I tell my wife, Lisa, that I have a headache and I walk back from the beach to the shore house. Your husband, Mike, stays back with our other friends, playing football and getting drunk on cases of beer. I know that you're back at the house, taking a nap. I know that Lisa will be at the beach for awhile. I know that I want you.
As I walk the half mile to the house, I think back to the first time I ever saw you that day at college, when Mike introduced you to his friends. I knew then that I wanted you. I still want you today, ten years later.
As I enter the house, the sound of the ocean waves echoes in the distance. The open windows create a cooling cross draft. The house feels alive, almost feeding my anticipation.
I think back to our first night here this week. When all of our friends were drunk and sleeping. But not you. At eight months pregnant, not you. You're a good mom, nurturing the growing life in your womb. And as they drank and passed out, we talked on the deck and reached into each other's souls. Throwing caution to the wind, I told you of the feelings I've had for the last ten years. Unable to act on them. Jealous of the child you now bear for a man who doesn't deserve you. Locked in my own loveless marriage of convenience. We kissed that night. Slow. Deep. Electric. Knowing that somewhere, sometime we would take our feelings one step further.
Now, I walk down the hall to your bedroom. You're standing by the dresser, Christine, wearing a terrycloth robe and nothing else. Your hair is damp from a recent shower. I approach you, cup your face gently with my hands and look into your deep brown eyes. I lower my lips to yours, feeling the same electricity from nights ago. As our mouths touch, our tongues entwine. You push we away and I stand at the edge of the bed. You ask if everyone's still at the beach. I tell you they'll be there for awhile. This is our moment. This is our time to act.