Here she was, in paradise with a handsome man, who desired her.  Marti felt the need to pinch herself, just to make sure she wasn't dreaming, but if she was dreaming, she didn't want to wake up.  Honestly, she had never felt like this, even with the man she had been engaged to so many years ago.  No man really paid her any attention, any longer.  She was 50, and pleasingly plump.  Frankly, she had given up on ever finding someone to spend the rest of her life with.<br/><br/>Had fate brought them here at the same time, to find each other?  Was this their destiny?  It was beginning to look like that.<br/><br/>Even just holding hands with Jeremiah, made her heart beat a little quicker, made her breath catch in her throat, made the butterflies in her tummy play volleyball.  As she listened to him tell her of his own life with his deceased wife, she realized, that she indeed had found a "keeper".  Any man, who lived a celibate life, because he didn't want to sleep with just anyone, was indeed a man with some principles.  She watched him as he blushed, and found it utterly charming.<br/><br/>Hearing him ask her if she was sure about "this" nearly made her heart burst from her chest.  "Yes, I'm very sure about this, but thank you for asking, just the same.  You're sure about this?"  She still sought the same clarification, even though he said he'd have to drown himself if she had denied them the pleasure they were both looking for.<br/><br/>His laughter was the best thing she had ever heard, and she couldn't help but laugh with him.  As he wrapped his arm around her waist, she felt a sudden calm sweep over her soul, like all was right with her world, no,<em>their</em>world.<br/><br/>As he unlocked the doors and opened hers, she saw him glimpse at her womanly parts, covered appropriately by her swim suit.  She pulled out of her bag, her lacy cover up, so that she could walk into the hotel, with some modesty intact.  She didn't want to put her street clothes on, over her wet suit.  She would let him enjoy "the view" as he put it.  She smiled to herself, as she heard him say that their destiny awaited them a few miles up the shore.  All she could think now, was, "Damn, can't this car go<em>any</em>faster?"<br/><br/>