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The L Word
Chapter 15
Let Me Ask You A Question
Dinner was over. It was a success. Gina loves Eddie. Eddie loves Gina. Everything was right with the world. Victor went upstairs to watch some television leaving the young people downstairs to entertain themselves. Gina, Eddie and Chelsea were in the living room watching TV and chilling out while Cory and Raven were in the kitchen washing dishes.
"Hand me that plate." Raven said. Cory handed her the plate that she then dunked in the soapy water and began cleaning with the sponge.
"Can I ask you a serious question?" Cory said to his big sister. He might joke around with her a lot but deep down, he respects her. His respect for her shot up exponentially six months earlier on the night she told the family about her relationship with Chelsea. Although he still engaged in a mild amount of torture when it comes to Raven, he makes it a point not to cross the line when it comes to Chelsea.
"Sure." Raven said as she continued to wash the dishes.
"How are you and Chelsea doing?" Cory asked with all sincerity.
"We are doing great." Raven said in a sing-songy voice as she nodded. "I never knew I could love somebody so completely. I've never been happier."
"I'm happy for you. I just want you to know that." Cory said. "Don't ever tell anybody I said this to you, but… I love you."
This was normally when Raven would break out in her slow pursuit of Cory with her hands extended saying, "Ohhhh! My little brother loves me! Come here and get some love!", as Cory ran from her, until he eventually tripped over a piece of furniture and she pins him down kissing him all over his face leaving lip gloss everywhere.
But this time, Raven dropped her head, overwhelmed by the surprise show of love form her brother, and began to silently weep. "I love you too Cory." He put his arm around her. With her hands still in the soapy water and unable to hug him back, she leaned her head over placing it on the front of his shoulder. In a move completely out of character for him, Cory lifted her head and kissed her on the cheek.
Raven sniffed her tears as Cory handed her a dishtowel to wipe her hands, then a tissue to wipe her face.
"You tell anybody you made me cry and I'll beat you like you owe me money." Raven said with a smile. She then threw her arms around Cory's neck. He wrapped her up in a bear hug.
"Everybody deserves a little love sometime. Even you." Cory deadpanned, then smiled before turning to leave the kitchen.
The five of them watched TV and talked until close to midnight before they decided to call it a night. They piled back into Gina's truck and headed back to campus.
"So Rae, what time are you picking me up to go to the airport tomorrow?" Eddie asked.
Gina looked at Eddie. "Umm, excuse me but you're my man now so…" Gina then looked in the rear view mirror at Raven with a 'step off, girlfriend' look on her face. "No offense, sweetie but… I'm takin' my man to the airport!"
Raven looked at Chelsea. "Oh, I really like her!" They all started laughing.
"We can all ride together." Gina said as they pulled into the parking lot.
They climbed out of the truck. Gina and Eddie walked over to his truck to say their goodnights. Raven and Chelsea continued on to the building.
"I am so happy for them. They make such a cute couple." Chelsea said.
"Not as cute as us… but cute." Raven remarked as she latched on to Chelsea's arm.
"Promise me that if you have to go away, for… school or a job, that you'll always call and email me and visit once and a while." Chelsea said.
"That'll be easy to do. You'll be right there with me. I'm not going anywhere without you." Raven said.
"Rae, I'm serious!"
"Chels, I am too!" Raven said with a serious tone. "There is no school, no job on this planet I would go to with having you by my side. No way not in a million years. If I go to Paris, you're there. If I go to London, you're there. New York, Madrid, Milan… it doesn't matter because you will be there."
"I don't want to hold you back." Chelsea said as she dropped her head.
"An eagle can't soar without its wings." Raven said, sweetly cupping Chelsea's face. "You keep me flying."
"I do?" Chelsea asked.
"You do." Raven said.
"If I got a job working on a Greenpeace boat, would you come live with me?" Chelsea asked.
"Absolutely." Raven said. "I'd even feed the seals with you. They are so cute."
Chelsea threw her arms around Raven. "Oh, I wish we could…"
"What?" Raven asked.
"Nothing."
"No! What Chels?"
"It's nothing! Me and my crazy thoughts." Chelsea shrugged off her thought. "Let's go get some sleep. Eddie's got an early flight." They continued on to their dorm room with Raven wondering what was on Chelsea's mind.
