She had completed everything that she needed to do as her break approached.   She had seen him again when she first arrived for her 3:00 to 11:00 shift.  She knew he was still there because she’d seen his car in the parking lot.  Scanning the parked cars for the recognizable Lexus upon arrival, had become a reflexive habit and she involuntarily smiled when she saw it. 

They exchanged words and glances once again as they pretended that theirs was a casual acquaintance, as they had done before.   She could once again sense his desire to touch her.  It was blatantly written in his eyes.  She could not understand how everyone else did not see it as clearly as she did.

Ordinarily the stolen words and glances, would suffice for the evening, but tonight would be different.   The urgent cellular conversation had stirred her deeply and left no room for debate.   At the hour of her break she grabbed her jacket and casually stepped outside, wondering if anyone was watching her departure… moved by the irregularity of it all.   She never took her break outside of the building at night, but this night she did.

Once outside she looked furtively across the barren and nearly vacant parking lot.  She recognized a few of the parked cars as belonging to other staff members.  Then when she stepped out further and looked down along the front of the complex, she could just make out the golden Lexus parked alone beneath the trees.   She hurried down the sidewalk and across the parking lot.  She caught a glimpse of him as the interior light flashed on when he opened the door… and it lingered after he closed it behind him.   Then as he stepped around the front of his car she was in his arms. 

She hadn’t planned the melodrama in quite that fashion.  She had intended to say hello and then tease him and harass him a bit for suggesting such an outlandish and clandestine meeting during her evening break.  In the end her heart had taken over and the embrace was instinctive… for both of them. 

Stumbling around to the far side of the car, he pulled her to him. Leaning up against him, their eyes seemed to glow from some hidden light source.  With slow deliberation, he kissed her this time. She was again unable to suppress the sound of longing that escaped from deep within her… although this time it seemed that he too was making sounds of passion in concert with hers.  She again tasted the familiar flavors of his mouth with her tongue as she felt him suckle it lovingly.

This was a long and passionate kiss.  When their lips parted, she allowed her head to fall forward on his chest.  They held each other like this for long, wonderful minutes while their breathing normalized.  She idly thought of numerous things to say to him... but instead she said nothing.   She simply continued to cling to him in a tight embrace that spoke volumes.  

Then with a final kiss, she smiled at him with a magical mixture of love and wisdom and mischief.  Gradually, she eased from his arms and lightly jogged back down to the front of the building.  She turned and saw him watching her until she went back inside.  She hadn’t intended to wave, in case someone was watching her… but she waved at him just the same.

Then she happily went back inside to finish her shift.