meet karen

I have been friends with Karen for nearly two years. I met her through the Hilltop Café, where both of us work. She was always quiet and shy, so I never really got to know her. We started hanging out outside of work, and it was at The Anchor Grill in Covington one evening where it hit me like a sledgehammer: “I like this girl.” I didn’t really know what to think. Getting to know her has been fun, and the more I got to know her, the more I came to like her. She transformed from just another friend to something much, much more. I went to bed that night thinking about her, and the idea of dating her seemed wild and crazy, but at the same time I was strangely comfortable with it. We continued hanging out, and a few days later, she became my girlfriend. Since then we have been hanging out a lot, doing homework, going to parks, grabbing food. We went to the Krohn Conservatory at Eden Park this morning after class. It is wild how comfortable I am with her: I can be my strange, quirky self. It is strange how comfortable I am in her arms, but it’s nothing I would trade. I told Karen, “This is totally unexpected, but it’s wonderfully beautiful.” She agrees.  

Sarah is writing a special scene for Dwellers of the Night. We’re going to Barnes & Nobles later today to look over and share some thoughts. She knows the material very well. I shared another story idea with Karen—it would possibly be called Shadows in the Ashes—and she thinks it is a very interesting idea. I’ve been perusing it over my head, but not too much, because Dwellers of the Night is the focus. It will be available through Amazon and Barnes & Nobles sometime in the summer or in mid-December.