Falling for Summer by Bridget Essex Page B

smooth, soft hand in her own, as Fiona’s fingers closed around Max’s palm, and Fiona shook her hand gently up and down, Max swallowed.
    Fiona was beautiful.  That much was obvious.  But as her bright green eyes sparkled, as their hands curved up and down as Max and Fiona shook, there was something more to her, Max knew.  So much more.  Fiona seemed, in that first glance, the kind of woman who was perfect for Jo--bright, energetic, positive, with the kind of courage and tenacity that can move mountains.  The kind of woman who would make Jo really, really happy.
    And the kind of woman that Max would have given her right arm to meet first.
    Jo and Max had always joked that they were attracted to the same kinds of women.  It was sheer coincidence that the best of friends had both grown up and realized they were lesbians (for a very misguided week in their twenties, they’d even tried dating one another.  It was a miserable failure.).
    They both knew the kind of women they liked, a list that had never altered across the many years.  Warm.  Funny.  Dynamic, charismatic, forward, vivacious…as Max woodenly sat down in the booth across from Jo and Fiona, Jo protectively putting her arm around Fiona’s shoulders, Max felt the blood drain from her face.  They’d both dated women that the other had said, without a doubt, was their type.
    But it had never been…quite like this.
    Max had never been a “love at first sight” kind of person.  She didn’t even really believe in it.  Obviously, there would be attraction, but love ?  That was the kind of stuff you saw in the movies.  It didn’t really exist in real life.  But for the first time, Max crossed her legs, took the napkin off the table and nervously began to fiddle with it in her lap.  There was a very disconcerting feeling going on in her heart.  It was not altogether unpleasant…just very unnerving and unexpected.
    Her life had never, ever felt like it was a scene from a movie.  Until this moment.
     
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