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What the hell? I rolled over on the bed and slammed my hand down on the alarm clock. "Why?" I whispered to myself, then remembered I had set it the night before. "Hey Sid," I whispered into his ear and he tossed around for a bit. He rolled over and squinted his eyes at me. "I want to take you somewhere," I smiled before climbing out of bed. I pulled on some sweats and brushed my teeth real quick. "You're going out like that?" he asked as he walked into the bathroom behind me. "We're just going on a small hike in the backyard," I explained to him before walking out to put my shoes on. I looked out the windows in the living room and could tell it was going to be a beautiful day. "Okay, let's go," Sidney smiled standing next to me. I grabbed a big blanket and we walked out back and started our trek up the hill. "So where are we going?" he asked after ten minutes. "My dad built this look out type deck up here, off the side of the mountain, it's where we kept the telescope. I would spend almost every night up here during the summer when I was younger." The deck came into view and I climbed up the stairs, and it was a lot smaller than I had remembered, but the view was the same, spectacular.

I sat across from Sidney, leaning against a tree, our legs entwined and I could only stare at him and he continued looking out at the view. "Are we going to be okay Sidney?" He looked over at me and leaned forward and grabbed hold on my leg. "I sure as hell hope so, it's just hard for me. I lost my trust in you, but then all of these factors come in that makes it seem like it was okay, but it wasn't." "What factors?" I asked with fear of what he would say. "I know how Max is, I know his ways. He tries to get with every hot girl he can, he has this spell he's able to put on women, and he did it to you. I'm sad because I thought you were able to see straight through it, but then when I heard you were drinking tequila. I don't know. I just want to forget it ever happened." I looked into his eyes and I can see the pain inside of him. He pulled back his legs, getting up on his knees and he crawled over to sit next to me. He took my hand in his and I once again had to fight back the tears. I heard him sniffle a bit and looked up at him to see a tear roll down his face. "I love you Avery, even after all of this happened, I still love you so much. I just need to know it will never happen again." I nodded my head trying to find the right words, "it won't. I wish I could take it all back." Is this what we're going to do now when something bad happens? Pack up and go on a 'fix-it' vacation?

The only thing you could hear on the deck were the songs of the morning birds. Sidney wrapped his arms around my waist lifting me up onto his lap. I could feel his hot breath on my neck and I titled my head in the opposite way inviting him to do as he pleased. He slid his hand up my sweatshirt a bit, resting his hand on my stomach as I felt his lips rest on my neck. I placed my hands on his shoulders, bringing one of my legs around so that I was now straddling him. I placed my hands on either side of his face bringing him up to me and kissing him on the lips. His hands squeezed my sides as he entered his tongue into my mouth. He grabbed onto the bottom of my sweatshirt lifting it up over my head, then put his attention on my bra, quickly unsnapping it. After my bra was off, I pulled his shirt off and pressed my chest into his, it felt so good to be skin to skin once again. Our kisses deepened as he began to massage my breasts. I grinded my hips into his crotch letting him know that I was game for whatever he wanted to do. "Where's the nearest neighbor? I want to make sure they can hear you," he mumbled into my ear tugging on my sweatpants. I stood up and slowly slid out of my sweatpants and underwear. I bent over, picking up his feet grabbing onto his pants and pulling on them. He lifted himself up with his hands so I could easily tear them off. "No underwear?" I asked with a disappointed look on my face. "Saves you time," he smiled reaching for my hand pulling me back down to him.

I felt my head raising and lowering on his chest with his breathing. "I love how my leg fits perfectly between yours," I smiled rubbing my toes on his feet. He ran his fingers through my hair, "I love how we fit together." "We should probably get back to the house before the animals come see what we're doing. Wouldn't want to come across a bear naked," I laughed. We got dressed, put our shoes back on and climbed back down the mountain. "I love you Av," he smiled before heading into the bathroom to shower. I love you too Sid. I sipped on my coffee in the living room watching the sun pour through the windows. "Want to head into Seattle today?" I asked Sidney as he walked out with just a towel wrapped around his waist. "Yeah, I'd like to see the city a bit, especially the troll you keep talking about." "Oh yay, the Fremont Troll, it's awesome. We can do that, check out Pike's Place Market, Seattle center, Alki beach, I'm excited. I've never shown someone my city before, this is going to be fun," I smiled as he leaned down and gave me a kiss. "I'm excited too."

We took another dozen or so pictures in the fish market before I could finally drag Sidney away. "That was awesome," he smiled like a little kid. "Hey, so tomorrow I'm going to a kid's hockey camp in Kirkland, I think he said. Rob is putting it on. I wasn't planning on doing anything like that this summer, but I can't pass up little kids and Rob is a pretty cool guy," Sidney explained to me as we continued to walk through Pike's Place Market. "That should be fun, do you think I would be able to get out there, be a student?" I asked laughing. "Oh I don't know, those kids might tear you up," he laughed as he stopped in front of the flowers. The one thing I loved going to Pike's Market for, and that was their flowers. Huge bouquets you would spend a hundred dollars on at a florist were there at the market for twenty bucks. My apartment always had fresh flowers on the table. I wandered off as some home made honey caught my eye. I snatched up three jars and turned around to see a beautiful white bouquet in front of me. "Those are beautiful," I smiled smelling them. "You think my girlfriend will like them?" "I think she will love them." He leaned over the flowers and kissed me on the forehead. "Where to now?" he asked as we made our way out of the market. "The Troll," I smiled with great excitement. I don't know what it is about the troll, but I just love it. Maybe because the time you spend with the troll, you feel like a little kid again?

We got in the car and I started driving north toward Fremont. "So what's the troll?" Sidney asked knowing how excited I was. "You know the story 'Three Billy Goats Gruff'?" I saw Sidney nod his head and I continued, "well this is the troll that lives under the bridge. It's huge, you just have to wait and see it." I made a left turn, driving slowly up a hill, and just over the ridge the troll came into sight. I parked the car and looked over at Sidney who had wide eyes. "I have never seen anything like this before in my life," he smiled before getting out of the car. I watched as he jogged across the street and immediately climbed it, standing on top of the troll's shoulder. I took a few pictures before joining Sidney. "I can see why you like this thing, he's pretty good looking," he smiled pulling me into his arms. "Oh whatever Crosby," I began to laugh, "I like my men to have heartbeats, and big beautiful brown eyes." I placed my hand on his chest and could feel his heart beating through his thin t-shirt. "You don't like guys with hub caps as eyes?" I shook my head and started to climb off the troll. I got back down to the street and turned around to see Sidney was still standing on the troll. "Can I move back in?" he shouted. "I was hoping you never really moved out," I shouted back and a huge grin crawled over my face. YES!!!