Lakehouse Rain

As I looked out the window, I saw that it was raining. It was raining hard and it showed no signs of stopping. 2 days into this 4 day lakehouse adventure with Maria had turned into a miserable experience. We came up to the lakehouse and the forest for a few days to escape the city and have a fun weekend. So far it has been forgettable. Not in a bad sense but in a sense of where doing extaclly the same thing we do in the city.. watching Movies Board games and lots of cooking. While this is far from the worst weekend ever. This is not how we pictured the weekend would be. We wanted to go wakeboarding, hiking and camping. Nature had other plans. Now we just had to work with nature. 

Anyway that is just an introduction to where we are now. I just work up and it is the second day. I look at my clock. it is 5:42 am. I ask myself to stay up or go back to sleep? Tough question. I look over my shoulder and see Maria still in a deep sleep. I don't know why, but one of my favorite sites is her sleeping, I smile and think to myself. "I get to wake up to that, how lucky am I" Now some people in life may end up in a long marriage and others a divorce. Right now it is neither. Maria and I have been dating for 6 years. It is rather strange to think that Maria is a former professional soccer player and also a somewhat famous model. She has also found work with some online catalogs and has also met some famous models. So you may be asking how did I. A warehouse worker/part time writer end up with her? It is a strange story and it sounds something that may have been out of a movie. It was about 7 years ago and it happened in Toulouse of all places. I was walking with a French friend and then a women comes up to me and ends up asking me in English "do you speak English " "yes" I reply. "good" Maria responds. "I need you to pretend that you are dating me" "who are you and why are you telling me to do this" Maria got angry and then says "just let me kiss you and ill explain everything later" with that she grabs my hand and starts kissing me. I play along and a few moments later I see cameras and journalists and a large mob of people. It is pretty obvious that she is famous. She then goes on to speak fluent French. then the media goes away. i am still in shock. "OK I deserve to know the truth" Maria then laughs. "my name is Maria and I am a soccer player and I also model on the side. I am pretty well know in France anyway I am going to ask for your number. Now I want to text you. Si vous Plait dont text me." I give maria my number and she then runs away. A few days later she texts me and we get to know each other. From there we start talking and by some strange twist of fate she ends up playing for a USA team. From there we reconnect and start talking again. .

 So ya back to the present. I look over my shoulder and see she is still sleeping. There is no reason to wake her up and I do not have any intentions of doing that. Rather I take out a pen and paper and start writing. I describe the weather of this forgettable weekend. I write a bit and then I hear a "bonjour cheri," which translates to good mourning darling. Maria is up and her hair is all over the place "you look you just rolled out of bed there" Maria laughs. "thats most likely beacuse all of those are true.' she then stands up and puts on some sweatpants and a sports bra. "I know you want more but for now lets keep it PG." "Works for me I reply. Maria then smiles. "Maybe tonight we go R rated like we have before." With that she leaves the bedroom.

A few hours later I find Maria in the attic. She is on her computer and is talking to her family and speaking French. Now I can speak A little French but not much. Not enough to talk to her parents. As I am about to head downstairs. I hear a "Get over hear" So I walk over and end up saying hi to her Parents in France. "They like you" Maria says. "je pence meme" i reply and her parents end up laughing and smiling.

after that I leave the attic. 

A short while later Maria finds me on the porch. "You look lost" she says to me. " Its that oblivious isn't it." she then looks at out the window. "We have come hear for the last several years,You cant let one bad weekend be the one that ruins it" I get up and then I walk away. "speaking of ruining things, you ruined my trip to France all those years ago. Had you not come along I don't think I would have ever interacted with you or had a super awesome life" Maria smiles and then says. : i am the worst mistake you ever had, you can admit that." "cest Vrai" I look out the window again. "I know this sounds silly and its never been asked before but I want to kiss you in the rain." Maria smiles and then says "Lets do it just a few small conditions " :

Name them" I say. "OK here they are" Maria then tells me them. "rain jackets have to be on, hoods up and I want to jump into your arms and maybe kiss you." "deal" I say. 

Sometimes the best days are the rainy ones. Some times when your standing out in the rain with someone special. Well that is all that matters. In this moment. Maria and I standing in the rain, Well that was the highlight of an otherwise boring weekend. As the rain came down it was as if time had stopped. standing in the Rain is wonderful.