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| The Dream
by doug1984 at 7/3/2008 8:24:21 PM
I look into your lovely bright and shining green eyes and I can see myself falling in love with you. My lady, you have no idea at all how this scares me….
I had seen her in passing for much of the past year. Our travels in this town had us going the same way it seems. And yet, I had never really seen her. I had not noticed her quiet beauty and poise until two weeks ago…. When she spoke to me for the first time.
A mutual friend of ours had recommended that I had some arcane knowledge that would be of use to her and she had stopped me on the square to ask for my assistance. I could not help but agree to the request of such a comely lady. We spent a few moments conversing over her problem and I was able to give her the technical assistance that she required. She flashed me a happy, eye glinting smile of thanks and was again about her errands. I watched her walk off and was amazed that I had never noticed just how pretty and delightful a person she was.
In the passing days she again came to me for assistance on the same problem. It seemed that she could not quite remember the sequence of the spell and needed additional training from me. I tried to tell myself that she only required knowledge and that she was surely not interested in me as a man. Part of me believed this, yet another part hoped that she was only making excuses to spend some time with me.
With each passing day, I found my thoughts more and more on Melanie. Brightly lit visions would fly across my mind of kissing her sweet and inviting lips. Feeling her arms folding about my neck as our lips embraced. I tried to no avail to put these thoughts from my mind. I knew next to nothing of this woman.
Such a lovely woman as this is most certainly married. It would not be right to have such thoughts about a married woman. With this thought I was able to put the visions of her from my mind.
This morning she stopped by my alchemy shop and stayed to just chat and talk to me. I could scarce believe it. During the course of our conversion I learned to my utter delight that she was NOT married. Her smiles at me caused such a feeling of warmth and happiness to invade my heart that I truly did not understand this sudden change this woman had on me. After the love of my youth had died, I had thought never again to know the happiness of a woman’s love. And yet here it was standing before me. Or so I hoped at any rate.
We talked for almost an hour and then as several more patrons came into my little shop, she begged her leave and was again on her way. I kept my mind focused on my business for the remainder of the day. But it was a fearsome battle to banish the softness of her eyes, the swell of her breasts, the smoothness of her skin from my thoughts.
That night, in my small and sparsely furnished home, I sat at my oaken dining table and prepared to have my supper of fresh apples, a small but thick cut of ham, and a few cuts of bread when a knock came to my door. My heart skipped a beat. Was this her? Had she been thinking of me as I had her and had been overcome with a desire to spend more time with me?
I opened the door and there she stood. Dressed in riding clothes and a beautiful black mare beside her.
She was an absolute vision of loveliness. She smiled at me and said, “Hello Caesius. Do you ride? I was
hoping that you might accompany me on a small adventure this evening.” Her smile seemed to illuminate her entire face.
“For you my dear Melanie, I would gladly ride upon a dragon’s back.” The words were scarce out of my mouth ere I regretted saying them. She did not look away in embarrassment, as I had feared she would, she only continued to smile at me and reached out her hand to take mine. “Good. Then mount up and I will lead the way.”
In but a few moments we were winding our way across the cobblestone streets and headed towards the iron gate that lead out of town. We chatted as we road along. I have no idea about what really, I was just so taken with her beauty that I drank in the fragrance of her and thanked God for sending me such a happy woman to be with this evening.
I have always been of a melancholy nature. Prone to see the sadness in the world around me, and missing the sights of happiness and joy. Now my heart beat with such a feeling of high spirits that I felt heady with the wave of it all. This woman before me had somehow changed my heart in such a few days. Now I noticed all the wondrous spring flowers and the blooming trees that surrounded our small village. The smells of the flowers filled the air around us and I was just happy to be alive.
We rode into the forest and along a seldom-traveled lane. The leaves from last fall still covered much of the hard packed earth the horses trod upon. We were silent for a time, both of us enjoying being together and seeing beautiful foliage around us.
We broke free of the underbrush and tall oak trees into the most peaceful and wonderful glade that I had ever seen. “I wanted to share my favorite place with you, Caesius. This has been my secret home for many years. All my life actually. As a little girl, whenever I would feel lonely or sad, I would come here and feel such a closeness to God and His power that I was able to go on.” Melanie turned and said to me.
“This is such a wonderful and peaceful place Melanie. I thank thee for sharing this with me. Forgive me, dear lady, but I do not understand why though. Why are you here with me?" I looked into her soft green eyes and fear gripped my heart. Now comes the truth, I thought, now I learn that she does not feel for me what my heart beats in loves rhythm for her. Now I learn that I have mistaken simple human kindness for so much more.
She was silent and merely held out her hand for my assistance for her to dismount. I hastily obliged her and then with her still holding my hand she looked up into my eyes and smiled. Her lips parted and the sweet smell of her breath wafted across my face. I could contain my self no longer. Pulling her into a heavy embrace, I kissed her soft and wanting lips. Her body melded into mine, her breath flowed into my lungs. My head rushed as with a roaring waterfall from the passion of our embrace.
Slowly we parted and I whispered “Melanie, my dear lady, I love you with all my being. Every thing that is me burns in love for you.”
She wrapped her arms around my neck, pulled me close and with her head upon my chest said, “And that, my love, is why I brought you here.”
Tears began to slowly flow down my cheeks and a happiness that I had never even imagined filled my soul.
Falling on my knees before her and clasping her hands in mine I asked her the question now burning thru me. “My love, will you marry me?” What had come over me? Such madness, such desire for this woman that I had only known for scare three weeks. I did not know, I only knew that I loved her with all that I was. And that I desperately wanted to spend the rest of my life with her as my wife.
She brought my hands up to her lips and laying a soft, wet kiss upon them answered, “Yes!”
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