2003-08-20 | 12:29 p.m.
more and more every day

one year ago today i was lying on jeff's bed. he sat down next to me, leaned over, and stuck a spit-soaked finger in my ear... or was it his tongue? i can't exactly remember but that i suddenly had an earful of saliva.

me: [flailing about trying to find something to clean the spit out of my ear] aaaauugh! why would you DO that?

jeff:  [looking very proud of and amused by himself] because i love you.

sigh. it was the first time he'd said those words to me... and they rolled off his tongue as easily as "because i wanted to make you squirm" might have, like he'd been saying them for years. i think that it was because it was already so understood between us that to say it out loud didn't seem such a big deal. not the most classically romantic of situations, but it made my head spin; i'd take it over flowers any day.

so last night i stuck my tongue in his ear, and when he yelped, "aaaauugh! why would you DO that" i just couldn't help myself but to reply, "because i love you."