Staring deeply into her eyes he could see the glints of gold within the green that sparkled as she smiled at him. His embrace remained relaxed around her waist mostly because it was not necessary to draw her near having done so on her own. Her hair hung around her bare shoulders as he gently rubbed his fingers slowly across her skin. Something inside him held him back from freeing the urge that was growing inside him faster than he could respond. "Why do you hesitate," she asked him as she kissed him on the chest. "I've waited so long just to hold you like this that every moment here seems so dreamlike," he replied as he softly kissed her on the lips. "For both of us," she answered and kissed him again as her hand slid up the back of his short dark hair. "Both of us," she added as they both faded into the kiss that had waited years to be fulfilled. At some point in time within the kiss, they realized that they had to stop before they became too carried away. Eventually, they slowly pulled away with a gentle, yet nervous, smile. "Thank you," he told her. It wasn't exactly an appropriate response but he still felt the nervousness of desire rolling throughout his body. She seemed surprised at his response and felt equally awkward in answering, "You're welcome." "I meant," he started to say as he clarified what he was trying to say. "I meant, thank you for never giving up on...us." She softly smiled as she grabbed his shoulders and told him, "I'm glad you waited." "Eternally...I would have waited an eternity," he replied and kissed her again. The faint sound of an alarm clock grew stronger and stronger pulling him away from the dream and back into the reality. The dream had left him feeling strange and yet, still longing just to know; what would her kiss feel like to him? Maybe soon, maybe even today, he would find out if only he had some way of being alone with her; if only for that moment.