The next morning Gina, Raven and Chelsea were up and ready by eight o'clock. Eddie had an 11 am flight and they wanted to leave plenty of time to get to his house and then the airport. Raven and Chelsea had really learned a lot about Gina in the last week and silently, individually kicked themselves for not realizing from the start what a wonderful person she was. The three of them piled into Gina's truck and headed for Eddie's house, an hour's drive from campus.
"I am so happy for you guys. I have never seen Eddie this happy." Chelsea said. "You know he called me at 6 this morning talking about you?"
"Well, I know he called." Raven chimed in. "Damn phone woke me up!"
"It's not like you need any beauty sleep." Gina said. "You're gorgeous enough as it is!"
"Better catch up with the compliments, Chels before she steals me!" Raven joked.
"I'll steal you in the face, if you let anybody steal you!" Chelsea said in her "tough girl" voice.
"Did you hear that Gina? Domestic violence! She's a mean heifer, I tell you!" Raven continued on her joke roll.
"She'd never hit you. She loves you too much." Gina said. "Just make sure I get an invitation."
"To what?" Raven said.
"To the wedding. It's just a matter of time." Gina said.
Raven looked at Chelsea and shifted in her seat slightly. "Girl, we've only been together for… oh my God! It'll be six months on Monday!" Raven faked her surprise at remembering their six-month anniversary.
"Rae, you can remember the date of Sassy's Spring Shoe Sale from our senior year in high school. I know you didn't forget our anniversary." Chelsea said, knowing her girlfriend better than she knows herself.
"You know I didn't forget." Raven reached behind her and held out her hand for Chelsea to hold.
"So what are y'all planning? Or is it a surprise for one of you?" Gina asked.
"Well…" Chelsea said. "I was thinking about catching the Giants game on TV, throwin' back a couple of beers, maybe watch some porn." Chelsea stretched overhead. "Yeah, nothin' says anniversary like some romantic porn."
Raven turned and looked at Chelsea with a blank expression. "I got your porn right…" Raven reached back and tried to grab Chelsea, who sank down in the seat and started giggling. Gina just shook her head and smiled.
"You two are made for each other." Gina said.
"So are you and Eddie." Raven said.
"I hope so. He invited me to the club he DJ's for in Philly. I might take him up on it."
"I still can't get over you singing last night." Chelsea said. "You know you sound better than Beyonce."
"Really?"
"Yeah! Really!" Chelsea said. "You know I heard there was going to be a talent show for Homecoming weekend. You should enter it."
"That's a great idea!" Raven said. "Chels can help you with the choreography and I can design and outfit for you!"
"You guys really think I can do it?" Gina asked as they pulled into Eddie's driveway. "All right. I'm in!"
They all rejoiced as Eddie put his bags in the back and climbed in the back. "Hey, baby!" Eddie said to Gina. He then turned to Chelsea. "Come here you!" Eddie leaned over on top of her in a mock lustful attack causing Chelsea to start giggling uncontrollably. Raven turned around and started hitting Eddie.
"Will you… leave… my girlfriend… alone!" Raven said as she hit him and pulled him off of Chelsea.
"Mandingo!" Chelsea screamed as she climbed on top of him in mock lust.
"Rae, I've got a hose in the back of the truck!" Gina said.
"So do I." Eddie said grinning.
"You nasty ass…" Raven said as Eddie and Chelsea erupted in laughter.
"I'm gonna miss y'all!" Eddie said.
"I guess so!" Raven said. "Coppin' cheap feels all over the place! Now I know why your two best friends are girls!"
"It took you that long to figure that out?" Eddie said. "And we thought Chelsea was the dense one in high school."
"Hey!" Chelsea exclaimed. "I was not dense! I just thought about things on a different level."
"I'm… not touching that one." Raven said, earning a slap on the arm from the redhead in the back seat.
The four friends laughed and joked all the way to the airport and inside the terminal. The gravity of Eddie's imminent departure didn't hit them until they reached the security checkpoint area.
"I hate this moment." Raven said.
"Me too." Chelsea said.
"You know what?" Eddie said. "I am going to make lemonade from this lemon of a moment! I have a gifts for you two." Chelsea and Raven smiled as Eddie reached into his carry-on and pulled out two small wrapped gift boxes. "Open them at the same time."
