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  ASTRAL VOYAGE D'AMOUR PART II - FANCIFUL OCCASION |
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ASTRAL VOYAGE D'AMOUR PART II - FANCIFUL OCCASION |
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If you wanted to see me naked, you just had to ask me.
"Jared awakes to a crack of light finding it's way through the trees in his backyard. The single ray of light illuminates a crystal vase that sits just inside the window sill. It dances around inside the vase before spreading in a rainbow of colors that washes through the room from red to blue. He smiles at such a radiant beauty, bringing him from a restless sleep and back to reality. He hardly slumbered the night before, giving all his thoughts and attention to the previous month. After all, who could sleep with such beautiful images floating around in the mind.
Sunlight pierces the tranquil morning, drowning out the comfort of the night and marking the dawn of a new day. Jared drags a tired hand from it's resting place against the floor and rubs at his fatigued eyes. He could not say if it was the flight, the alcohol, or the company he kept, but he had not slept that hard in years. It had been a good sleep and one that would probably plague his aching bones for hours to come.
Jared did not mind though as he turns towards the second bed and gazes upon the heavenly creature that still sleeps an arms length away from him. She was still in her dress as he had left her. It's once flowing ends hug her every curve and where the sun came through the window it gives her outline a radiant aura. He admires the form with a satisfied smile and he slowly exhumes a relaxed moan.
He allows himself another moment or two to admire the view before sitting up. He rolls onto his side and straightens himself upright. A subtle pop from his back brings is eyes to Jade. He does not want to wake her just yet. Best to let her sleep awhile longer before they get their day started. From experience he knows the first few days adjusting to a new time zone are always the hardest so he wants to make the transition as easy as possible.
Fighting the urge to yawn, Jared pushes himself off the bed. He allows himself a quick stretch then begins to unbuckle his jeans. Suddenly his eyes find Jade again and he stops. This was definitely not his home and his wife. But then again she was still asleep. What harm could it do. Besides, over the course of a month they were bound to change in front of each other once in a while.
With renewed confidence he unsnaps his pants and works them down his legs, taking his underwear with them. Casually, he removes his shirt and places all three articles in a neat pile at the end of his bed. Carefully as not to draw cracks and moans from the floor, he steps around Jade's bed. He reaches for the door handle to the bathroom and pauses. A thought crosses his mind during that moment. A thought about if she were watching him and he grins.
It always pays to workout, he thinks to himself as he disappears into the bathroom.
Out of sight, Jade finally relieves an itch on her back that she was repressing while Jared was undressing in front of her. Eyes slightly open, hidden by her long dark lashes, she received an eyeful of what she always dreamed a man's anatomy should look like. With a smile on her face, she debates if she should be so bold as to go join him. She decides to repress that thought for now. After all, they are both married.
Looking around the room, her eyes find what she was in need of. A nice cup of coffee to wake her up before she starts her day. The coffee machine was on top of a drawer. Taking the pot in her hand, she heads straight to the bathroom to go fill it up, without even thinking that Jared was in the shower. A few seconds later she opens the cold water faucet. She is startled by a loud wail and words she would not dare repeat echoing in the bathroom.
"Oops!" She says out loud when she realizes that she cut off the supply of cold water in Jared's shower. Jared instinctively jumps out of there, before he is cooked like a lobster. "Oops!" Jared yells back at her. "Is that all you can say! I almost fried in there. Have I done something to offend you!" Looking at him straight in the eyes and feeling her face becoming so red in embarrassment, she apologizes for her actions.
Jared, seeing how his tone was loud and harsh, immediately turns the situation on another angle. "If you wanted to see me naked, you just had to ask me." Jade, speechless to his remark, looks at him with darts in her eyes. She tries to find the words to reply, but she cannot. The only thing that comes to her mind is how she would of loved to join him. Repressing those thoughts she grabs a towel and throws it at him saying, "well, my friend. No offense, but I have seen better in my days." On that tone she exits the bathroom with the coffee pot in hand. She tells him that coffee will be ready when he is done.
Staring at her coffee machine, Jade has the most radiant smile on her face. Even her husband notices it when he comes down to eat breakfast. He asks her what is the cause for such a happy mood. She tells him it is nothing. She was just recalling an incident that happened to her while she was in France. Nothing really important. "Well, you should think of it more often. You are so lovely this morning." He says to her. " If he only knew" she whispers to herself.
The day starts with an excursion around Paris. The group wastes no time, reviewing some of the more grand facets of French architecture. Jared pays little attention to the guide's information though. All he has on his mind is to escape this lecture and go do some looking around of his own. Another thing is also on his mind, and that is how to get even with Jade's final remark of the morning.
With his mind wondering back and forth between ideas of revenge and chances to get away, Jared comes close to missing a golden opportunity to complete one of his tasks. He was paying little to no attention to the groups' guild and instructor when he finds himself starring straight up the side of the Eiffel Tower.
For a moment Jared is lost in the grandeur of the moment. His eyes meander across the thick steel then to each of the three levels. He drowns out the guide's rumblings about the two and a half million rivets holding the eighteen thousand pieces of iron together and simply enjoys what his profession had designed and created.
