There was something relaxing about the beach. The nice salty air and beautiful blue waves. Charles really was good with choosing destinations. But then again, he was the best at his job. Something he seemed very proud of. Since it was my first wedding anniversary with Neil, Charles wanted to take us somewhere special for two weeks. Luckily he was able to take Alex and her husband with us. Alison came too since she hasn't been to the beach yet.

"This is a pretty neat place," Alex sat on the deck in front of the beach house. The orange-haired farmer gave me a lazy smile, "It reminds me of my first anniversary with Allen. We went to a resort just like this one. But it had started raining when we got here. We had planned on swimming. But instead we just shut off all the lights, added a couple of candles and camped inside."

"Camped inside?" I turned to her in disbelief, "With like s'mores and campfire stories?"

"Well that," she put her hand to her chin, "And lots of cuddling."

"Oh, I'm sure that there was a lot of that. Hell, you guys probably still do that."

"What can I say? He's like a teddy bear."

"Teddy bear? Allen?" I thought for a moment, "He doesn't seem that sweet to me."

"Not to you maybe," she laughed, " But maybe he's nicest to me because we are married. Hell, I'm surprised that you managed to get the grumpiest guy in Echo to fall for you. Maybe he's a bear, not a wolf."

"He's not that bad," I defended Neil, "Maybe if he was as nice to me as he was to you, you would have gone for him instead."

"But then you couldn't have been with him," she put a finger up, "So I don't regret my decision at all."

"What are you lovely ladies talking about? I feel a bit left out," Allen's voice echoed from behind us. The redhead was holding his sleeping daughter in his arms, Neil behind him shyly. They weren't exactly the best of friends, but at least they were getting along.

"Nothing too important," Alex gave me a wink, "So everything is unpacked?"

"Yes. The rooms are lovely. Not as lovely as you of course, princess."

"Can I throw up now?" Neil rolled his eyes, but I could see that he was smiling. It was quite cute.

"Not now," I crossed my arms, "That wouldn't make this very romantic," I got out of my chair and put my arms around my husband, "Can you smile for me?"

"Awww, how cute," Allen went up to his wife and put his hands on her shoulders, "You know what? The beach looks really good today. Why don't you two visit it?"

"Are you two not going with us?" I swirled back to them, "It'd be nice."

"We have some things to take care of," Allen responded, "This is your guys' anniversary."

"That's right," Alex blushed a bit, "We will have to catch up later."

Neil and I shrugged about the same time. I didn't know if he realized it, but I did. They wanted to be alone. I respected that and grabbed my husband's hand, "Come on Neil. It will be fun."

"But I haven't changed into swimwear," he huffed.

I leaned in and whispered into his ear, "We won't need clothes, baby."

"Come on," his face turned red as he gripped my hand and lead me off of the porch. I glanced around to see how the couple behind us closed the door as soon as he spoke. I guess they were more eager to be alone than I thought.


"Come on in, Neil," I waved at him from the water, "It's nice and cool where I am."

"You could have at least put your clothes somewhere instead of just throwing them," he gripped, "I think I'll stay out of the water."

"You're no fun," I stuck out my tongue at him, "Don't you want to feel my naked-"

"You have no shame, do you Hazuki?"

"Not at all. Now come here before I get lonely."

"Sigh. If you insist," Neil discarded the rest of his clothes and entered the water. He froze as soon as he felt the chilly water but soon got used to it. He wrapped his arms around me as soon as he reached me.

"You feel really good," I sighed, "You look cute with your hair like that."

"Shut it, you," he kissed me, moving one of the hands from around my waist to let it enter my hair, "You look good as well. You're like an angel."

"Thank you," I nuzzled his neck, "Want to see who can swim the fastest?"

"Why not?"

I closed my eyes, shifting into the familiar white wolf I was used to. I sank a bit, my wet fur weighing me down a bit. I glanced around to see the yellow wolf that I loved. His red eyes met mine.

It's been so long since we shifted, but I still remember how beautiful you are as a wolf, Hazuki.

Not as cute as you, I circled him slowly, But we can be romantic later. Don't we have a race?

It's on.

I laughed a bit as I felt him brush against my side. I knew that I would be happy with him forever. I'm so glad that I let my heart decide. The yellow wolf had become my dream. One I never wanted to wake up from.