After Joshua and Aletta settled on the location for their trip all they could wait on was the day to finally leave. At dawn, Joshua was waiting outside Aletta's house with a car ready to take her with him to the airport."You are quite early," Aletta said as she walked down toward him. The driver went up to take her bag from her and she felt weird about releasing it to him. She was used to taking care of herself and others together and not allowing another person to take care of it for her."But you are ready," Joshua said. He pulled her to himself for a hug before opening the door and nudging her to go in first. "Ladies first" Aletta cleared her throat before she pushed herself in. He closed the door and hurried to get in from the other side."I did not want you to wait long so I prepared beforehand just as I always do" Aletta responded.Joshua made a sound of disbelief and then the car came to life and began to leave the street. "I am so happy about this" Joshua said his hands find
"What do you mean you want separate rooms?" Joshua asked leaning on the door frame."I just want separate rooms" "What are you thinking? Remove your mind from the gutter" Joshua gasped as though she was a sinner."I am not thinking about anything I just think it's weird for us to share a room for a fifteen-day-long vacation" "What, we already share a room back at home so why are you so shy to share a room here?" Joshua asked pushing himself off the frame and walking to her."What do you mean shy?" she asked feeling her cheek become heated. She was sure by now that her whole face was crimson red and her body was betraying her by giving it away. She was shy and it was because she knew that they might have had sex on this trip and she wanted to delay it for as long as they could."Tell your red cheeks not to expose you because they tell me clearly what it is that you are thinking" Joshua took her hand. "Your bags are in there already all you have to do is take a couple of steps in" he
"Going on a vacation is sure nice," Aletta said as they took a walk down the beach. They had decided to spend their evening outside instead of inside.Aletta had been the one to suggest it, she knew the tension between them would be uncontrollable and they would have to succumb to it in the end. She wanted it to be something beautiful within them and not something born out of them not being able to control themselves. Joshua knew what she was doing and also thought it a good idea, at least this way he would know if it was something he wanted or if he was just pressured into doing it."Of course, it is because I suggested it" Joshua replied."When and where did you learn to say things like that? It is son cringe" Aletta said with a shudder.After the unintentional break between her and Joshua, he seemed to be more affectionate towards her and even used a lot of cringe words and sentences. Most times those comments made her heart warm with joy but most times she couldn't help but notic
Joshua and Aletta had a meal at a restaurant that served Nigerian meals. "See I told you that eating something new was worth the try" Aletta said as she patted her stomach."I am so full I feel I might burst open any moment from now," Joshua said."Took the words right out of my mouth" Aletta replied shocked he was feeling the same way."Should we take a walk around the area so it can help out digestion?" Joshua suggested.Aletta thought it to be a good idea, they could kill two birds with one stone, their food would get digested and they get to see the area and mark down the restaurant they wanted to visit later."Did you feel that?" Aletta asked looking up to the sky."Feel what?" Joshua asked when he felt a droplet of water touch his palm. "Is that a drizzle?" Joshua asked and Aletta nodded. "The forecast did not say it would rain here today" Joshua said fumbling with his phone to see what happened. He checked and it turned out that the weather was largely unstable so it caused ex
Joshua was taken aback by her gesture because she was not one to do something like that, she was always composed and perfect. Seeing her sway in the rain was strange to it."People are staring" he said holding her waist that was swaying back and forth as if they were in tune with music."We are tourists here, they would look at us and laugh at our silly nature and not bother to judge us" Aletta said.She wanted to enjoy her stay and try her best not to worry about the people who would talk, there was no pleasing others because they always found a way to complain about something about them."Let's dance" "In the rain?" Joshua asked with widened eyes and a shocked expression across his entire face."Yeah, just like when we were kids" "I never dance in the rain" Joshua confessed shyly. "Jessica did not allow you to dance in the rain?" Aletta could not believe that. Joshua was half the person he was because he had Jessica as his mom. If Xavier had married a random heiress and had child
"That felt refreshing" Joshua commented as they made their way back to the car. He could not believe that at his age he had spent thirty minutes swaying the rain with Aletta."See, letting go and allowing the rain to go all over you is one of the best feelings ever. Don't you feel light already?" Aletta asked excitedly."I am glad you talked me into doing it" he said planting a kiss on her temple. "Okay let's get home and take a long hot bath before we have something hot to drink so we don't catch a cold" Aletta said hurrying to catch up with the car."A long hot bath? Together" Aletta shook her head at him, they had spent the entire day out to ease the sexual tension between them but he managed to ruin what she had managed to build with a few seconds of talking."Not together but separately" she said not going to let him have his way and joke through the situation. "You know what I meant," she said as they slid into the car. Joshua went in through the driver's side and Aletta thro
"So I am done having a bath you should do so too and I will get started with tea" Aletta said walking up to the kitchenette."Do I need to have my bath, can't I just sit at the fireplace and warm up?" Joshua asked pointing to the false fireplace in the mini- sitting room."You know that's not real right?" Aletta asked wondering if he was just messing around or if he was serious about the fireplace thing."Or we could turn up the heat" Aletta pointed to the thermostat, "The heat is up and you are still shivering, a bath would help" Joshua whined like he was being forced to take a class he did not want to. "I don't think I would catch a cold from just a few drops of rain" Joshua said again hoping this time his answer would fly."No matter what excuse you have you just have to take a bath or else by morning you will be sick" Aletta said going to him and stretching her hand to him. He stared at her hand like it was fire and he was contemplating whether to play with it or not."Come on,
Joshua came out and commented on how better he felt after standing under the warm shower water for a while."See I told you so," Aletta said handing the cup of tea to him."Thank you" he said taking the cup and sipping from it."You really do know the trick to curing the sickness of dancing in the rain," Joshua said. His tone was like he was commending his child for getting top in his classes."Sickness of dancing in the rain? That's a new one" she said and he shrugged."I did not know what word to use for the situation so that string of words would do" "Well, my mom always did things she thought would look romantic so I did dance in the rain a lot with her while I was young and she always had a warm bath ready for us with a cup of hot milk whenever we finished dancing" Aletta said."You sound like you miss those days" "Of course I do, it was when I was not afraid to love, it was a time when I did not have a worry or care but being an adult took all that away from me" Aletta sounde