A tug at the sleeve of his loose shirt brings him back to the reality of the moment. His eyes fall from mans' marvel and onto the glimmering face of Jade. For a frozen moment in time he basks in her glowing hair, her soft skin, and at the way the light summer dress is flowing around her perfect legs. He quickly catches himself and his admiring eyes and gives her a brief smile. A shame, he thinks to himself. After a lovely day things are going to get nasty.
As Jade leads Jared behind the rest of the group he ponders the need for revenge. Though he still feels the lingering affects of the morning's embarrassment he cannot help but feel somewhat responsible. Yes, it was Jade that had not thought and turned on the cold water, but he could have shown some control and not lashed out the way he had.
Still, the comment hurt his pride and he had to find some satisfaction.
The group finds it's way to the third platform, two hundred and seventy-four meters above the earth. Jade had not let go of his sleeve and she drags him towards the edge of the platform. The two stop at the edge and lean closer, taking in the breathtaking view. Jade's hand slowly lets go of Jared's sleeve and slides down his arm. She stops at his wrist where he promptly places his hand over hers.
His eyes may have been fixed on the panoramic scene, but his mind was focused on the bounding that was taking place at the end of his arm. This is by all rights a stranger and he should not be joining hands with her in such a way. He desperately needs something to confirm that they are simply roommates on this trip and are only reaching out to one another to share the experience in one way or another.
Jade fulfills the need by pointing out into the distance and picking out the twin towers of Notre Dame. Jared looks to her and smiles. Had this been one of his college friends he would kiss her for reminding him why he's here. Despite the kiss the night before, they still knew far too little about one another, for him to give into his affectionate side.
Jade's finger traced the skyline to the left and picked out the Grand et Petit Palais. She gasps at it's beauty even from this distance. Jared follows her fingers and finds the building, but he is not captivated by it. Instead his eyes catch a tall spire that is much closer. He recognizes it and the square around it as Concord. More importantly he knows of two places in the square where he can exact his revenge.
Concord is to be visited sometime during the month, but as Jared had always planned he intends to visit such a site on his own. The only question in his mind is if Jade would follow him and ditch the rest of the group for the afternoon. The answer comes as she leans a bit closer to him and whispers her discontent for the ramblings of the guild. He looks back to where the older gentlemen is addressing the rest of the group and he snickers. They were thinking alike.
Needing only to move while his eyes are focused on his instructor's manual, Jared and Jade slip by the guild and descend from the platform. She keeps a tight grip of his wrist, but does not give him a glance. Instead the two remain silent for the duration of the ride back to earth. The two exit with the rest of the occupants.
"Where shall we sneak off to?" Jades asks in a very coy tone. Jared feeds her a moment of silence as he tries to form words that will not sound too guilty as they escape his lips. When he is finally satisfied he turns to her and blurts out Concord in a raspy, adolescent way. "Concord it is!" Jade responds. Then the two walk off with the towering iron structure at their backs.
Jade's hand slips into Jared's grasp as the two stroll along the street. He does not give it a second thought this time. His mind is focused on what he knows he must do and what he is sure to pay for afterwards. He almost feels like a youth again going on his first date. The anticipation, though misguided in a way is almost overwhelming.
They stop as they cross the river. Jade leads Jared to the edge and they both gaze upon the water. He looks into her eyes and watches as the river below dances across them. They glimmer in the late morning and shine like he has never seen a woman's eyes before. For the time they stand there, Jade starring at the water and Jared gazing at her, he thinks about forgoing his act of petty jealousness.
That changes as Jade backs away. She glances down to his pants then looks back to his eyes and gives him a mild snicker. Jared frowns then groans. Deep down he knows she is just being playful, but he cannot help but want to do some playing of his own.
The two continue to hold hands as they approach Concord. Jared edges them towards one of the two fountains. Jade does not hesitate. She follows him as he carefully leads her across the street towards the southern fountain.
"Why don't you stand in front of the fountain," Jared tells her as he slips a disposable camera from his back pocket.
Jade shrugs then lets go of his hand. Casually she walks towards to fascinating piece of artwork, swaying her hips as she goes. As if she knows that it is distracting him from his intentions, he falls into the trance of her movements. The camera dangles from his fingers and he feels his lower lip start to droop.
As she turns to face him, Jade catches sight of a passer by and waves at him. Jared looks to her then the man, who stops just short of him. He quickly catches on first pointing towards the camera then to himself. The man nods then takes the camera from him. He slowly looks the flimsy device over once before raising it to his eye.
Jared walks over to Jade and spins on his right heal. He drops his hand just in front of Jade's right side and tightens his muscles. This is too perfect, he thinks to himself. Just as the stranger snaps the picture he will push back and have a great shot of Jade falling into the fountain.
Then it happens. Jared's fingers brush across the fine material of Jade's dress. The stitching is loose and the material is very thin. Too thin to hide her soft skin once it gets wet. And what if she had worn light colored undergarments? Or none at all for that matter. Once drenched any passer by would have a very revealing view of her. It was a prospect he did not enjoy. At least in public.