Raven and Chelsea opened the boxes to reveal two gold charm necklaces. Each of them had one half of a heart. One heart said, "2Gether". The other heart said, "4Ever". The two of them looked at Eddie with tears in their eyes. They were completely speechless as they both threw their arms around him and held on tight.
"I love you guys." Eddie said. "Take care of my baby while I'm gone." After another moment or two, they slowly released their hold on Eddie and stepped back as Eddie stepped toward Gina.
Gina took a deep breath. "Fun week, huh?" She said.
"The first of many, I hope." Eddie said. "I've got two somethings for you." Eddie reached back inside his bag and pulled out a square, flat wrapped package. The shape and size looked gave away its identity. Gina feverishly opened the package.
"Is this?" She asked with anticipation.
"The Jay-Z song that's not due out until November." Eddie said.
"Aren't you gonna get in trouble?" Gina asked.
"I'll tell my boy that Stanley melted it." Eddie said.
"Who's Stanley?" Gina inquired.
"Don't ask!" Raven chimed in as Chelsea shook her head in vehement discouragement.
"That's not all…" Eddie said as he pulled an envelope from his bag and handed it to Gina. She opened the envelope slid the contents partially out and screamed.
"AAAAHHHH!" Gina squealed as she spun around and looked at Raven and Chelsea and held out the envelope. Raven took it from her as Gina spun around and jumped into Eddie's arms.
"Tickets to TRL in New York for next week!" Raven exclaimed. "Jay-Z is going to be on that show!"
"I know!" Gina screeched as she her whole body shook in Eddie's arms.
"Now make sure you bring both tickets with you. Otherwise I can't get in!" Eddie said.
"I will!" Gina climbed out of Eddie's arms and stood bouncing in nervous excitement.
"Well, I've got to go." Eddie said. "I'll call all of you as soon as I land."
"Okay!" The women said in unison. "We love you Eddie!" Chelsea said on behalf of herself and Raven.
"Oh, baby!" He ran back over to Chelsea for one last mock make out session.
Amidst all of the mock moaning and groaning, Raven spoke. "Damnit! That's enough!"
"You're right." Eddie said before switching partners and beginning to maul Raven. "Eat your heart out Chels!" He yelled before letting Raven go. All four of them were cracking up. He then turned to Gina once more. "Alejandra."
"Eduardo." Gina replied before they shared one last kiss before he went through security. They broke apart and remained nose-to-nose for a moment. "I love you." Gina whispered.
"I love you too." Eddie whispered back before stepping back, picking up his bags and walking over to the security line.
Raven, Chelsea and Gina stood and engaged in idle chitchat until Eddie had disappeared through the security checkpoint on route to his gate.
"Well…" Raven turned to the other two women. "Anybody up for a Saturday trip to the mall?"
"Always." Gina said. "Let's go. I'm hungry too." They started to walk back to the parking garage, but not before Gina took one last look back at the security area and allowed a small smile to cross her lips.
Sunday, August 27
Chelsea and Raven had decided that since the first day of school coincided with their six-month anniversary, they would celebrate it a day early. It was hard to believe that six months had passed since they started seeing each other. The both felt like the old adage was true; Time does fly when you're having fun.
"You had to make sure I was dressed before you gave me my gift?" Chelsea said.
"Something about giving anniversary gifts in pajamas just rubs me the wrong way." Raven said.
"I normally rub you the right way in pajamas." Chelsea purred in her "Strawberry" voice.
"Down, girl!" Raven chided. "Happy Anniversary." Raven smiled as she handed Chelsea the small rectangular box. Chelsea slowly lifted the lid.
"Rae!" Chelsea exclaimed. "Tickets to Phantom of the Opera! I thought you said they were sold out!"
"They were." Raven confirmed. "I bought the last two tickets."
"Ohmigod! Raven you are so incredibly sweet. I love them. Thank you." Chelsea hugged Raven and gave her a very warm kiss.
"Now for your gift…" Chelsea said.
"Ooooh! I love receiving almost as much as giving!" Raven gleefully said.
"You'll have to wait until tonight." Chelsea said, slightly deflating Raven's balloon.
"Chels!" Raven whined.
"Remember the last time you waited for a gift of mine? Huh?" Chelsea said before she started singing. "My funny valentine, sweet comic valentine…"
"All right! Darn you! If you make me wait, then it must be good." Raven said. "Anyway, the show is tonight so you'll have to pick out something nice to wear."
