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swimming sometime.” I knew she couldn’t answer me, but I wanted my voice in her head as we climbed higher and higher. “Now I see white. We’re in the clouds, sweetheart. It’s so beautiful, like floating marshmallows.” We climbed out of the clouds and the horizon was now even with the nose and extended as far as the eye could see. The sun was beginning to set and it was so beautiful my heart skipped a beat.
“Sophie,” I said, “God is painting us a picture. Look, sweetheart.”
I knew that was the moment Sophie opened her eyes. Her hair whipped with the wind and I watched her every movement. After a few moments, she turned her head so I could see her, and what I saw were tears in her eyes and a smile more magnificent than any sunset I’d ever seen. And I knew then I had given her that fantastic, exhilarating, fascinating moment, the one she would remember for a lifetime.
The memory that would always include me.
“Do you love it?” I asked her.
She nodded enthusiastically, and turned back around, facing forward. She held up her right hand and motioned something. Confused, I asked, “What are saying? I don’t understand.”
She motioned again by twirling her finger.
“You want me to do a barrel roll?”
She dropped her hand and nodded.
A big toothy grin lit up my face. “All right.” I did a slow barrel roll for her by rolling all the way to the right and an easy loop up and over. When we were right-side up again she gave me a thumbs-up.
“You want me to do it again?”
Another nod. This time I rolled to the left, looped up and over.
I couldn’t see her face, although, I knew she was having the time of her life. We flew for a while longer and then all too soon it was time to land. I guided the plane down, dropping gently, with the two main wheels and the tail wheel touching the ground at the same time. A perfect three point landing.
We came to a complete stop and I helped Sophie exit the plane. She threw her arms around me when her feet hit the pavement. “Thank you!” she said. “Thank you thank you thank you! That was the most fun I ever had!”
I held her in my arms and kissed her temple. “You’re welcome.” God , how I wanted for this moment to go on and on and on.
On the way back to her house she was quiet, reflective, and I drove with my own thoughts swirling about, still feeling like I was flying high. I parked in front of her house and shut off the engine. Without a word, I got out and opened the door for her. Taking her by the hand, I led her to the front door.
She stood, staring up at me. I looked into her eyes and swam in her ocean. And then I had to look away because I was drowning, with no life preserver to save me. That was what became of me. A man clinging to survival in a deep, beautiful sea.
And then Sophie threw me a lifeline. “You can kiss me, Charlie. I mean, if you want, you can kiss me.”
I cupped her cheeks with both my hands. “I definitely want to.” Moving in closer, I brushed my lips against hers. Soft and full, they tasted sweet, like cherries. Her lips parted. She welcomed me with warmth and I thanked her with passion. Her words had said… ‘ you can kiss me’ and her kiss said… ‘ don’t ever stop .’ I lost myself somewhere in between. There was no going back. I gave my heart to her in that kiss and she swallowed it down with a sigh. She owned it. Maybe she always had. I don’t know. All I knew was that wherever she was, my heart was also.
“Do I get a third date?” I whispered across her mouth.
“Yes,” she whispered back.
“And a fourth?”
“Okay.”
“And a fifth?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Can I have forever, Sophie?”
“Char–”
The porch light came on, and it felt like we were under a spotlight, a sign that it was time for me to leave.
“What were you gonna say?” I asked, brushing her cheek with my fingers.
“I – I have to go inside.”
She looked down at her feet. I lifted her chin, kissed her forehead and
“Sophie,” I said, “God is painting us a picture. Look, sweetheart.”
I knew that was the moment Sophie opened her eyes. Her hair whipped with the wind and I watched her every movement. After a few moments, she turned her head so I could see her, and what I saw were tears in her eyes and a smile more magnificent than any sunset I’d ever seen. And I knew then I had given her that fantastic, exhilarating, fascinating moment, the one she would remember for a lifetime.
The memory that would always include me.
“Do you love it?” I asked her.
She nodded enthusiastically, and turned back around, facing forward. She held up her right hand and motioned something. Confused, I asked, “What are saying? I don’t understand.”
She motioned again by twirling her finger.
“You want me to do a barrel roll?”
She dropped her hand and nodded.
A big toothy grin lit up my face. “All right.” I did a slow barrel roll for her by rolling all the way to the right and an easy loop up and over. When we were right-side up again she gave me a thumbs-up.
“You want me to do it again?”
Another nod. This time I rolled to the left, looped up and over.
I couldn’t see her face, although, I knew she was having the time of her life. We flew for a while longer and then all too soon it was time to land. I guided the plane down, dropping gently, with the two main wheels and the tail wheel touching the ground at the same time. A perfect three point landing.
We came to a complete stop and I helped Sophie exit the plane. She threw her arms around me when her feet hit the pavement. “Thank you!” she said. “Thank you thank you thank you! That was the most fun I ever had!”
I held her in my arms and kissed her temple. “You’re welcome.” God , how I wanted for this moment to go on and on and on.
On the way back to her house she was quiet, reflective, and I drove with my own thoughts swirling about, still feeling like I was flying high. I parked in front of her house and shut off the engine. Without a word, I got out and opened the door for her. Taking her by the hand, I led her to the front door.
She stood, staring up at me. I looked into her eyes and swam in her ocean. And then I had to look away because I was drowning, with no life preserver to save me. That was what became of me. A man clinging to survival in a deep, beautiful sea.
And then Sophie threw me a lifeline. “You can kiss me, Charlie. I mean, if you want, you can kiss me.”
I cupped her cheeks with both my hands. “I definitely want to.” Moving in closer, I brushed my lips against hers. Soft and full, they tasted sweet, like cherries. Her lips parted. She welcomed me with warmth and I thanked her with passion. Her words had said… ‘ you can kiss me’ and her kiss said… ‘ don’t ever stop .’ I lost myself somewhere in between. There was no going back. I gave my heart to her in that kiss and she swallowed it down with a sigh. She owned it. Maybe she always had. I don’t know. All I knew was that wherever she was, my heart was also.
“Do I get a third date?” I whispered across her mouth.
“Yes,” she whispered back.
“And a fourth?”
“Okay.”
“And a fifth?”
“Uh-huh.”
“Can I have forever, Sophie?”
“Char–”
The porch light came on, and it felt like we were under a spotlight, a sign that it was time for me to leave.
“What were you gonna say?” I asked, brushing her cheek with my fingers.
“I – I have to go inside.”
She looked down at her feet. I lifted her chin, kissed her forehead and
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