This is a scene that happens between Bobby & Ginny. They’re engaged and had a major falling out. Ginny’s told him it’s over. And then…
He held his fist out, cradled my hand under his and poured San Joaquin soil into my palm. “I love you,” he said looking at me the same way he did when he had knelt down on one knee.
That simple act, those three little words and his forgiveness for something I never did meant the world to me. Even in the remoteness and darkness of Tar Canyon, by the light of a slivered moon, the dirt in my hand sparkled prettier than any diamond, more magical than fairy dust. I rubbed my finger in the dirt in my hand certain that the old Bobby had come back to me.
“You are the single most beautiful thing that will ever happen to me,” Bobby whispered. The warmth of his breath on my neck turned up the heat on our coming together, the inevitability of it. We collapsed onto the front seat, and I let his hands wander, wanting to be better than the other girls. Bobby pressed against me, not knowing I wouldn’t shy away this time. He kissed me long and deep and the dirt slipped through my fingers.
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