"What time is it?" Chelsea asked.
"A little before 11. Why?"
"Cause what I want to wear is at the mall. Come on." Chelsea said grabbing her keys.
"The mall… you don't have to tell me twice! Let's ride!" Raven said as she followed Chelsea out the door.
The curtain was set to go up at 7:30. It was just after 6. The young women had already eaten dinner and Raven was eager to get on the road.
"Chels, are you almost ready? I don't want to miss the opening act!" Raven called in to the bathroom.
"I'll be right there!" Chelsea called back.
Raven was chomping at the bit to see what Chelsea had bought to wear. Even though she went to the mall with her, Chelsea forbid her from coming into the store when she bought her outfit. She even went so far as to send Raven to the other end of the mall while she bought it.
Raven was standing in the middle of the room, when the bathroom door opened. When she laid eyes on Chelsea she felt like all of the oxygen had been sucked out of the room. She was breathlessly speechless.
Chelsea had on a sheer, strapless seafoam green floor length gown that made it look as if she were floating when she walked. The gown had an almost scandalously long split up the right leg revealing not only her killer legs but also the matching strappy heels that went along with her ensemble. Her hair was swept up, showing off her beautiful, swan-like neck adorned with the necklace Eddie had given her earlier in the day. She finished off her outfit with a matching wrap and beaded evening bag.
"Every time I think you can't get any more beautiful, you go and out-gorgeous yourself." Raven said with unabashed awe.
"I take it you like." Chelsea said with an air of confidence.
"To quote my mother, 'Mama like.'" Raven said.
"Well no one will be paying attention to me when you walk in." Chelsea said.
Raven had chosen a black and white spaghetti strap floor length gown that tapered perfectly at the waist, accentuating Raven's voluptuous curves. The split in this dress was in the front, teasing the eye with a glimpse of Raven's magnificently toned legs up to the mid-thigh as she walked. Black strappy heels and black wrap accent the ensemble as did the evening bag. Raven chose to pull her hair back into an elegantly curly ponytail.
"Oh, this old thing?" Raven said as she pulled the dress open at the split to give Chelsea and unencumbered view of her legs as she posed. "I just found this in the bottom of my closet." In reality, she had purchased it two weeks earlier and hid it in the back of her closet in a garment bag.
"You look phenomenal." Chelsea said with a twinkle in her eyes. "Let's go."
"You know…" Raven said. "This is like 'Pretty Woman: Lesbian Edition'." Chelsea laughed and snorted. "Oh my God! I haven't heard you do that since the ninth grade! You must be really nervous! Why?"
"I guess because I'm just so excited." Chelsea said as she reached for the doorknob. "Shall we?"
"Let's." Raven said as she stepped out of their room.
There were about fifteen girls in the hallway engaged in several different conversations up and down the corridor when Raven and Chelsea emerged from their room. All conversations ceased at the sight of them. Gina was outside her door talking to the new RA for their floor when they stepped into view.
"Oh my goodness!" Gina uttered with sheer wonder. "You two look like princesses."
"Thank you." Chelsea said.
"I feel like one." Raven softly gushed as a low murmur could be heard from every person in the hallway.
"Do y'all have a hot date?" The new RA, Kerri asked for everyone within earshot to hear.
"Yes we do." Raven said and then looked at Chelsea. "With each other." She punctuated that statement with a small but meaningful peck on the lips. It was the kiss heard around the dorm. Just then, the elevator bell rang. A mountain of a dark-skinned black man, measuring 6-foot-5, muscular, easily tipping the scale at close to 300 pounds, stepped off dressed in a black suit with a chauffeur hat under his arm.
"Good evening, Miss Baxter." The driver said.
"You can cut out the Miss Baxter stuff! Hi Alex!" Raven smiled and reached up on her tiptoes to embrace.
"Chels, you remember Alex, don't you?" Raven said. "He used to work at Vibes."
"Oh, yeah! How are you?" Chelsea said with a smile.
"Better now that I've seen you two! Wow!" Alex said. "Looking better than ever. You ready?"
"All set." Raven said. "Lead the way." Walking down the hall was like watching the Red Sea part in the Ten Commandments as Alex confidently strode toward the elevator. Raven leaned over to Chelsea. "You're gonna love this."
