I'll Be

Round 2 - Summer 2025

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Terrance Coners is 33, Tabitha Gunner is 34

He was tired of this. Tired of her avoiding him. Tired of them tip-toeing around each other. Tired of this whole business.
"So it ends here Tab," he said.
"What ends here? You don't want to be friends anymore?"
"Are you insane? No! You've been avoiding me Tabitha. Every since I told you we needed to talk. You only come over when you know Kenny is here and we can't really talk," he said.
"Well what did you expect Terrance? That I would look forward to you telling me that you felt that I was misinterpreting your friendliness? That I wanted to hear how you don't want to ruin our friendship?"
"Where the hell did you come up with that? Look, we need to straighten these misunderstandings out right now. I'm going to go change and we're going to go out," he said.
"Look Terrance, why don't you just tell me what this is all......."

"I'm going to go change. Wait here," he said after kissing her senseless. What did this mean? He kissed her, he's never kissed her before. She was flustered, disoriented, confused. Did he want her? Well there was a good possiblity he wanted her. He kissed her, right? But did that mean he wanted something permanent? Maybe he just wanted to try to relieve this tension that was between them. Get it out of the way so that they could be friends again. She would definitely question him about that kiss........

But he wouldn't talk. Her constant questions only lead to him kissing her again outside of the restaurant. What the hell was going on? Tabitha was so afraid to let her beating heart hope.......but she did......she hoped.......

She looked straight ahead. Scared to look at him. Waiting for him to speak......
"I think you know what's going on. But I think you're afraid. Well I am too. I can't stop thinking about you Tabitha. You've become so much more to me than just a friend. I don't know if you feel the same way about me. But I have to say this. I think I may be falling in love with you," he said.
"In love? With me? How can you be? Terrance, you're such a great guy. The most wonderful guy I've ever known. Men don't fall in love with me. They just don't. I don't want you to feel obligated. I guess you can sense that I've fallen a little in love with you. But I have it under control. I manage it. You don't have to do this.....to say these nice things......"

He pulled her up from the bar, faced her smiling. She didn't know, didn't understand, so she smiled too.
"I'm not just saying that Tabitha Marie Gunner. I think I've always been a little in love with you. I'm in love with the way you are with my son, that you make him feel so comfortable. I'm in love with the way that you are always there when I need you, when we need you. You have the biggest heart of anyone I know. I hate the way you see yourself. Do you have any idea how hard it has been, not kissing you? Not touching you the way I want to? It's been torture. That night I saw you in that club.....you looked so beautiful. I had get out of there before I did something crazy.....like kiss you before you were ready........it was so hard," he said.
"How can I believe this? Do you know how long I have wanted this? Dreamed of this? It's too good to be true," she said with tears in her eyes.
"Let me show you."

And he did show her.....and nothing had ever felt so right........

* So it's short......but I just felt that to make it longer would have dragged it out too far.....these two are finally together! I was so happy when he autonomously kissed her via ACR......from there, nature just took it's course!

* I'm not sure how I want to continue with these two.....I don't want to rush them down the aisle, but Tabitha has waited and been so unhappy for so long.....I just feel that she deserves a break! That and she's gonna be living all alone and there's no reason for that when her and Terrance are together now......decisions, decisions!

*Title came from I'll Be by Edwin McCain.....love this song!!!!