The Bad Boy And The Mermaid

Blue

Hunter placed a picnic mat on the floor with a basket filled with the food that the cook had prepared. It was a lovely place, the river banks; surrounded by lush greenery and a calm river. The sound of the birds added to the feeling, it was a good change from the city chaos. If Hunter wished we could stay here forever and I wouldn’t complain.

We’d gotten a perfect spot under the shade of a large tree. Hunter opened the basket and pulled out sandwiches and mini pizzas for the two of us. There was also a homemade cheesecake. I took a bite, the cheese, and the blackberries tasted heaven, so moist and gooey. I moaned and heard Hunter laugh. “She’s a great cook, isn’t she? Mary-Alix.”

I nodded earnestly. “Can she teach me to cook like her?”

“I’m sure she’d love to.”

“Can we stay here for a bit longer?”

“Do you mean the town or the river?” Hunter asked, grinning.

“Both,” I said taking a bite of the pizza.

“I have college in four days, love. The most I can push is a day forward. I also have some assignment I need to submit that I haven’t even started yet.”

“Assignment. Do you mean school work?”

“Yes.”

“Well, I can help you with that.” I offered.

“Thanks, but I’ve also been absent for a lot of time and that’s not showing well in my academic year reports. If it continues, I’m afraid I’ll have to repeat the classes.”

We washed that down with an equally refreshing lemonade drink. I rubbed the back of his neck and kissed him there. “You’ll be fine.”

“If you’re with me, I’m sure I’ll be fine.” He said quickly.

The afternoon turned lazy, and the two of us lay on our backs staring at the sky above. I pointed at one cloud that looked like an animal. “Oh look, that’s a rabbit.”

Hunter’s eyebrows furrowed as he concentrated towards where I was pointing. “I don’t see it.”

“Look closely,” I insisted, “There’s the rabbit ears and his body.”

“Oh right, I saw it too.” He said but I wasn’t convinced he had. “Show me something you see.”

“You tell me what you see and then I’ll tell you what it is,” I said.

“Okay.”

I pointed at a cloud, “What’s that there?”

“Hmm...a banana?” He asked innocently.

“Look closely, Hunter.”

“A boat, maybe?”

“It’s your penis.”

“My wife’s mind is in the gutter,” Hunter admitted.

I laughed and then he commented, “not that I mind as long as her mind stays in the gutter just for me.”

“Well, it will always remain that way,” I said leaning atop his chest. His arm went around my waist and he pulled me closer.

I loved how he would keep telling he

“I love you, too.”

I know you’re not very keen on meeting strangers, but this town is small and

“Hmmm...I’m listening.”

my dad’s childhood friend. Is it okay for you, I mean it’s totally fine if you

“I’ll go,” I said.

that Hunter was always beside me, like a shadow. Or like an imperial guard in charge to protect the

would literally worship the ground I walked on, which was a little too much and it made me giddy but when I touched him, looked into his smoldering gray eyes, I knew that it was the truth and so

course, there was another part of me that kind of wished Hunter could shape-shift into a Merman so

spent the rest of the afternoon touring the small town, Hunter showed me the little Bakery where he used to visit as a kid. The owners were an old couple who were so delighted to see me there, they ended up giving me two full boxes of homemade cookies which I

name, but I’d been so excited about all the sweets

Mr. and Mrs. Cookies,” I said

confusion

the box of cookies and began devouring them. Jelly jam cookie, there was peanut

back. He opened his mouth wide. I took a bite of my third Chocolate chip cookie and

pointed at the brown bag in my hands,

Crunch. Crunch. Crunch.

into the cookies was satisfying. “They gave me the cookies. Not

“One bite,” Hunter begged.

Huh.

a taste. I reached into the bag

shook his head. “I want to eat it from

Gross. Who did that?

Apparently, Hunter did.

his face close to mine, his fingers holding the back on my neck delicately as he tilted his face and nibbled the cookie slowly while it was still in my mouth, when he reached the

like chocolate chip, oatmeal, raisin, and peanut butter, all together. I love it. The cookie tastes better in your mouth.” He whispered before he

you started...” I

crinkled amusingly. “We’ve been going on

now.” I said. “Put

chuckled, and I didn’t know what was so funny about me asking him

love this demanding side of

Hunter

in surprise because I know another woman in her place would have liked me to assume

to understand what was going

though. If she wanted

hem of her dress and raised it to her thighs. She watched me with curious blue eyes as I hooked my fingers in

blue hair splayed around her

on me,

the fact that I’d

at me with eyes laced with desires

joking if I said I wasn’t having fun torturing her slowly,

very cute horny glare, “Put your mouth on me. Make use

making me laugh but for the first time I held it in. I didn’t want to piss her off

pulled her legs apart and my tongue plunged into her, I made lazy strokes on her clitoris and brought

the private movie theatre upstairs which was followed by dinner in the main

straightened up like a boy-scout, I could inherit this house one day. And I’d been adamant that I didn’t need anything from him,

day, I would want to come back here, settle down in this small town,

Blue’s mumbling. I glanced up at her from my empty plate thinking I’d probably missed something she wanted to

Strange...

in this room that I wasn’t aware about? If Blue said there were ghosts in this house, we were packing

behavior, chalking it up as one of Blue’s many strange behaviors. It wasn’t like she was acting out of character anyway. My wife was different. I had come

we were napping by the riverbanks, but my eyes had been closed that time and I was feeling drowsy with sleep so I’d easily forgotten all