NOW WHAT?

I forget who first made the statement-if you want to know if a politician is lying ask them if they understand women. If they say yes they'll lie about other things.
Anastasia and I finally get out for her birthday some five days after the event. We wind up in the Indian Cafe on 107th and Broadway. Living as I do near Curry Hill, this' the type of place that reinforces my theory that it's the company as well as the food that makes a date. Firstly we spend more time there then usual, a couple of hours as opposed to the usual one. It seems as if I'm pulling teeth when I try to pay for everything. Lately most of the women I've dated have gone Dutch, which I both appreciate and feel a little insulted by. I finally get her to understand that it's her birthday, and I'm paying for her and that's that.
When we get to Times Square I'm waiting for the N train with her. She understands (I think) that I feel it's a safety thing and I'm appreciative of the extra time I spend with her. The train starts to pull into the station when she does something she's never done before. She gives me a big hug and kisses me on the cheek. Startled, I reciprocate.
My trip downtown is entirely airborne. I feel as if we've crossed some type of barrier. It's impossible to sleep, so I put down the poem that's in my head.
She comes over to the stand the next day all smiles (as usual) and I read her the po-em, as her accent would have it. She sees it as a little daring. To which I said if you really think that I'll destroy the copy I've got.The one thing I don't want to do is hurt her. My first thought is that it's not at all daring, as I explain to her. To myself I think, baring your soul to anybody you're interested in is daring. I think I made her understand.
Throughout this budding whatever I've been a perfect gentleman. I've never tried to force myself on her, nor did I make a big thing about not having her phone number. (Though the day I had to cancel a date it would have been easier than going through the CU phone service. She even complimented me on doing that. That should have showed her I need her number) I've never even made an issue about her not coming into the city for a weekend date.
Like I said, I don't think there's any problem. But thanks to the holiday and the weather I probably won't see her until Tuesday or Weds. We'll see then.