I didn't really notice him at first, our group had bumped into theirs outside the tent as we got some air before Leftfield started. Various mashed up conversations started and filtered their way into my happy brain without making an impact. He was funny for sure, just a little guy having fun, plenty of those around. I moved a step away from everyone and danced to the tune in my head.
I didn't really think much of her at first. She was good looking in a clinical way but as she wasn't engaging there wasn't anything to latch an attraction to. I did like the way her dress flowed over her hips though, would've told her that to start a conversation but she moved a step away and seemed to be dancing even though there wasn't really any music playing.
People watching. Everyone secretly or not so secretly does it don't they? I certainly did and despite the rushing roaring in my head I did so then, evaluating both the groups as they intermingled. It was then that I saw it, he had something. I studied, then understood, the group was his. An unspoken rule, they protected him because he was their leader, when he spoke they listened, when he supported they folded into him like kittens falling from their nest. I was curious so I moved closer, caught onto what he was saying, absorbed the inflections of his voice and found I wanted to be near him.
She came in from her dance and up close I could feel her confusion, her big heart screaming to get out, her sexuality wanting an avenue. There was something very real about the aura she gave off, a transparency that shrouded at the same time. A woman you could get lost in, scared, suffocated and drowned, if you were weak that is. If you were strong then she was a prize you would wait a lifetime to have a chance of competing for.
The chemicals were helping and I needed their help. I knew he was evaluating and as he faced me for the first time those deep brown eyes seemed to bore into my soul. There was some psychological primal tension happening and I felt on the receiving end. Desperate to know why, I gradually isolated us enough so that we could be semi private, so that I could explore the multitude of messages my senses were giving me.
She was smart and that made me hot. Really smart, the more we talked the more that became obvious. She used her body to communicate, to send quick-fire signals as her mind flitted across subjects. Sometimes the half-light framed her smile, sometimes it caressed her hair, as she relaxed her true beauty emerged. I wanted to know why she pushed people away from her best parts, her natural style so we talked fast and long, exploring the fabric of her construction and all the while the desire grew in the background, a slowly rising force looking to consume all before it when the time was right to strike.
My god he was lovely. Kind and not scared of being so, cheekily funny but serious whenever required, he could switch between the two in a heartbeat. After talking for an hour you felt as though you'd known him your whole life and he teased your stories from you like a hypnotic snake charmer. I told him everything, the real me was handed out like a wafer at a drug induced communion. He was honest but deft with his truths, in one of those delicious moments of clarity that pierce the pill induced haze I realised he had a darkness in there.
From nowhere she reached out and put her hand on my heart. The energy sprang between us, a swirling confusion of multi-coloured electricity that shook me to my core and beyond. I felt her compassion, her ability to love despite herself and I felt the magnetic pull between us. I wanted her so much then, my mouth salivated, my skin prickled.
Our respective groups had gone into the tent, as the dull thump of Phat Planet began to shake the ground I realised we had missed almost all the delights on offer from Leftfield. I asked him if we should go in but his response was clear, singular and nicely direct.
I kissed her. I had no choice, she suggested going to find our friends, such a disastrous plan had to be dismantled at source. My hands gently on her waist, my lips gently against hers. Two small quick kisses, then a lingering one during which the sparks flew in every direction, a thousand emotional fireflies released into the night sky.
That kiss. Oh that kiss! The first two little ones were ok, I was pleased he hadn't grabbed me and I was surprised how close we'd become while talking. I liked our bodies were almost touching but the only connection was his hands and our mouths. The long kiss after the first two was just dreamy, a never ending smooth surge of silky pleasure which made every synapse in my bouncing brain leap to attention in unison. We knew then, that was the moment, we walked together, holding hands, linking arms, sharing water in little sips. Sometimes we stopped to kiss, to feel the physical intimacy alongside the psychological but mostly we talked and laughed and lost track of time, hour after hour of bliss we never wanted to end.