Once In a Lifetime

The house is lovely. The living room has a big comfy couch and a fireplace. The bedroom has a large bed and a perfect ocean view. I notice 2 large suitcases already in the room. I walk up to the purple one knowing it must be mine since it is my favorite color. I open it and gasp in surprise. “Harry where did all these clothes come from?” He smiles and replies. “I asked Caroline to pick you up some clothes for the trip. “
Understanding comes across my face. “That’s why she asked my sizes.” I start pulling the clothes out. They are all amazing. From pretty dresses to cute shorts and shirts. “Thank you H. They are all perfect, but you didn’t have to do this.”
“I know, but I wanted to. I love seeing that excited look on your face.” Harry smiles.
“How about we change and go for a walk on the beach?”
“Sounds perfect.” I reply. While I’m in the bathroom putting my hair up, H says he’ll meet me outside. I finish up and then choose some cute denim shorts and a purple fitted tank top to put on over the pink two piece swimsuit I have on. I fight back my self conscious feelings.
When I step outside I see Harry before he sees me. He’s wearing “the” yellow shorts and nothing else. I’ve never seen them in person, but I’ve seen the pictures. He looks so good in those my knees literally buckle. Harry must hear that I’ve come outside. As he starts to turn towards me he says. “Look babe there’s a barbeque, we should do that tonight…” He’s looking at me with his mouth hanging open. He walks over to me. Looks me up and down. “You look so good. Took my breath away.”
“Thanks. I was just admiring you in those marvelous shorts.” I reply then get up on my tip toes to kiss him.
We head down towards the water. Walking the length of the beach, holding hands and
talking. The topic of our conversation is varied. From where we should spend the rest of the break to how big of a family we would want. When Harry brings up that topic I fight hard to remain calm on the outside. But inside, I’m a mess. It absolutely thrills me to know he is thinking about us like that.
Next we decide to take a dip in the ocean. I take off my shirt and shorts. Harry is watching me. Probably in the same way I’m watching him in those shorts. I wonder how long we’ll manage to keep these on. I look at H, he’s smiling. Probably thinking the same thing. We play around in the water for quite some time. Then we decide to go back up to the house to make dinner.
However we get distracted in the bedroom when we are supposed to be changing. We are already wet so we end up in the shower. This is the biggest shower I’ve ever seen and we make good use of all the space.
After, we work together in the kitchen to get the steak ready to barbeque. H is manning the barbecue and I’m sitting in one of the lounge chairs on the deck watching him. This feels so natural and so right. “Hey H.” I say. Harry turns and looks at me. “I love you.”
H smiles and walks over to me. He says. “I love you too. And I’m so happy we are here together, alone.” He bends down and kisses me. I put my hands in his still damp hair and hold on keeping him there as long as possible. I let go and he kisses me one more time before returning to the barbecue.

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