the water was dark, but reflected the light.
"Do you love me,"Silfa asked.
"I do," Ver says," but saying it too often. I don't want you to take me for granted."
She laughs," Do you really think..."
"I don't think you ever would, or that I would... but better safe than sorry," Ver says.
"I knew you'd say that..."
"and if you can finish my sentences, do you love me less... boring, predictable."
"no, and yes, and no... so why do you do this? What if I was love starving, and needed it whispered to me for hours..."
"Is this the problem?? Am I starving you," Ver says, wrapping his arms around her. He starts to trace the curves of her back as she says,
"I couldn't admit to it, if you were?" Which draws his focus.
"What does that mean?"
"DO any of us ever get enough, to where they say, I'm full..."
"sure, their dead."
"before that," She asks.
"It's what I feel when I'm with you," he says.
"Son of a... me too," Silfa says.
"all the time, like God had our back," Ver says.
"So... Say it you,"Silfa pauses.
"Yes,"Ver says.
"I need you to say it, right now if you mean it, like if you can...now," as she speaks Silfa talks faster until Ver interrupts.
"What is it Silfa, what's..." He starts to say.
"NO, This isn't something else, this is, You know what this is..." She says, and while Ver isn't quite sure he does... He says,
"I love you Silfa. I love you so that I feel blessed every minute we're given and want to hold onto you and never let you go."
"You don't think you laid the last bit on a little heavy, like you like me more than I like you...."
"B b b b b b b b," Ver says the letter over and over with the expression at the end like he's enunciating some other word, and then looks over, like you almost called me,"Bastard."
"I didn't say it," She says.
"No, but you thought it loud enough," He says, "You worried I'm gonna run out on you..."
"Hardly, my father would chase you across continents," she says.
"So whose compelled to be in this relationship..."
"OH, you b b b b b...." They laugh.
Ver starts to kiss Silfa's next, and she whispers,"I'm pregnant..."
and for a second it's like Ver is frozen, and then he turns and kisses her on the mouth, then moves his mouth next to her ear to say,
"I need you to understand how happy I am..."
"You're gonna run aren't you..."
"Not if you'll hold on...."
and that was when she took him down.