Chapter Ten: Kiss From A Rose

I compare you to a kiss from a rose on the grey.
Ooh,
The more I get of you,
Stranger it feels, yeah.
And now that your rose is in bloom.
A light hits the gloom on the grey.
(Kiss from a Rose – Seal)

When Lilly and Scotty arrived at their hotel, Lilly was stressed. She was tired and annoyed because of this Stewardess who had called her "Mrs Valens". Why do people always suggest that you are married to the person you are travelling with. And she had the slight feeling that Scotty would have not corrected the girl just because of his ego.
The flight has been rather pleasant even though Lilly couldn't recall the half of it for she had slept most of the time. Against all odds, she was still exhausted and had the wish to sleep for the next few days. At least she wasn't forced to share a room with Scotty who was abominable happy and adventurous.

"C'mon Lil! You don't see the sea in Philly. Don't you want to go for a walk at the beach? You don't visit Florida that often." He repeated for the apparently hundredth time.
"Scotty, we are supposed to work here. Not to enjoy our time. We are paid for doing our job not for things you can do on your holidays" she claimed.
"Stillman wouldn't care, Lil. He said that we are supposed to stay until Sunday. And we can meet Gwen not before tomorrow. We could head for Disneyworld in that time…"
"Do you honestly think I'd visit Disneyworld?"
"Someday, probably. I just want you to go to the beach with me. It would do some good for you. The fresh air, the water, the sun and, most of all, this guy here" Scotty pointed at himself saying this. "Do me this favor and I'll leave you to your bed straight away.

Lilly had to laugh and nodded hesitantly. He was acting like a child, not like the Scotty she knew and she hated at times, thinking of the past. She seemed to like this guy at least a little. This was a guy who had too much self-esteem, on the one hand, but knew how to make her laugh.
"Okay, you won… this time. We'll meet in ten minutes." She said.
Perhaps he was right and it wasn't a bad idea to feel the warm wind around her freckled nose.

45 Minutes later, Scotty was walking at the beach with Lilly. Both of them walked barefoot trough the water.
It wasn't like Scotty had wanted to see the beach by all means. He wanted to see Lilly at the beach by all means and he wanted to see her happy again.
His stomach had gone nuts when Lilly laughed at his joke earlier and now she was smiling again. Due to the warm weather Lilly has been forced to change and now she wore a breezy, pink skirt and a light yellow shirt. She looked awesome. Just unlike the Lilly he knew from work. He noticed a few furtive looks from other men on his Lilly, but was proud that she was walking near him so that people knew she was with him. Again, he became aware of how beautiful she was. She had a brilliant figure with long legs and nice curves.

When they had left the plan a few hours ago, Scotty would have never thought that this would happen in a near future. She was kind of angry when the Stewardess called them Mr and Mrs Valens and seemed to ignore him for some time, but someone seemed to like him at the moment, so that he was granted a few wishes.

Suddenly, Scotty was met by a splash of water. Expecting a little, brave child, he was quite surprised when he saw his partner bend down with a hand in the water that shot the same against his body.

"Hey sleepy bear…" Lilly began, but Scotty was faster.
"How dare you, Lilly Rush?" He said playfully and tried to spray water at her as well, but she had already run away.
"Catch me if you can!" she called happy like a child.

Scotty ran after her, both of them laughing. That has been a great idea. She hasn't been that happy since… Scotty couldn't remember her being that happy. He had never seen her so free and carefree. Furthermore, she was so breathtaking and perfect.

Scotty finally got near Lilly when she stumbled. "Got you" he screamed and jumped at her so that both of them fell on the ground. Now, they lay in the swallow water. Scotty half over Lilly. Both of them had to breathe hard and Scotty noticed that Lil's cheeks were blushed because of the strain from running. She was still giggling.

"Damn, you won" she said smiling one of her hundred watt smiles.

Scotty's abdomen seemed to explode. She was the most beautiful person he had ever seen. She was shining like the sun directly in his heart. This was beating to a dangerous height. He melted away and at the same time he trembled insight his body. He couldn't remind himself of ever feeling these emotions that intense.

Scotty lifted his arm and touched his partner's neck with his hand. This gave him creeps and the hairs on his arms were standing straight ahead.

Lil stopped her laughing and watched Scotty full of expectation. He moved his face near her and saw Lilly closing her eyes when he did. He pursed his lips and moved them further to hers.