Romantic Evening Ideas

Essential Aromatherapy

Some of the best romantic evening ideas occur right in our own bath-room.

A steamed-up romance story of a cold night and a hot bath.

David sat on the edge of the tub with lavender scented steam circling his head. Beads of moisture gathered on his lip like a translucent moustache. He dragged his hand across the water’s surface making a tiny wake of shimmer. He was naked to the waist and barefoot. His Levi’s looked painfully out of place in this bathroom turned sauna.

He stretched his hand out to Vale and held it there for a long minute until she moved towards him in an effort to rest his arm. She was fully clothed, but trembling as if the steam were rising from a frozen pond instead of a scented bath. David had been so patient with her, acknowledging her broken heart in his tender words and in his delayed advancements. The only kisses they had shared had been his reassuring lips to her troubled forehead.

Vale had found herself at the end of this long day walking in a cold drizzle towards the refuge of David’s home. Her defenses had failed her once again to the point of taking flight with no money, no car, and no regrets. Her heart pounded faster the moment she saw his light through the upper window. Thank God David was home.

David had greeted Vale with pleasant surprise and immediately sensed that questions were not in order. He encircled her in arms of acceptance until she went limp with relief. He removed her damp coat and quickly moved to the kitchen to pour two glasses of red wine – never letting go of her hand. He guided her as if she were blind through the dark bedroom, carefully side stepping piles of books and clothes on his way to the bathroom.

In the darkness she breathed in the musky smell of David, so prevalent now in his inner chamber. When David had turned on the bath faucet and taken off his shirt she froze; did he really think they were going to bathe together? A romantic evening idea taken just a little too far? His confidence soon convinced her to relax some and breathe in the aromatherapy of the lavender oil he poured lavishly into the oversized tub.

The wine now warmed a channel of comfort through her body and allowed her to loosen her limbs enough to move towards his outstretched hand. He began loosening her shoes and rolling off her socks. He cradled her face in his hands and kissed her forehead in their usual way. Vale slipped into her dream-place; a place only David had taken her. She startled back to reality when he quickly lifted her sweater over her head. She was about to question him when she realized he had left her bra in place. David pulled her to him and held her still until she could actually feel his heart beating against her cheek.

Still donning jeans, he stepped into the hot bath and a wave of water splashed against the tile floor. Vale carefully stepped between his legs sending more water over the sides. Her soaked jeans felt like armor but she leaned back against his chest – feeling his heartbeat once again. She fingered the bottle of oil on the ledge of the tub and scanned the label: Lavender’s balancing effect calms uncontrolled emotions, removes indecisiveness and emotional conflict, and brings a sense of rest to the conscious mind.

Savvy Jones

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