Forever and a Day

by Alexis Konsantino

  Without turning she replied, “Thank you, for asking… I—I just need some time.”

  “I… understand. I’m here to help…” As soon as those words left his lips, she spun around to him with anguish all over her face.

  “No, Xander. You don’t want to help, you can’t!” She cried out to him. She looked in his eyes and saw the hurt, “I’m sorry I’m doing this to you! I know you are married!” She yelled in frustration and threw her hands up in the air.

  Xander’s heart felt like it was going to burst from seeing her in pain. He quickly stepped up to her and wrapped her up in his arms. She buried her face under his chin, “Halo, I don’t know what to do… I don’t understand this. I’m so, so sorry.”

  She looked up at him with sad eyes, the electric blue all but gone, “What is it you don’t understand?”

  “Me! I guess… and you. Us.” He replied with angst in his voice.

  “I know you have feelings for me, how—how do you do it? How do you keep yourself distant?” She asked pleadingly.

  He looked down at her with all seriousness, “With everything that I have…”

  She frowned, “Your wife is the luckiest woman alive, Xander Kostinos, and I fucking bet she doesn’t even know it…”

  “Halo, you don’t even know me…”

  She looked up at him in defiance, “Oh yes I do!”

  Maybe she did, he thought but he was not going to argue, “So now what?”

  “Hell, I don’t know!” She pulled away from him and wiped a tear, “Let’s just forget it for now. I’m hungry anyway…”

  He watched her walk back up to camp, wondering what he should do. He knew he was skirting past the line of propriety regarding his vows. He should have stopped sleeping next to her when her breathing got better, but he could not help himself as he ached for her touch. He began walking back to camp and found her sitting by the smoldering campfire staring at the rising smoke. She looked up at him, gave him nod and patted the stump beside her. He followed her lead and sat down.

  “Xander? I’m sorry I’m putting you through all my mood swings. I’m not normally like this. I can usually keep my emotions in check… do you think something is wrong with me?”

  “I can’t really answer that… oh!” He paused at the thought that popped in his mind.

  “What?” She asked.

  “It’s probably too personal…”

  Halo chuckled, “I don’t think there is much left in that department. What were you thinking?”

  “Uh… well, uh… I’ve seen this before…” Xander fidgeted in his seat, leaned close and whispered, “Well? Could it be you’re pregnant?”

  Halo covered her mouth and began laughing. She patted Xander’s shoulder, “No!” She managed through her laughing.

  “You sure?” Xander looked away from her, “I remember my wife acting out.”

  “Oh, Xander! No, I’m not pregnant.” She held up her arm and pointed to the dark bruise on the inside of her bicep. “Implant.”

  “Oh, wow that bruise is still bad.”

  “Yeah, better the bruise than shark bait. That’s where you grabbed me and pulled me out.”

  “I’m so sorry!”

  She patted his leg, “I’m going to go move Billy Jean, can I ask if we can have an early dinner?”

  “Sure.” He stood up before she did and helped her to her feet, “I’ll go check the fish trap. I can move Billy Jean if you would like?”

  “I already moved her once I think I can handle it.” She patted his arm again and walked off. As he was ready to walk away, he heard her laughing loudly in the distance. He wondered what she found so funny, with a shrug he set out to check the traps.

  Back at camp, Xander began cleaning a decent sized tuna fish that snagged itself on the fish rack’s hooks. This was going to be a treat, he thought as he prepped the fish. Looking up to where Halo went off to, he felt a tingle of concern. Finishing spitting the fish, he rinsed off his hands and set out to find her. He thought she might be off thinking about today’s incident, but something did not feel right.

  He cupped his hands around his mouth and yelled, “Halo?”

  He heard her voice close by calling to him.

  His heart began pumping in his chest as his concern for her sent his blood pressure rocketing, “Where are you!” He called out.

  “Over here!”

  He sprinted to where he heard her voice and saw Billy Jean untied, munching on the greenery. He caught sight of her leaning against the trunk of a coconut tree.

  “Halo! Are you ok?” He asked as he rushed up to her. Before she could answer, he saw her hand at her back. “Halo!”

  “I’m ok, Billy Jean jerked her lead and it tweaked my back. I was just taking my time.”

  “You don’t look like you are ok, you are in pain.”

  “Well, it does hurt. Can you tie her up and help me back, please?” Embarrassment was written all over her face.

  Xander rushed over to Billie and got her tied up and came back to Halo, “Here let me carry you.”

  “I can walk!” She tried to insist, but he would have nothing of that. She felt his hands come under her gently and soon she was in his arms and headed back to camp. “Xander, I’m ok. I just tweaked it, sometimes you are so silly.”

  “Better silly than you tripping and making yourself worse.” He said firmly.

  Back at the camp he placed her in the tent, “May I see?” He asked.

  “Of course.” With a wince she pointed to the back of her sundress.

