"I'm in the parking lot." She purred into the phone.
"Room 204" he said into her ear.
"See you in a few." Her voice wavered for a moment as her nerves took over.
She opened her car door, felt the late fall chill whip her skirt and blow up her legs. Her hair blew in her face as she pulled her purse and overnight bag from her car. She tried to re-tuck her long brown hair as she threw the bags over her shoulder. What room had he said? 402, 204, 402, 204............damn.
As she walked into hotel, the wind whipped harder and the rain began to pour from the sky. It was only 3 in the afternoon, but the storm made it look like nighttime. She walked past the check-in counter. Still trying to tuck her hair back in place, not slip on the floor in her navy high heels, balance her bags and calm the butterflies in her stomach.
She pushed the button for the second floor, entered the elevator with another couple. It was almost in slow motion, the other couple holding hands and laughing, so at ease with each other. She had longed for that for a long time -- but the butterflies wouldn't leave her. For a split second, when the elevator stopped and she motioned for the couple to leave first, she almost pushed the button back to the lobby.
Instead, she took a deep breathe, smoothed her skirt as she stepped off the elevator and tried desperately to tuck her hair back the way it was before the wind got a hold of it -- hoping to gain that confidence she had had on the way to the hotel, while singing in the car with the radio. She walked down the hall -- almost sure it was Room 204, he had said.
She paused outside the door, looked herself over one last time and softly knocked on the door.
He must have been watching for her through the peep hole as the door opened almost instantly. He gathered her into his arms right away, kissed the top of her head and took the bags from her hands. The butterflies fluttered faster in her stomach, it had been a long time. Well, they had known each other a long time, talked on the phone all the time but hadn't seen each other in months. It felt like the first meeting every time.
She was pondering that feeling, the butterflies as he set her bags on the on the suitcase holder. She glanced up and realized the room was mirrors, all mirrors. She stepped further into the room, smelled bubble bath as she saw the steaming hot tub, surrounded by lit candles, the flames licking the mirrors and bouncing around the room. The bed was draped in silver and black sheets and lots of pillows.
He stood across the room, watching her face, smiling slightly as he drank her in. Watching her eyes flit from one thing to another.
She saw the wine chilling next to the tray, room service had already brought. Strawberries and whipped cream, grapes and cheese. She barely heard him as he moved towards her, sliding her jacket off her shoulders. She relaxed back into him; he breathed her in, the scent of her hair, her perfume. She rested her head back against his shoulder as he kissed her neck.
"Di, you look amazing" he murmured into her skin as he threw her coat over the chair and spun her slowly around. She put her head against his chest. She was so nervous. His hands slide down her arms. Pulled her hips into his as he kissed her head. "Look at me, Di, look at me." He said quietly as he softly pulled her chin up. Her eyes met his -- the butterflies flew to the very bottom of her stomach -- in a frenzy.