It could happen to you too when you least expect it

Beth and Jay sat in her car with the radio playing low in the background. The crisp air of impending autumn was just outside. She avoided direct eye contact with him, something about him made this social butterfly turn completely inward.

"Let's make a pact', Jay took her tiny hand into his own much larger one, "How about you stop assuming that I am like every guy that you've ever known, and when you look at me see me."

She didn't want to cry around him, they had only known each other one week. Beth refused to let her newly built fortress walls crumble this early on. That was how she always managed to get hurt, she trusted to freely, gave her heart away to easily. Not this time, even if he was different.

"Jay I can't make you any promises at this point." Her voice was frail.

His eye contact didn't falter one bit. Those hazel eyes were brimming over with warmth and sincerity, something she couldn't ignore as hard as she tried. It was the classic battle of logic verses intuition. Logically she had no reason to believe he wouldn't betray her like all the others had, but something in her gut told her not be be afraid and let him in. What was it about him?

"Are you even going to give me a chance to prove I'm not an asshole?" Jay squeezed her fingers.

Beth looked deep into his eyes, leaned in and softly kissed him on the lips. He put his hands on her face to pull her closer into him. They just sat there kissing, lost in a moment neither of them wanted to escape.

When she pulled away she confessed, "I like you."

"Does that scare you?"

"No."