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The evening was special, Tom HAD gone to a lot of work to ensure all he could do to please her and now as she glanced at him across the table in this rather, she thought, expensive restaurant ! it had crossed her mind that she could at any time expect him to ? Three years, that was how long it had been, three good years of fun, of closeness, of friendship that had turned into love, that oozing, sticky sensation that never lets you forget how much you miss her; or him.
The main course finished as now plates cleared she waited, eager anticipation ? Yet, she had to admire him and not for the fact alone, that she loved him but for the way he was so composed, so cool ?! She tried NOT, to let her impatience show ! “Ah desert !! “ He grinned, as she looked up, to see the waitress approaching from the side of her, to place down the knickerbocker glory, she had ordered in the tall stemmed glass It looked delicious, almost to the point she almost licked her lips ! There was another grin from him. She picked up her long handled spoon to dip into it, only to let out a squeal !
Others now were looking in their direction ? Somewhat amused by the howls, that now echoed in the air of sheer pleasure ? Delight? Ah yes, delight ! Her fingers gently eased the ring, off the spoon for her almost to drop the spoon !
Shifting her hand, her nimble fingers moving, as she nudged it on its descent from the handle of the spoon, to gently land on the table with a thud.
Picking it up, she glanced at it, whilst taking hold of the napkin, he passed to her, then wiped it. He had moved to go onto his knees, taking the ring from her, now holding it, for them both to see how it sparkled beneath the soft lights of the restaurant. “Will you “ She had not let him finish. Another howl of delight as she slid her hand down, stretching out her hand as he moved the ring towards her finger. “YES ! “ He slides the ring onto her finger, then leans in for their lips to meet as the rest of those onlooking smile then clap ?
It would be ten minutes after they had left the restaurant, on their way back to the hotel, walking hand in hand, along the cobbled path that led up to its entrance, that something whistled overhead ? Well certainly made a kind of hissing noise as now both of them glanced up. The object was disc shaped. The sparkling of colours was almost as dazzling as the diamond on the ring had been when caught by the light! A UFO ?? He, tried to convince himself it was anything but!
Without success. There was no similarity in shape to anything they had ever seen liken to an aircraft, a helicopter or similar re a baloon or?
After some minutes it flickered then at speed, moved up into the skies and was gone, the speed of its descent was enough to make them gasp ? close ! Other voices now made them turn, to see several others, who had witnessed ‘the strange goings on ? ‘ “UFO ! It had to be, to be moving at that speed” The voice of a male, in his fifties? “First one I’ve seen round here, for a while “ He spent the next ten minutes, explaining that he was a member of a local UFO club and the area was quite well known for sightings ?
“Bit difficult to believe in those things.“ It was a woman, stood near them, joined by two others, one male one female both in their teens ? “Well it stands to reason don’t it “ The teenage girl smiled “Gotta be life beyond the stars ! “
Another couple, joined the now growing group of people. “Bit of satellite entering th earths’ atmosphere and you lot go gah gah ! “ “Excuse me “ it was the guy from the UFO club now growling his displeasure.
“I think we all saw it go UP “ Heads were nodding. “NOT comin down ! Besides weren’t no burning, no flames and such lighting up the sky from debris burning up ! As for the speed and the way it moved darting about? “
“You lot would believe in anything ! “ The youth paused, looked round at them “Been down to the beach have we ? along the rocks ? in the coves ? “ He started to grin.
“Anyone seen any mermaids ? “ No one said anything. “Exactly ! “
His face was now one of distinct pleasure and his lips were smirking ! No one had seen the figure of a male at the back of the group, somewhat hidden from the bulk of the group ? A young man in his thirties whose voice now added his opinion ?
“Do you know I would have said, you were being sarcastic, but true, but after I saw that program on television hmm now what was it called ... ah yes ‘Deep Blue or something like that, by that guy, David.” A female interrupted him “ David Attenborough ? I saw that, it was really good “ “Well after seeing that, I realised there are depths to the oceans we don’t know what lives down there ... even Mermaids ? and ask yourself why the Greeks, the Vikings, our own seafarers record images of ‘Mermaid’ beings? “
The other male, who continued to rubbish such theories, went quiet. He was about to open his mouth again, to add, ‘no such thing ‘ only to be interrupted by another male. “You can’t say they don’t exist, the same as you can’t say what we saw tonight wasn’t Aliens from space.. bit of a bugger really “ Holiding his girls hand, that diamond still sparkling in the half light he turned and walked off. Another male stood a short distance from the group had been listening, a fisherman? The group and the engaged couple? They did not see the lips smile then mutter.
‘Mermaids? Folklore? If only you knew .. “
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