All I want For Christmas

It's a crisp, clear December morning on Flagler Beach. The sun is bathing the coast in all its glory. The air is cool and refreshing. Along the beach a few souls can be seen walking up and down the shore. An older couple are walking hand in hand just beyond the reach of the icy waves. A few hundred yards north sits the slowly crumbling remains of an old restaurant. For many years it was a local favorite. The locals would gather for a bucket of beer and eat fried oysters while the kids watched the moonlight play over the ocean. They had live bands sometimes, and you could hear the music for a mile in either direction. 

About a half mile or so from the old condemned restaurant there is a young couple making a tall sand castle. They have a couple of plastic five gallon buckets and various make shift tools. The man is holding a short piece of two by four. He is using it to flatten out an area around the base of the sand castle. His girlfriend is carving windows and doors in the upright column of sand with a butter knife. The sand castle isn't complete yet, but so far it is turning out to be one grand sand castle. She has drawn brickwork and vines along the side, and a moat complete with little sand alligators. The man is making a fence of sand around the base. The castle is almost six feet tall. At the top is a single wide cone shaped spire topped with a piece of driftwood. He is wearing an old faded pair of blue jeans shorts and no shirt. She is wearing a modest looking blue two piece swimsuit. They exchange happy smiles between them as they work busily. The man sets the timber down and takes a step back to survey their progress so far.

"Do you like it?" She asked him.

"You got the grace, I got the muscle. Looks good so far." He replied, smiling.

The girl kissed him sweetly. They embraced and shared a long warm hug.

"So what made you decide to bring me out here early in the morning and build a sand castle?" She asked curiously. 

The man stared at the unfinished sand castle for a moment then answered her. He seemed to be choosing his words carefully. 

"I've had alot on my mind lately. I've made some hard decisions and wanted to bring you here because we always talked about building a sand castle here, but we never got around to it." He responded in a somber tone. 

She cast him a wary glance. He reached for her hand and held it in his own.

"It's nothing bad baby. I decided I'm leaving Florida. I'm moving to Charleston to be closer to you." He said.

She did not speak for a moment, then she kissed him again. He sat down next the sand castle and she sat at his side. She lay her head on his shoulder. They sat in silence, watching the waves break against the sand.  

"I know you want to be closer to me, but this is where you wanted to start your life over. Why have you decided to leave now?" She asked suddenly. "You love this place." 

"It's hard to explain honey. I do love this place, but I can't stay. Mostly I loved the chance to live here. I wanted to see a different side of life. Now that I have lived here for a while I want to move on." He answered. "In a way this place is spoiled to me. Alot of the friends I made here have moved on. Most of the places I like to go are closed or changed from all these damned hurricanes. All of our sea turtle nests washed away. I can't go and eat where I used to. I can't drive my Mustang along the same coast line any more."

"I don't want you giving anything up here to be with me." She replied. " I want you to be happy. I know it was a big step for you, leaving your family behind to come here. I saw how you changed when you came here."

"Baby it isn't a sacrifice leaving here to be with you. It's what I want. And being with you is what makes me happy. That's what I came here to find, and I found it. It's just not here. It's in Charleston. It's you baby." He said, tossing a piece of broken sea shell into the breaking waves. 

"I'm glad we were friends before you moved here." She replied. "I think if we were dating then it would have kept us from being so close now. Thank you for waiting for me."

He turned to her and kissed her.

"You're worth it." He whispered. "You're worth it."

"So what do you want for christmas?" She asked him. 

"Baby you know I'm not too much for christmas. Get me whatever you like." He replied. 

She punched him playfully on the shoulder. "Hey now, that's not fair." She said.

"Why not?"

"Are you telling me you haven't already got my christmas?" She asked, eyeing him suspiciously.

"Well, no. I have got your christmas already. So?"

"So you always get me exactly what I want, but you never tell me what you want so I have to guess. You remember the things I forget, and at christmas you always buy me exactly what I want." She responded.

"Yes. I pay attention to you darlin'. When I see you mooning over something I remember it. I'm sorry if I'm hard to shop for, I just don't like to ask people for anything. Especially you."

"That's very old fashioned and sweet of you but it drives me nuts. I love how chivalrous you are, but dammit I want to buy you something so tell me something you want!" She chirped. 

He looked at her for a second, then looked up the beach. He looked down the beach, then up again. 

"You see that old couple walking this way? They're way off past the diving bell. Maybe a little under a half mile away?" He asked, pointing up the beach. 

"All I see are two dots. Your eyes are alot better than mine. What about them?" 

"And do you see that woman down there reading a book?" He said, pointing in the opposite direction. 

"Yes, she's wearing a big floppy sunhat." She replied. 

"How far away do you think she is? Maybe a hundred yards?"

"I Guess so, why?" She asked. 

He took her by the hand and stood up. He led her around to the side of the half finished sand castle facing up the beach. 

"Can you see the woman in the sunhat from here?" He asked.

"Yes." She replied. 

