June
On the
moonlight walk back to the chalet Kenny and Chloe were holding hands and
drinking in the heady atmosphere of the night, not wishing to forget a single
second of it, and when they reached the door they kissed for the first time and
it was a kiss that made the hairs stand up on the back of their necks and their
skin tingled from head to toe.
“That was a
first kiss to remember” Chloe said and giggled.
“Let’s try
number two” Kenny suggested, and she obliged.
“Wow” Chloe
said after kiss number two.
“I think we
should sit down for a minute.”
“I think so too”
Kenny said.
Chloe walked a
few feet and sat on the wall and Kenny sat next to her, she immediately leant
into him and rested her head on his shoulder, and he put his arm around her.
So, they sat
there quietly in the moonlight, their hearts filled with a newfound love and
their minds awash with previously undreamt-of possibilities.
Chloe kissed
Kenny once more and it was the equal of its predecessors.
But as much as
they wanted each other in that moment they resisted the desire until their
minds were clear, and their desires not fueled by wine and Gin and tonics.
So, they
reluctantly said goodnight and slept alone, though neither of them actually
slept.
Kenny and Chloe
were both up and about early next morning and both had made independent
decisions on their futures.
The quandary
was, had they both made the same one.
There were
three possibilities, two of which could cost them their friendship.
Kenny was
sitting on the terrace outside the chalet drinking his coffee when Chloe
appeared.
Kenny smiled
and stood up to greet her but remained frozen to the spot, she returned his
smile and said.
“Hello soulmate”
The relief
Kenny felt at that moment was palpable.
He found he was
able to move again, and he stepped forward and scooped her up in his arms and
said.
“Hello, my
perfect other half”
And then he
kissed her as he had the night before and the feeling was just the same.
Their complete
and utter surrender to each other came that afternoon when they made love for
the first time.
When love’s
consummated passions reached the ecstatic heights of fulfilment.
To the
untrained eye the remainder of the holiday appeared to go much the same way as
the days before their epiphany.
Kenny and Chloe
still appeared as if they were a couple as they behaved like a couple, a
happily married couple.
Every evening
the pair dined together, happy in each other’s company, but now unknown to
everyone they did sleep together.
Kenny and Chloe
had gone to Sharpington in search of love and romance, and it turned out they
had actually taken it with them.
All too soon
they were on the train heading away from the sunny seaside town, and looked
back at the promenade and the pier, bathing in warm sunshine, the hills above,
and the generous depth of sand, golden in the sun and glinting on the blue sea.
But most of all
they would miss it because it would be forever the place where they fell in
love.
Kenny and Chloe
stood at the window, for one last look before it disappeared from view.
“Will we come
back” Chloe asked with a tear in her eye.
“Oh yes” Kenny
replied, “many times, but especially on our honeymoon.”
A smiling Chloe
turned towards Kenny, and she kissed him.
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