Lost Among The Sand Dunes

"Good?" she murmurs.

"Yeah," Dave nods.

He doesn't say anything else as he shuffles off the table and pulls his shorts back on. Sam doesn't move, standing there in the middle of the room, in the heat, naked, with a hand between her legs. She's watching Dave tie up his shorts again. Dave runs a hand through his tousled hair, then he looks at her. She can see a strange expression on his face.

"You've missed this, you said."

"I guess, yeah, I did."

"This, but not me."

Sam doesn't reply, but Dave just smiles.

"So, you got what you wanted," he continues, "The best of both worlds."

"I...." she begins, but her voice fades out.

"We aren't kids anymore, Sam. Those days are over. We can't go back into the past."

Sam blinks and suddenly there are tears.

"I know," she confesses, "I know. I just...."

"What, Sam? Really, what?"

"Us, just the two of us among the sand dunes. That summer. I... I miss that."

Dave turns, heading for the door, but he comes to a halt in the entrance.

"I miss that girl too, Sam, the way she felt, how she was. But she's gone, and she's never coming back."

His shoulders sag as if supporting a terrible burden.

"I lost her somewhere out among the sand dunes. I kept chasing after her but then one day she was gone. I miss her every day," he says, "But it's her I miss, Sam. It's not you."

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