fire and watched as I burn.
Oh, to
feel the touch of yer hand upon me skin once again . . . how me body aches to
breathe in yer breath . . . craves to savour the first taste of you . . . The
mercy of yer lips fer just one kiss, so that me heart may sing . . . I’ll embrace
and kiss you with such passionate, I shall take yer breath away!
“What
say you, Aislinn, of me declaration?” Donovan interrupted me fantasies. His
voice ‘twas uneven, seemingly puzzled by me peculiar behaviour. I
lifted me eyes, and they were met with the anxious expression upon his face.
Even as
I sat there, reveling in the freshness of his presence, moreover I felt a
potent sense of reminiscence as though here, this very moment we had certainly
shared once before; whereas, paralleling that, I be most confident it existed
not any place within me memory.
A
sudden breeze blew, first by him, and then to me, sweeping the scent of him
across me face. As I inhaled it in, its essence gushed directly through
me to me core as a wave of intoxication. Instantly I recognised it to be one
and the same as that in me dream, that which never could I disremember! Other
than the first night he had appeared to me in the vision, ‘twas the most
profound experience in me life! If I didn’t know it before, I now be certain
beyond anything that he be me destiny.
With
this exhilarating realization, me heart bounded wildly within me chest. It
felt as though any moment it would propel me right off me seat into the sky! I
felt sure he would detect it thudding through me. Never before had I felt such
tension. There he be looking at me entreatingly, waiting fer me to say
something in return.
But all
I could do at that moment was to place me hand over me palpitating chest and
close me eyes, breathing in carefully in some attempt to steady meself in order
to structure the proper response he so deserved! If only he could fathom the
incredible effect he had upon me, then he would appreciate what ‘twas I be
going through.
Gazing
at him openly, I reached across the table longing to feel the skin of his
handsome face beneath me fingertips. Rather, I nestled them comfortably within
the nook of his strong, warm hand and smiled tenderly at him. I took a deep
breath as at last I prepared meself to respond.
“Words they
be needless. They can be but an enhancement to feelings this intense. Furthermore,
words they be trivial, worthless and forgettable. ‘Tis our actions which mean
so much more. Certain I be you already knew of the feelings I have held fer
you all this time. Mere words could not ever truly express the
way in which you have seized me heart. Nevertheless, if have them you
must . . .”
I
peered at Donovan intensely, me voice lowering to almost a whisper as I
steadied meself fer the significance of what I would tell him. “I dangle on yer
every word fer the mere sound of yer voice infiltrating me head. Each
time I close me eyes, ‘tis solely yer face I see in me mind. You
appear to me nightly in me dreams. Y ou encompass me every
thought. Since the day first I did see you, Donovan, I have been transformed
evermore.”
Fer a
long moment, he sat there only gazing out, his face still. Swiftly the panic
crept over me.
Oh,
have I disclosed too much? Perhaps he does not feel quite as deeply fer me in
return and I have frightened him with all me raging intensity. Why can I not learn
to contain me emotions and be more circumspect? Just when at last he has begun
to gravitate toward me, I allow me emotions to overflow and frighten him away!
That
surely be the most prolonged few moments ever I have had to endure!
Mercifully,
at long last, Donovan clasped me hand tight in his, the most heartfelt expression
he wore upon his face, permitting me to exhale once again. His eyes glistening
as he looked upon me, he reached up and lightly traced his finger from the side
of me brow along down me
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