“Sshhhh, lover….” she whispered as she looked around us to see if
anyone had heard. No one had, and with joint sighs of relief, we
lay there and held each other for a while, me still panting and gasping
for breath. Suddenly, Sharon pushed me off of her, got up, and brushed
herself off. She tugged at the blanket until I rolled off and stood
up (well, I did the best I could, anyway…)

“Come on”, she said, and with the blanket in one hand and my arm in
the other, she led me away to who-knows-where. I was still dazed.
Where were we going? Why had she stopped? Why the hell couldn’t I
walk? She practically dragged me down the side of one of the steeper
hills, and I almost fell. A light wind had sprung up, and it cleared
my head a little. What time was it, anyway? A glance at my watch
showed it had been TWO hours. Uh oh. No big deal for me, really,
I didn’t have anything going on that afternoon at the office. But
Sharon was an hourly employee. What about her boss? Wouldn’t he
wonder where she was? I knew one thing - we weren’t heading back to
the car, that’s for sure!

At the bottom of the hill, a small clump of trees came into view, and
it seemed to me like Sharon was heading for these. Yup. In we went.
In the middle of them all was a small clearing, just about blanket
size. Sharon gave a last look around, spread the blanket on the
ground, and pushed me back down on it. Her face was flushed, her
breathing was heavy - heavier than I would have thought from that
easy hillside descent. I started to ask her about work, but she
cut me off with a passionate kiss - and I forgot, well, I forgot
everything. Soon we were kissing and touching like before, but
this time I had the presence of mind to reciprocate.