My alarm went of at its usual time of 6am, and it was hard as hell to leave Vin in bed and start to get ready for the day. It was also a little unnerving to go about my usual morning routine with Vin watching every move I made. On the flip side, it was thrilling knowing that we were leaving that evening for our trip that he still hadn’t told me anything else about. I don’t care where we go, just as long as we are together.
I left the house around 7am, leaving Vin there to wait for Mike to pick him up for their meeting. He walked me to the door, giving me one of his bone-melting kisses before I left.
"Any chance for a quickie before you leave?" he asks with a grin.
That offer was very tempting. "Sorry, but I’ve got to go. As it is, traffic is going to be hell and if I leave any later, I won’t get to the office until almost 9:00. I want to get there, get all of my stuff finished, then hopefully slip out early. I still need to pack."
"If it’s ok with you, I’ll have Mike drop me off here after the meeting. If things go well, it shouldn’t last more than a few hours. He can take the rental back and drop it off when he catches his flight later."
"And how are you going to get to the airport?" I ask, searching through the junk drawer searching for an extra key.
"You’ll see," he adds.
"You’re still not going to tell me anything about our trip, are you?"
"Nope. You’ll find out when the time comes."
"Ok, Mr. Secretive. Here’s a spare key. Don’t forget to set the alarm before you leave. I’ll see you later." I gave him a quick kiss and closed the door behind me.
Surprisingly, the day flew by. I had several projects that had to get finished that day since I was taking Friday off. Thankfully that kept my mind occupied with something other than Vin. Not that thinking about Vin was a bad thing, it just interferes with work sometimes.
Finally around 2:00 I had printed out the last report that was due and turned it over to my boss, Sue. In addition to being my boss, she was also one of my good friends.
"What are you grinning about?" she asked, taking the report from me.
"Just excited about this weekend."
"What’s going on this weekend?" she asks.
"To tell you the truth, I have no idea. The only thing I know is that we’re going somewhere. He’s being really closed-mouth about the whole thing."
"Is this the guy that you met in New Orleans? The one that sent you the roses?"
"Yes, the very same one," I added. "I’m finished with everything so I’m going to head out."
"Have a good weekend," she says, waving as I walk out of her office.
I drove back to the apartment trying to figure out what Vin had planned. We could be going just about anywhere, but he said that it was going to be just the two of us and not pack anything fancy. Stumped for the moment, I pulled into the complex and parked. I wondered if Vin was back or still in his meeting. I had my answer when I unlocked and opened the door and Vin was walking out of the bedroom into the living room.
"Hey. How’d the meeting go?" I asked, putting my purse and keys on the table by the door.
"Pretty good. We got a lot accomplished," he said, walking towards me.
He leans down and gives me a quick kiss, then tells me to hurry and pack. "We need to leave as soon as possible."
"Why the rush?"
"You’ll see."
I head into the bedroom to change out of my work clothes to find that Vin had made the bed and straightened things up. It looked like a tornado had ripped through it earlier when I left for work. I grabbed a pair of jeans and t-shirt and changed.
"Thanks for straightening up. I was going to do it when I got back home."
"No problem. I got back after lunch and figured that if I did this, you wouldn’t have to and we could leave sooner."
"That’s sweet. Now, what do I need to pack?" I was going to try to figure out his secret.
"I’ll give you a hint. Think outdoors."
"Oh, like that tells me anything," I joked.
"Shorts, jeans, bathing suit. Does that help?"
"Immensely. Care to give any other info?"
Grinning he replies "Nope."
"You’re loving this, aren’t you?"