Journeys Chapter One p27
Jaymes spent the next day sleeping fitfully in Garan's wagon. It seemed as if every bump consipired to keep him from getting a good sleep.
When they broke for lunch, he crawled out of the wagon and winced as he tried to stretch. Spirits that hurts. I need to sleep in a real bed again. He thought. It's too bad that it's still 60 days until we get to the new land.
His ruminations were cut short when a voice behind him inquired, “Is something wrong, amica mea?” A pair of arms slipped around him and paused as he winced and drew in a breath. “Jaymes?”
Slowly letting out his indrawn breath, he whispered, “It's nothing that can't be cured by a good nights sleep in a real bed.”
When the hands slowly moved up his back, he drew in a breath. “Where does it hurt?”
Trying not to let the dull pain bother him, he grunted, “Between my shoulder blades.” Samantha's hands moved up and gently pressed. “A little higher and to the left.” At her touch, he slowly relaxed. “That's the spot.”
“Oh, is it?” She teased as he relaxed under her ministrations. “Imagine what I could do for you every night.”
Jaymes closed his eyes and moaned softly. “Et ego faciam in te in oculis meis videre
stellæ manentes in ordine a million billion ad aetheres sed in omni corde, video te esse
amans oculos circumfluentibus.”
For a moment, there was silence, then Samantha softly whispered, “Oh Jaymes.” He heard a sniffle and then felt her arms slide around him and then she nestled against him. “If you don't stop, I'm going to cry.” That is the most beautiful thing I've ever heard. After a few moments, she reached down and took his hand. “We need to get going if you are going to show up for your own initiation. I know that you'll do just fine, Meas Amor.”
Then, as the moon rose, she fell into step beside him as they moved toward the fire, where the rest waited for the novitiates.
(Et ego faciam in te in oculis meis videre stellæ manentes in ordine a million billion ad aetheres
sed in omni corde, video te esse amans oculos circumfluentibus. - With my eyes do I in you see
a million stars in a billion skies but in my heart all I see is your loving eyes encompassing me.)
(Meas Amor – My beloved)
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Kind of like trying to sleep in a van, on a gravel road.