Episode IV
Of the Adventures of John and Holly


Part 46: A Walk In The Park

It was an unusually cool may afternoon. Holly and I had decided to walk to the ceremonies. We had almost two hours before it would start, giving us plenty of time. The long walk down memory lane, to the auditorium where we and thousands of others would graduate, we weren’t the only ones walking down there; many others in gowns were also making the trek. The walk down the quiet neighborhood streets was ominous. We entered the edge of the campus. There are large open areas dispersed through the campus, like small parks. “This place seems familiar” Holly said, knowing exactly what we had done there, and knowing that I knew it too. That would be a hard night to forget.

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It was junior year. The Fall semester midterms were over two days ago. The campus was dead, almost everyone had gone home. Holly and I had to study hard and had been quite stressed out over the past few days. To make matters we had both come down with something, making the studying that much harder. But today it was behind us, we were recovered from whatever bug we had caught, and had the stress behind us. I think we some couples want to relieve stress they just pound away and release the tension that way, but not us. We like to just relax and have some fun. Since the campus was dead we decided to go have a late picnic.

Walking off the path down into the grass, it was pretty dark, a full moon over us, and a bunch of trees offering shade. I laid down the blanket, and holly set down the basket. Holly had made some sandwiches before we left. “It’s so weird to be here, and there is no one else here.” I said. There is something quite peculiar about a place that you only know as bustling, to be completely empty. “Ya, it sure is quiet” Holly said. “We wouldn’t want to ruin that would we?” Holly said provocatively. Holly handed me the sandwich wrapped in foil. We ate in the moonlight. “God it’s such a relief to be done with this stuff for a while” Holly said. “I know, but I’m not god” I said, eliciting a giggle. “But you are my goddess” I said to Holly. I stared into her brown eyes, amazed at her beauty. From that comment she seemed to glow.