Fairytale Night

“I want to show you something.”  He pulled me along toward the beach where we had watched the children play this afternoon. 

“What is it?” I asked curiously, trying not to trip on any tree roots as we hurried through the forest toward the sand.  When he ignored me, I called after him, “Hey!” 

“Hush.”  After a few minutes of dodging trees and jumping over the grabbing hands, he suddenly stopped in front of me causing me to slam into him. 

“OW!  Damit!  What the hell?”  Turning back to me, still ignoring me, he pulled a bandanna out of his pocket and reached out for me.  Trusting him, I did not move my head, only asked “What’s this for?”  Silence.  Now, instead of rushing through the forest, he lead me slowly forward until the dry leaves and scratchy twigs were transformed into cool, soft sand that crept it’s way between my toes.  After a few more steps, we stopped and I felt him orient me in a certain direction.  Without my sight, my other senses became sharper; there was a soft wind caressing my cheek and a salty sent assaulting my nostrils. 

“Why are we back at the beach?” I asked him as a section of the cloth hung down, tickling my nose. 

“You talk too much,” he muttered next to my ear.  I could feel his breath warming the back on my neck as he slowly untied the bandanna.  When I opened my eyes, my breath stopped.

What was once golden sand warming in the sun had been transformed into my dreams; the entire beach was glowing a soft aqua-marine.  Everywhere I looked was glowing.  When the bright waves washed over the sand, the glowing intensified, then dulled only to be lifted again with the next wave.  Then, when I took a step forward, the beach would pulse under my foot like how it was acting with the waves.  A smile broke across my face as I took another step, then another.  Soon I found myself dancing across the sand, kicking up the glowing grains.  I felt his body close to mine as he wrapped his arms around my waist and started dancing with me.  Our laughter cut through the cricket’s song surrounding us as we spun together into the night.