A Moment In Time 24

They met at the same place every year. The Halloween party held at the city hedge maze drew hundreds of partygoers and trick-or-treaters. The maze would open just after sundown and would attract all the younger trick-or-treaters looking for a minor scare while accompanied by mommy and daddy. The teenagers usually came out a few hours later, to race through the maze, get lost, get laid, get drunk then leave to egg cars and toilet paper houses. At 10:00 pm, the real party would start after all the kids had been shuttled out. Sponsored by the local dance club, it was the place to be for the over twenty-one crowd. Bars were set up strategically throughout the maze and at locations around the perimeter. Music was pumped through speakers set up everywhere and a small dance floor was positioned to the left of the maze.

This was a party everyone looked forward to attending. These two strangers were no different, though their reasons were not the same as the other partygoers. For the last five years, they attended this Halloween extravaganza to find a secluded corner somewhere within the maze to be alone. Their time together was always brief but satisfying. They had never been formally introduced; their costumes and masks always remained in place. They never spoke beyond their words of passion and they were only together at this same time and this same place once a year. Halloween night was their night and this year was no different.

He knew her by her costume just as she would know him by his. This was how they found each other in the crowd. They looked forward to this encounter for the entire year. The fact that masks were always worn added to the excitement. She didn't know if he worked at her supermarket, was her real estate agent or even her next door neighbor. He loved that he would wonder everywhere he went if the woman at the library, the department store or even his daughter's doctor was her. It added to the intrigue, the sense of mystery.

This year, the skies were cloudy and not a star or beam of moonshine was visible. The only light afforded the crowd of two hundred was from the spotlights set up discreetly to highlight the locations of each bar, encouraging alcohol consumption. They met in the same place as always, the hedge maze had many nooks and corners for couples to find seclusion but theirs, as they had come to consider it, was far off the beaten path. They could still hear the party-goers but knew they were alone. A large statue on a granite block afforded additional privacy should anyone stumble into their little corner.

The moment their eyes met, they were in each other's arms, mouths devouring hungrily, tongues tasting. They locked together like puzzle pieces that had long been in separate boxes. When the skies opened and the rain fell, they remained pressed together; their hands moving feverishly to expose flesh. Taking her by the waist he lifted her up onto the statue's base and spread her thighs. Her hands worked quickly at releasing him from his pants and guided him into her haven. They both moaned as he slid into her hot sheathe and they moved together, finding their rhythm quickly.

The rain that fell soaked them through to the skin but it simply added to the intensity of the moment. Her arms and legs wrapped around him, holding him close, her nails raking over his back and shoulders; she was hungry for this. Once a year she could abandon everything and be someone else for just a few moments. Tilting her head back, she opened her mouth and drank of the rain. Her orgasm was powerful and sent shock waves through her body causing her to cry out. The spasms of her body forced his near painful release to explode within her. The final thrust of his hips once, twice caused them both to shudder and groan with satisfaction.

They remained locked together, their bodies still hot despite the cold chill in the October night and the rain that fell upon them. When they broke apart, they arranged their clothing back in place and embraced one last time. It would be another year before they would feel this free. A full year before anyone would make them feel this level of passionate abandon. Neither asked for anything more. This one night each year was all they could offer. Parting after a long, luxurious kiss, she went left, he went right, both of them knowing they would return to this same place, on this same night next year, for this same moment in time.