The loud "Shriek" of a crow squawking woke Sam. Or perhaps it was the smell of the coffee as he raised and looked around. He didn't see Abby so he got up and went into the kitchen and poured himself a cup.
"Morning sleepy head," Abbey said from the back deck. Sam peered out and walked towards her when he realized that she was fishing. He grinned as he asked her, "Got bait on that hook little girl?" He said laughing as he took a drink of his morning eye opener. Recalling her tale of when she was young and fished without bait.
"Yes, I do thank you," Abby replied.
Sam sat in the chair next to her as he scanned the rivers beauty then looked back at her. She was fishing with her pole and sitting with a scarf that barely covered her as she sat with the sun starting to bask her bare skin. Naked as a Jay bird with a possum smile.
"What if somebody goes by in a boat and sees you Abby?" He asked with a snicker.
"Well, only one has gone by so far and that old man could barely see the front of his boat," she said. "Of course that was after he saw me." She giggled loudly. "Look in the cooler." She pointed to the ice chest.
Sam raised his head up a bit as he eye'd her with his head cocked. He smiled as it sunk in and he got up and went to the cooler. Sam opened it and there lay a nice size black bass.
"Wow Abby, that's a nice catch dear." He looked back at her as the lid shut. Then he walked over to her and kissed her. "I'm impressed." She sat there with a little smirk look on her face of self pride. Sam grin'd at her and sat back down and drank his coffee. She shook her pole a little as he finally had to ask. "Did that old man leave you the fish? Was his name Pete Johnson?"
Abby's mouth dropped in shock as she jerked in her chair. Looked back at him and tilted her head down with her eye's looking up. Her lips curled up into a grin.
"Maybe," she finally said. "You'll never know." She was toying with him and keeping him intrigued. She sat there giving him little looks and even stuck her tongue out at him.
"Better be nice or you won't get your surprise today," He said as he could see her eye's light up but then her head turned.
"What kind of surprise?" She asked with a curious tone.
Sam took a long drink of his coffee as he looked around at the rivers landscape and began whistling. He looked her up one leg, then the other. Then wiggled his eye brows at her as he gazed upon her nipples that pointed firmly. Licking his lips slowly from side to side then bring his tongue back in, then did it again.
"I have something you want." He said as he looked her over slowly and smiling as he settled on her gazing eyes. "And you have something I want." He continued to eye her over his empty cup. Raising up and heading for the galley he stopped and gave Abby a kiss and smiled, looking deeply into her eyes. They had become close and the fondness was growing between them.
"You want to fish or you want to head to your surprise?" Sam asked as if knowing the answer. Abby quickly began reeling in her line smiling. Sam went into the House boat and poured another cup of coffee and started the motors and made ready the "Cherry." Set her on course down river and made the check on supplies. The Motor rang out as it was set on half throttle. The wake splashed and swelled as the boat sliced the rivers surface. Cranes and egrets squawked and took flight as the boat passed the shores tranquil edge. The wind whipped a bit from the passage of air around the boats sides. As the sun started baking and beating the water reflectively.
They had brunch of fish sandwiches. Excellent flavored bass and bread with chips. They teased and toyed with each other every chance they got. Breaking the hypnotic hold the river had in its passing beauty.
They pulled up to a boarded pier slowly. As the "Cherry" layered to the side of the tire bouy'd slats. Sam set the idle as he run out and laced the ropes around the pillars. He went to the front and tied it as well. Shut the motor off and loaded their gear for the hike. Abby just kept bringing up the alligators but he assured her there were no alligators here. So she agreed to go on the hike.
With their snacks and small ice chest they made their way up the cemented trail. The curtain of green from the tree's highlighted by the pale blue sky. The earth wound smoothly upwards. The appearance was that of a well traveled path. The hike was a bit so they stopped at the half way point and caught their breaths. Drank a little water and after a quick kiss back on the trail. The trail began to follow up a creek bank. Bringing the sounds of pooled water trickling from pool to pool.
The pools got larger and the sounds got louder as we walked up the trail to its peak. The curve in the trail hid the site. Sam put my hands around her eye's as they walked around the curve.
"Surprise," he said as he took his hands away from her eye's. Revealing "Fire falls." The water falls was 30 foot high coming off the upper cliff and free falling water into a waiting pool of deep blue. The banks were smooth with sand beaches and there was a restroom and visitor center that explained the fire that comes from it's mist as the sun sets just behind the upper pool. Giving the appearance of fire flickering upwards over the pouring water.
The place was empty which was mostly the case since it was not very accessible. The tables shaded by the falls was where Sam sat the cooler and backpack as Abby gazed upon the hypnotic beauty of the falling water. Sam pulled out drinks and lapped up a canned drink quickly.
Sam walked up to Abby and put his arm around her and asked, "Well, what do you think?"
"It's just magnificent Sam," Abby said with awe. "It's just breathtakingly beautiful." She hugged him as they looked at the finest in nature. Abbey walked away from Sam and found what she was looking for. "Sam, come dance with me?" Anxiously she asked. "Please, I want you to dance with me so this place will always be inside of me."
Sam half grinned, "Dance, where is the music Abby?" His voice was reluctant sounding. "Where did you find that old beat up thing? I thought I tossed this a long time ago." His voice was resigned to the idea that Abbey wanted to dance with him. She had stored a CD player in the backpack.
The music sounded quite lovely as Smokey Robinson sang his song. Sam took Abbey in his arms, he was a great dancer. Placing his hands on her waist they danced with nothing but the sound of Smokey Robinson and the water fall. He was light on his feet, turning her around and around. Abbey was enjoying this, all women do though. His face leaned back so he could see hers, she kissed his lips and he drew her closer. They had danced to a whole CD before they realized that they weren't alone. Hearing voices they looked around and seen a couple coming their direction. Sam kissed her passionately before he let her go.
"Franklin see we aren't the only one's climbing up this side of the of the mountain." A woman spoke and then turned to Abbey. "My name is Edith and Franklin, is coming, he is so slow you know?" She spoke with a familiar sound. "He tried to make it where we didn't need to see this place, you know?" Her words sounded nasal. "Get up here Franklin, he is slower than syrup on a winter morning, you know." Her voice finally got quiet. Abbey was about to speak, when Franklin finally made it in sight.