THE DATE

(Maureen POV)

I'm so excited for this date tonight. I think it's going to be a lot of fun. But mainly I just want to be with Joanne.

I walked up to her door and knocked precisely at 6:00, just as I said I would. She opened the door absolutely beaming, and, of course, I smiled in return. She stood back and allowed me into her apartment and closed the door behind me. Before I could really even look at her in her laid back clothes, my back was shoved against the door and she was kissing me. I quickly responded and was running my hands through her hair and down her back. I moaned when I felt her tongue on my lips begging to be let in. I immediately obliged. I slid my hands down and into her back pockets pulling her as close to me as possible. She was now kissing my jaw line and down my neck and I couldn't even think straight. I put my hands on the sides of her face and pulled her back up. I kissed her ferociously and I suddenly was made aware of her right hand, which I seemed to have forgotten about. She was sliding it up the front of my shirt. When it reached its destination, I'm not sure who moaned louder. This was amazing; like nothing I'd ever felt. I'm guessing it's because, since she's a woman as well, she knows what feels good. Whatever the reason, she's fuckin' good at it.

"Oh…God," I managed to get out, although I'm not quite sure how. She looked at me and smiled knowing exactly the effect she was having on me. Suddenly, she pulled away completely. "What the…?" I opened my eyes completely confused. She was just standing there looking at me, smiling. "How rude," I said, mimicking Stephanie from Full House. I made my trademark pouty face and looked down at the floor. Her reaction totally shocked me. She stepped forward, rested her hands on my hips, leaned in, and bit my bottom lip in a rather erotic manner. My eyes flew open and noticed hers were open as well, smiling and gauging my reaction. She stepped away again and grabbed her purse.

"Let's go," she said, and I realized it was the first thing out of her mouth tonight, besides her tongue. She opened the door and was headed out when she looked back at me. I was still leaning against the wall breathing heavily. She laughed. "You coming?" she asked, apparently not noticing the obvious innuendo.

"Pretty damn close," I responded, causing her to giggle. She reached for my hand and we walked out together.

(Joanne POV)

Ok. That was like one of the greatest make out sessions of my life. She's good! And vocal, too, which is a huge turn on. I had managed to make the Maureen Johnson whimper. Damn, I'm good!

We're walking down the street holding hands, heading I'm not quite sure where. Actually, I haven't got a damn clue. I look over and smile at Maureen, no longer caring where we're going, just as long as I'm with her.

Where we ended up completely surprised me. She's good at that. We had been walking along through a park when I noticed she was headed towards a blanket on the grass, with a box of pizza on it and a six-pack of Smirnoff Twisted Raspberry. I was stunned. Then I noticed the huge white building about 100 yards away. We sat on the blanket and music started to play throughout the area, but I was still confused about the building.

"Maureen, this is amazing. How did you pull this off? I can…I'm speechless."

"My friend Collins owed me a favor, so I asked him to come set this up while I came to get you and watch it until we got here." She seemed pretty pleased, as she well should be.

We sat on the blanket; legs crossed, and ate our pizza while slowly sipping the Smirnoffs. It started getting dark and a bit chilly. We finished eating the pizza and I threw away the box. I returned and sat down next to her. She grabbed my hand and pulled me closer to her. She lay on her side, propped up on her elbow, and pulled me so that my back was flush against her front. It was then that I noticed why we were lying by this building. A movie was being projected onto the side of it. I also realized that what she had mentioned at my house on Tuesday was all happening at the same place. The movie, dinner, and park all in one. Oh, how sweet is she! I lean my head back, and without really considering how she feels about PDA's, I kissed her; a silent thank you. She just smiled and snuggled closer to me.

The movie that was playing was Maid in Manhattan; cute, but I've already seen it. Needless to say, my thoughts were distracting me. Maureen had her hand resting on my stomach and was slowly drawing circles over my jacket. Soon her hand had worked it's way into my jacket and under my tank top, drawing the same circles, only now directly on my skin. I rolled over on my back so I could look at her, and still allow her hand to explore. The thought that we were in a park in public briefly crossed my mind, but it was dark so I didn't really care. I smiled up at her and raised my arms above my head. Maureen gook that opportunity to lean down and kiss my stomach, only once, just about my waist line. She came back up smiling and leaned down to kiss me full on the lips. I instantly granted her curious tongue access into my eagerly awaiting mouth. I ran my fingers through her gorgeous curls and pulled her closer. Her hair fell and sort of draped around us like curtains. Just as I thought; gorgeous. Her hair completely blocked out all of our surroundings. We were completely focused on one another.

