The sun was high and hot - nearly straight-up noon. It was almost time when your plane was schedule to touch down. My eyes ached at the brightness as I scanned the sky in anticipation of your arrival. It's been too many weeks since I've seen you and my serves were jittering an jumping like water droplets skittering across a hot griddle.
Your plane finally taxis up to the gate and the "droplets" begin to steam and sizzle in my belly. It seems like hours until I finally see you come through the door. My heart is pulsing in my throat. Pounding so hard, I think that I will suffocate from the sensation of the pressure. We come together in a moment - a soft embrace and the long anticipated kiss. Too soon we slowly pull apart and I search your soft brown eyes for any indication of how much you may have missed me. It's not your eyes, however, that communicates this, but your hands, which linger on my back, moving to my waist, keeping me close. It's your cheek caressing my neck while you move to lay a kiss on the top of my bare shoulder that eases my fears.
I stroke your arms, moving my hands up to your shoulders as you pull me tight. Your fingers rest on my hips and I brush my knee along the outside of your leg. Kissing your soft lips once again, drawing your bottom lip into my mouth, soft pull before reluctantly releasing you. Tilting my head back to look into your eyes and noting the light in them that I'd never noticed before. I realize for the first time just how young your soul truly is.
Pressing a palm against your chest to feel the strength beneath it, the beat of your heart. You're here...at last...I've missed you so very much. Being togther again at last feels like a dream. One last hug before I take you by the hand and walk you to my car. After loading your bag into the trunk, we head out for my home. The drive is filled with news of what's been keeping us busy in the few, yet very long, weeks we've been apart. I hear stories and laugh through the entire drive. I could listen to your stories over and over. You're a natural born story-teller.
When I park my car in the drive and begin to get out, I'm stopped by your grasp. Putting your hand on my cheek you turn my face toward you. Your fingers slip into my air as I lean close to kiss you again. This time with more hunger and need. You grab my hair, pulling my head back. I feel your breath on my neck an instant before you kiss me under my chin, moving down my throat and stop at the hollow of my neck. My eyes open and you release my hair. I hold your face in my hand and kiss your lips, your cheeks and make my way back to your lips. I suggest that we get in the house soon to heat my long cold sheets before we gt too far.