Underneath the Waves
"I'm learning, I'm learning you now"
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It was following them now; keeping a close eye on them. There was something magical between these two people; something that they seemed to not even be completely aware of. It kept its wings folded, for now not wanting to attract too much attention to the beautiful colours inside. Perhaps here was its change to finally take off into the clear blue sky, to leave the world behind.
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When Lindsay had decided they had bought everything that was 'needed' for a nice day at the beach, they returned to the car to continue their trip. Not exactly knowing why, but both still feeling a little uneasy, they drove off to leave the town. When they reached the junction at the end of the street, Danny tried to lift the awkward mood a bit by pointing at the pub in the next street.
"Hey Montana, it looks like we have to check out that place tonight. They seem to be expecting us."
When she saw the devilish grin on his face she quickly turned to see why he was having such a laugh. After noticing the large sign on the sidewalk that said 'Pool Table Inside' she instantly felt a blush rise on her cheeks.
"Oh, Danny Messer, you are never going to let me forget my actions of that night, are you?" She blushed even more severe now and tried hard to avoid looking in his eyes.
He chuckled when he saw her embarrassment. He slowed down the car a little, and with the hand that still had the scars of what happened the day after their first night together, he lifted her chin to look at her.
"Lindsay, don't ever feel ashamed about that night. I was there too and I can say without a doubt that I will never ever want to forget it. The memories of your touches and your smile were the only things that kept me sane during that hostage situation."
Her heart jumped at his confession. She slowly put a hand on his, softly caressing the still bright purple and red scars. Her eyes were suddenly filled with tears and she looked down before she spoke again.
"You never told me that, Danny. I'm glad that in a way I helped you that day, even though I was not there in person. And I want you to understand that I'm not ashamed about our night, but it's just that it was something I never did before. I'm usually not that aggressive. I still don't know exactly what came over me, but I just needed to have you."
Lindsay sighed and realized that she was jabbering away, and shyly looked up to meet his stare, still a little unsure what his reaction would be like.
He smiled at her honesty, instantly making all of her feelings of insecurity melt away, and told her "I'm glad that we've got that cleared" and with a wink he continued "and may I just add that it sure was nice to be needed."
When he saw her smile return, he was relieved and nodded to the side "Now, no more tears and keep on that gorgeous smile, because we're here!"
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While he parked the car, Lindsay eagerly looked down on the beach that was almost blazing in the sunlight. Admiring the frothy crests slowly rolling on to the hot sand before returning to the vast ocean she thought about the sincere conversation they had a few minutes ago; suddenly she felt lighter than she had in a long time and the anticipation to run through the cool waves made her jump out of the car when it came to a stop.
He had been right. This place was just perfect. On top of a nearby cliff there was a lighthouse and some seals were lying at the rocks at the bottom, lazily enjoying the warmth of the sun. Because the nearest town was still quite a few miles away and since there were no restaurants nearby this place was not that popular with tourists. So despite the fact that it was a hot summer's day and a weekend, there were only a few people on the beach.
She quickly turned to help Danny unpack the car and when they were both loaded with stuff they carefully made their way down the path to look for a nice place to spend the rest of the day.
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They'd found a nice spot close to the surf and a little away from the other people on the beach. Lindsay had quickly begun unpacking their bags while Danny started to set up the colourful striped privacy windscreen they had bought in the hotel's shop. Both of them worked hastily to get ready as soon as possible to really start enjoying their time together.
After Lindsay had taken off her clothes and put them in her bag, she suddenly realized that Danny had been really quiet for a while now. Just when she was about to see what he was doing she heard a loud "UMPF!" that made her jump and look around in surprise.
She almost fell over laughing when she saw the very festive piece of squirming collared beef he had managed to turn himself into. Somehow the entire windscreen had ended up wrapped around his body, the poles sticking out to all sides and the guy-ropes -really living up to their name- kept everything firmly in place.
"D- Danny how on earth did you manage to do that" she finally managed to get out in between several bursts of laughter.
"Well Montana, I don't know" he said grinding his teeth "there seemed to be much more sticks and rope than I anticipated and then you started to parade around in that very tiny bikini and I got kinda distracted."
"I can see that" she giggled at the sight of his reddening cheeks "and sticks and rope" she continued laughing; "I assume you never went camping."
"No I haven't and can you please stop laughing now and be the good I-know-all-about-camping girl-scout and help me get out of this mess? I'm glad I already stripped down to my swim trunks before I started on this mess, but it is still getting pretty hot in here."
While wiping a bead of sweat from his forehead she moved closer. "Well I don't know Danny" she said, suddenly feeling very naughty again. "I kinda like having you all hot and helpless and tied up." And with that she put a passionate kiss on his lips; smiling when she immediately felt him respond.
"Montana, please stop that" Danny groaned when he managed to catch his breath again "you're killing me."
"Now we couldn't have that, now, could we?" she joked. But she did feel a little sorry for him - and was quite curious how he'd look in his swim trunks - , so to his relief she then finally began to slowly un-wrap him; admiring and placing almost chaste kisses on every piece of skin that she revealed.
When she had untied enough knots to admire his very manly body in the tight dark blue Speedo, he quickly took advantage of the fact that she was clearly distracted, and hadn't noticed he had full control over his limps again.
With a loud shriek she suddenly found herself thrown over his shoulder, his hand firmly on her butt to keep her in place.
"Danny Messer what are you doing!? Put me down immediately!" she screamed while he quickly tossed his glasses on his towel and started running towards the ocean.
"I don't think so, Miss Monroe! There are kids around here and as you were clearly witnessing I really need to cool off, and since you're the one that caused my need to take a cold bath, I think it's only fair that I take you with me."
And before she could utter another word he dove face forward and unceremoniously dumped her in the waves backwards.
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AN 1: Chapter title and subtitle are from "Underneath the waves" by "Hale".
AN 2: This chapter was a little short, but I promise the next one will be longer.
AN 3: Reviews are appreciated as always. Txs!