He gets off the plane in the early morning light. He walks into the airport. She had been standing at the window watching the plane land. The trip started for him in Australia two days before. He had a layover in NYC, NY. Both legs of the journey saw him sleeping. Trent wanted to make sure he was fully rested when he landed. Trent intended to call her as soon as he got to his hotel. Trent walks into the concourse. He is so focussed on getting his luggage that he almost misses the eyes centered on him, and the emotional tug on his heart/psyche. He glances around; his gaze slides over the beautiful models, which are devouring him with their eyes, waiting for their outgoing flight to be announced. His eyes landed on a gorgeous, sexy, shy angel sitting alone by the window. Trent walks right past the models; the models follow his path to see what or who could be more enticing than them. He strides right up to his angel. He whispers for confirmation, “Sabrina”? Sabrina nods. The models can not understand how he could look at her, instead of them. Trent lays his carryon down, leans in to gently kiss the lips he has only seen on web cam or dreamed about. He softly touches her hair as he kisses her. She leans into his kiss. He breaks the kiss to whisper oh so softly, “Hello, love.” Sabrina breathes back, “Hello, handsome”. She blushes as he leans back to just stare. “Did I forget to brush my teeth?” She asks. He pulls her up, reaches down to grab his carryon, slips his arm around her to pull her close. The models watch enviously as the two walk by toward the luggage carousel. His luggage comes around the conveyor belt. He grabs his luggage and sets it off to the side. His laptop accessories case comes around the belt. He reaches for that. Sabrina pulls a luggage cart over to his luggage pile. She starts putting his cases on it; he lays the last case on top. Trent takes Sabrina's hand in his as they head for the exit and the car. His company has arranged for a rental car. Trent stops at the car rental desk to fill out the final paperwork for the car; he receives the keys. Trent puts his luggage in the trunk except for the carryon. One reason Trent is able to take this time to visiting his darling is he plans to work some while visiting his darling. Therefore, his company sprung for the hotel, car and airfare. Trent follows Sabrina out of the airport. She leads him to his hotel so that he may check in. Trent goes in to check in while she stays by the cars. He receives his room key. The company retains a complete suite of rooms at that hotel chain. He has the room for a month. The front desk clerk asks Trent if he has his luggage or it is being sent over from the airport in the shuttle. Trent says the luggage is in his rental car. The front desk rings for a bell-hop. The bell-hop follows him to the curb to retrieve his luggage. The valets take the keys to the cars to park them. Trent grabs his carryon with his computer in it from the back seat. His luggage is placed on the luggage cart by the bell-hop. Sabrina and Trent follow his luggage cart up to the suite. The bell-hop asks Trent if Trent needs help unpacking. Sabrina suggests that the two of them unpack so they can talk quietly. Trent says I defer to the lady. After the bell-hop leaves, Trent tells her she doesn’t have to help him unpack. She says it is fine for her to help him. She figures the unpacking will serve two purposes; 1) she can get used to him in the flesh, 2) it gets him settled sooner. Sabrina did let him set up his own computer. He asks if she wanted to go out to dinner or get room service. She would prefer to go out. As long as they were doing something she was fine but now that all is done, she is shy again. They go to a quiet little corner deli. She starts to pay for her food; he pushes her out of the way; she pushes back. This starts a small pushing war. The deli shop person laughs at the pushing match. The pushing match breaks the shyness barrier she has. When they stop pushing each other, he still pays for lunch. They trade bites of their sandwiches. They leave the deli and go back to the car. They decide to go window shopping to get to know each other more face to face. Trent realizes he is falling more in love with her; the more he is around her. Sabrina finally stops in the center of the mall to ask if there is any way they can find a quiet corner to talk for a moment. Trent sees a little hallway; he pulls her toward that. “What is wrong, hon?” “Trent, I am falling more in love with you.” “Sabrina, I feel the same way.” “What are we going to do about it, Trent?” “Bree, first thing is we get out of here and go somewhere quiet to discuss the options.” They leave the mall to go back to the hotel. They get to the hotel suite. Trent sits down next to her, leans in to kiss her softly. They spend the afternoon talking about expectations and relationship issues. His company calls to see if the suite is adequate for his stay. He says perfect and he would send his first report into the office in the morning. Sabrina goes into the bathroom to give him privacy. He finishes the call, goes toward the bathroom to check on her. “Bree, I do have to work some to justify the time here.” “Darling, I understand that.” They go back out to the living room and decide to make dinner in the suite so they can continue the discussion of earlier. To be continued when my writing muse returns.
