It was a beautiful spring day. The sun was absolutely divine. It sat alone on an ocean of blue sky.
I was sat on a park bench savouring my hour for lunch when my gaze set upon a couple sitting enjoying the day. The woman, who was beautiful with long auburn hair, was laid on her front, propped up on her elbows with her ankles crossed behind her. She was staring at the man, who was lying on his side facing her. The man, stocky with dark stylish hair reached out his hand to push aside some hair that had blown over her eye. She glanced down at her hands that were holding a flower and she smiled. Slowly she brought the flower up to her nose and she closed her eyes. The man took the flower from her and tenderly brushed his thumb over her plump red lips. With her wide, excited eyes she looked over at him. It looked like she was holding her breath. The man took her hand into his and caressed the length of each of her fingers. She looked down and watched his every move. She started to bite on her lip. He lifted her chin with his index finger and said something to her. She smiled at him and they sat talking all the while they were holding hands. I sat watching from behind my book, feeling quite envious.
After a while my eyes searched around the park. There were kids playing Frisbee. There were couples sitting on the grass and some walking around the lake. There were a lot of men and women walking their dogs. My attention went to a young man walking his brown dog and an elderly couple slowly walking around the lake. I tilted my head to see the elderly couple were holding hands as they walked.
I wondered to myself how long they had been together. I caught myself smiling at them and I began to feel buoyant.
My gaze wandered round to the young man with the brown dog. He was throwing the ball and the dog was retrieving it. While he was facing my direction I took a look at his face. He was unbelievably handsome, enough to make me want to stop being petrified of dogs. I felt myself staring at him and stopped. Shifting my weight and changing the way I was sat, I looked back down at my book.
Gradually my eyes crept back to the young man. I watched him being playful with his dog. He unexpectedly turned around and looked right at me. His eyes were bright blue.
His stare was unfathomable. Feeling discombobulated I wanted to look behind me to check that he was in fact looking at me.
I started to feel his allure and I smiled at him. He flashed me an amazing smile that sent a rush of heat across my face. He turned and walked away from me with his dog. As I watched him walking away, my eyes came across the couple that I first saw at the park. They were sitting up laughing. She was holding his face in the palm of her hands. The smile on her face was displaying numerous emotions. His hands were rested on her bare shoulders. I could see him caressing her skin with his thumbs. They kissed and I looked back down at my book.
I checked the time and my hour was almost up. I didn’t relish the idea of going back to work on this gorgeous day, I contemplated finishing early. I started to pack my belongings up when a brown dog started to sniff at my feet. I felt myself become rigid. Slowly my line of sight was looking at a pair of black Reebok trainers.
My eyes scanned up each inch of the young man in front of me. I took in all the detail of his loose fitting jeans, his belt buckle, his smart Lacoste t-shirt, the detailed tattoo on his right muscular arm, the tanned left arm that stretched out holding a black leather lead, his broad shoulders, his height, the amazing smile that was spread across his face and his short dark messy hair. His intense blue eyes were wide and welcoming. I could not help but smile back.
We chatted briefly about his dog before the young man sat down next to me. His dog sat at his feet and the handsome young man rested his arm along the back of the bench. I forgot that I should have gone back into work. We began to make conversation and that was how it all started.
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