Summer Story: Happy Anniversary by Casey

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Beginning of the story:


There was something that she said...it was barely a whisper but his ear begged for understanding. He tried to remember.

The grass swayed over his head. He looked straight up. The clouds seemed to make formations that he might have known.

He pulled a stalk and chewed on it. The sun warmed him and he sensed he was the only person for miles. Just him, the grass, and the blue blue sky. He heard a tractor way in the distance but it was like a dream he had had...somnolent and passing.

He got lost in a reverie....

His mind drifted back, back along the well worn path of memories, hopes, and dreams that they had shared over the many years they were together. A slow smile spread across his face as he recalled meeting her for the first time face to face, how nervous he'd been while driving to the airport to pick her up. A soft chuckle rose in his throat as he remembered how amused she was at his blushes and stammering speech when he greeted her.

The plan had been simple, she was to visit him for a week, then return home, where he was to visit in turn, but it didn't quite work out that way. After that week of bliss spent together, they couldn't stand to be apart, so, being the devoted boy he was, he packed up his belongings, resigned from his  job, let his family know, and moved half way across the country, just to be at her boot, where he belonged.

That journey began the years of togetherness, the years of devoted service from him, and the years of loving care and control from her. Her friends, mentors, colleagues, and peers all welcomed him and were all stunned at the smooth, seamless way he fit into her life, taking over all the small details that annoyed her. After the first year together, neither of them knew how they had existed without the other for so long.

As he rested back on the grass, he turned his head to the left, admiring the large, rambling farm house in the distance, the place they called home together. With a deep, content sigh he turned his head to the right, one large hand reaching out, sliding under hers as she rested on the grass next to him. As she turned her head to look at him, a bright smile lit his face and eyes, the look of love and pure devotion only she got to see. He lifted himself from the bed of grass, propping up on one elbow as he leaned down, nuzzling softly at her graying hair, whispering the words in return that she had caressed his ear with a short time ago and adding his own, "Happy twentieth anniversary, my Mistress. Thank you for allowing me to be yours for such a long and glorious time."