They’ll apologize eventually, if they want to see me badly enough.
And if they don’t, well, then I guess I’ll know just how little they love me.”
“I’ll make it up to you. I’ll love
you so much that no one else could ever compare their feelings to mine!”
“But I’m not sure I want that,
Taury.”
They were lying on the daybed,
resting after a long hot day of painting and a cool, light supper on the patio.
Now the sun was settling into a blanket of melon-colored clouds, banked
underneath by a dark blue sky full of squinting stars.
“What do you mean? Are you tired of
me already?”
“Oh, no! Of course not! I’m just
fearful of having that sort of all-encompassing passion. Like my grandmother
and grandfather had. It excluded everyone else from their lives, including my
poor mother. And she still is damaged from it. Her damage spilled over into my
life. I don’t want that for my kids!”
“Do you want kids?”
“I always thought I did. But of
course I can’t have any. I tried so hard for such a long time. All I got were
miscarriages and sadness. I don’t think I could go through all that again.”
“No one said you had to. I’m
satisfied with the way things are. If we’re meant to have kids, we will,
eventually.”
“You really believe in destiny?”
“Sure, it’s never failed me yet.”
She snuggled into his arms, kissed
him gently; admired his shadowy features close up.
“You’re a wonder, Taury. An enigma, I
guess I could say. How’d you get so wise, so young in life?”
“I’m not wise; most of the time I’m
scared too death on the inside. But I figure if I put on an act of knowing who I
am and what I’m doing then people will believe it’s true.”
“Is all this with me just an act,
too?”
“You know it isn’t.”
“Yeah, I do.”
They kissed for a long while. The sun
drifted below the clouds; their colors deepened, faded to black in the new
night sky.
“Let’s sleep out here tonight,” Taury
whispered. “I’ve been wanting to since I first saw you lying here that day.”
“Are you sure you mean sleep?”
He laughed. “Well, we can sleep,
afterwards.”
He began the ritual eagerly, tossed
off his shoes and jeans and began to strip her of her purple tank top and denim
shorts. Underneath he was surprised to find the leopard print teddy she’d
bought at the mall. It was the first time she’d worn it, and she made sure he
hadn’t seen her put it on.
“Beautiful!” he hissed sweetly as his
mouth slid over the silky fabric from her breasts to her crotch.
A rectangle of light from the guest
room window framed them as they moved over each other. It cast an amber glow on
their skin, gave them the surreal look of a painting in motion.
The teddy came off quickly, losing a
button along the way. Then they were bare to the cool sea breezes; their skin
rippling in goose bumps. But they were oblivious to it, swept up in the passion
once more.
Fawn opened herself up to him so
easily now. She couldn’t believe how every time seemed better than the last.
She savored the taste of his skin, salty and sweet, too. It was thrilling to
watch him move over her in the shadows, like the blond snake in her fantasy.
Her breaths came short and fast; the wonderful tightening began within her.
“Ready?” he whispered hoarsely.
“Yes. Oh, yes!”
He was about to rise up over her when
she flinched in a fit of sudden, excruciating pain.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, bending
down towards her face.
“It’s fine, just a cramp; I’ve had
them before.”
“Oh, it’s that time? Should we stop?”
“Well, maybe we should, if you don’t
mind.”
“It’s okay. I’m here for you as more
than a lover. I hope you realize that.”
“I do. But let me take care of your …
um … situation, should I say? I’m more than willing.”
He smiled, nodded his head. Fawn
moved her mouth quickly to the dark silhouette between his thighs. She forgot
any sense of pain or
And if they don’t, well, then I guess I’ll know just how little they love me.”
“I’ll make it up to you. I’ll love
you so much that no one else could ever compare their feelings to mine!”
“But I’m not sure I want that,
Taury.”
They were lying on the daybed,
resting after a long hot day of painting and a cool, light supper on the patio.
Now the sun was settling into a blanket of melon-colored clouds, banked
underneath by a dark blue sky full of squinting stars.
“What do you mean? Are you tired of
me already?”
“Oh, no! Of course not! I’m just
fearful of having that sort of all-encompassing passion. Like my grandmother
and grandfather had. It excluded everyone else from their lives, including my
poor mother. And she still is damaged from it. Her damage spilled over into my
life. I don’t want that for my kids!”
“Do you want kids?”
“I always thought I did. But of
course I can’t have any. I tried so hard for such a long time. All I got were
miscarriages and sadness. I don’t think I could go through all that again.”
“No one said you had to. I’m
satisfied with the way things are. If we’re meant to have kids, we will,
eventually.”
“You really believe in destiny?”
“Sure, it’s never failed me yet.”
She snuggled into his arms, kissed
him gently; admired his shadowy features close up.
“You’re a wonder, Taury. An enigma, I
guess I could say. How’d you get so wise, so young in life?”
“I’m not wise; most of the time I’m
scared too death on the inside. But I figure if I put on an act of knowing who I
am and what I’m doing then people will believe it’s true.”
“Is all this with me just an act,
too?”
“You know it isn’t.”
“Yeah, I do.”
They kissed for a long while. The sun
drifted below the clouds; their colors deepened, faded to black in the new
night sky.
“Let’s sleep out here tonight,” Taury
whispered. “I’ve been wanting to since I first saw you lying here that day.”
“Are you sure you mean sleep?”
He laughed. “Well, we can sleep,
afterwards.”
He began the ritual eagerly, tossed
off his shoes and jeans and began to strip her of her purple tank top and denim
shorts. Underneath he was surprised to find the leopard print teddy she’d
bought at the mall. It was the first time she’d worn it, and she made sure he
hadn’t seen her put it on.
“Beautiful!” he hissed sweetly as his
mouth slid over the silky fabric from her breasts to her crotch.
A rectangle of light from the guest
room window framed them as they moved over each other. It cast an amber glow on
their skin, gave them the surreal look of a painting in motion.
The teddy came off quickly, losing a
button along the way. Then they were bare to the cool sea breezes; their skin
rippling in goose bumps. But they were oblivious to it, swept up in the passion
once more.
Fawn opened herself up to him so
easily now. She couldn’t believe how every time seemed better than the last.
She savored the taste of his skin, salty and sweet, too. It was thrilling to
watch him move over her in the shadows, like the blond snake in her fantasy.
Her breaths came short and fast; the wonderful tightening began within her.
“Ready?” he whispered hoarsely.
“Yes. Oh, yes!”
He was about to rise up over her when
she flinched in a fit of sudden, excruciating pain.
“What’s wrong?” he asked, bending
down towards her face.
“It’s fine, just a cramp; I’ve had
them before.”
“Oh, it’s that time? Should we stop?”
“Well, maybe we should, if you don’t
mind.”
“It’s okay. I’m here for you as more
than a lover. I hope you realize that.”
“I do. But let me take care of your …
um … situation, should I say? I’m more than willing.”
He smiled, nodded his head. Fawn
moved her mouth quickly to the dark silhouette between his thighs. She forgot
any sense of pain or
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