It was a warm summer night. My husband, Dolan, had been working all day and was intolerable when he was tired. He had come home from work and after his shower, he hid in his man cave and gamed for most of the evening. When he finally made an appearance, I was tired and irritable. The home was stuffy and humid. There was poor air flow even though the windows were wide open. We both felt a need to get out of the house.
"Would you like to go for a drive?" he asked me.
I shrugged my shoulders with a bit of indifference and nodded "Sure. Why not."
We locked up and began a drive to the outskirts of town and barley talked for the first half hour of the drive.
"I was doing a delivery for somebody today and found a little spot I thought you might like." He told me. "I know how you like to meditate in the outdoors so I figured this might be a nice place if you like it."
My heart fluttered a little. "He thought of me?" I couldn't help but smile. "How sweet." I replied. "Why didn't you say something earlier?" I asked.
"I figured you would want to go right away and I thought it might be better to visit when nobody else would be around. More privacy that way and less noise."
I grabbed his hand and squeezed it then raised it to my lips for a gentle kiss. "I don't know what to say. You know me too well."
With that, we turned into a small alcove and parked. Dolan took my hand and began to walk me through a set of trees to a small pond. It looked like it was behind a major highway system so it was unlikely anybody privately owned the property. I immediately took my shoes off and began to walk along the edge of the water and listened for a while for any other life forms. I could hear a faint sound of passing vehicles in the distance but most just the water. It felt warm to the toes so I pulled up my pant legs to my knees and walked in a bit further. As I was feeling the smooth rocks beneath my feet, I heard a splash and turned suddenly to see Dolan surface from beneath the water.
"You should come in," he invited playfully. Then he splashed me and dove under water again. He was like a child again. Suspecting almost anything from him I quickly left the water and began to undress. For the first time, in a long time, I felt like I could just be a teenager again. I ran back into the water and just as I get up to my knees in water, I felt his hands around my ankles and he pulled me down.
I shrieked first, then squealed with delight as his strong arms caught me when I felt in. He tried to nibble on my neck but I splashed him instead and he dropped me into the water. As I stood up to regain some footing, he swam between my legs and lifted me up on his shoulders.
"Dolan!" I cried, between the giggles. "Don't fall on the rocks!" I grabbed his shoulders for balance and then his head.