“I’ll make a note of that,” he said with a smile.
We sat for a while and talked, looking up into the sky as it turned from blue to pink to grey, then finally black took over. The lights from the city were normally too bright to be able to see any of the stars up in the sky. I’d not noticed it at first, then I spent a very long time missing the stars when I was told that the city lights drowned them out.
I only got to see them when I traveled and visited people who weren’t living in large cities, and that didn’t happen very often. Not with my career as a teacher. I had to be at the school more often than not, and that left little time to be out traveling around.
The stars appeared, however, just as he promised. They came in slowly, popping up one by one until it seemed the entire sky was spread with them. We couldn’t see too far one way or the other without the stars getting drowned out with the rest of the lights, but I was okay with that. The fact that I was able to see the stars up above us was enough to make me feel happier than I had in a long time.
It erased the worry I had about that note. At least, for the moment it did. I knew I would be back to worrying about it full force in the morning, but tonight, I wanted to make the most of the time we had together, and the fact that I got to hang out here and see real stars with him despite the fact we were in New York City.
It was incredible.
So incredible, in fact, that we started kissing. It was slow at first but started growing in passion the more we continued. I had heard of people having sex out in public before, but never thought it would be the kind of thing I myself would do. That is, before now.
I hesitated a bit, but let Trevor take over, and he clearly didn’t have an issue with the fact we were outside.
“It’s okay,” he said. “No one can see us. I’m telling you, anyone who gets close to us we will hear before they are close enough to see anything or know what we’re doing. You’ll be fine. You have no idea how romantic sex under the stars is. Let me show you.”
And with that, I was convinced. I was already turned on with the stars above us and the soft grass around us. The sound of the city in the distance, along with the quiet sounds of the night right where we were. I trusted he knew we weren’t going to get caught out there by anyone walking by, so I joined in with the sexy fun.
Our clothes came off, and our skin was dotted with goosebumps once the clothing was gone, but that was okay. We were both warm with each other and with the heat of the moment, and it was only growing with the passion that was growing between us.
Even though we were alone out there, I kept my voice down when he entered me, and we both remained subdued as we made love to each other. I didn’t want to attract any unwanted attention to what we were doing, no matter who it was from.
But, even though I was nervous about getting caught and cold with the air on my bare skin, I had to admit, that was the hottest sex we had had so far. I came harder than I had ever climaxed in my entire life, and I laid on the blanket next to him, panting as my breath came in puffs.
We shivered back into our clothes, then grabbed more hot cocoa and coffee and cuddled up next to each other to resume looking up at the stars.
“That was incredible,” I managed.
“I thought you would like it,” he said with a wink. “You’re incredible.”
“I love this place,” I told him. “Really, thank you for bringing me here.”
“You’re welcome. You’re the first woman I’ve ever showed this place, let alone told about my father and that he brought me here when I was younger.”
“Really?” I asked in surprise.
“Really,” he said.
I smiled and put my head on his shoulder. I knew he was making an effort to make this a fun evening for me. He knew I was upset over what had happened with the job promotion, and he knew I was worried that he was going to leave me.
But, as we sat together, I tried to put myself in his place. This couldn’t be easy for him. He had a big decision he had to make, and what choice he made would drastically affect the both of us. With that in mind, that was a lot of pressure on him to make the right decision.
And how was he supposed to know what that was?
I almost felt bad for him having to do this on his own. It didn’t change the fact that it was his choice to make and he was the one who would bear the biggest consequences, but I did feel for him having to be the one to make that choice on his own.
I would be here to give him what support I could, and I hoped he knew that.
I hoped we were in this journey of life together, but if this was just temporary, I would still do what I could to support him in this change. It was hard for anyone to do something that would better themselves, and I was proud of him doing it.
Even if he was just given the promotion and didn’t take it for some reason, I felt proud that he had worked up to the point where he was given such job offers.
With that on my mind, I wanted to talk to him about it, but I didn’t want to ruin the night with that subject. We had made it through the rest of the day without talking about the note or the job offer or Texas, I didn’t want to be the one to break that now and bring it up.
It would just make us both feel gross, and I didn’t want to do that after the amazing sex that we’d had.
I shoved the thought out of my mind and chose to just enjoy the time that he and I had together. It was a beautiful night, and I was glad to get to see the stars again after all this time.