Often when I walk through my local park I notice a tree with branches that are bent and twisted which when looked at from some angles look like a love heart. I call it the love tree.
I can share a story about the love tree from when I was younger...
I used to go out every Friday with the girls to our local pub. We were all fresh out of school or college or in entry level jobs. We were sampling life and all its newness, being adults with the freedom from school discipline and discovering how our fresh sex assets played males, but it was mainly alcohol and boys we craved. Every Friday we would all be pissed and giggling wrecks and usually in the company of some spotty lads.
One Friday I met an older boy who was fun to talk to. After an hour or so chatting I mentioned the;
"Tree of love" to him in my drunken stupor.
He suggested;
"Lets go outside to look at it."
I was keen to show him the tree, because he was taking an interest in something that I had spotted and no one else had. It was my thing.
It was dark outside and I was vaguely aware that he has managed to get me on my own; not a good thing with any boy as they always try to get in your knickers. But I didn't worry too much about it.
We crossed the road and walked into the park. He pulled me close and put his arm round me. I noticed in the street lights he was older than I first thought. Anyway we chatted as we walked and soon we were near my tree.
"Look look!"
I said, excitedly as first the tree, then the heart shape became apparent.
"Let's get closer."
He said as we walked right up to the tree and stood looking at the two odd shaped branches that made the heart shape.
Some passionate kissing and necking followed under the branches. Then suddenly out of the blue I felt myself being lifted up. I had been grabbed at the waist and lifted up into the tree, so my backside sat neatly into a seat formed by the two love branches growing off the main trunk.
"Wow" I said and started laughing. I lay back and spread my arms into two branches that were shaped like an arm chair.
"This is cool" I said, slightly dizzy from the booze and alco pops.
I was aware that my leg was being pulled out and over a branch in front of me.
"What are you doing?" I sniggered.
"Getting you comfy" was the reply.
As my other leg was pulled in the opposite direction and my foot lifted over the branch so that the back of my knee sat over the branch. My legs were now wide open with each leg tucked behind the love branches.
"What are you doing?" I sniggered again.
I realised I was a few feet off the ground in a tree with my legs wide apart tucked over branches. I could not get my legs over the branches to get down. I was trapped.