She looked over at him as she pulled herself into his truck. "Hey girl. How you doing today?" he asked as she settled in the seat.
She couldn't help but notice that he had his sunglasses on as always. "Doing good. You ready for today?" she replied with a slight smile. She loved seeing his eyes even though she would never allow their glances to connect. She hated that normally he had on his sunglasses.
She closed the door and placed her stuff on the floorboard as he replied to her question. "Yea, I miss getting out like we do. I enjoy getting back out in the country and away from work."
As they back out of the driveway she tossed her hair so it was all across the same shoulder. She didn't wear it down very often but did today. She knew he liked her hair down. She wasn't dressed to impress him or even try to turn him on. They were heading to the country for an early morning hike. It was cool outside and she dressed for the weather. Even a little over dressed for it. She had managed to slip into a pair of tight hip-hugger jeans. She wore her white jacket with a t-shirt on over her white tank top shirt under it.
They talked as they drove. It was normal topics of work, life, family. There were sexual comments made but nothing directed at the other one. They talked about life when they were kids and life now as adults. As they got closer to their location the topic changed to what they were going to do that day, where they were going and a few picking comments being made. Finally they pulled up to the parking lot at the trail head.
She gathered her stuff and bounced out of the truck. She loaded her pocket with items she might need to grab quickly, like her camera. She reached in the bed of the truck and slung her backpack over her shoulder. They closed up the truck and headed toward the trailhead. She allowed him to take the lead. As he did she couldn't help but smell his cologne. She loved the smell of it. It was unique and gave her images in her mind of him slowly undressing her as he kissed her neck. She pushed the thoughts from her head and followed him down the trail.
She tried keeping her eyes on the trail but kept finding herself staring at him instead. He had the body that she just wanted to snuggle against. She wanted to feel his naked body against hers. His arms were strong as well as the rest of him. She could get lost in them and in him. As they walked she continued to push thoughts from her head. She tired to enjoy the beauty of the outdoors and his company. Suddenly he stopped and she caught herself before running into him.
"So which way now?" he asked.
"Well, let's go this way. It seems to be more open and it is still cool. I'm not ready to get into the shady areas yet," she replied.
He laughed, saying "You puss." They headed down the trail and she took a deep breath. They always picked with each other, called each other names and made jokes together. As they walked they talked. They would pause from time to time to take a picture of a scene or to just enjoy the view.
She was leading the way down the path so now he was not in view. It made it easier to enjoy just talking and goofing off with him. She was able to keep the thoughts of his kiss out of her mind. They had never kissed or even held hands for that matter. She so wanted to know what his touch was like though. Suddenly she saw a beautiful scene and stopped to get out her camera. He ran right into the back of her. In doing this his half placed his arms around her to brace himself and her. Her heart stopped for a brief second at his touch. They both laughed and she made a picking comment at him.
They started up the trail again. She noticed that the temperature was getting warmer and soon she would be able to remove her jacket. Shortly up the trail they stopped again and again he smacked into her. This time his grip on her was tighter then the last time. She enjoyed it but still laughed. "Goof, you want to watch what your doing?"
"I'm watching where I'm walking. You need to quit just stopping in the middle of the path." he replied with a smile. His smile always made her smile too.
"I want to look at the trail map and see where this path leads." She said with a soft laugh.
She took the map out and opened it up in front of her. He walked up behind her on the side to look over her shoulder. She gentle looked over at him and he smiled again. He placed on hand on her back and the other one over her shoulder to point at the map. "That trail looks like it leads through the woods and to some water. Let's take that one." He told her with a smile as he pointed to the trail.
"Okay but it looks like it is up and down. Are you sure you want to take it?" she asked.
"Why not unless you don't think you can handle it," he said with a laugh in his voice.
She looked at him with a devilish grin and said ,"Oh I can handle anything you can give." They laughed and headed down the trail.
As they walked they picked around with each other. She would stop very so often to look at something through the trees or off in the distance. She noticed that every time she stopped he would run right into her. Every time he did, his hold on her got tighter and longer. As they walked she began thinking about this. She wondered what he would do if she stopped and turned around to face him. Would he still bump into her or would he stop his self? If he did bump into her would he still hold onto her like he had been doing?
Something through the trees caught her eye and she did stop. He grabbed a hold of her with both arms this time like he was hugging her from behind. He placed his head on her shoulder and asked, "What we stop for this time?"
For a moment she couldn't speak. Finally she told him, "I'm trying to figure out what that is over there among those trees."
He released his hold on her and walked around to the front of her. "Where? I don't see anything. What are you talking about?" he questioned.
"Right there in the middle of all those trees. It looks like a building," she explained.
As she pointed in the direction of what she was looking at he moved closer toward her until he was just inches away. He lowered his glance to where she was pointed. As he did this he also lowered his head even with her breast. "Oh I see it!" he exclaimed. "Let's go check it out."
She just stood there for a moment. She wanted to kick herself for allowing him that close. At the same time she wanted to kick herself for not moving herself even closer toward him. Maybe if she got close enough he would kiss her. Maybe once they got deeper in the woods he would remove his glasses and she could see his eyes. If she could see his eyes she could then maybe see if he was thinking the things she was thinking.
After they checked out what seemed to be the remains of an old stone home they returned to the trail. She stayed in the lead again. Not just because she had got to like the fact of him hugging her but also because it kept her mind on the trail and somewhat off him.
By now it was getting warmer so she decided to pull off her jacket. This time when she stopped she stepped off the trail a little so he wouldn't run into her. "Hey I moved this time so you can bitch at me for just stopping," she said in a picking tone.
"I see that but what did we stop for?" he asked.