At that moment he decides to forgo his plans for revenge and he relaxes his arms at his sides. He relaxes so much that he neglects to notice that Jade has put her hand against his rib cage. Just as the stranger says cheese in his heavy french accent, she pushes back. With no preparedness, he stumbles back. His legs catch on the edge of the fountain and he tumbles head over heals backward. All he can remember is seeing the automatic flash from the disposable camera light up in front of him like a bad reflection, then he hits the water.
Jared thrashes about for a moment in the thin layer of water in the fountain. He finds his footing and brings himself up to his knees. Water pours from his soaked hair and runs down his now partially transparent shirt. He looks down at himself and shakes his head. Jade must have seen the same opportunity he had and unlike him, she took full advantage of it.
Jade's hand reaches out in front of him. He accepts the offer of help and slowly steps out of the fountain. The subtle laugher of the stranger grows as he closes on the two. He smiles and bows before handing the camera to her. She returns the bow and slips it into Jared's drenched shirt pocket. "I couldn't help it," she admits. "It was just too easy and I thought I had better do it before you did."
"Just tell me one thing," Jared says. Jade nods so he continues. "Tell me you are wearing enough so that you would not have been to embarrassed if I had pushed you in." Jade thought about it for a moment, then smiled. "Actually this dress would have been quite see-through and I'm wearing very fine white underwear."
Jared nodded, satisfied that he had done the right thing by not pushing her in. At least in his case the jeans would not show off too much and he could make it back to their room without too many funny looks.
Jade pats him on the rear with the second pat lasting a bit longer than the first. She shakes her head with the amused look of satisfaction remaining. "What can I do to make this up to you before your next idea of revenge tops this one and I spend the rest of the month hiding my head in shame?"
"Well," Jared said, his voice trailing off as he looks around the area. "You can start by treating me to dinner this time. Maybe something away from the villa so we aren't as tempted to drink so much."
With a thoughtful look, Jade is quickly reminded of the night before. The idea of having dinner with him again sparks little flames in her dark brown eyes that Jared immediately picks up on. Reaching for his hand, she seals the deal with a handshake and a very playful wink. "Agreed," she says to him in a very determine tone.
On the way back to their villa they spot the instructor and the rest of the group. As they reach them the instructor looks at them both with intrigue, seeing that Jared is dripping wet. "I am so sorry for missing a part of our tour," Jared blurts out. "Hope we didn't miss too much?" "Oh! It wasn't his fault," Jade adds, by coming to Jared's rescue. "He wasn't feeling too well on the third platform. I could see his face changing colors, so I offered to assist him back down. Once on terra ferma, I suggested we go sit near a fountain, so he could revitalize himself and wait for the group to come back down. When we were about to sit, someone bumped into Jared and made him fall into the fountain!"
"That is unfortunate indeed," The instructor replies to them. "No, you haven't missed that much. I can always lend you my documents on what we saw afterwards."
On that note, Jared starts to sneeze repeatedly. Jade looks at him with a smirk. "Nice touch my friend." she whispers to herself.
The instructor takes two steps back as he does not want to be contaminated by Jared's germs. "You should go rest. We have a big day tomorrow. I hope you feel better and will be able to join us."
"He will. You have my word," Jade says in a hurry while taking Jared's arm and dragging him away from the group to their room.
When they get to the threshold she compliments him on his acting skill. Jared can't answer her, for he starts another sequence of sneezes. "You were not acting? Aren't you?" She asks him with concern. "I'm afraid not," he answers in a sore voice. "Let me feel your forehead." As she brings her hand to his face, she can feel the heat emanate from it. "You're burning up, Jared!" She shouts in worry."
Jade brings him into their room. Her motherly instinct kicks in. "Now get out of those wet clothes right now," she orders him. "Then, get under your covers and I will see what I have brought with me for emergencies."
"Wow! Are you always this foward?" Jared amusingly asks. "Well, aren't you the one who told me this morning to ask you when I wanted to see you naked? Well this is one of those times," she sarcastically tells him. "Seriously, we have to get your body temperature down. Great! I have all that we need. My husband, being a doctor and all never lets me leave without a small medical bag just in case. I have Tylenol to bring your fever down and cough sirup as well."
As she administers Jared the medicine he needs to get better, he gently takes hold of her wrist. Surprised, she looks at him. "Rain check?" he asks her in a low hoarse voice. "You bet. When ever you feel up to it just let me know and I will make the arrangements to treat you to a nice, well deserved dinner."
"Now get some rest. I will go get some fluids for you at the villa's restaurant. I won't be long."
On those words, she closes the door behind her. Leaning against it, she feels responsible for him catching a cold, but there is something else bothering her. She feels all kinds of mixed emotions and she does not know what to make of them.
Jared, giving into his roommates nurturing personality allows himself a relaxing sigh. The need to get her back for the days events is long gone as were any discouraging thoughts he might have had about Jade. With his defenses now down and his mind and heart opening, the flood of feelings that he had long since shed for the sake of comfort, were returning.
And he did not know what to do about them.
To be continued....
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