From the first time we met I knew there was something special there. We were both young in our early twenties and had been in long and real relationships before. So we both knew better than to just jump full fledged into a relationship. Or so we thought.
After about the third time we had met the friend that introduced us planned a camping trip and we were both invited. I had that feeling in my gut that something was going to happen but I really enjoyed his company so I felt it necessary to withhold from sex for the time being so that a firm relationship could build. All day setting up camp, swimming in the spring fed water, and sitting around the fire there had been sexual tension between the two of us. Everyone could feel it and we would not be the only couple that night to enjoy the pleasures of another person's company.
As everyone was slowly making their way away from the fire and into their designated tents, I informed him I could not sleep and went to sit on a blanket down by the water. You see, I was familiar with this campsite and the only place you could see the stars was by the river outside of the protection of the trees. It was dark here away from the fire. Although there was always the threat of snakes, alligators, and who knows what else I found the feel of seclusion and the sound of the rushing water calming. It was not long before he joined me on the blanket. It was never awkward between us nor has it been as our relationship has continued on.
We both sat there in the silence. It was so comforting just having his presence there. It had been over a year since I had been in a relationship. I had had sexual partners between then and now but it was always purely physical and never had felt intimate. As a matter of fact thinking back I think I preferred it that way. My last relationship had lasted three years and ended with me being more hurt then him. I was terrified of feeling the sting of rejection again. This felt different while there was an immense amount of physical attraction between the two of us, there was also something else. Something that made it feels that something in the world just "clicked" into place.