Chapter 3: Sightings and Love

7 years back

Brian was a camp counselor at a backwater summer camp, for the first half of the summer he loathed camp and really wondered why he was event there. Then for one week he seemed happy; Lisa was on an incoming mission team from her home church and for one reason or another her church came to Tennessee. Lisa and her youth group worked at camp and astonishingly enough Brian only really talked to Lisa once. However Brian thought Lisa was very pretty and he was very smitten by her. After camp Brian started talking to Lisa on the computer and through the phone. It wasn't long before a love started to blossom. Soon Lisa and Brian fell in love.

Present day

Lisa and Brian were sitting on the couch looking at old pictures and arranging them in a scrapbook. Lisa looked at Brian.

"Look at all these memories of us, we have dated for longer than some married couples have known each other" Lisa snuggled up closer to Brian and he wrapped his arm around her and lightly kissed her cheek.

"Sure have and I wouldn't trade it for a million bucks or a private jet." Brian leaned over and kissed Lisa "I love kissing the fair Mrs. Fairfields" Brian kissed her again and then his phone rang. He looked at the caller id on his phone (which was a waterproof phone as Brian had a bad habit of jumping into the water without checking his pockets) and he shrugged his shoulders. "They are not as important as the woman in my arms" He smiled and proceeded to free throw his phone into the aquarium they had set up.

"Honey you know that it might be important, you shouldn't throw it in the aquarium." Lisa frowned just a little and Brian replied

"Well if it's important Tom (who was their fish) can answer it, unless it's the pope they can't be as important as you. Brian smiled a little and kissed Lisa on the head

"Brian we aren't Catholic, so the Pope means nothing to us" Lisa looked perplexed as she spoke

"Well then you're the most important person on the planet" Brian smiled and chuckled as he squeezed Lisa and kissed her.

"You certainly love kissing me tonight. Not that I mind kissing you" Lisa smiled as she gave into to Brian's barrage of kisses.

"Hey Joshua had to wander the desert for 40 years and then he enjoyed the Promised Land. Noah had to hang out with llamas and sheep for awhile then he got to get off the boat. I enjoy the fruits of my patience" Brian smiled as he continued the barrage of kisses.

"Well when you put it that way I can't blame you" Lisa wrapped her arms around Brian's neck and that's how they remained till they went to bed.

The next morning came far too early for the couple. As Brian headed into the kitchen he could smell the coffee wafting out the swinging kitchen door and into the living room. Brian ran outside and grabbed the morning paper and came back inside with the soggy paper.

"Angel! It looks like another drippy day. You want me to drive you to work?" Brian strolled into the kitchen as Lisa worked on toast. Lisa worked in the local elementary school and Brian was the student pastor at Newbrook Baptist Church. Lisa's school was less than a block from the church which in turn was less than a block from the house.

"If you don't mind can I take the car? The school is having end of term exams and I want to do some Christmas shopping." Lisa pulled the toast out of the toaster and put it and the butter on the table as Brian poured both of them a glass of orange juice and then he started to fry some eggs.

"Ya of course pumpkin anything you need." Brian turned the eggs over to Lisa as he poured her a cup of coffee. "You want sugar this morning?" Brian put a lump of sugar in his coffee which made a satisfying hiss as it hit the piping hot coffee.

"You know me I always want a little sugar in the morning" Lisa put down the spatula and wrapped her arms around Brian's waist and kissed him.

"I don't need the coffee to wake up anymore" Brian laughed as he kissed his wife again. "So are we still down to go diving this Saturday?" I need to stop and refill the tanks if we are.

"Ya I don't see a problem with going out, why would there be a problem? Lisa set the eggs on the table as Brian set the coffee at their places. They both sat down they Brian began.

"Dear Lord, We come to you this day humble for all the blessings you have given us. Thank you for my beautiful wife and both our jobs. May we serve you today in all we do; whether wrangling kids or wrangling forms and files. Bless my wife as she goes about her day as she comes in contact with kids that might not know you and may she be a light to the kids. Bless my day as I work on the yearly schedule for the students. In your precious and holy name Amen" Lisa squeezed his hand at the amen and they both began eating.

That Saturday

The water was warm in the waters off the coast and this was a beautiful day to be in the waters. Lisa and Brian went diving all day and Brian collected lots of pictures with his water camera. Lisa picked up some shells down at the ocean floor and she planned to make a necklace out of the shells. It wasn't till a few dark clouds rolled over the ocean that Brian and his bride got out of the water. As they drove home Lisa reviewed over Brian's pictures and she protested.

"Brian please get rid of these I don't look good at all." Lisa's finger edged over to the delete button.

"No because if we deleted every picture you said you looked bad in I would never have any pictures of you" Brian laugh gently but he had a hint of seriousness in his laughter.

"Oh ok but these go in our personal scrapbook, it's not for the coffee table scrapbook ok?" Lisa turned off the camera and closed her eyes and laid her head against the head rest. Soon she was asleep and Brian drove home.

"Honey what are you thi…" Brian looked at his wife in the passenger seat. Lisa was already asleep. "Nothing like sand, sun, and surf to wear you out" Brian smiled and fondly remembered the first time he took Lisa out on a date and how she fell asleep in the car after their date.

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