by Gerry Carr (Island Breezes)
((((º.·´¯`·.Story #9 ·.¸.· ((((*¸.·´`·. ·.¸.· Rated PG-13 "A Time for Dreamin', Candy, and Stargazing"
When traveling on the new granilith, Max's immense mother ship, everyone had a job to do, but life was not all work. Those onboard found time now and then for… shall we say… other diversions. This was one of those days…
It was déjà vu, but this was one déjà vu Max hoped he would be lucky enough to have to deal with for many, many years to come. Liz put her arms seductively around Max's neck as the two of them reached the little clearing beside the brook in the arboretum. The two-person swing suspended from high up in the trees swung above them as Liz pulled Max down to the ground with her and pressed her lips to his passionately, at the same time unbuttoning his shirt and belt. It was pleasant here, with just the sounds of the brook and the rustle of the trees' leaves. They would not be interrupted today. The children were all in Kathleen's class for the next hour, and all of the adults were involved in other activities… Max had checked.
Max returned Liz's kiss with every bit of the passion she had put into hers… and added a bit for interest… his own interest, as he ran his strong hands gently over her body, somehow -seemingly effortlessly- removing some piece of clothing with each sensual pass. He kissed her lips then her neck, slowly working his way down her body as though he were a sculptor crafting a masterpiece… and his kisses were the chisel. He looked into Liz's eyes, his eyes conveying the immense love that he felt for her… and the great fortune that he had always felt he had been granted when he had found her.
Liz smiled and looked into Max's eyes. She was beautiful. She found Max irresistible, handsome beyond what seemed right for any one man… and something more, she couldn't quite put her finger on it. She was sometimes tempted to think that such perfect love must be a mind warp… or that maybe Max had had Madame Viviane slip her a love potion back on earth… but she knew that wasn't it. She knew! What it really was… was love!
The sounds of the cool, clear water running through the little brook beside them were pleasant… the abundance of oxygen from the trees filled them with energy… and their love filled them with joy.
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In the gardens, one floor down, another couple had the same idea, with the kids and everyone else occupied for at least the next two hours. Did I say two hours? Well… it was supposed to be one hour, but Michael had cut a little deal with Kathleen… keep the kids in class for an extra hour today and he and Maria would return the favor for her and Jim sometime.
Had one walked by the pond and waterfall in the gardens at this moment, one would have seen clothes strewn on the rocks… a shirt, a blouse, a skirt, pants, shoes… yep! It was all there! And in the pond one might have found a female and male of a new species, "Cosmovoyagius sirena." Michael and Maria, swimming along the sandy bottom together, fifteen feet below, rose to the surface locked in a passionate kiss and embrace.
Maria giggled and looked into Michael's eyes. Michael smiled, overwhelmed by his feelings for Maria, the love of his life whom he had once thought lost forever… the love he would never, ever take for granted again. Michael released Maria and dived under the water, pushing her toward the waterfall.
"Wha…! Michael!" Maria giggled again, as the water of the falls poured down over her head, then his. Michael locked his lips to hers and pulled her soft skin against his, and Maria wrapped her arms around Michael's neck with one hand on the back of his head, pulling herself closer still to Michael, feeling the warmth of his body against hers.
"You wouldn't let me drown under here, would you?" Maria giggled.
Michael grinned, "Uh, uh… I know how to give mouth to mouth resuscitation."
"Oh, I'll vouch for that!" Maria said, giggling as though she had had a few drinks.
But it wasn't drink that made Maria giddy around Michael, especially when he was all wet and in his natural glory! It was love… and wild animal passion.
As Michael pulled Maria further and further under the falls, he discovered something that no one had ever told him about. Behind the falls, there was a shallow "lagoon" and a small beach… a small, rather dark and private beach! Just the kind of place Michael might have dreamt about for a time like… right now.
Maria tossed herself down on the beach behind the falls and pulled Michael down on top of her.
"Maybe they'll never find us here," said Maria.
Michael's eyes gleamed. He rather liked that thought.
Yes! At the moment, he was very much liking that thought!
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Alex and Isabel had always enjoyed watching the stars together, so it was no surprise that, like Michael and Maria, Alex and Isabel enjoyed spending time together in the observatory. It was an amazing experience in the observatory, lying there on the oversized Antarian sofa, watching the stars zip by in their celestial splendor, with a 360-degree view of nothing but space around you. It gave Isabel the feeling of being as one with Alex, hurtling through space. It was as though only the two of them existed and they needed nothing more than each other's love to survive… to thrive on.
Alex kissed Isabel passionately under the stars… their stars! Whenever they were together, every star was theirs and theirs alone! The stars smiled on their kisses. The stars witnessed their love… their passion. The stars! Yes, the stars belonged to Alex and Isabel… especially today… especially now!
Alex pulled Isabel down onto the sofa with him, never once breaking the contact that he had with her lips. He pulled her close. What happened then was witnessed only by the stars, and the stars have yet to tell the secret.
-The End-
This story was adapted and revised from the chapter titled, "A Time for Dreamin', Candy, and Stargazing" (Chapter 15), which can be found in the novel-length Roswell fic, "Life in the Stars" by Gerry Carr (Island Breezes).