Tumblr Prompt: Hamptons pillow talk - "Tell me a secret."

The Secret

The sun had set on their weekend getaway. First thing in the morning, they would pack their belongings into the car and drive back to the city, back to reality, back into hiding.

He regretted that he wasted so much time, allowed himself to get caught up in the murder, allowed himself to be distracted from giving her all of his attention.

It wasn't a bad way to spend the weekend: doing what you love with the person you love. But, still, he had spent the evening doing everything he could to make it up to her.

Again. And again. And again. He worshipped her like the Goddess she is, until neither one of them had the energy to keep going.

Her head rested on his chest, listening to his heart beating contentedly as he ran his fingers through her hair. She ran her fingernails up and down his bare chest, smiling as his skin prickled in reaction to the gentle graze, goosebumps freckling his entire body.

"Hey," his voice pulled her from the alluring haze of sleepiness.

She shifted, tilting her head up so that she could look him in the eye.

"Hey," she mumbled with a sleepy smile.

He rolled toward her slightly, pressing a kiss to her lips.

"What's on your mind?"

She shook her head. "Nothing."

An obvious lie, but she didn't want to tell him that in their post love-making haze she was thinking about Josh.

Sure, she was thinking about how big of a mistake she had made, but still...

"Come on, unburden yourself. Tell me all your secrets," he joked.

She propped herself up on her elbow, resting her temple on the ball of her palm.

"Okay," she relented, taking a deep breath. "My secret is that I really wanted to say yes when you asked me to join you here for Memorial Day weekend two Summers ago."

"Oh, I know." He laughed, feeling rather confident.

She smiled, shaking her head. "No, you don't."

"I saw the look on your face when Gina showed up," he explained. "You were pissed that I asked someone else."

"Well, yeah!" she defended. "I had literally just ended things with Tom so that I could take you up on your offer."

He sat upright, twisting his body so that he was still facing her. "Wait, what?"

"I told you; I wanted to say yes. I wanted to be here with you. I wanted to be with you." Her eyes dropped to the crumpled sheets. "I even convinced myself that you and Gina would have a horrible weekend and you'd find some excuse to come back to the city early. But then you didn't call..."

He sighed, realising where she was going with this. "And you met Josh." he finished her thought for her.

Mistakes; they were both guilty of making them.

But here they were, together at last, and stronger for it.

"Can I tell you a secret?" he asked after some time.

"Of course."

He leant forward, tucked her hair behind her ear.

"I'm going to marry you one day," he whispered before kissing her.