It was one of the sunny and warm summer days that are rare
in the north. Tom Snare sat in his hot office, trying to solve an equation he
had been struggling with for some time. Occasionally, he looked at the fjord outside
the window, where the sun was blinking in the calm sea surface. He wished he
could go out to enjoy the sun, but he had this damned equation to solve.
Around noon, Anna knocked the door to his office. He was
happy to see her sweet smile, and her green emerald eyes.
“Will you join me for lunch today, Tom?”
“Yes, of course.”
“I’ll get some sandwiches and cold drinks for us,” she said,
“and then we can meet down by the fjord.”
Ten minutes later, Tom pulled his ID card at the detector,
to open the gate in the main entrance. Then he was out in the warm and pleasant
sun. He walked quickly down to the
fjord, to the little cape where they sometimes met.
Anna arrived with sandwiches and soft drinks a couple of
minutes later.
They sat in the grass eating, and talking about the sea and
the sky.
When the sandwiches were swallowed and the bottles were
empties, they lay down in the grass, so close that they could smell each other’s
breaths, and hear each other’s heart beats. Tom closed his eyes and he felt
Anna’s sweet lips against his, and he stroke the soft skin on her arm. His hand
continued to explore under her skirt, and he could feel that she was moist and longing for him.
Tom watched a plane crossing the blue sky when Anna sat down
on top of him. She was wet and soft and
wonderful. He closed his eyes and
enjoyed the thrilling flight of the moment. When he opened his eyes, the plane
was gone, landed on the airport nearby.
Tom had landed too.
Anna again sat next to him in the grass, fiddling with her
ID card. She read aloud the four words printed on the backside of the card:
“Courageous. Open. Hands-on. Caring.”
“We’ve been through all of it now”, Anna said, and smiled.
“Yes”, said Tom, “sometimes I almost believe in corporate
values.”
(Picture taken a couple of days ago, by the fjord. I have no idea who the girl in the picture is. She wasn't supposed to be there.)