Just as we agreed, I arrive at the main entrance to your hotel. You are there in a pastel pink sundress with a floppy straw sun hat with a matching pink ribbon. An angel. You immediately recognize my van from the description and wave. You did not need to. I could have found you in any crowd. The Bell captain opens the door. You smile at him. He helps you step up. I am sure he just wanted to touch your perfection before you rode out of his view.
We smile and make small talk. Your show went well. Yes, my projects are coming along. And, so forth. You ask again where we are going. I tell you again just someplace special. I threaten to blindfold you if you ask again. You know I am teasing but figure I just might so you change the subject. Looking closely, you can see the strain of too many long days and probably nights in my face. I have been working too hard. You’re flattered that I would take time from this schedule to be with you. You can see joy and passion in my eyes and know that I am happy to be with you. This could be a divine afternoon.
Soon we are crossing the Golden Gate Bridge. The sun is high. The sky is clear and blue with just a few puffy clouds. You can see for miles, riding high in my full size van. Alcatraz stands starkly against the water. Angel Island beckons with lush greenness. The Marin shore approaches. And we drive on. I point out sights as we drive by. Nothing important. Occasionally, I reach across the car and touch your arm or caress your left breast. The van is too wide to do more. We drive for most of an hour.
You have been watching me closely. I am older than you and carry more scars of life. You were worried about the strain you saw in my face when I picked you up. Now when I look over at you, the strain is almost gone. There is more youth in my eyes and something else. You shift in your seat at the thought glad that you had chosen this dress when I had just said comfortable.
You ask again where we are going. I chuckle and say somewhere special. I add that we are almost there or I would blindfold you. I slow and signal for a left turn. We are on a small county road. It seems too narrow for the van as we weave around the giant trees. I drive smoothly around each one, slowing just enough. You smile at my steady confidence and feel warm and secure, the maiden with the scarred warrior.
Abruptly, the road widens into a turn around. There are some old picnic tables, overgrown with moss and lichen. It is like we are stepping back in time. You wonder what matter of place is this. You ask “ Is this the place ?”
I smile. “So close. But still not quite”.
I park the van near the tables. I hurry and around to open your door. I lift you out. You know I am just checking for panties and smile. You can tell from the look in my eyes that I am still puzzled. When I had teased you about taking you somewhere special and alone, you had told me that if you didn’t wear panties you might be in the mood. I wanted to know but all good things come to those who wait.
I walked back to the back of the van and pulled out a daypack. You enjoyed the expansion of my chest as I slung the little sack on my back. The shorts and tank top did not hide much of the overall picture. You could see the little curls of my dark body hair around each of the openings. I caught you looking and just wink. I think I know the answer now. You ask about what is in the pack. I smile and say everything we will need.
I take your hand and lead up into the forest. There seems to be no trail. Yet I know exactly where I am going. The trees tower over us. The silence is deafening. You can almost hear my heart beat. Then you realize that it is the distant ocean. We go about 200 hundred yards. It is like we have entered a corner of Eden.
There is a small meadow before us. Large trees surround it. We are on a bluff overlooking the ocean. If you look out between the trees you can see the surf driving against the shore. Relentlessly grinding the rock to sand. A dance of millennia. You can feel the primal force of the place. You turn and tell me that this must be it.
I smile. I had known that you would feel it too. Two old souls returning to a place filled with the old force. What could be more divine? That one is clothed in a body of such youth and beauty and the other so scarred by live hardly matters. I gently pulled you to me a kissed your cheek and your forehead. Nothing more. I was enjoying the timelessness of this place. We have eternity to savor.
I break away and walk to a specific patch of sunlight. I pull out a blanket and carefully close the pack. “More surprises for later” I smile. Spreading the blanket I beckon you to sit. I sit behind you; one leg on either side. The dark hair of my legs is in sharp contrast to the pink of your dress and the baby smooth skin of your sandaled feet. I lean forward and whisper “Welcome to my special place. This is where I come to escape and decompress. Anything that happens here, I will remember forever.”
You turn, smile and kiss my cheek. I am certain that the puzzle of the panties has been solved. I love the answer. Eternity beckons but I am still in control of my passions. I pull you against my chest. My nose is filled with the wonderful scents of life. There is the forest. The sea. You. Your sweet musk and a mysterious fruity aroma from your hair, Plumaria perhaps …