He looked at the clock on his phone. His heart quickened and he felt a momentary rush as he steered his bike around the barrier and over the railroad tracks.
The clock showed it was 11:45 and he rode down the steep dirt embankment and out across the field towards the wooded area that lined the edge of the creek. He continued along the creek riding around the riverbed cobbles smoothed from the centuries of the rushing water over them and now as the creek had shifted location over the years, the cobbles lay in the field and along the riverbank. He knew she would be there as he pedaled hard towards the pumping house structure. He slowed as he arrived at the clearing surrounded by woods and as he turned around the enclosure there she stood tall and demure, smiling and looking intently into the woods.
She put a finger to her soft lips and turned to him and hushed him. He stopped and looked towards the woods across the stream where she was studying intently. It was then he heard the rat tat tat and he peered up into the large elm tree and made out the red and white crowned woodpecker pecking incessantly at the trunk.
He dismounted his bike and moved to her. She wore a bright colored summer dress and he went to kiss her cheek and put his arm around her. She returned the embrace as she turned to face him she put her arms around his waist.
His lips moved to her neck and he knew he had found her soft spot when she giggled and shivered. She stood in her bare feet tall enough that he only needed to bend his neck slightly to reach her inviting lips with his. It was so natural the kiss between them and as he pulled her closer to him her hands moved up along his back and he took her head into his hands.