  Xander paused for a moment, slipped the back of her dress down a bit and peered down at her back, “Yep, you are a little swollen where you hurt yourself from before.” He paused for a long moment, “Uh… I can massage it for you after dinner?”

  “Oh hell yes!” She chuckled, “Love your massages…”

  “Ok. Just relax and I’ll get dinner going! OH! By the way, we’re having tuna for dinner!”

  “That will be a nice little change.”

  After their early dinner, Xander cleaned up and went down to the surf to wash the fishy smell off of himself. Coming back, he found Halo in the tent with her dress off and wearing her tiny black yoga shorts and a pink bikini top. She was leaned up against her suitcase with a coconut cup in her hand watching him.

  “Oh ho!” He laughed as she raised her cup to him.

  “Just a little drink, hoping it might take the edge off. I made one for you.” She handed him a coconut cup and he accepted it, took a sip and tasted rum and coconut.

  “You were supposed to relax.”

  “Isn’t that what I’m doing?” She smiled and took another sip.

  “So, how’s your back feeling?” He asked hesitantly.

  Halo downed the rest of her rum, set her cup down and laid down on her tummy, turned her head at him and winked, “It’s waiting for you.”

  Oh shit, Xander thought. He leaned down to her and met her eyes, “Halo, you know I’m…” Halo swiftly reached out and placed her finger on his lips silencing him.

  “I know.” She whispered.

  Xander sat there watching her, watch him. Finally he spoke, “Halo, do you trust me?” Xander asked quietly.

  “Wow that came out of nowhere!” She laughed and saw that he was serious, “With my life…” She replied and he gave her an odd smile. “What?” She asked.

  “I’m going to press you and I’m going to coach you on relaxing…” He cleared his throat and continued, “If you feel uncomfortable just tell me to stop. Your waistband will be the out of bounds boundary.”

  “Your call, Mr. Mystery man…”

  She turned her head towards him and saw his handsome face relax; the intrigue was beginning to build. She remembered the tingling sensation from his earlier massages, maybe there was more to it. Unexpectedly she became a little anxious and her breath caught as she felt his fingers at her bikini strap. He looked down at her waiting for her ok. She gave him a nod and he untied it and set the spaghetti straps at her
side.

  Even before he touched her, goosebumps began racing down her back. She looked out of the tent and realized the sun was getting low. She heard him breathing methodically and deeply as he kneeled next to her. She smelled the baby oil and heard his slick hands as they slowly rubbed together, like Mr. Miyagi in Karate Kid.

  She felt his hands rest gently on her upper back… they were so warm. He slowly began running his hands down towards her bum then glide back up. Damn! His hands felt so good, she thought. She heard his voice, it held a quality she had not heard from him before. It was soft and almost sensual. His words began to flow in a pleasant rhythm, “Halo… feel your fingers get heavy… now your hands are heavy as well… your shoulders are losing all their tension… yes there you go…”

  She followed his every suggestion and soon her under the blanket.

  He went silent as she felt his hands come away and he simply rested both of his index fingers on each side of her spine between her shoulder blades. Then came a gentle pressure and she heard him breathe in deeply, when he inhaled the pressure released and he moved down slightly.

  She found herself breathing along with him and her whole body began to feel like jello. She closed her eyes and relaxed into the feeling and that is when she felt a feeling beyond a mere tingle. She let out a little gasp and forced herself relax again. When he reached a point midway down her back, without moving his fingers, he slowly straddled her bum. She was amazed at how light he felt.

  A wave of what she could only describe as pleasurable tingles, whispered up her back and left a warming sensation in her head. It felt so damned good and she was so relaxed now she was beyond jello, it was as if she was a puddle of goo. When he reached the small of her back, she perceived a change. She suddenly became aware of his heat emanating from his groin as he was hovering over her bum. She felt him move back a bit and his thumbs replaced his forefingers on her lower back.

  He began pressing deep on each side of her lower vertebrae and the tingles were joined by a warmth in her belly that was beginning to slowly move down south. His thumbs began moving in slow, delicious circles. Her insides felt so good, as the warmth and the waves of tingles were building. She felt his hands move down a bit and the tingles wafted to her naughty bits. Her belly fluttered with butterflies as she felt herself getting hot and oh so wet. His thumbs moved down more and she felt her breathing come in quicker.

  She let out a moan and began unconsciously, gently rocking her hips back and forth. She felt the fire coming off his manhood and she began fantasizing about him making love to her. Her sex was merely just hot a few moments ago, but now her heat erupted like hot lava. She gasped again as the circular motions shifted down to above her waistband and slowed their pace. This was no regular massage! He was seducing her body with his fingers. Suddenly an intense wave of rolling tingles shot from her sex up her back and through her head. She moaned and began grinding her hips down on the blanket and soft warm sand. She was breathing fast as the waves of pleasure began rolling in waves up her body.

  She heard him whisper, “Want me to stop?”

  From somewhere deep down in her throat, she moaned out, “Oh hell no…”

  She continued the gentle rocking of her hips and she began fantasizing about making love with him again as his fingers continued their circular motions of pleasure. She discreetly slid her hand under herself and found she was soaking wet and on fire. Using her fingers, she was only able to press hard but her body responded.