They walk outside. Chelsea's mouth drops open when she saw what was parked in front of the building. It was a silver and black vintage Rolls Royce Phantom. Chelsea looked at Raven with her mouth agape.
"It pays to have a friend that's a limo driver." Raven said as she stepped inside the car. Alex held out his hand for Chelsea to take as he guided her in and closed the door behind her.
Alex whisked them off to the San Francisco Opera House. The performance of Phantom of the Opera was scintillating to say the least. Chelsea was on cloud nine at the end of the show. She could not stop beaming when they got back into the car.
"Rae, that was amazing! I am absolutely speechless. I… I don't know what to say! Thank you! That is the best gift I have ever received in my life!" Chelsea said.
"You are more than welcome. I am glad you loved it. We'll have to go to the opera more often. Just don't expect a Rolls Royce every time we go!" They both laughed. "All right Alex. Take us back to the dorm."
"Alex, Wait!" Chelsea said. "Don't you want your gift?"
"Of course I do." Raven said. Chelsea slipped a piece of paper out of her purse that she had scribbled on during the first intermission and handed it to Alex.
"Can you take us there please?" Chelsea said to Alex. She then turned to Raven. "I thought I was going to drive but…"
"No! That's more than fine. Where are we going?" Raven said.
"It's a surprise." Chelsea said as she sat back in the seat and took Raven's hand.
They wound their way out of the city and across the Golden Gate Bridge. Not too terribly long after they went over the bridge, Alex announced their arrival.
"Here you are Miss Daniels. Marin Headlands." Alex said. Marin Headlands, on the north side of the bridge was the best spot in San Francisco to view the bridge. Alex found the exact location Chelsea had requested.
"Feel like taking a walk?" Chelsea said.
"Okay." Raven said.
Alex helped them out of the car and told them her was going to be right there when they came back. He watched them until they walked down the path and out of sight.
The moon lit up the dark San Francisco sky as they leisurely walked down the footpath toward a clearing with a bench, illuminated by a single dimly lit lamppost.
"It's a beautiful night." Raven said. "I can really see why you like nature so much. It can be so peaceful."
"Nature is so pure and untouched by humankind." Chelsea said. "We have a knack for messing things up."
"That's true." Raven said with a faint smile as she continued to walk. "Maybe we can go to the Grand Canyon or something sometime."
"I'd like that." Chelsea said as they came to the clearing. Chelsea went over to the bench, which faced the bridge and sat down. Raven sat next to her and placed her head on Chelsea's shoulder.
"You look like you have something on your mind." Raven noticed. "Is there something wrong?"
"No." Chelsea said with warmth in her voice. "Everything is right. School, friends, this night, us… it's all just right."
"I feel the same way." Raven said as she lifted her head and gave Chelsea a soft kiss.
"I'm ready to give you your gift now." Chelsea said.
Raven started bouncing up and down. "Oooh! Gimme, gimme, gimmie!"
"But before I do…" Chelsea was playfully swatting at Raven, who was trying to get at Chelsea's evening bag. "But before I do! I want to say something."
"Okay. I'll behave." Raven said before taking one more unsuccessful swipe at the bag.
Chelsea began. "Six months ago, nothing, and I mean nothing in my life was going right. You know. You were there." Raven nodded. "Every single thing that I touched seem to turn to crap. I was hell on wheels. Yet through all of that, you stuck by me, being what you have always been to me… the best friend I could possibly have in the world." A tear formed in Raven's eye. "It's not time to cry yet. Stop it."
"I'm sorry" Raven said. "Go ahead."
"Then something wonderful and magical happened… we fell in love. And I have never been more full of energy and alive and happy!" Chelsea's face lit up. Raven smiled warmly as she looked at Chelsea. "These have been the most unbelievable six months of my life."
"That's how I feel too." Raven said.
"I'm so glad, because it makes my gift…" Chelsea leaned over and began groping under the bench. "Easier to… give."
"Did you drop something?" Raven asked as she looked down on the ground.
"Got it." Chelsea pulled a small pillow from underneath the bench and placed it on the ground.
"Where did you get that pillow from?" Raven asked. She received no response as Chelsea simply looked at her as she slowly opened her evening bag.
Raven followed Chelsea's eyes as they went from her down inside the bag. She could see Chelsea trembling. When Chelsea's hand emerged from the bag, she was holding a small blue box. Chelsea stood up, flared her dress to one side, exposing her bare leg and then slowly descended to one knee.
