Beyond That, the Sea by Laura Spence-Ash

Author:Laura Spence-Ash
Language: eng
Format: epub
Publisher: Celadon Books

Here they were, together for the first time in public. He wanted to hold her hand. He wanted the world to know they were together. Instead, she was treating him like a second-class citizen, a servant, someone to wait on her in the street. When she finally emerged, running across the street to avoid a car, her smile disappeared when she saw his face.

“What,” she said, walking briskly down the sidewalk, forcing him to catch up. “What is your problem?”

He waited until some people passed, walking the other direction. “You,” he said. “You’re the problem.”

She rounded a corner and then stopped abruptly and turned to face him. He bumped into her. “What do you want me to do? Tell every nosy so-and-so my business? She knows my mother, William; she knew me as a child.” The tops of her ears were bright red. He’d forgotten about that.

“I would have thought you could do more than just kick me out onto the street.”

“What should I have said to her? This here is William and I lived with his family in America and, oh, we shagged last night.”

He had no words with which to respond. She’d always been tough. It was one of the things he’d loved about her, how she stood up for herself. But there was an edge to her now that surprised him. It seemed ridiculous, but he wasn’t sure he’d ever heard a girl speak like that. Even Rose, who was plenty rough around the edges, always said “making love,” a phrase he hated. Sex, he would think. Just call it what it is. We’re going to fuck. And while he was taken aback by Bea, it also excited him. He loved that she said exactly what he had been thinking. It had so often been like that with them, as though they shared their thoughts with each other without speaking. He’d never had that with anyone else. Not even with Rose. He pushed Bea against the wall and kissed her. Slow-like, not rushed. They were sober now, and all he wanted to do was kiss her. She struggled at first and then relented, kissing him back. “Yes, we did,” he said in her ear. “And I hope we will again, tonight.”

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