Our First Day
Delilah's flight from Pune, India was set to land at 18:30 Phoenix time that Sunday evening and my too-frequent looks at the flight status in the British Airways app kept giving me the same information again and again, that her flight was 8 minutes ahead of schedule. There were no weather issues I was aware of, so the rest of her flight should be smooth.
I had been impatiently waiting for this day to arrive for a couple of months now, with my anticipation having reached its peak several days prior. We had officially started talking the night of September 24th and now it was early December, one of the best times of the year to visit Phoenix.
I stood alone in the terminal at Sky Harbor, lingering around the security checkpoint and pacing now and again to try to tamp down my nervousness. It didn't work, of course, but it helped ever so slightly to help me pass the time while I waited for her to arrive. I couldn't tell you a single thing about the podcast I had been listening to as my thoughts were all concentrated on meeting Delilah.
Finally, the time arrived with the British Airways app telling me she was here, and I stood continuously now, knowing that it would take some time in order for her to deplane and go through the customs checkpoint, but I didn't care. I could no longer bear to sit.
I scanned the distance again and again, at times seeing women that I thought resembled Delilah, but none of them were her. I sighed each time with disappointment until suddenly, a woman wearing a bright blue summer dress with long, black hair appeared. Somehow she managed to see me first and began waving exuberantly, and I felt like I left my body for just a moment before coming back to reality, waving back with a huge smile. My heart rate surely doubled.
She was here. Finally. Fuck, now what was I supposed to do?
I closed my eyes for a moment and took a deep, cleansing breath. I gathered myself and remained still as she quickened her pace, closing the distance and walking through the final set of exit gates.
I thought of running to her but it seemed like such a cliche, something that only happened in romantic comedy movies, but nonetheless found myself doing exactly that. I ran to her and crashed into her with open arms, picking her up slightly as I squeezed her tightly.
I had rehearsed what seemed like a thousand opening lines for days in advance just to have them all be instantly tossed aside and forgotten.
"You're here," I whispered into her ear.
She melted into me and pulled me in tighter, saying nothing. I took her in, my senses filling to their bursting points with her clean, sweet scents. I felt the warmth of her body and the swell of her breasts pressed against me and felt completely overwhelmed with joy.
When several minutes had passed, we finally relaxed our embrace, backing up enough to see each other's eyes, and there was no doubt as to what was to come next. I leaned in, with her mirroring my movement, closing the distance between us until our lips met. I'd had actual dreams about kissing Delilah, and now it was actually happening.
Our first kiss felt as though it lasted for an eternity, but in truth it probably only lasted a few moments. Everything I had imagined about kissing her had been completely wrong. My imagination of the event paled in comparison to the myriad of sensations and emotions I felt, my body and mind responding in ways I could not have foreseen.
When the kiss finally broke, she backed up and said, "Hi James, I'm Delilah, it's nice to finally meet you."
She grinned for a brief moment but then composed her facial expression and held out her hand in a professional manner. I couldn't help but to laugh hard and grabbed her hand and pulled her back in close. I said, "I guess you're funny in real life too. And yes, it's so nice to meet you too."
She giggled infectiously and said, "Let's go find my bags. I'm so ready to leave this airport and go somewhere more private."
At the mention of leaving I quickly wondered whether she had chosen to wear her sexy babydoll dress underneath her other dress. Before she'd left we had talked about it, but she ended up saying at the last minute that she wasn't sure whether she would and would instead make it a surprise. Not knowing was even better and more exciting, I had to admit.
I remembered something and said, "Oh, I have something for you."
Earlier in the afternoon, I visited a local flower shop and the florist had helped me select a small bouquet of red and pink roses mixed with yellow marigolds. I picked up the box from where I'd been sitting and handed it to her. She lifted the lid and saw the arrangement and covered her mouth as she gasped.
"Oh James, they're so lovely! You shouldn't have. I love them. Thank you."
I was greeted with another warm kiss on the lips, something I hoped would continue happening frequently during her weeklong visit with me.
She looked on her app and found which carousel her bags should be on and we began walking there, with my arm draped across her back to stay as close to her as I could.
When we'd collected her bags I asked if she was feeling hungry and she looked into my eyes and smiled. "I am. For you."
I could feel the blush as it heated my skin. I didn't really have a comeback for that and instead took in the sight of her and said, "You are so beautiful." Her wide smile was the only response I needed.
We made our way outside and caught a shuttle to the lot where I'd parked my car, and in about fifteen minutes we made it there. The shuttle driver helped us bring down the bags and I handed him a tip, and within seconds he was back aboard and driving away.
I loaded Delilah's bags into the trunk of my car and we got in and I began backing out of the spot.
"Wait," she said.
I looked over and saw her expression and pulled back in and asked, "Something wrong?"
She got out of her seatbelt and got up and climbed over the center console and embraced me again, more tightly than ever. I pulled her in and again my mouth was on hers, kissing her deeply and insistently.
My hand quickly found her breast and I rubbed my thumb across where I knew her nipple was hidden underneath. She leaned back and said, "I can't believe this is really happening."