It was the final night of our weeklong canoeing trip. In the morning, we would have just three more miles to travel on the river until we arrived at the public campground where my fiancée's sister would be meeting us to take us back to reality, back to society and bills and jobs and traffic jams and innumerable rude people in the city.
I was not looking forward to that return.
I was also not really looking forward to wearing actual clothing again. For the entirety of our journey, my "attire" had consisted of swim trunks and sandals, and occasionally a t-shirt at night. Aura's "attire" had been similar: bikini, sandals, perhaps a t-shirt at night, and the silver belly chain which she always wore regardless of the occasion.
Dinner finished, the tent erected near the tree line, the canoe firmly beached on the sand, the meager food and other smellables hung up in a bear bag, I returned to the small fire built earlier by the river. Aura sat watching the flames dance before her, her forearms resting upon her knees with her chin resting upon her forearms. This time, she wore no sandals, only the dark-green bikini and the faded white Lara Croft t-shirt she so loved... and, certainly, the belly chain hidden from my view by the t-shirt. The small portable radio was beside her in the sand, a slow violin solo playing softly on the classical station. The expression on Aura's face was one of sadness, an expression I never liked to see but one which was most likely mirrored upon my own face.
The evening chores finished, I kicked off my sandals into the tent and strode across the tall cool grass and onto the warmer sand. The sand between my toes felt nice, but I knew that this would be my last opportunity to feel it until the following summer, when Aura and I planned to repeat this journey – albeit on a different section of the river – for our honeymoon.
I finally knelt behind my fiancée and snaked my arms between her thighs and her stomach, holding her lovingly, rocking her gently. "Must we really return tomorrow?" she asked quietly, disappointment in her voice.
"I'm afraid so," I replied. "Unless the city gets overrun with Martians during the night, we need to go back tomorrow. But at least your sister isn't due to pick us up until 4PM, so we'll still have much of the day to ourselves."
"True," Aura replied. "When would be the latest we would need to leave here to meet her on time?"
I thought for a moment. "If we really pushed hard, we could leave here as late as 3PM, but I'm not sure we really should do that. I'd say Noon is the latest we should leave, which would allow us a much more leisurely trip to the campground. Plus, it would allow us time to get off the river for an hour or so if a thunderstorm rolls through in the afternoon like it did a few days ago."
Leaning back into me, Aura caressed my arms. She sighed sadly, echoing my feelings. "At least we'll be back here next summer," she offered, perhaps more for her own benefit.
"Exactly," I replied, giving her a gentle squeeze. "We'll be back on the river for our honeymoon. I know it's unconventional for a honeymoon, but it will be wonderful, just like this week has been."
"I'm not worried about being conventional or unconventional," she stated honestly, reiterating a point I already knew quite well. "If we must leave the river tomorrow, I only hope the next twelve months pass quickly. I like the freedom of being out of the city, away from the noise and the smog and the rudeness. I like having Nature as my dwelling, not some tiny apartment because that is all we can afford because of the high cost of rent and food. I like traveling with only one other person, not being shoehorned into a subway car. And most of all, I really prefer wearing just a bikini instead of business attire every day... especially those damned heels!!!"
I simply held her for a long time, my chin atop her head, my hands caressing her tenderly. The final hint of daylight long disappeared from the sky, I held her underneath the stars, the moon large and full as it slowly rose above the tree line. The crackle of the fire, the whisper of the wind in the trees, and the bubbling of the river were the only sounds, and they all added to the scene, both enhancing our final night alone in the wilderness and sadly reminding us of what we would both miss about this week once we returned to society.
"Make tonight special for me," Aura finally requested, the first words either of us had spoken in perhaps nearly an hour. "Make love to me, please."
I smiled to myself. "Sure, but perhaps the sand is not the best place to make love. I'd hate to have you itching in such an intimate place if we were to get sand inside you."
My fiancée actually giggled softly at that honest comment. I could tell that she was starting to feel better about leaving now that she had the idea of lovemaking in her head. I knew what she was thinking: A pleasant memory of our final night on the river would make the butter pill of our return to reality much easier to swallow. Moreover, I could only agree with her heart's romantic logic.
"Well, we can at least start here," Aura whispered, reaching up to caress my cheek. I simply smiled, feeling a very familiar stirring.
Through the t-shirt, I ran my fingers along my fiancée's belly chain. "Is this where you wanted me to start?" I whispered into her ear.
"It's not bad," she answered, "but I was hoping that you would start elsewhere, perhaps a little higher up."
Purposely, I slipped a hand lower, cupping her sex through the thin bikini briefs. For a moment, I thought of slipping a finger around the crotch of the briefs and inside her body, but held back instead.
"Actually, I meant the other 'up.'"
"Oh... Well, you know me: the worst person in the world with a map and compass."
That caused Aura to giggle a little, which was the intended effect. Slowly, my hand trailed up underneath the front of her t-shirt, gently caressing and scratching at her stomach and her ribs before finally coming to rest upon her left breast.
"Much better," she sighed. "But what about the other one?"
"Your wish is my command." My other hand slowly followed suit until I was cupping both wonderful warm breasts through the bikini bra. Her nipples were already quite prominent against my hands, and as she interlaced her fingers behind my head, it naturally thrust her chest into my hands, which I took as a signal to fondle her feminine swells with a little more pressure.
The flames before us danced gloriously, and the beautiful young woman before me began to dance against me. She whimpered mesmerizingly as her body swayed from side to side while she also rocked gently back and forth against me. The lone violin had picked up the tempo and been joined by a full orchestra, setting the rhythm to my fiancée's movements against me. I even found myself joining in the unusual dance, my hands squeezing her breasts in time with the music.
Never breaking the rhythm, Aura unlocked her fingers from behind my head and lifted the t-shirt from her body, giving me freer access to her chest. My hands moved as if they had minds of their own, journeying up and down each breast, traveling as far up as the collarbone before descending once more. Reaching over, Aura turned off the radio, yet her body continued its seductive dance against me, causing my arousal to lengthen.
She turned around in my arms, and we kissed. Our lips remaining locked together, she nudged me to my back upon the sand, laying upon me as the kiss lengthened, extended. She knew just how much I enjoy having her lay upon me, her weight pressing down nicely upon me, her mons sliding along and across my hardened manhood, her breasts crushed against my chest, her fire-orange hair surrounding my face like a curtain. And when she at last lifted her lips from mine, she placed a single kiss upon the tip of my nose before burying her face in my neck, her breath hot against my unprotected skin.
My hands found their way to the scantily-clad cheeks, gripping them gently yet firmly. I very nearly spanked her, but decided against it as that is not necessarily romantic, even by our standards. Instead, I reinforced her own rhythm, assisting her in sliding up and down the length of my fleshy sword as she humped me, breathing hotly into my neck from the effort. From the inarticulate sounds escaping her lips and the way she was clutching at my head, I knew that my fiancée was deriving her own pleasure from this particular activity, and even if I never reached orgasm on this particular night, I wanted desperately to ensure that her climax was a good one for her, one she would remember for the coming year-long "intermission" before our return to this river.
I could feel Aura's wetness through our swimwear. Her liquid desire seemed to spread across me like a virus spreading from computer to computer throughout a network. How many times before had I felt this? I honestly could not recall, yet each time was special – this time even more special given the environment.
The fire warmed us, the river sang to us, the gentle breeze cooled us, the stars and the moon smiled upon us, and I felt the need to escalate this to the next level.