All is Fair in Love and War: Renewal
Chapter Two
Part Seven
Day Two
The next day, both Edward and Riza woke up late, and had a late breakfast.
"What are we doing today?" Edward asked her, from across the table.
"I thought a picnic would be nice. I hear they have a nice little river about thirty minutes away. We could go shopping for some things and then go, if you would like. Maybe swim a little."
"Swim? Does that mean you would……possibly get undressed? Just out of curiosity of course."
"And I thought Roy was a pervert." Riza said but smiled softly.
Edward laughed, "Sorry, I'm all for a picnic."
"Good."
Twenty minutes later they were at a store.
"So what are we getting?" Edward asked.
"Food first."
They purchased different sorts of food, blankets and utensils. They took a horse drawn carriage to the short road that led to the river.
No one was there, the only sound was the rustle of the trees, some birds chirping and the sound of the river. All very peaceful to both of them.
"Right here is good." Riza said, placing the items down on the grass and spreading the blanket on the ground.
Thirty minutes later they had eaten their main course and were now onto desert.
Edward pulled out cherries, chocolate ice cream, and red wine, perfect for the warm day.
"I don't remember you getting those."
Edward just smiled as he poured them each a glass.
Riza raised her glass to him before sipping the wine. She closed her eyes savoring the taste, but she quickly opened them when she felt Edward's hand running down her cheek, his touch was as soft as a feather. She locked eyes with him and wondered where he was going with this.
As quickly as Edward had touched her, he removed his hand, to hand her a spoon. He opened the lid on the ice cream and tasted it first, than Riza also joined in, savoring the taste of the chocolate in her mouth.
Edward got a mischievous look in his eyes. He took a cherry and placed it on his spoonful of ice cream. He gave it to her, and Riza had the sudden idea of tossing the ice cream in his face. Riza did not react fast enough, fore Edward came closer and brought the spoon closer to her mouth as well. He touched the cool spoon to her lips, leaving some ice cream behind. Smirking Edward, instead ate the cherry and the ice cream himself.
He took another cherry and dangled it in front of her face, smirking all the while. Riza decided to play along, and lazily opened her mouth, accepting the small red fruit. Edward quickly covered her mouth with his, enjoying her taste. Edward pulled away rather quickly, the mischievous look still in his eyes.
He stood and pulled his shirt off, showing off his tanned and toned chest. Riza's jaw dropped , more out of surprise than finally seeing his glory. The next thing she knew, his belt was tossed to the ground and his pants were around his ankles.
"What…what are you doing?" She asked, in some shock.
Edward merely gave her a wink over his shoulder before he dived into the water with a loud splash. The water rained down on her and she stared at his now wet form with shock.
"You…you…!" She did not finish her sentence, for she too took her outer clothing off, that was considerably soaked by now, and walked into the water, releasing her hair as she went.
Twenty-five minutes later they clumsily made it back to the shore, soaked and exhausted. Riza dropped to her back and tried to cover herself with the towel, which proved futile. Edward merely laid on his back staring up at the clouds that passed over them. Two minutes later, Riza also followed suit.
Riza relaxed her body and closed her eyes, feeling more at peace than she had ever felt in the military. She didn't know if it was because she needed a vacation, or if it was because of the person she was with.
Her thoughts were interrupted when, Edward straddled her.
"What are you doing now?" She asked but got no reply from him as she looked at the spoon in his hand that had ice cream on it.
He smiled quite innocently at her as he dropped the cold desert on her chest, close to her neck. She gasped at the feeling.
When she felt his tongue on her neck and chest, licking the desert off of her body, she had to restrain herself from moaning aloud.
Deciding to be even more daring, Edward again placed ice cream on her stomach this time, and proceeded to slowly lick it off. He took another cherry in his mouth and bit one side off, slowly lowering his mouth down to hers, he gave the other half to her, watching her take it from his lips.
Edward kissed her neck and jaw slowly and lazily. Riza was actually enjoying the sensations that he brought her and relaxed her body to his touch. She opened her eyes again when she felt the pressure from her body leave and the lips also part.
"Is there something wrong?" She asked.
"This is only the third date." Edward said with some sarcasm in his tone of voice.
"Third times the charm you know."
"Oh so you were having fun, I must be better than I thought." Edward stated and proceeded to pack up the remains of their picnic.
Riza sighed and proceeded to get dressed, now that their clothes had dried off enough. After that she helped him pack and they walked back, getting a ride from another horse drawn carriage.
