Three words that everyone wants to hear but they come like a thunderbolt on a clear day - electric shocks traveling to every finger leaving you feeling woozy and jolted - a rush that makes blood rush to your head faster than a slug of whiskey on a cold evening.
She was dressed up even more stunning than the previous evening - a low cut black evening dress that was elegant and entrancing - the black silk framing her body in a breathtaking manner - so much hidden yet so much seen.
These words cut through the previous conversation between them like a knife. Most days people walk through life as if in a dream, moving through the motions and time inevitably ticking on, one more day closer to the grave and stuck in the same loops - and then something happens that awakens the mind - a jolt like falling into a pool of ice water and waking up for the first time in years.
The words rang in his ears - she had leaned in close to whisper them in his ear - her long auburn hair brushing against the side of his face - tickling his face - her bosom pressed against his chest - and her breath felt like a small rush of warm air in the chilly night.
They had been drinking together for a few hours now, analyzing the fellow guests and exchanging stories of destinations in the past - he had fallen into an easy calm in her company - it felt so natural to talk with her about the others and thought he had only met her last night she felt like a lifelong friend he could confide in.
So many words had been exchanged between them by this point - they had finished the entire bottle of champagne they had ordered with dinner and the stars had been dancing across the sky above their heads for what seemed a lifetime - entire constellations exploding in light. But some words can freeze time and space, make a moment feel like an eternity.
He felt tongue-tied and swallowed down what he was in the middle of saying - words lost in the ethereal reaches of his mind - disrupted by her words spoken so suddenly and softly.
He looked back at her - lake green eyes framed by auburn hair - her deep red lips that had just jolted him into another life moving now so close to him that he could smell her lipstick. He started to respond but found himself speechless.
