07. Glowing
Sometimes he would catch himself watching her when she didn't know he was there...it was those moments in time when she looked the most beautiful. He wished he could stop time just for a second...just long enough to memorize every detail... The way her eyes seemed to sparkle with that familiar glow when she smiled...her deep brown eyes glazed over with joy. He didn't have the words to adequately describe how he felt about her...he just knew he had never felt it with anyone else.
She was just coming out of the shower, the towel clinging to her perfect curves. He opened his eyes just in time to see her drop it.
"You torture me with that body," he whispered huskily. She smiled seductively as she climbed onto the bed, pulling the covers back as she began to run her lips up and down his chest. "Oh you're suffering," she joked, resuming the kisses as she moved up his body.
"How in the world do you manage to look more beautiful every single day? Pregnancy agrees with you Red. You take my breath away."
"You make me happy cowboy...every single day, you make me happier than I ever thought I could be. I'm so grateful that I have you to come home to. "
He ran his fingers through her wet hair, cupping her face in his hands as he looked at her once more. "I wish I could just freeze this moment forever. I want to remember every single detail about you for the rest of my life. I love you so much."
"I love you too. And you don't need to freeze this moment sweetheart. You can relive it as many times as you want."
"Promise?"
"I promise. Although right now, I really need for you to stop talking. We have like ten minutes before I have to leave for work."
She didn't need to tell him again...he was already pressing his body against her own...his lips tasting the sweetness buried in her mouth when he kissed her with feverish need. No words were spoken in the quiet moments when their bodies mingled and their breaths became labored. They had many ways of making love and this morning they chose the most important one...slow, but sensual, earth shattering urgency but patient enough to wait for the chance to come together. She lay in his arms after they exploded inside each other, her head on his chest as she listened to his heartbeat. Never in her life had she ever been this happy.
"I'll see you tonight cowboy, " she sighed against his earlobe as she slipped out of their bed. "Try not to miss me too much."
"I already do," he said, and she smiled. She loved how he loved her. She was the luckiest woman alive.
He said that she glowed with this pregnancy but the truth was that so did he. In all the ways that mattered, they were experiencing everything together for the first time. He was the other half of her soul and she was his.