Amy wearily put on her seat belt and backed the car out of its space in the airport car park. As she started to drive towards the exit her mobile phone rang. The ring tone told her who it was and she smiled as she answered.
"Hi honey, did you get my text. Guess where I am?"
"Yes I got your text telling me you were finishing a day early. I imagine you are close to home, judging by your happy tone of voice," Amy's husband Sam answered.
"Yes I am on my way home," Amy replied, "We finished the contract negotiations and legal drafting this afternoon just in time for me to get the last flight home. I am just driving out of the airport. I'm tired but it is so worth it to have finished a day early, as now I have tomorrow off. How about you?"
"Almost there, our negotiations are complete. Dave, Sarah and I have agreed to get an early start and finalise the paperwork in the morning, so we hope to be finished and flying home before lunchtime."
"Are you going into work in the afternoon?" Amy asked hopefully.
"No way, especially now that I know you will be home. Both of us out of town for the week means that as soon as I am done here my mind will be focused on my girl," said Sam. "This is the longest we have been apart since we were married, and I am getting desperate for your body."
"What about my mind mister?"
"We have talked every night so I don't miss that as much. It is running my hands through you long hair, caressing your perfect b cup boobs, gently pinching your nipples, kissing you gorgeous lips as my hands run down to your..."
"Sam stop it, you are getting me even hornier and there is nothing you can do about it. And I risk a car accident if you distract me. Talking like that, I so hope you can't be overheard."
"Don't worry sweetie, I am lying in my boxers on my hotel bed... imagining you. Did you mean it when you said you were getting horny, honey?"
"Yes," Amy meekly replied, "I miss you too."
"Well perhaps you should touch yourself as I speak."
"Sam no way, what if someone saw. And anyway you will be here tomorrow and able to touch me yourself. Let me know what time you will arrive and I will drive to the airport and pick you up."
Amy suddenly smirked and started singing an old song from her parents' vinyl record collection.
"Sky rockets in flight. Afternoon delight. Afternoon delight. Thinking of you is working up my appetite looking forward to a little afternoon delight."
"Mmm, that is a promise I will hold you to," said Sam laughing. "What was that song?"
"A random one hit wonder from years ago that Mum and Dad had in their records. I so had not thought about it until you said you would be home early.
"Hey Honey I will go through the city tunnel soon and we might lose phone reception." Amy replied.
"Ok I will let you go, and try to get myself to sleep. I am so looking forward to seeing and touching you tomorrow. Love you Amy."
"Love you too. Text me with the time you will fly home and I will be there to pick you up. I plan on rushing you home to our bedroom, gorgeous. See you tomorrow. Bye."
"You too sexy. Bye."
Amy ended the call and drove down to the tunnel feeling refreshed and excited at the thought that Sam would be back early and they would almost have a three day weekend. Work had been intense over the last few weeks and she was looking forward to spending time together especially as it looked like the hot weather would continue over the weekend.
Knowing that it would be sunny and that she and Sam would be together, inspired memories of Greece. Amy's mind drifted back four years to their European honeymoon.
Amy felt some of the excitement she had that summer from being a new bride, just out of law school, about to start work, and in Europe for the first time. She and Sam had married as soon as she finished her degree, but Amy's happy thoughts were clouded by the memory of the night her mother told her that at 24 she was too young.
But her dad had made her smile when he gave Amy a discrete wink and said over his shoulder, "Wasn't that the age you married me Grace?"
Latter on that night when her mum was upstairs her dad took her aside and told her how proud he was of her working hard, becoming a lawyer, and spending time helping family and friends.
She could hear her Dad's words in her mind, "Your mum always sees risks and can be too pessimistic. But don't worry that you are too young, you don't make impulsive decisions and if it feels right go for it."
In truth Amy remembered being a little shocked, it was so unlike her father to say much about relationships. But she hugged her dad, genuinely pleased to have his total support. And deep down even then she knew absolutely what her father only suspected, that Sam was right for her.
She did recall being a little nervous about Greece. But she found once she got there and started exploring with Sam she loved it. So much was new and it was fun discovering together. In Athens she loved the history of the Acropolis. She loved the food which not like what she had at home and by the end Sam thought she had become a souvlaki junkie. And she found the Southern European openness so different from what she was used too.
One day they visited the old Olympic stadium that was used for the 1896 Olympics and was situated where the ancient stadium was. In those days it was only for male athletes and they competed in the nude.
"Guess you would want to be a spectator at those sports," said Sam.
Amy just knew this was a little dig at her absolute disinterest in sports. It was only gym, walking and running with Sam that kept her in shape.
When they got to the other end of the stadium, Amy was surprised by a statue of the face of a young Greek man on a pillar. When she looked more closely she saw there was nothing else carved on the pillar except for a penis that hung limply. Around the other side of the pillar there was the face of an old man and his penis was erect.
"The young man is clearly blind," whispered Sam smiling.
Amy noticed the smile and part of her wanted to let the comment pass, particularly as there were other people around, but she couldn't resist.
"How do you know that?" she whispered back.
"The old man only had to look at you and he is erect, so the young guy must be blind."
Amy blushed and smiled, and looked round nervously but no-one had heard.
Sam put his arms around her and kissed the back of her head as they looked at the old man and said "that is what you are going to see from me forever."
Amy remembered leaning back into Sam and pulling his arms tight around her, the risquΓ© teasing and complimenting building her desire for her husband.
After Athens they had visited the Greek islands and added lots of lazy beach days to their itinerary. Amy remembered how surprised she was that European women were, to her mind, immodest with their tiny bikinis or even topless in many cases.
But she came out of her wedding reminisces as she turned into the street where she and Sam had recently bought their first home.
Amy loved the house that they had purchased two months ago. It had lain vacant for some years until it was purchased by developers as part of a revitalization of this part of the city. They kept the old houses with their original fixtures, hardwood floors, and early twentieth-century styling, but improved the structure, plumbing and electricity while adding central heating and cooling. The location and unique architecture and design made it a wonderful place to host friends and they couldn't have asked for a better first home when they eventually started their family. Outside, while the developers had tidied up the front they had not finished the large back yard apart from building large wooden fences that neatly blocked each property from the view of the adjoining properties.
Amy parked the car, unlocked the front door and carried her bags into her and Sam's bedroom. She changed out of her elegant business suit, spend time in the bathroom and slipped on a long t-shirt.
When changed and ready for bed, she realised she still felt too hot and suddenly she said out loud, "Of course we turned it off as we were both away, so I better turn the air conditioner on if I am going to get some sleep."
She walked through the house to the kitchen at the back where the air conditioning controls were set in a panel by the back door. After she had turned on the cool air, Amy got a drink of water and opened the back door to drink it outside while the inside cooled down. As she had not turned the kitchen lights, when she gazed up she could see the stars and a half moon clearly visible.
Apart from the sound of trickling water from the neighbour's pool the neighbourhood was very peaceful. Amy and Sam had only said hello to the neighbours on one side, but William and Jade on the other side had invited them over the first weekend after they moved in.