"I love you." He held her and kissed her, and for the next few hours he simply lost himself to her. Her lips, her love, her touch. He sunk into her and let himself drown for a while, a release he had no familiarity with but found exhilarating all the same. Two hours of such bliss passed almost before he realized it, and it was with a soft sigh of regret that he forced himself to surface. By then next to her once again, he sat up on his elbows and looked down at her, smiling crookedly. "We shouldn't delay much longer," he said softly. "Lots of people are depending on us. As much as I like laying here exploring every inch of you..." He shrugged sheepishly. "I think it's time we move."