The Quick Fix

She still couldn't shake the previous night's dream. She could still feel the warm water caressing her feet with the sand seeping from under her as the waves receded. The warm night air enveloped her.

His arms wrapped around her, cradling her to his body. His hand was at the small of her back, pulling her into him, barely allowing her the room to breathe. His lips were close to her ear, whispering. She was sure he was uttering his undying love but her focus was on his breath grazing the side of her neck, teasing. Her heart was racing.

Easing his free hand up her back, he grasped her hair. A small gasp left her lips. How could he be so forceful and yet leave her begging to be closer, needing more? He nuzzled next to her exposed neck, letting his lips trail down to her collarbone.

With the intoxicating smell of soap, the sea air and the light perspiration forming on his body her head was swimming, making her knees weak. His arms tightened, holding her up. His lips never left her body trailing towards her chin. Desperate to be closer, she gripped his shirt, pulling him to her lips. He was close enough she could feel his breath against hers. Their lips almost touching when he started snoring.

She had woke to loud snoring. The same loud snoring that interrupted some of her best dreams on a nightly basis. Once the envy of most the women in town, she was now every other wife married to a man in desperate need of a lounger that worked his abs instead of his butt. One that smoked, drank, and ate too much but still pictured himself as the Adonis he used to be. Farting and belching his way to being a gaseous anomaly. Subtle hints and flat out insults were met with a slap on the ass. The last time was the worst. He actually said, "Thank God you walk my dog or your ass wouldn't fit through the door."

She stood poised with her good frying pan and let loose with all the frustration that had been building up for the last fifteen of their twenty year marriage. That's where they found her in the middle of a bloody nasty mess that used to be her husband.

At least now, she could get a decent night's sleep.