Chapter 512 - Perfect date (4) (2/2)

He pulled her body closer to him and they kissed. Slowly. Each kiss was making the world around them disappear in the blur a bit more, until there was nothing left. His arm held back of her head while hiding in her hair, their bodies pressed against each other, and nothing else mattered.

Sarah melted in his arms, gripping his back firmly, making sure that he does not disappear with the rest of the world, and she could only describe the feeling as a total surrender.

He rested his forehead on hers and she could see that he is smiling. And she was smiling as well.

Sarah inched away and looked into Aiden's eyes and stopped breathing. His eyes were glowing! His always dark eyes now had a strong light blue glow! She blinked few times to make sure she is not imagining. 'Yes! He has magic!' All her years of experience playing computer games were put into good use as she analyzed: 'White magic is for snow. Blue magic is for water… Light blue means that he is an ice wizard! But his body is warm… so it's warm ice. Yes, if you imbue ice with magic, it can feel warm... And his eyes are glowing strongly, which means he has a lot of mana! He must be a powerful wizard…'

She saw him glance behind her and his smile widened. And then a wave of disappointment hit her. 'His eyes are not glowing… they are reflecting what is behind me… BEHIND ME?!!'

She turned around and looked toward the ocean… waves brought in with them light blue glow. She remembered reading about this: bioluminescent plankton. Microscopic organisms which glow and are carried by the currents.

Any picture she saw previously didn't do justice to what she is looking at now. It seemed like the ocean has stars on its own. 'Like magic…'

Sarah shook her head and smiled at herself when she remembered how she said that she does not believe in wishing stars and then, for a moment she believed, or hoped, that Aiden is an ice wizard. She turned to look at him. 'Yes, if it's related to him, I will believe in anything. Even magic.'

They held hands while walking to the ocean and admiring the magnificent display of nature. Sarah turned around and saw that their footprints in the sand close to the water are glowing. She observed that waves are washing on the sand plankton and they are not going back in the ocean while currents are making the colony drift away from the shore. Sarah squatted and started collecting and pushing in the water sand mixed with light blue glow.

”What are you doing?”, Aiden asked when he observed her actions.

”If they don't go back in water, they will die.” Sarah responded without pausing her actions.

”There are too many, you can't save them all…” He wanted to say that this happens every evening, and it's a circle of life for these tiny creatures and pushing few of them back in the water will not make any difference...

”I can save at least some of them.”, she stubbornly pushed the sand back in the ocean.

Aiden paused for a moment and then decided to give up on persuading her to stop. He squatted not far from her and started pushing microscopic creatures back in the ocean while scooping them together with sand. He remembered those girls (and boys) in Africa and how she was not able to stay still when she saw them helpless… and he remembered stories from her 'Sigma army', how she helped them when they were in a pinch. He knew that Sarah is inclined to approach people in need of help, and now he saw that she will help even microscopic organisms.

Aiden looked at her and thought how she is the most beautiful girl in the world, inside and out. Before meeting her, he didn't know that someone can be so kind.

It didn't take long for tide to pull the ocean away, the plankton colony was long gone with the current, and light blue glow on the sand dimmed before completely dying away. Only then did Sarah stop her rescue efforts.

He held her close to him as they walked back toward villa. ”You know… I thought that the sight of a glowing ocean will impress you. And you transformed it into a rescue operation.”

Sarah heard disappointment in his voice. He should not be feeling down… ”It was beautiful… and I am impressed by all the effort you put into this. For a moment, I thought you are a wizard.”

He liked what he heard. Smug smirk appeared on his face. ”What kind of wizard?”

She giggled seeing him switch his mood so quickly. ”Ice wizard.”

He frowned, not understanding where that came from. There was nothing icy or cold, how can she give him a role of an ice wizard?

”A very powerful one.”, she quickly added.

He thought for a second and then smile came back to his face. 'I can be a very powerful ice wizard…'

It's not important from where it came from. As long as she sees him as a very powerful character, nothing else matters.

They showered before going to bed.

Sarah slept off within a minute.

Aiden kissed her forehead gently, taking care not to disturb her sleep and held her tightly. He was happy. First day went well. With those thoughts he drifted off to sleep.