her much attention that night. Not that he didn't in the past, he was always a caring person and a perfect gentleman but his attention had been more physical. They didn't stay long in the party since Rick couldn't keep his hands to himself and when they actually made it home, they barely made it to the bedroom. Rick had been so passionate! That gave her all the confidence she needed to loosen up. Little by little she had gotten more adventurous both with her clothing and with her manner. She had to admit, she couldn't feel happier about how things turned out. Even Rick seemed to have changed with her too. He didn't treat her with so much reservation as before. He had even taken in occasion to kid around with her at work, much to her chagrin. Of course, he stopped it when she had started to answer back at him much to other people's amusement.
She laughed silently. It wasn't like everything was a happily ever after. They still managed to drive each other nuts sometimes. But now she felt more secure in his love and she was not timid when it came to dealing with their differences. She also felt free to kid around and to tease him which diluted the steam somewhat and made for better reconciliations.
'It might not be happily ever after', Lisa thought as she twirledthe engagement ring on her finger, 'but I am definitely happy.'
Ok, this one is done. Sorry it is short, as I said, I only wanted to give an explanation to something that happens in my other story. It was also a way of bridging the difference with the Robotech/Macross characterization of Lisa and how I do it. Maybe at some point I will expand the whole thing since I would have liked to include a little bit of Rick's side on this but I also think that it works as a mostly Lisa fanfic. If you would have liked to see more of something that I didn't include let me know I will try to add it in. I sorta want to focus on the other story first and finally finish that one.
Thanks for all the reviews and the encouragement. It certainly made me want to write even more! I also encourage you to tell me if there was something that you guys felt didn't work in the story, was too short, was not believable or out of character. I also like paying attention to details like that & I love CONSTRUCTIVE criticism on my writing.