Chapter 13 part b

 “Do you know what time it is?” Robin groaned for the fifth time since I’d gone to get ready. He’d already reserved a room at a different hotel so all I had to do was pack up. I still can’t believe he seriously did this.

After a few more minutes I came out with two bags. “All done,” I said with a sigh of relief.

“Leave it. I told someone to take it to the hotel. We are going out.”

Oh, so that’s why he looked so impatient all the while. I grinned. Well at least we weren’t staying stuck in a hotel all day.

“Where…are we going?”

“I’m taking you to see the sunset…at the beach. So we might be late.”

I blinked in surprise. See the sunset? Really? I mean, don’t get me wrong…I love the sea, the sunset, everything about it is beautiful but Robin is actually going to take me there?

“What? Don’t want to?”

“Huh?! Of course I want to. Are we going now?” I may have sounded more excited than I meant to, and that caused him to grin in that cute way.

“Well, we need to do some shopping first.”

20 minutes later and I’m dressed in a white strapless, below the knee dress and a huge hat + cute white ballerina shoes. Robin was wearing a button down white shirt and black jean shorts.

 “What’s with the white?” I asked as he grabbed my arm and started applying large amounts of sunscreen. He shrugged. “Turn,” was all he said.

 “Why?”

“Or shall I just do your legs?”

I felt a blush now creep up to my face. “Excuse me?”

This time he looked at me with a puzzled look. “What?”

“N-never mind. I can do it by myself,” I said. He laughed. Something I didn’t find funny at all. Can’t a girl be embarrassed?

I managed to apply the sunscreen on my legs and face as Robin drove to the beach. “What about you?” I finally asked. “I’ll do it for you.”

“No need. I’ll be fine.”

I narrowed my eyes at him but he was too busy concentrating on the road. 5 min. later and I dabbed the sunscreen onto his face. He turned to me for a split second before turning back to the road. We were almost there anyway. He only needed to park the car.

“Hey, are you asking for trouble?” he groaned.

“Hey, hey you’re going to get sunburned you moron. I can’t let that happen!!” I retorted. I was beginning to really lose my temper; something that didn’t really happen a lot.

 

“Why? Is it really that important?” he said after parking the car.

“Yes, very.”

“Fine, kiss me and I’ll put it on.”

“Hey-”

“I’m not forcing you…” and then he just abruptly got out of the car.

To be honest, it bothered me. He was someone very important to me now, whether he knew it or not and not just because he was my husband but it was much more than that. Maybe ‘admiration’ as he called it. I was going to have a great time today and not just keep worrying about him.

So I got out and walked to his side. Before he could say anything I stood on my tiptoes and planted a kiss right on his lips. At first he seemed to be taken aback but then he put his arms around my waist and pulled me closer. His lips were hot against mine and it took all that I had to pull away first.

I immediately grabbed his hand and started to put the sunscreen on for him. “You need to take more care of yourself,” I was surprised I could still talk normally at this point although I was a little breathless. He didn’t say anything so I sneaked a look at him and found him staring at me so intently.

“Ok, I’ll do it myself…” was all he said, and then we both walked toward the sea which was surprisingly very empty. As in there were only a few people there. Usually you’d expect the place to be packed with people but there were only a couple of swimmers and surfers only.

“Seriously?” I didn’t mean to say it out loud but it just happened and I found myself looking at Robin. He grinned. “Yea…You don’t like crowded places.”

How can he know so much about me? Could he have probably known white was one of my favorite colors, thus the white clothes or was it just a coincidence?

“What does that have to do with this place being so…empty? So no one’s coming because of me?” I was being sarcastic. I really didn’t expect it to be like that, but…

“Yea…The beach here belongs to the resort. I got it booked for today. So, just wait a few more minutes and this place is all yours.”

“For real? I mean, you actually booked the place?”

He shrugged. “If you want we can stay here longer…”

I shook my head. This was enough. He had already done a lot for me. Honestly, I’m lucky to have him by my side. I sneaked a sideways glance at him and smiled. All of a sudden, I found myself hugging him. “Thank you…for everything.”

He seemed to tense for a while but then he hugged me back, and buried his head on my shoulder. I could hear the sound of his heart beating against his chest, or was it mine?