The Eyes Have It
Chapter Ten – The Day After
The next morning, as Marlena slowly began to wake up, she stretched and smiled, remembering the incredibly erotic dream she had the night before. As she became more conscious and realized where she was, she began to remember that it hadn't been a dream. She and John had really made love last night and it was the most incredible, passionate night she had ever had. She pulled the covers up tightly under her chin and snuggled in their warmth. She felt herself blush slightly as she remembered all the events of the evening. She slowly rolled over to curl up next to John and discovered an empty side of the bed. For just a brief second, she thought that maybe she had dreamed it, but that thought quickly vanished. No, it had been too real. She couldn't possibly have imagined anything that intense. But where was he?
She called out, "John?" But there wasn't any answer and she couldn't hear any noise from the bathroom. She became a little more nervous. She didn't like that he wasn't here.
"John?" she called again, a little louder.
Just then, the door opened and John came walking in carrying a tray of food. "Hi there, sleepy head," he called out with a huge smile on his face. "I'm sorry, I hoped to be back before you woke up."
He sat on the bed next to Marlena and placed the tray in front of them. He had brought some toast, fruit and juice. He figured Marlena would be hungry when she woke up...especially after the late night they had.
He placed a warm, soft kiss on her lips. "Good morning," he said with a very satisfied smile on his lips.
"Mmmmm...good morning," she replied feeling pretty good herself.
John couldn't believe how gorgeous she looked...just waking up, hair tousled around her face, holding the sheet up under her arms...she was the sexiest thing he had ever seen. John had never experienced feelings like this before...wanting to be with someone so much...and not just in bed. John had been with plenty of women in his life, but he had never been in love before. Heck, he didn't even usually spend the night with women. He always got up and went home. But things were different with Marlena. He wanted to spend every moment with her...just looking at her...sharing things with her...touching her.
He reached out and gently caressed her cheek with the back of his hand just admiring her beautiful face. Then he placed a soft tender kiss on her lips. Marlena just smiled dreamily. She couldn't remember the last time she felt so happy, so content.
"So what are the plans for today, Mr. Black?" Marlena asked John as she began to dig in to the bowl of fruit.
"Well, after breakfast I thought I'd ravage you a few more times, and then I thought we might take a short hike up the mountain," John replied with a wicked grin.
Marlena nearly choked on a piece of melon. She felt her cheeks begin to blush and all of a sudden she felt shy and embarrassed.
"Marlena, honey, I was just kidding. Are you okay?" John asked concerned, worried that she was regretting last night.
"I'm fine," she managed to get out as she tried to finish chewing the bite in her mouth. "You just surprised me that's all."
John wasn't convinced. He had to know how she was really feeling. He had to know if she regretted what happened last night. He placed his hand on top of hers, his thumb gently playing with her fingers. "Marlena, there's something I need to know..," he began. "Are you okay with what happened between us? Do you regret that we made love?"
Marlena closed her eyes and took in a long deep breath. She was overwhelmed by the sweetness of this man. Here he was again, so concerned about her and worried about her feelings. She opened her eyes and moved the tray of food off to the side. She turned and faced John, taking both of his hands in hers.
"I'm fine, John. In fact, I'm wonderful," she said, looking up into his face and smiling. "Last night was absolutely perfect and I wanted you just as much as you wanted me." She reached up and placed her hand on the side of his face. John covered her hand with his and held it tightly against his cheek. Then he slowly slid her hand down to his mouth and softly kissed her palm. Marlena watched John's lips as he kissed her hand, feeling the heat building and spreading throughout her body. There was an electric charge in the air between them as their eyes sank into each other's and their passion began to grow.
"Hey Sailor," Marlena whispered, her voice deepening. "Are you hungry?"
"Starving," he answered, his eyes full of lust.
"Then what are you waiting for?" she replied as she reached around the back of his neck and pulled him down on top of her. They made love slowly, taking their time to get to know each other...touching, feeling and tasting each other's bodies. They were in no hurry. They had the rest of the day to enjoy each other.
Later that day, as they were checking out of the lodge, John picked up a picnic basket that he had ordered that morning. He was planning a little surprise for Marlena. They loaded up the car and drove a little ways up the road to a trail head. They parked and began to hike up the trail, hand in hand, John carrying the picnic basket. After hiking just little over a mile, the trail opened up into a little clearing. There were several large, flat rocks warming in the sun and a small waterfall running off the mountain into a crystal clear pool. They were surrounded on all sides by lush trees and evergreens. It looked like something right out of a book...a magical, mystical place.
Marlena leaned up and kissed John on the cheek, "It's lovely."
John pulled a small tablecloth out of the picnic basket and spread it out on one of the rocks. They both sat and ate their lunch, enjoying the gentle sounds of the birds and the waterfall and content just to be with each other. After lunch, John was lying on his back with his head in Marlena's lap as she gently ran her fingers through his wavy black hair. He yawned and stretched as he sat up.
"Hey, I have an idea," he said with a mischievous smile on his lips. "Let's take a dip."
"You mean swim? Now? We don't have our suits with us."
"Who needs suits?" he answered, as he pulled his tee shirt off over his head.
"John, we can't..." Marlena began, feeling her cheeks turn red. "Someone might see us."
"There's no one else here, Marlena. And we'll be able to hear anyone coming up the trail. Come on," he said as he reached over and began to unbutton her shirt.
Marlena felt embarrassed. "John….I've never done anything like this before."
"What about last night?" John teased, raising his eyebrow.
Marlena began to get very warm now as her cheeks grew even redder.
"It was dark out then….and I thought I was alone."
"It's much more fun with company," John replied as he finished unbuttoning her shirt.
Marlena began to giggle nervously. She couldn't believe that she was actually considering going skinny dipping, right here, in the middle of the day. She let John finish removing her shirt and then he unzipped her jeans and slowly pulled them down her legs. Marlena jumped away and ran to the side of the pool. "Last one in is a rotten egg," she shouted as she quickly discarded her bra and panties and dove in head first.
John laughed as he quickly removed the remainder of his clothes. He stood on the rock and yelled "Cannonball!" as he jumped in, completely dousing her with water. They splashed and played in the water, laughing like little kids. Then they swam over to the waterfall and sat on the edge so they could feel it running down their backs. It felt wonderful.
John moved so he was standing in the water directly in front of Marlena facing her. As she leaned her head back into the waterfall, he began to massage her hair like he was washing it. "Mmmmm...that feels so good." Marlena sighed. John bent his head down to lick the water that was running down her neck. He used his tongue to trace the trail of water down her neck to her shoulders and then across her chest and down between her breasts.
Marlena could feel the passion beginning to build deep within her. She grabbed John's head and brought it up to her mouth. She began to devour his lips, sucking and biting on them. As John pressed his body against her, she wrapped her legs around his waist, pulling him even closer. "I want you, John," she whispered against his lips. "I want you, right now." And there they made love, frantically and passionately and not even the cool water falling down their bodies could calm the fire that burned inside them.
On the drive home, they sat quietly, holding hands, both lost in their thoughts and memories of the weekend. Marlena rested her head against the seat with her eyes closed, reliving the weekend and committing it to memory.
When they got home, John kissed her goodbye at her door. She had invited him in, but it was already late and he knew if he came inside, neither one of them would get any sleep and they both had busy days ahead of them. In fact, Marlena had to leave fairly early in the morning for a 2 day Psychiatric conference in Chicago. They parted with several kisses and promises to call each other. And John did just that, right before Marlena fell asleep.