After another steamy make out session and much wandering hands, the movie was long over and we decided to leave. It was already midnight after all. We folded up the blanket, grabbed the last Smirnoff, and left hand in hand. We talked all the way back to my apartment.

"Have you seen that move before?" I asked.

"Nope. What I saw of it was cute, but my distraction was much cuter." She winked at me.

"I'm sorry. I have it. We can finish it sometime if you want." I felt bad for making her miss the better half of the movie.

"Yeah right. Like we'll ever finish it. Face it, Jo, we'll always get distracted," she said with a laugh. I smiled at the new nickname.

"Yeah, you're probably right. The movie's good, but I'd much rather be distracted," I said teasingly, and leaned over to kiss her on the neck.

By this time we had made it back to my apartment building and were walking upstairs. I unlocked my door and went to go inside expecting Maureen to follow, but she didn't, much to my dismay. I wanted to get the show on the road, but if she wasn't ready, that's fine too. I looked back at her holding the blanket.

"Maureen, do you want to come in?" I asked. She looked a bit nervous. "Mo?"

"I…I'm just…" she stuttered.

"Maureen, what's wrong?" She looked up at me with tears in her eyes. "Maureen, it's ok if you're not ready. We don't have to do anything you don't want to do. I know it's your first time with a woman and that's scary. It's totally ok. No worries, ok?" I remember my first time and I was equally terrified. So I was being completely sincere. Sure, my libido hates me right now. But I'd much rather have my libido hate me than fuck up with I might have with Maureen.

"Thank you, Joanne. That makes me feel so much better. I'm usually not like this. Normally it's other people stopping me. I just don't want to mess this up. But I'm still sorry." She hugged me. I pulled her face away so she had to look at me.

"Maureen, don't be. It's perfectly ok. You have nothing to be sorry about. We'll do whatever you want whenever you want to, ok?" She smiled weakly, but nodded her agreement. I pulled her close to me again. "Will you have breakfast with me tomorrow?" She pulled away and smiled, kissing me.

"I'd love to." I smiled at her, puling her in for yet another delicious Maureen kiss. Only this one wasn't quite as short. She dropped the blanket and backed me up against the wall outside my apartment. This was different from before though. This was slow and caring and passionate. No hands wandered at all. Hers were braced against the wall and mine were wrapped loosely around her waist. I put everything into that kiss. Every bit of every emotion was poured into that kiss, and was 100 reciprocated. We pulled apart breathing rather heavily, and just held each other.

We decided to meet at the café right in between our two places at 9:30 the next morning. Before Maureen left, we kissed and hugged a bit more. I'm not sure which I like better. I think it's a toss up.

"Thank you for everything, Maureen. The date, the bear, the jacket, rose petals, everything. I cried when I read the note, by the way. But mostly, thank you for coming into my life. You're the most amazing person I've ever met. You completely light up my life. I'm so happy when I'm with you, and when I'm not, I'm constantly thinking about you. I've never felt like this before. Ever. It's amazing. And I can only hope that I might do the same for you, eventually." I smiled sheepishly looking away. Maureen said nothing in return. She simply embraced me in the sweetest most extraordinary hug and I knew she felt the same way. She told me once that she has a hard time saying her feelings and is better at showing them.

"I can't wait to see you at breakfast. I already miss you and I'm still standing here talking to you." She smiled, and I noticed, by looking her in the eyes, that this whole vulnerable feeling is a fist for her. And suddenly I realized, I'd do anything in my power to protect her.

"Neither can I."

"I have to go now," she said reluctantly. "9:30 is too fuckin' early, ya know that!" I smiled at her.

"Yeah, but it will be so worth it. I'll make sure of it." She smiled and kissed me once more. When she bent over to pick up the previously discarded blanket, I slapped her on the ass. She laughed and stood up straight again. I just smiled at her.

"Bye Joanne," she said, placing her left hand on my cheek and kissing the other gently. She turned and headed down the stairs.

"Bye baby," I said to her. She stopped when I said that, halfway down the stairs. Looking up at me, she smiled and blew me a kiss, before continuing down the steps and out the door. I'm hoping right now, that the tear I saw run down her cheek was a happy one. If it was anything like the one on my cheek now, it was that of pure bliss.

A/N: Please review. I'm not quite sure where I want to take this right now. I have a couple of ideas, but they'd end up completely different. I'll update as soon as possible.