After we got off the plane, I acted so surprised, and Ashley didn’t buy it. I finally broke down and told him. He laughed.
“I already knew. I was only half asleep. You didn’t notice the fact I was watching you because you were too busy celebrating. I decided to let you have your moment. You are a good actress, though. If I hadn’t already known, I would’ve sworn to God you seriously had no idea.” I laughed.
“I auditioned for a few plays when I was younger. I got semi good at it.” We decided on a tourist way of taking in Hawaii, all of the scenic route. We saw the ocean, edge of the volcano (the hike WAS NOT fun), and we saw all of the romantic stuff we would do before we left in two days (Laura and Andy’s wedding was coming up). We even learned to hula dance with grass skirts! (stereo type I know, but it was still fun so don’t judge) When we got back to the hotel, a goodnight kiss turned into something more and we ended up making love for the first time as husband and wife.
*NEXT DAY*
“Can we do the swan boats first? Plllllleeeeeeaaaasssseeeee Ashley?” He sighed. I stuck my lip out to be more dramatic.
“Fine. I can’t really say no to you.” He smiled and I ran around like a little kid on sugar (or CC, take your pick).
“I have never been on a swan boat before!”
“Whoawhoawhoawhoa. What now?” He stopped me in the middle of running around him and I pouted.
“I never had many boyfriends. As a matter of fact, you were only my third. Once the second boyfriend found out about the cutting he up and left me. Hurt like hell. But, I found you so it is all OK.” I smiled. He picked me up, bridal style (he did the same thing last night, carrying me to the room of the hotel) and carried me to the swan boats.
“This is our all day activity. We are going to circle Hawaii.”
“That’s impossible.” He gave his shitty grin.
“Not with me.” Oh, God. What was he thinking? We got a swan boat and started pedaling. It was fun, but then we took it up a notch. We were pedaling as fast as we could and soon got to the first turn. We went to the second then took a break.
“I have no idea why you wanted to do this. It’s crazy.” He leaned over and kissed me.
“Because. I wanted your first experience to go on forever. Or at least as long as possible.” I smiled and kissed him again. By the time we were done, it was dark, and the swan boats were closed. We were laughing, but trying not to be too loud as we put the boat in the only open space left. Let me tell you, it is NOT easy to park a swan boat. Do not ever try it. I was exhausted, and was leaning heavily on Ashley. When I almost fell, he picked me up again.
“No. I…can walk…let...me…” I fell asleep. The next thing I knew, Ashley was laying me down into the bed. “What-“
“Shh. You fell asleep trying to convince me you could walk.” He snickered, and I tried to hit him, but I couldn’t reach him. “Just sleep, OK? It was a long day.” He kissed my forehead, and then settled down next to me. I fell asleep again, and this time, I didn’t wake up.
*The day they leave :(*
I woke up really early, and I saw Ashley was lying next to me. I gently shook him, and then shook him harder. No reaction. I groaned. He was sleeping deeply. I sighed, the tried to decide what to do: 1) I could whisper something dirty in his ear or 2) I could push him off the bed. I decided to push him off the bed, because I was too tired to think of anything clever to whisper. It took a lot to push him off the bed, but I eventually got him off. He fell to the floor with a thud, but still no reaction. I sighed, and tried to think of something to whisper in his ear. I leaned down next to him.
“Hey, sexy,” I was whispering in a husky voice. “I had a lot of fun last night. I would love to do that again.” His eyelids fluttered. SUCSESS!!! “ASHLEY! GET YOUR ASS UP!” His eyes opened all the way, and he took in the current scene.
“Why in the hell am I on the floor?”
“I tried waking you up by pushing you off the bed first, but you didn’t wake up. It’s kind of funny how you wake up to me whispering in your ear, though.” He sat up and rubbed his head.
“What time is it?”
“Time for you to buy a watch. We have to get ready to go to the airport. Come on, let’s pack.”
“I already did.” I stopped.
“Huh?”
“I couldn’t sleep, so I packed everything up. I guess I crashed after that.”
“Did you pack everything?”
“Yeah. Why?”
“Even the clothes we were supposed to wear today?”
“Yeah. Again, why?” I looked at him.
“Were you planning on going to the airport in only your boxers?” He face palmed.
“OK, you got me there. The bags are over by the door.” I walked over and carried our bags back. He was standing up, and I saw him go into the bathroom. He came back out with our toothbrushes. “I almost forgot these.” It was my turn to face palm.
“OK. Good thing you remembered then.” We took out our clothes and then got changed. Once we were ready, we had a half an hour drive to look forward to. Fun. I sighed. The honeymoon was over, and nowwe had a wedding to attend.