She couldn't believe they were finally doing this. Three years of saving every penny they could had finally paid off. They were in Hawaii! They had planned this trip, talked about it and came up with every little detail for the whole of the last three years. They would leave a few days before Christmas, frolic on the beaches, hike in the lush forests; make love in every place imaginable and the best part wake up Christmas morning to the sound of the ocean and the warm breeze of the tropics. Rose and Rick had been married for almost 10 years now, and together almost 15. She had told him no the first two times he had asked her to marry him. Mostly because she was afraid that it would change things. They were high school sweethearts and as far as she knew those never lasted. They had met one day in the library when she was trying to study for a particularly difficult math test and he was goofing off with his buddies. Leaning over her desk she had "shh'd" them with a stern look and gone back to studying. Suddenly there was a shadow across her paper.
"Hey there sweet stuff what are ya doin?" He drawled. He had the cutest country boy accent she had ever heard and for a moment she had forgotten she was mad at him.
"Leave me alone I'm trying to study." She had retorted
"Well maybe I can help, lemme see." With that he had snatched her paper away and sat down backwards on the chair next to her.
"This is easy sweet stuff, you just have to add here and divide this by this one and poof there ya go!"
"Wait, what? That makes no....oh... I see now"
That was it, a simple math problem and they were practically joined at the hip. He wasn't a goofball like she had originally thought, in fact he was a straight A student on his way to a great career in whatever he wanted. That was senior year 1996, it was so strange to think about how far they had come. He asked her at his graduation from the local community college almost 3 years later to marry him the first time. She had said no that time because she was so frustrated with him for not having a clue what he wanted to do with his life. He was brilliant and seemed only to want to draw and play on his computer. He had been devastated. Funny enough about an hour later he had charmed his way right into her pants yet again. Charisma had always been his strong suit. She would joke with him that he could talk his way into any situation and charm his way back out. After three hours of some of the best sex ever and the realization that she was going to have to rewash the sheets, he had asked her again. This time she said no because she thought he was joking. He just laughed and went to find something to eat He was always ravenous right after sex. It had been about six weeks later and she was just getting home from work, exhausted and wanting nothing more than a hot bath and a glass of wine. She walked in the door and almost fainted. There were candles everywhere, soft music playing and a path of rose petals that she could only imagine were for her. On the table where she put her keys there as a little sticky note.
"Love of my life, please follow the path I have laid for you, further instructions await."
She was stunned. He was not normally so romantic, she racked her brains trying to figure out if it was some special occasion or not. The only thing that came to mind was that it was Christmas in a week. But that made no sense. They had already agreed they wouldn't spend anything on each other and instead make the trip back to New York to see their families. Dropping her purse and keys and kicking off her shoes she started following the path amazed at how wonderful it smelled. About half way down the hallway towards the stairs she found another note on one of the small reading tables.
"You are the most beautiful and sexy girl on the planet. Please kindly remove all your clothes before ascending the stairs. P.S. there will be more instruction to follow..."
She actually blushed. She couldn't believe he had thought this up. Removing her clothes one piece at a time and running her hands over herself once, enjoying the feeling of her soft skin which she took meticulous care of she started up the stairs. At the top there was indeed another card waiting on the top of the railing.
"If you would my dear come into the bedroom and close your eyes as soon as you touch the door knob. I promise it will be worth it."
She giggled, this was getting fun and she was actually getting a bit aroused. She had no idea what waited on the other side of the door but she was dying to find out. rushing down the rest of the hallway to the bedroom door she placed her hand on the doorknob and was stunned to find it shaking with anticipation. She swallowed the knot in her throat took a deep breath, closed her eyes and turned the knob. Stepping into the bedroom she heard more soft music and smelled even more flowers. She closed the door and stood there trembling waiting for some clue from him as to what to do next. She had just opened her mouth to ask him what to do next when she felt a finger on her lips
