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As though they’d already fallen into the habit, he climbed in bed behind her and spooned her. He wasn’t sure there was anything finer in the world than sliding behind a woman and pulling her close, something he’d definitely taken for granted when he’d been married to Renee.
Feeling her hand reach back to take his arm and drag it over her breasts assured him she felt the same way. “So, you want to go to the beach.”
“I do. I’ve been thinking about it ever since we were at Cape Town. Of course, we won’t have any penguins to keep us company on a California beach.”
She chuckled. “No, I suppose not.”
“You ready?”
“I am.”
He closed his eyes then focused on building the dreamglide. He felt the apparatus begin taking shape until soon he split into the second reality and hovered above the bed. Only in this one, he was naked.
He smiled as he looked down at Natalie. Come up here.
He watched her eyes close, though a smile formed on her lips at the same time.
The next second, she stood next to him.
He held out his arm. She drew close and slid her own arm around his waist.
He set his gaze toward the west, focused on California. Within seconds they were airborne, flying beneath the dawn light and climbing high into the atmosphere on a northwest trajectory. The craft flew faster than jet speed. “I thought we’d go to Santa Cruz. It’s much farther north though south of the Bay Area. It will be colder than the lower beaches, but there will be fewer people around.”
“Sounds perfect.”
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Natalie hugged Grant and kept on hugging him. She wasn’t sure if there was such a thing as autopilot on a dreamglide, but Grant kept his gaze glued to the horizon.
“What if we hit something?” she asked.
“We could pass through a mountain and it wouldn’t matter. We’re on a different plane. I just don’t want to overshoot our destination.” He glanced at her and squeezed her shoulder. “That’s why I’m not kissing you right now. Once we get started, I won’t stop.”
She gave him a quick kiss then let him get back to managing the dreamglide. Barely a minute passed before they were descending toward the beach. The sun was just coming up and the long stretch of sand was deserted. It was a beautiful time of day, especially in September. The rays of the sun were longer, sweeter.
It occurred to her that she had a boyfriend, a thought that made her chuckle.
“What?” he asked as he guided their dreamglide down to the beach. He landed near the cliffs which were a few dozen yards from the surf. The tide was out, the sea calm.
Although landed wasn’t the right word. She could feel her feet in the sand and as she moved the dreamglide moved with her, with them. There didn’t seem to be any real boundaries, yet she knew she was safe inside and protected, especially from the sun.
What an odd world she lived in that she was in two places at once, yet she
could feel the sand between her toes.
She turned back to him. He looked relaxed. “Want to go for a walk?”
“Love to.”
She turned and put her feet in motion. As he caught up with her, she could see his gaze was fixed on the ocean.
“I think I love this the most about dreamgliding,” he said. “I’m looking at our world as the sun comes up.”
“And it doesn’t hurt.”
He looked down. “I can feel the sand as well.”
“I know. And hear the surf. You realize we could go swimming.”
