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immediately but instead of dancing, Shannon pulled Megan aside, wanting to talk to her.
    “Okay, so I have been thinking; what if you came home with me? Stay there until I am done with school this semester and I will come back up here with you to start a life with you.”
    “Megan thought for a second and nodded. Okay baby, I’ll do that for you. I’ll skip this semester, seeing how I just started school and move down with you.”
    Shannon smiled so big, grabbing onto Megan and hugging her ever so tightly.
    “Can we tell Julie?” Shannon asked. “She is going to find out soon enough now.”
    “Not yet Shannon. Let’s think about that a little more and decide the best way to tell her a bit later.”
    Megan didn’t want to rush into anything when it came to telling anyone. People weren’t going to take to the fact that she had a female lover, especially since the two of them were not expected to do anything of the sort.
    “Okay, we will hang out a little more,” Shannon agreed, “but I don’t want to hide you much longer,” she said, sliding her hand up Megan’s thigh as she kissed her softly on the lips.
    “You won’t have to sweetie,” Megan promised.
    As the two of them went back out to dance with each other, Julie still was nowhere to be found. The girls figured she was with a guy by now and didn’t worry too much. They continued to dance as if they were one, melting into one another along with the beat of the music. It was meant to be, they could feel it. The combination of their souls was perfect and they couldn’t be happier with anyone else.
    As it neared two in the morning, last call was announced and the girls didn’t even acknowledge it until the lights suddenly lit up the almost empty bar. They had been so lost in one another that nothing could come between them.
    Shannon looked at her phone and noticed that it was not only one-forty-six, but also that she had eleven text messages from Julie and a number of missed calls.
    As she was looking through the messages, it didn’t come to her surprise that Julie had found someone to go home with and said she would be back the following day, getting the guy to drop her off at Megan’s. The other messages were pictures of the guy, her kissing him, random song lyrics, and a variety of other things that made Shannon giggle at the fact of how drunk Julie must be. She sent a text back, telling Julie to be careful. She knew she would be okay and didn’t worry as this was a common occurrence, and despite how intoxicated Julie was, she always made decent decisions when it came to guys she went home with.
    Shannon didn’t think about it too much longer as her train of thought immediately shifted to how much fun she was going to have with Megan now that Julie was gone for the night. This night would be the best of her life, thought Shannon and she couldn’t wait to get home and spend it with her new lover. Neither one of them was drunk anymore from all the dancing they had done, sweating out the alcohol that had been previously consumed. Megan decided just to drive back home and Shannon didn’t argue. They had forgotten about drinking a couple of hours ago and were sober by now.
    As they walked to the car hand in hand, Megan leaned over to Shannon and whispered in her ear, “I love you.”
    Shannon’s heart raced out of excitement and also nervousness, not really knowing how to take the three words she hadn’t heard in so long. She wanted to say it back, but didn’t know if she should yet, or if she could even manage to do so if she tried. She stopped, took Megan by both hands, and as smoothly as she could, said it back.
    “I love you too Megan.”

CHAPTER EIGHT: THE BASEMENT
    As she buckled her seat belt, Shannon’s heart was still pounding from the events that just occurred. She was in love with Megan, and knew now that her love wasn’t one-sided. Megan loved her back and that was the best feeling in the world. She couldn’t believe how this all