Imagine me and you, I do
I think about you day and night, it’s only right
To think about the girl you love and hold her tight
So happy together
If I should call you up, invest a dime
And you say you belong to me and ease my mind
Imagine how the world could be, so very fine
So happy together
I can’t see me lovin’ nobody but you
For all my life
When you’re with me, baby the skies’ll be blue
For all my life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together
I can’t see me lovin’ nobody but you
For all my life
When you’re with me, baby the skies’ll be blue
For all my life
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
Ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba
Me and you and you and me
No matter how they toss the dice, it has to be
The only one for me is you, and you for me
So happy together
So happy together
How is the weather
So happy together
We’re happy together
So happy together
Happy together
So happy together
So happy together (ba-ba-ba-ba ba-ba-ba-ba)’
Michael accompanied me while I ran my Friday errands which took almost no time at all. The day was ours to do with as we pleased. Instead of heading back to the house after the errands were completed I pointed the car towards the coast and we went for a drive.
Holding hands we walked on the beach at Stinson talking and enjoying the lazy pace of the day and paid no attention to the time until our bellies growled for food. When we were actually hungry enough to leave the beauty of the beach, we delayed just long enough for me to be able to experience the water reconnect again. Carrying my shoes and rolling up my pants Michael instantly understood and made his own preparations for keeping his clothes dry.
We stood at the edge of the dry sand for only a moment before we walked a few steps into the surf. The reward was glorious. We turned to each other to note together the extreme loveliness of it all and to register the memory with one another. Yes, all was right with the world. I moved over to Michael and put my hand in his to be near him and to give recognition to the fact that neither of us could have it without the other. Michael pulled me tight into his body and wrapped his arms around me for a full body reconnection in the water. The sparks and pops made us laugh.
The water was cold but the chill on the water didn’t change the way the reconnect gave us the goodness. Michael couldn’t seem to help himself when he splashed me, only a little. The water was so cold; I was startled and in a knee-jerk reaction, splashed him back. That was all it took for Michael as his splashes increased in quantity and frequency. It only took minutes before I was soaked to the skin. I’d splashed him some, too, but I got the worst of it or the best of it depending on how you looked at it. The water reconnect was like a ‘step into another universe’. We felt a sense of ‘well-being’ with endless possibilities and the confidence and freedom to accomplish any of those possibilities.
Since my entire body was dripping wet, going deeper wasn’t that crazy. Total submersion was my intent and Michael read my obvious tell and nearly beat me under as he dove in. Underwater we found each other and wrapped up. Our unity was great comfort as sparks jumped from Michael and me and back again. Under all the chaos I felt Michael nuzzle me with his lips on my neck just under my ear. Every nerve end stood to attention in anticipation of what he would do next.
What he did matched what I did. We held on and held our breath as we rolled like a united log. The salt water pushed into my skin until my pores opened up and the sparks rushed inside to add to the intensity that was already going on. When it was necessary we surfaced for air; we surfaced under no effort of our own. Our eyes joined together looking for a witness to have seen and felt and been part of that oddest of events. No words were required because our need for each other said all there was to say.
At the time, it didn’t seem like odd behavior to experiment with the wave both externally and from within. There’s nothing in my experience that’s ever come close to the intense suddenness or the slow anticipatory rise of sexual response than being hit with the wave while submerged. At one time in our experimenting, we decided that it was not possible to forecast the direction or shape in which the wave would take at any given ‘event’.
Neither of us was shy about trying new experiments. Knowing that our time together was limited we pushed our tolerances to the very ‘nth degree. We were brave for one another and greedy and driven by the connect we pushed to give ourselves, to please each other, and to chronicle all of it. Michael had his way and I had my recall.
Cold and shivering I knew we had to get out of the wet clothes. Even though there was a blanket and a coat in the back seat, we’d need more than that. A look in the trunk proved to be fortuitous as it was harboring another blanket and my son’s big sloppy sweatshirt. I took off my wet sweater and put on the sweatshirt. Giving Michael the big over coat and the large blanket to wrap up in, he was much more comfortable and decided that he wanted to drive.
It took only a minute or two for the car to get warmed up and cozy. That coziness added to the atmosphere of well being while we talked about the water reconnect. I had to confess that the lower half of my body was still vibrating and then wondered out loud how long it would last.
A smile took up residence on Michael’s face and for a long time I watched to see if it would change but instead Michael looked over to me and smiled even bigger.
“You were fierce back there; you never once backed away. That was ridiculously fun and scary.”
It was always a thrill for me to hear Michael talk after an experience that took away our ability to do anything other than hold on to each other. Talking after was one of my favorite things; the effort we made to understand each episode brought us closer.
He asked, “Did you notice how we didn’t even need to think about breathing because we surfaced when we needed to even without effort?”
He continued without expecting an answer from me.
“There were quite a few moments today when I was transported back to our time in Sandy’s pool and was able to anticipate, to a minor degree, where the wave was taking us.”
Always looking for successes and trying to learn more about our connection and what it wanted from us, I looked at what Michael said as a break through. If he could anticipate anything during one of our reconnect episodes, it was more than I could do. His input could be the way to figure it out.
“Do you have a pool or a hot tub at your place in London?”
I was wondering if Michael and Lu had experienced the water reconnect together.
“Have you and Lu been swimming a lot?”
Michael looked at me again and confessed that Lu didn’t get that part of the connection when we copied (a simple ritual) my connection into her.
“What