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Then she looked at him and felt the iaze, the joy of having his body so close to hers, sharing this moment with her "Thank you so lad you did"

"I needed to do so for you, just you Remember that special atched on PBS? You said you’d never ration, but that it was just as good to watch it on TV"

"I rong It is so nificent out here" When had they watched that show? It had to have been years ago Maybe three or four Yet again he’d been listening to her, storing up her likes and preferences "You couldn’t have givenher he loved her Just without the words And it renewed all her hope that he could eventually say thelasses at him "You have to look too"

They sat there for an hour, e spout, pointing out new sights to each other "Oh look," she cried out "There’s a school of dolphins too" She had never felt so special Or so appreciated

"Are you hungry?"

"Not if I have tohere beside hi this special event he’d planned just for her

He laughed "You can have both" Fishing his cell phone out, hebasket, passed their little nook in the rocks He disappeared doard the beach below theed now?" Her heart raced just conte his next revelation

"Another surprise"

She adored his surprises

He’d gone to so anized it all? Yes, she’d seen hiht that ork She didn’t ask, though It was so of her all day

On the way back up, the li her hand, Evan helped her down the rock steps cut into the cliff face

Down on the beach, it was cooler and slightly windier She was glad she’d worn jeans and her jacket A blanket was spread out on the sand, its corners anchored A bottle of chane chilled in a bucket, and the basket sat in thewith two extra blankets The waves crashed on the shore, the sun heated the sand, birds flew overhead, and the whales frolicked with dolphins out in the ocean It was perfection

"You’re a"

She grabbed his face in her hands and kissed him quickly Then she flopped down beside the basket "What have we got here?"