Ashley woke slowly; she opened her eyes to be met by the sun very slowly disappearing beyond the waters edge. The sun had turned a mixture of orange and red and on a closer inspection the heat could be seen rising from the waters surface. She moved her attention to the mass of blonde hair covering her chest and smiled softly to herself.

Waking in Spencer’s arms once again felt so perfect she couldn’t believe she had risked never experiencing that ever again. She felt Spencer begin to stir and felt the hand lightly rubbing over her small hard bump and she had to just smile.

“What are you smiling at?” Spencer spoke her voice full of grogginess.

“You, I missed you so much I can begin to explain” Ashley said her voice beginning to break with emotion.

“Ash, its ok it’s over now we can start again, forget the crap and move on” Spencer kissed the nearest patch of skin to her.

“I don’t want to forget though Spencer, I fear If I forget then I will take you for granted and I never want to do that, I want to wake up every morning and thank god that im so lucky to have you in my life, I want to fall asleep every night thankful that I have you in my life, I know iv been an arse in the past but I need you to know right here and now how I truly feel about you…” Spencer cut in telling her she needed need to but Ashley proceeded regardless.

“When I thought id lost you from my life I didn’t know what to do, all I wanted was to turn back time and erase all the stupid things iv ever said or done to you, all the times I should have supported you and instead I acted like a child, Spencer from the bottom of my heart I love you, and more than that im completely in love with you, what you said earlier about wanting to grow old, I feel that too, when I look into the future I see you with me watching crappy quiz shows on TV everyday, I see our grandkids coming to visit and asking how we met, I see so many firsts we will have shared, anniversaries, children, holidays, grandkids…. When I thought id lost you I saw all of that slipping away… I couldn’t even imagine where I would be the next day never mind in 40 years.