  Oh fuck, she thought… I’m going to orgasm right her and now! Did she dare make him stop? Her body screamed at her to let go. Oh fuck! She kicked her thoughts to the curb and began rocking back and forth harder as the heat from him teased her. She could not move her fingers but kept up the pressure as his massage began beckoning her orgasm to come forth.

  Her sex began tingling like mad; her inner thighs were twitching in joyous pleasure as the waves of hot rapture began building faster and faster. Wave after wave it built then suddenly they crested and a hot rush shot up her body. She couldn’t control her voice and she let out a huge pleasurable gasp as an another bigger wave of pleasure rolled up from her naughty bits up her belly then up her back. She felt another beginning to build, she bit her lip in trying to not to scream out, but the thought of him inside her made her lose control. She screamed out in ecstasy as it felt like a dam burst and rolling waves of pleasure inundated her quivering body. She felt her body began to tremble uncontrollably then his thumbs came away and gently began tracing softly across her bare back, like butterfly kisses.

  She felt like she was floating up in the starry sky. Tingles wafting through her, weightless. She imagined she could reach out and touch the stars. Her sex was still firing as if they were short-circuited. She felt him begin to slowly and deliciously caress her back softly with the palms of his hands.

  He swung himself off her with ease and lay down at her side as kept up the soft caressing with his free hand. It was so warm and felt amazingly good on her skin, it was an added pleasure to the tingles. Over time, her tingles slowly began to fade, but left a warm feeling throughout her body.

  Holy heaven in a handbag! She thought to herself, sex with this man must be out of this world. All she could do was lay there like a rag doll as he continued to caress her back, neck and arms. She realized she was moaning and did not care, her body just wanted to stay there and drift away with him touching her.

  A realization drifted into her thoughts. She never had an orgasm like that in her life, not with another man or her bathtub ducky. This was something else, something entirely different, her belly got warmer thinking about it then she heard him whisper to her.

  “Halo, are you ok?”

  She opened her eyes and saw him looking at her with a soft, relaxed smile. She simply nodded, how could she answer that? She had no words to describe it. She managed to say in a hoarse whisper, “Oh my God… What was that?”

  Xander brushed some stray strands of hair away and he leaned closer to her, “You have to promise me something.” He whispered.

  “Of course, silly.” She replied softly.

  “That was just for you. It’s as much… I can share with you. Please keep this is our secret. You know, radar and all that.”

  She liked that, ‘their secret’, “Of course… I promise.” She watched his eyes and felt she had to ask, “Um, did… did you, you know?” She saw him close his eyes and raise his dark eyebrows.

  “No, but I was kinda there with you…”

  She let out a little gasp, “Xander! That’s not fair for you. Um, is there anything…”

  Xander quickly interrupted her, “Oh. Uh, I’m good. Honestly, but… thank you.” His body right then and there could have murdered his mind if it could at his stupid declaration. He knew where her hand was, he had felt the intensity of her orgasm and it was insane. His body wanted more, it wanted her… it needed her and his heart add its own opinion by hurting him in spite.

  “Can I ask?” She whispered.

  He was so enthralled at the glow of her face and her eyes had the electric blue thing going on. She simply was Aphrodite reborn. He reached over and pulled the blanket over her. He looked at her and answered, “Sure...”

  “How? I’ve never felt a massage like that!” She felt silly asking, but had no other was to describe it.

  He chuckled and set his head down on his arm, not wanting to point out he knew where her hand was. “I uh just well…” He wanted to tell her he opened himself up to her fully but passed, “I learned some things when I was a teen at Aikido camp. I discovered something like this while I was pressing another student… uh I liked her and vice versa. I eventually put one and one together and it made three. Lucky I guess…”

  “What? One and one makes two.” Halo corrected.

  Xander smiled, “Here think of it like this: One man, one woman they have a child. One and one and child, makes three. It’s just a different way of looking at things.”

  “I see… it m
akes sense like that. Oh Xander, my mom would love talking to you!” She paused for a moment, “Xander, do you do that a lot? I mean with…”

  He knew where she was going with it and interrupted, “No. She hates it.”

  She nearly came off the blanket, “Oh my! Why?” She saw him sigh and roll on his back and look up at the ceiling of the tent. “I’m sorry…” He turned and looked at her, his eyes looked unhappy then he answered her.

  “She finds it intrusive, it scares her. She says she loves me and sometimes I feel it… but she has hardly ever opened her heart to me. I tried to explain it, she simply can’t open up. It’s just who she is. You can’t push it on people.” He did not know why he just said that about Evie so he quickly segued. “In my old school we were taught how to heal injuries with ‘pressing’. What I, uh we did was a little something else.” He sighed wishing he could just tell her, “Wanna hear a story about Athena getting hit in the face with baseball bat?”

  “Oh my! Was she ok?”