She said: you know what the best part of tonight was?
I said: what.
She said: the way they looked at you when you walked in.
I said: yes.
She said: not because you’re beautiful.
She said: although you are.
She said: but because you walked
Iin like you had every right to be there.
She said: which you did.
She said: but you knew it.
She said: you walked in knowing it.
She said: and they saw that.
I said: yes.
I said: I did know it.
She said: you’ve always known it.
She said: you just didn’t feel it yet.
I said: no.
I said: not then.
She said: and now?
I said: now I feel it.
She said: yes.
She said: that’s the whole thing.
She said: that’s what it always was.
We drove home.
I drove back to my apartment.
I went inside.
