"Steph…Steph?" he whispered softly and felt her stir. "Stephanie?" he shook her shoulder gently and she finally rolled over. Her tired eyes looking at him. He could see her slightly as the embers of the fire they lit provided a reddish orange glow.
"What is it?" Stephanie asked through a yawn and then repeated her question.
"Look up." He whispered to her and gestured with his eyes upward.
"What?" Stephanie asked confused of why he awoke her just to make her look up.
"Look up." He said again and she complied by rolling onto her back.
"Ok I'm looking up. Now what?"
He rolled onto his side and watched her. "Tell me what you see." Stephanie regarding what he said and raised an eyebrow at him.
"I see…" she paused and took a moment to actually look. The sky was filled with billions of twinkling lights, small lights, and bright shining lights. The more she looked she felt like she was getting closer, deeper. Her body almost felt adrift amongst the stars and for a brief moment she actually thought she could feel and see the earth spinning.
"I see stars. Beautiful stars. I can see…everything," she gasped and he watched a smile beam across her face. "I feel myself free amongst them." Stephanie closed her eyes and inhaled deeply. She was glad they decided to take a camping trip, even though it wasn't her thing. She felt the warmth of the fire heat her feet. She didn't care that it was summer and hot. All she cared about was sharing this beautiful moment with him.
Turning her head awkwardly towards him she caught a small smirk on his face and he nodded to her. "Go on. What else?"
Stephanie thought for a moment what he was playing at, but gave up as she never could. He was good at giving her surprises. Just then a rare moment which she had never seen before flashed in front of her. "Oh look, look…" she frantically pointed as a shooting star flew through the sky and was gone. "Did you see that? I hope you made a wish."
"I did yes." His husky accent teased her ear that sent a shiver over her body. She smiled and let him continue. "So tell me. What do you deduce from what you've seen?"
Stephanie pondered on how to answer and then turned to him, their noses touching and lips merely an inch away.
"I deduce that this trip was worth it. That even though there's all this beauty that echoes and speaks of eternity, this moment with you is forever." She trailed off no longer interested in the stars apart from his electric blue eyes, that even though it was dark they still shone bright. She let her lips press softly against his and he welcomed them. She could still taste the coffee in his mouth and she didn't mind one bit. She might need some caffeine to wake her up a little.
Stephanie held they kiss and she enjoyed it more when he took over and held their kiss for close to a minute. She finally needed to breathe so pulled back only a little. Sucking in a deep breath, the air seemed cooler than before. She heard him say her name.
"What'd you say?" Stephanie asked, breathing hard as he pulled her in again.
"I said. Stephanie the fact that you see the stars means that someone stole our tent."
LOL I can't take credit for the joke, but I can for making a story out of it. Kinda. Also I felt it was time to add to the One Rainy Night Series. Enjoy. Let me know if you knew that last line was coming.