Doing Nothing

We sat there, letting time pass us by. It felt good not having to worry about the time going by. We did not have to be anywhere, we did not have to meet anyone and we did not have to do anything.

I looked at Charlie and she looked at me.

We smiled.

I made a small pile of sand with my bare foot, building it up with my toes. Charlie was watching some children further down the beach busy discussing the sandcastle they were creating while their parents sat in chairs nearby.

I looked across at the cliff at the side of the beach. I could see the outline of a path snaking its way up the cliff until it disappeared amongst the trees halfway up the cliff-side, then re-emerging up higher, beyond the tree line. I'd seen a few people go along the path from the beach and disappear into the trees, then minutes later appear on the path above the trees. The path apparently led to some sort of monument, or statue at the top of the cliff. I was beginning to wonder what it would be like to take the path, see the statue, or whatever it was, and see the view from up there.

'You're bored.' Charlie looked at me, sheltering her eyes under the palm of her hand.

I shrugged. 'I never really got the hang of doing nothing.'

'Why are we here then?'

'I thought you... you said we needed a break.'

Charlie shrugged this time. We'd known each other long enough to not need words. There were times, out on a job when we hardly ever spoke to each other. We were used to silences, maybe we were too used to them.

I glanced towards the cliff path.

'Do you want to go up there?' She'd seen where I was looking.

Turning to her, I also knew that she knew what I'd been thinking about where the path disappeared into the trees. She grinned, her tongue flicked between her lips. 'You think maybe somewhere along that path there is a quiet... secluded place?'

'I was wondering that, yes.' I could feel the arousal beginning.

Charlie noticed that too, she glanced up into my eyes from where she'd been looking down at my crotch.

She stood. 'Come on then,' she said. 'Let's go fuck.'