Once In a Lifetime

After dinner Harry asks me to go in the bedroom and wait till he tells me to come out. It’s a bit chilly but I decide to still change into one of the pretty dresses that Caroline picked out for me. It’s a gorgeous shade of green and the perfect mix of feminine and sexy. I touch up my make-up a bit. I like my hair, it has those great beach waves that make every girls feel sexy. I adjust my apple necklace and go without earrings.
Harry knocks on the bedroom door. I open it to find him wearing dark tight trousers with a white shirt unbuttoned more than halfway. I look at him and literally have to will myself to breath. Not only do his looks blow me away, but the love in his eyes makes me well up a bit. “Are you ok?” He asks me concerned. “Yes.” I reply. “I’m just so overwhelmed by how much I love you.” H smiles and kisses my forehead. “I know the feeling, love.” He says before adding. “You look amazing by the way. I need to remember to thank Caroline for picking out that dress. It suits you perfectly.”
I smile and put my hands on his chest. “Well I’m really liking what you’re wearing.” Then I’m up on my tiptoes to kiss him. He bends down a bit to meet me. “Mmm, I love when you get on your tiptoes to kiss me, and I promise to always meet you halfway.” Harry says quietly. I smile and wrap my arms around his neck still on my tiptoes. He kisses me and lifts me up and swings me around before putting me down. He takes my hand and leads me towards the fireplace.
I gasp as I see what he’s done. He has loads of cozy blankets and pillows in front of the roaring fire. There are candles everywhere. “H, it is lovely. So romantic.” I say.
Harry smiles and leads me to sit with him in front of the fire. It’s so cozy, I could stay with him here forever. I cannot imagine a more romantic setting. We can hear the break of the waves on the shore outside, mixed with the crackling fire. I look at Harry, just when I think he can be no more handsome, I see him in the firelight. It highlights every perfect part of him and it is intoxicating.
H puts his hand on the side of my face. “You are so beautiful.” He says. I look down still doubting this. “No, don’t do that.” He scolds me. “I will tell you how beautiful you are a million times everyday till you believe it yourself.”
I smile. “I love you.” H smiles back. “I love you, more.” He says as he wipes away the lone tear on my cheek.
H and I feed each other strawberries and have some champagne. We laugh as we are a bit messier with the strawberries then they are in the movies. The look in Harry’s eyes when he genuinely laughs is one of the best things in life.
“I have a surprise for you.” H says as he reaches behind the couch for a guitar. “I wrote a song for you and I’d like to sing it to you.” He says quietly. My eyes well up and he hasn’t even started yet.
As I listen to Harry sing to me, I realize my whole life has lead up to being with this man. I am so overcome with emotion that I don’t remember every line perfectly but a few stand out in my mind.
“From the first moment I saw you, I realized all that had been missing from my life.”
“I grieve a bit for lost time with you. Now I will live every moment with you to the fullest.”
“I will never stop losing my breath everytime I see you looking back at me.”
Harry sets the guitar aside. “Did you like it? He asks.
“Oh Harry, I’m speechless.” I move to hug him and when i pull back to look at him the look in my eyes, along with the tears spilling over tell him all my words can’t.
H gently lays me back on the pillows. He is above me, looking in my eyes a long time before he begins kissing me. We share hungry yet loving kisses. I can’t imagine another man’s mouth on me ever. In between kisses we whisper perfect, sincere things in each others ears. We don’t leave that spot. We make love gently and lovingly the rest of the night by firelight.

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