As he mentioned that he slept great, she offered him a wry smile. “As did I.” She said with a brilliant grin and a wink toward him. “Like a babe.” She laughed, before he wrapped a loose strand of her tangled hair around her ear. She reached up to place a gentle hand on his own for a brief moment before he announced he knew the perfect place to bathe. It sounded good to her, and she nodded to him in agreement as she finished her breakfast – full and pleased for the first time in a while.
Once she was done, she stood up, pulling the shirt over her head and pulling her hair along her back. He fixed up his camp, and she watched quietly while she put her shoes on before he began to speak. He asked her a question, to which she understood completely. Bobbing her head in agreement, she nodded. “It does. It’s the first time in a long time for me too that things have felt as they should. Not running, not hiding, just being me without being punished for it.” She offered thoughtfully, head tilted slightly before she stood and offered him a kind smile.
They began their trek toward the water, though, and she stood by his side easily. Her back and body rested and relaxed, the most they had been in weeks. Suddenly, she felt his fingers graze by hers, a gentle pass at first and then again. Her head slipped toward him as her hand gently grasped his, linking the two of them together as she offered him a small sheepish smile. When he questioned if she’d been to the Oasis, she wasn’t certain. She shrugged lightly at the question he poised, inhaling deeply while they walked. “I don’t think so. I haven’t really seen a big body of water just yet.” She offered quietly, yet thoughtfully, squeezing his hand gently as he lead the way.
After a while of walking, they emerged by the water. For a moment, Rexanna beamed with the thought, the warmth of the sun overhead causing her to think that the water wouldn’t be quite as cold as it probably was. She looked to Alistair then, offering him yet another brilliant smile. “Looks as good of a place as any I’ve seen.” She spoke with a bob of her head, a small laugh escaping her lips as she looked back to the body of water. Then, as she approached the water she flashed Alistair a bit of a devilish grin before slipping her shirt off, then her pants, and reaching out to tug on Alistair to join her in the water.
Chills raced up her spine, goosebumps lacing every bit of her arms and body as she connected with the water. “Mmmh.” She whimpered, dunking herself in the water, her discarded clothes laying on its edge. She turned back to Alistair, hair wet and hanging limply around her shoulders, spread in a kind of halo as she grinned to him. “It’s cold, but refreshing.” She managed to say, despite wanting to chatter her teeth. She waded in the water, coming up to just about her shoulders. Her skin glistened with the water, the cold chilling her to the bones, but she had a few ideas as to what would warm her up. In the meantime, she waited for Alistair, running a slick hand through her tangled brown hair to pull it back.
RexannA
just because you are soft,
doesn't mean you're not a force.
honey and wildfire are both the color gold.
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