"Jesus, God no." Raven shakily said as she began to tremble. The world, already moving slowly from their view outside the city, came to a breathless stop.
"Raven, I have known you for practically all my life and I have loved you from the first day I met you, first as a friend, now as a girlfriend and depending on your answer to my question, for the rest of our lives." Chelsea said through teary eyes. Remarkably, her voice never cracked.
Raven looked down at Chelsea as tears streamed down both their faces. "What's your question?" Raven asked in a near-whisper.
Chelsea opened the box revealing a one-half carat princess cut solitaire diamond ring.
"Oh my God!" Raven said in a high-pitched whisper as tears cascaded down her cheeks.
"Raven Lydia Baxter… will you marry me?" Raven dropped her head and began sobbing. Chelsea remained perfectly still, tears flowing, holding the box open.
Raven lifted her head. "That's my favorite mineral!" Raven said in a one-quarter chuckle, three-quarter cry pointing at the ring.
"One word, Rae. Just say it." Chelsea said.
"Chelsea!" Raven uttered in the same chuckle-cry mix voice.
"That's not the word, baby." Chelsea deadpanned.
Raven began nodding. "Yes." She eked out. "Yes, I'll marry you!" She began crying harder. "Yes, baby!" She began sobbing again as they threw their arms around each other, crying and rocking.
They held each other for three solid minutes crying until they slowly pulled apart.
"I didn't bring any tissues!" Raven exclaimed, in what was now a half and half chuckle-cry.
"That's okay." Chelsea responded. "Give me your hand." Chelsea took the ring out of the box and slowly slid it onto Raven's manicured ring finger.
"Ohhh!" Raven's voice trembled as she looked at it. "Mmmmm." Raven was trying desperately to hold it together as she sat on the bench with her hand outstretched, rocking back and forth. Chelsea bit her bottom lip and exhaled a shaky sigh of relief as she watched her newly minted fiancée absorb what just happened to her.
Several minutes went by before Raven was capable of coherent speech. When she was, it was still several levels away from intelligent conversation.
"When… did you… how did… this is so…" Raven made her first attempt at a sentence.
"I was going to wait until Christmas, but after you told your father off at the house and you asked me the what-if question about you proposing, I had to speed up my time table." Chelsea said.
Raven's coherency finally returned. "This makes my opera tickets and Rolls look like shit!" Raven joked as she wiped away her tears. Chelsea laughed as she stood up and sat next to Raven.
"No, baby. The romantic evening at the opera and the Rolls put the cherry on the sundae. I was going to just take you to dinner then bring you up here." Chelsea said.
"THIS is the cherry on the sundae!" Raven pointed at her engagement ring. "How did you…"
"I had some mad money squirreled away."
"Oh my God!" Raven exclaimed. "I gotta tell somebody!" She stood up, picked up the hem of her dress and started running back up the path. Chelsea did the same with her dress and ran behind her. Several moments later, they reached the clearing where Alex had parked. He hopped out of the car when he saw them running and stuck his hand inside his jacket, reaching for his registered Glock 9 mm.
"Alex! She said yes!" Chelsea yelled out just before Raven got to Alex's position. He picked her up and hugged her.
"Congratulations, girl!" Alex said.
Raven looked back at Chelsea as Alex sat her down. "I wrote it on the paper with the directions. So he wouldn't ask questions… in case you said no." Chelsea said.
Raven squealed and hugged him again. It didn't matter. The whole world was going to know soon enough.
They hopped into the back seat and zoomed into the night. Raven could not sit still. She was bouncing around in the back seat like a jumping bean. She grabbed her evening bag and whipped out her cell phone to make the phone call she had always dreamed of making. The phone started ringing.
"Hi baby!"
Raven exclaimed. "MOM! YOU WILL NEVER GUESS IN A MILLION YEARS WHAT JUST HAPPENED TO ME!…"
TO BE CONTINUED
They are the three most dreaded words in television. And here I go messing around and bringing them here, into this story. But there they are. The bad news is, this is the last chapter of this story. By now you know what the good news is. Can you say trilogy! I will write it. I hope you'll come back to read it. Thank you for coming 35 chapters into the Thunderstorms-L Word story. I love you all. I'll see you soon… And remember, it's always sooner than you think!
