Title: Mockingbirds Beside the Pecan Tree
Chapter 4: Bare Shoulders and Moonlight Kisses
Moonlight found them at the edge of a pond where children usually played during daylight. At night though, the area was all clear of people and they had it all to themselves.
Marie sat indian-style, fingers plucking bits of grass as Bobby cooled off in the water, still wearing a dark blue t-shirt.
"Care to join me at all?" he asked.
"Sorry sugah," she replied absentmindedly. "Ah'd prefer to stay dry tonight."
"I won't molest you, you know," he said casually.
She flushed at the comment and was glad that it was too dark for him to see her. One small blessing at least.
"Like Ah would let ya touch me, Drake," she scoffed playfully.
"Really? Then come into the water and let's see if you can keep your word," he dared her and a silence echoed between them.
Without a retort, she stood and slipped off her sandals. She toed the water once before wading in, shivering slightly and feeling all too dreamlike.
"Bobby?" she said uncertainly, stopping as the water reached her waist.
"Right here, Marie."
And he was behind her suddenly, cupping a handful of water and allowing it to trickle through his fingers and fall onto her hair.
"This is silly, Bobby," she complained. She was too close to him.
"No," he said softly, solemnly. "This is perfect."
Gently, he tucked a strand of hair, creamy white like the moon, behind her ear and then, he touched the lobe and she felt ice blooming there, forming a diamond earring. She tilted her head and looked at him with curious green eyes, She opened her mouth ---
"Shhh," he whispered and he leaned in, his mouth on her ear, tracing the ice earring.
Hot and frigid all at the same time and she had to bite her lip so she wouldn't moan. The ice was melting from his warm mouth now and he moved on to kiss her neck and she couldn't help but wrap her arms around his shoulders.