I sat there on the couch staring at the time. How long had she been out back waiting for me in the dark? How long should I wait before I stopped this aching and run to her. I tried hard to fight the need, but I was getting weaker. The television was on, but I heard nothing. The Family was conversing, but still I heard nothing. My mind was clouded with thoughts of what was hiding in the backyard waiting for me to come out. The want was becoming unbearable and wondered again how long had she been out there. All I could see in my mind were legs intertwined! Sitting there unable to contain my hunger any longer, I jumped up and ran out the backdoor to see her.
There she was on the back porch waiting silently. She was nearly as dark as the beautiful night itself. While everything in me screamed to touch her, to embrace her and feel every curve under my hands, I couldn't. I stood there frozen as if I was a young man again transported back in time, too shy to speak and not knowing what to do. I was afraid to speak, knowing that my words would come out incoherent. She also stood there waiting as still and silent as I was, obviously waiting for me to reach out to her first.
Deep down I knew...I knew that with move that I could light a fire in her that a thousand armies couldn't put out. A fire that would consume our souls! But the hour was too late for this heated romance to begin. So I stood there and said "No, not tonight".......she deserved more than this late night encounter. It would be heated passion and not the slow loving that she deserved. As hard as it was not to reach out, it was harder to walk away and leave her there alone in the dark. I had to be strong for both of us and found the courage to speak.........."Tomorrow my brand new Char-griller Kamado smoker BBQ making machine, tomorrow we will cook a feast fit for a king!"
