This is a continuation of a previous storyline, however, this piece can stand alone. It is told from a her perspective rather than his and has less of the backstory.
An Anglers Tail: Micki's Memory
Micki was sitting in her living room, icing her knee because she had put some strain on it the day before. She closed her eyes and remembered their time together. She had been pleased that Peter had been so chatty on the drive to the trailhead after picking her up in town, she usually had to ask questions to get him to reveal any information about himself. This had felt different to her almost at once. She had just chalked it up to the fact that although they had been texting again regularly for the past month, they hadn't set eyes on each other for at least four months.
God he had looked good when she had first seen him again, she had been starting to think he wasn't going to show up because she was waiting for ten minutes before she saw his truck pull around the corner. She had wanted to hug him, but wasn't sure how that would be received, he was married, and had always maintained a strict distance with her in public. Her heart had fluttered erratically in her chest as she had climbed into the cab and fastened her seatbelt with shaking hands. She knew now that the pull he had on her was even stronger in person. Knowing also that she was completely in love with him, right or wrong, and that she was helpless to resist his pull on her.
She thought about all of the conversational topics they had covered on the hour-or-so drive to the trailhead. He had been very attentive, he had talked about himself, but had also inquired about how she had been, if she had written any more songs or lyrics, asked her about things she had done in her youth and early adulthood and also how work was now with the shutdown. He had asked her how her hike with some friends had gone a few days before and she could hear a slight jealousy in the way he asked the question. She had smiled slightly at that and turned towards him to show him some pictures of the couple she had hiked with and also of the hike itself.
She had brought a bottle of her homemade wine for them to share, or not. She had decided to let him make the decision. If they drank the wine, she would make a move, if not, then she would hold off and be good. They stopped once on the way up the dirt road so he could pee, and she took the opportunity to get out and stretch her legs. She had taken off her soft over shirt and was now dressed in just her short shorts and a charcoal grey spaghetti strap tank top.
They piled back into the cab of the truck to continue to the trailhead. Once there they started gathering their stuff. In his case a backpack, in hers, her canvas side satchel bag, which she rotated around her body so it fit perfectly in the small of her back. She had seen the wine and asked if he wanted to take it with them.
"We can drink it when we get back to the truck," he responded.
She questioned, "so, you're going to drive drunk?"