THE HIKE...

"I love you"...she said. He looked at her and smiled. "Let's go, I have a surprise for you." He grabbed her hand and led her towards the hiking trails.

They followed the well trodden path for quite sometime, talking about life, love, nature; they laughed and gazed at the wonder that surrounded them. From time to time they would look at each other as if they were both about to say something but then just smiled instead. The path was alive with others walking and jogging. There were bikers and pet owners, families and couples....much too populated for the exchange of glances that the two of them had been sharing.

"Let's go this way, perhaps we can make our own path" she said. They started off towards the deepened forest with heavy breaths as they escalated into the terrain. The crackling of branches under foot and rustling of leaves collided with the panting of a searching heart. The brush lightened and the thickening cleared opening up to a patch of grass and weeds, the perfect spot.

"Here is nice, shall we lay out the blanket?" She smiled and said yes. He gently began unrolling the blanket and preparing a spot for the two young lovers to enjoy some time alone. She walked around and took in the scenery, looking intently to see if she could find any trace of anyone other than the two of them. Nothing. She heard only his voice as he called her back to the blanket...overjoyed she skipped as if she were a child being summoned to a fourth of July picnic.

They laid there gazing into each others eyes and talked about anything and everything that came to mind. Then a sort of silence fell. Not the silence of disinterest, but the silence of an overcoming urge that was created when they locked eyes at exactly the right moment...

He reached over and stroked the side of her face with his hand, she gracefully extended hers to cradle his hand and began kissing each of his fingers. The breathing took on a different form and the looks from her to him became a little more enticing...they inched their way closer to each other all the while remaining in some fashion of physical contact. Touching with each passionate touch the moment consumed them.

He kissed her with such an insurmountable force that she tightened her eyes as if to say if they are open that it wouldn't last...her hands moved under his shirt and she began clawing ever so gently down his back. The position changed to laying and the two young lovers began engaging in the act of a full on display of uninhibited fantasy.

The muttering and sighs of an anxious beckoning slid from her lips as she entangled herself to him with the strength of her legs. Clothes were on but were being tugged seductively to suggest that this moment be the turning point for the hike. He raised up and lifted off his sweater, she raised him back up and removed his shirt...He looked down at her laying underneath him and slowly began to unbutton her blouse. One by one her chest tightened and her heart beat faster. Exposed and nervous she covered them with the blanket and began to laugh and giggle with excitement. They raised up together on their knees and kissed gently with their arms wrapped tightly around each other. He caressed her back and removed her blouse completely...he undid the latches on her bra...she reached down to undo his belt first, then his jeans...he did the same to her.

They stopped and glanced as if to ask one another permission without the use of words. Her eyes showed nothing but the longing for his touch and the desire to be one with him, his eyes responded with the gaze of instinctual overdrive...

"I love you too..." He said back to her recalling her statement from earlier that day.

Clothes were off now and nothing but the gray fleece blanket was there to shield them from the outside world. Still in kneeling position he slid his hand down to caress in between her thighs...she took in a deep breath as a chill ran down her spine. Feeling her body in all the tender areas her looked deep into her eyes and said "you are beautiful", it was at that moment that he slid his fingers deep inside of her in an act of pleasing her. She moaned to the near point of a yell and muttered the words "oh god" under her shallow heavy breathing state...she leaned in and bit him slightly on the collar bone and began to inch her way down to please him with an oral fixation...she looked up in the midst to see his eyes looking down at her and then closing in a near state of drunkenness from the drug of passion...he grabbed the back of her hair and pulled it lightly leading her to lay down...

She smiled and wrapped her legs around him once more as he thrusted himself deep into her..both of them exchanging sighs and moans, sweat pouring down as the sound of skin on skin took control...they rolled around and stopped ever so often to kiss and savor the moment, they stared into each other eyes and then they proceeded...

The primal part of their brain took control and the two acted in the way they were naturally created to act, they acted like animals....

The after affect left them both drained of energy and smitten with intense relief. "You want to smoke?" He said... "Oh god yes..." she replied.

They continued to lay there for several hours naked and exposed with only that gray fleece blanket about them and cuddled in their state of intimacy. She laid her head on his chest to listen to his heartbeat, a heart that beat only for her. Gradually they both fell asleep for an afternoon nap.

The sound of a dog barking woke them as evening began to fall. "I don't think we are alone anymore" he said with a smile..."let's go back to the cabin, I will cook you dinner..."

The two young lovers dressed themselves and gathered their belongings. Shortly thereafter they started hand in hand on the hike back.

(Originally written December 2008)