Sitting at the table nursing a cup of coffee each the two women measured each other over their respective rims. They both opened their mouths to speak at the same time and quickly shut them again,
"Ok I'll go first" Jane said sitting up a little straighter. "I know this is going to be difficult and this shouldn't be happening but I'm going to ask you to give us a try Sam. I know it goes against every thing you stand for to go against military but I've been waiting for this for a long time." Janet hadn't noticed that the grip on her mug had gotten very tight.
"You've just mirrored the speech I was going to give." Sam chuckled. Janet let out a breath that she didn't know she was holding and reached across the table to hold Sam's hand. Sam's eyes went down to the joined hands and gave Janet's hand a squeeze. "Well with that out of the way what do you want to do today?" Sam inquired.
"Well at some point I have to go home and change because while your clothes are very comfortable they don't exactly fit" Janet plucked at the t shirt she was wearing. Sam raised an eyebrow.
"Oh I don't know I like the way they fit." She said with a grin. "However I agree that you might look a little odd walking down the street in those, so I'm suggesting you going home to change and let poor Cassie know that your still alive and then you come back here for an afternoon out that you wont forget." A smile slide on to Janet's face.
"Ooh I like the sound of that." She giggled and came over for another kiss, they had both decided at some point along the line that they were going to take this slowly like any other romance, date by date. Some how both women knew this without telling each other. So slowly they broke apart, Sam to tidy up and organise the afternoons activities and Janet to go change. Sam picked Janet up at her house after ringing her to tell her to wear jeans and something warm.
"So where are we going?" Janet asked as soon as she got into the car.
"Be patient you'll see when we get there, I go as often as I can when I'm on earth." A short while later with Janet still asking questions to find out where she was going they pulled into a small yard and around 20 faces came out over stall doors to take a look at the new comers.
"Oh my god, horse riding!" Janet exclaimed, a big grin on her face. "I haven't been riding in years I hope I'm not too rusty."
"Don't worry, we are just going to go on a gentle trail to my favourite spot." Sam reassured Janet. A short while later and they were saddled up and riding out of the barn, Sam on a big grey gelding and Janet on a smaller chestnut mare.
"How come you've never mentioned this talent of yours?" Janet probed.
"This is what I do to relax. Jack the yard owner lets me take out any horse because he knows I don't go far. I only go to my spot n sit and think normally, its just enough gentle exercise for this old man isn't it Pip?" She reached down and gave the gelding a pat on the neck. "You've never mentioned you've been riding before either." Sam pointed out.
"Well I haven't been for years but I used to love it but I suppose over the years I fell out of the habit and I didn't have time. I really miss the horses though." Janet gave a contented sigh and they lapsed into comfortable silence. Eventually they rounded a corner and Janet gave a small gasp the scene before them was certainly breath taking.
"I hoped you would like it" Sam said quietly.
"Sam this is just beautiful, words can't describe it!" Janet's face was lit up with awe, they had turned the corner to find a whole valley lay out before them, with a big oak tree standing to one side that Sam tide the horses to so they could graze. She and Janet leaned against the big old tree when they sat down to admire the view. Janet turned to Sam and whispered, "Thank you for showing me this spot, it is astoundingly beautiful, just like you" She took Sam's hand planted lots of feather soft kisses on it. Sam was more touched by this than she would have been by a kiss in this beautiful place, and when Janet curled up in Sam's arms, turning to admire the view, Sam thought yes I could definitely get used to this and gave Janet a little squeeze to tell her as much with out words.
Author's notes: This is a bit of a longer chapter and hope is better than the others, please read and review! And I own nothing, though I wish Janet was mine beams and sorry again for the spelling mistakes and things, I'm just lazy!