"Ok, now sit down and tell me if you can see her." 

She sat down obediently, then leaned to each side trying to see the woman around the big sand castle. 

"Nope, I can't see her now."

"Good then." He said. "Now stand up."

She rose and stood before him.

"What are you up to?" She asked, and as suddenly as she spoke he snatched her bikini bottom down around her ankles. 

"Baby!" She scolded. "There are people around!"

He kissed her suddenly and palmed her breasts. He could feel her nipples come to attention immediately through the thin fabric of the bikini top. He put his hands on her hips and turned her around. 
"I bet if you bent over the woman in the sunhat couldn't see you. She'll just see a guy working on a big ol' sand castle. And the old folks behind us won't be able to see us for a few more minutes." He said to her, clamping his hands on her shoulders and pushing her upper body down..

"Baby we can't! It's broad daylight! Are you crazy!?" She protested, then grew suddenly silent when she felt his hard cock grind against her crotch. She bent over and dug her hands into the damp sand castle. 

"Just for old times sake darlin'."

"I can't believe you." She said, as she felt him push against her and slide inside.

She arched her feet and spread her legs a little to receive him. He untied her bikini top and pulled it away as he slowly fucked her from behind. She raised her head at times to peek at the woman from behind the sand castle. With each stroke he made, her hands dug deeper in the sand. The top of the sand castle was starting to slump to one side. She bit her lip and sighed aloud as his cock parted her swollen labia. He reached around her and grasped her breasts, quickening his pace. His toes curled and dug little troughs in the sand as they made hurried love under the bright Florida sun. Each time her body moved, the top of the sand castle slid a little farther down. 

"Baby." He grunted, slapping her on the ass.

He withdrew from her and took a small step back. She turned and dropped to her knees in front of him. She opened her pretty mouth and closed her eyes. He grabbed a handful of hair with his left hand, and stroked his cock with his right. She held her mouth open and leaned closer. He inhaled loudly then made a long sighing noise as he shot a warm load of cum across her mouth. 

"Ahhhhhhhh." He groaned. "That was nice."

She swallowed obediently then quickly recovered her bikini. Moments later she was dressed again. He was smiling at her with a wry grin. 

"You are terrible." She said behind her own smile. "And you made me ruin the sand castle!"

The top of the sand castle was now a crude pillar of sand, The side, once even and flat, was gouged and slumping badly. The whole thing was on the verge of toppling over. 

"Now we have to start all over." She said.

"No we don't." He replied. "Matter of fact, I think we need to leave it just the way it is. If you want to give me something for christmas, let's leave this half of the sand castle here, and finish the other half on Folly Beach."

"I'm not giving you a stinking sand castle for christmas." She snapped playfully.

"Ok ok. Geez." He replied, then stood looking intently at the sand castle for a moment. " I'm not asking you for one, but the cd player in my car is shot. It would be nice to have a new one."  

She wrapped her arms around him and hugged him, placing her head on his shoulder and smiling. 

"Thank you Sir." She responded "Is there anything else you want?" 

"I want to be living in Charleston close to you. You're all I want for christmas baby." 

"I love you honey." She said. "Are you sure you want to leave Florida to be with me?" 

"That's the one thing I want that I can't live without baby. I love you." 

Fade To Black

To my faithful readers: 

Hello again. Thanks for taking time to sit and read with me again. Things in my life have been a changin' lately. I am leaving the east coast of Florida soon. I am moving to Charleston to be with my sweet heart. I moved here to start my life over anew. Sadly, things didn't turn out as I had anticipated. It wasn't a loss at all, though. I made some life long friends here and got to do many things I would have otherwise never had the chance to. I saw a manatee one crisp morning while fishing at Gamble Rogers state park. I was fishing at Washington Oaks Garden state park later the same day and a pod of dolphins paid me a visit. They played along the shore line for a while. I took the hook off of my line and hooked a big bobber to it. I would cast the line out between the small dolphins and they would bring it back to the shore like a faithful dog fetching a stick. I walked through the city of St. Augustine many times with my camera in hand. I took my sweetheart there on new year's eve to see the millions of christmas lights draped over the beautiful old city like a brushing virgin bride wearing a veil of new lace. 

I'm going to miss Flagler Beach. It has been one of my favorite retreats since I moved here. When I am troubled I will drive the half hour there and walk barefoot in the sand until I reach the old diving bell buried in the sand. There, the sky above seems so much bigger than any where else in the world. I grew alot here. I learned alot about myself and who I am, where I want to be in life. As much as I love this place, I am letting it go freely to be with my baby. So this one is dedicated to the sand and surf, the pretty girls in bikinis and the surfer guys who are always chasing them, the retired folks walking happily down endless sidewalks and the other people chasing their dreams who find themselves here in the sunshine state. And last but certainly but not least this one is for the big blue beast. The living breathing endless ocean. Man's greatest lover and harshest burden. I followed her here, and now I'm leaving to discover the old girl again in a different place.