The sharp bump of the plane hitting turbulence was what suddenly woke me up. I struggled to straighten up and look out the window to see where we were. Realizing that we weren't even half way, I reclined back in my chair and tried to catch the last remnants of the dream I'd been having before getting woken up. It had been about her of course. Kate had been in all my dreams ever since we first started talking online, less than a week ago. She had a way of getting into my head and once in there not getting out, not that I minded because when she was there, everything was right. As I felt sleep slowly taking me under, I remembered how my dream was going. And if the week was going to be half as good as my dream, I was in for a great week.
As the plane taxied down the runway, I reached up to grab my carry on. I'd flown in a couple of days early to spend time with her before meeting up with my family. I walked through the checkpoints and saw her there shyly hugging herself. It felt like I'd hit a wall. I'd never seen someone just so beautiful and radiant. She caught sight of me and the biggest smile quickly split her face. I dropped my bags and ran towards her as she ran towards me. When we got to each other I grabbed her and swung her around before giving her the biggest hug I possibly could. We stayed like that for about 10 minutes before we separated and I grabbed my bags. We walked side by side out of the airport holding hands, both smiling like idiots.
As I'm packing my bags into her car, she asks,
"You hungry?"
"Starving!" I moaned.
She smiled and we both jumped into the car and drove to grab a pizza and some rum. We picked up the pizza, (she'd already ordered it earlier) and drove to the Bottle Shop so she could grab a bottle of rum. She ran back to her car and set off home.
We pulled up to her house and she unlocked the door while I grabbed my bags from her car, taking care not to shake my suitcase too hard. We walked and she put the pizza and rum on the counter, grabbed my hand and took me to her room. I put my suitcase and bag down and started unzipping my suitcase.
"What are you doing?" She asked while snuggling into my arm.
"You think I'd come visit without a gift?" I asked laughing