It was an early morning in Toronto, it had been snowing lightly on and off for several hours. I was looking forward to a couple weeks of sunshine, warm temperatures and hopefully a little companionship, if you know what I mean during my stay in the Bahamas.
As I sat in the Airport lounge, I watch as my plane arrived full of returning passengers from Nassau. It amazes me to watch the choreography and the speed in which the rampies load and unload luggage, food and fuel from the planes.
A lady wearing a full-length cotton coat, a tuque, carrying a pair of black gloves and pulling her suitcase pointed to the seat next to me, "Excuse me, is this seat taken?"
"Nope, it's not. Let me move my coat." I answered.
Before she sat down, she took off her coat and hat. She had long curly black hair down to her breasts and bangs that hung over her deep brown eyes. She was wearing a zebra stripe black and white turtleneck sweater and light-colored blue jeans which nicely complimented her skinny figure and her round ass.
With a gentle smile the lady offered her hand out for a handshake, she spoke softly, "Hello, My name's Francine, I can't tell you how much I'm looking forward to some warm weather."
"Hey Francine, I'm Dave, my mind is way ahead of you, it's already on the beach."
What do you do for a living if you don't mind my asking?"
"I don't mind, I'm a receptionist.
"What about you?"
" I work in the newspaper industry now as a freelancer, I'm not a reporter."
The couple rattled on for some time. Suddenly, the P.A system buzzed with boarding information for our flight. Francine got up, grabbed her stuff, smiled and waved goodbye. Seconds later it occurred to me. I didn't even get her seat or phone number. I was kicking myself in the ass for that.
Then I thought, "I'll look for her when I get on the plane."
My row was called, and I got up and boarded the plane. We were flying on an Airbus 220 which carries about 120 passengers. So, I knew it shouldn't be too hard to find her. However, I did keep an eye out for Francine as I made my way towards my seat 15b. To my surprise and my delight Francine was sitting in 15a, the window seat.
"I'm so glad you're sitting next to me, I felt bad I didn't get your number or anything, I just up and took off!", Francine said excitingly with a huge smile.
"I know, I was kicking my sorry little ass too for not getting your seat number or where you were staying."
I sat down and we at once picked up where we left off in the waiting room.
The flight attendants closed the door and a few minutes later we were backing away from the terminal. Another few minutes went by and the engines came to life and we started taxiing. We taxied for about 15 minutes until we got to the de-icing pad.
Suddenly, a huge spray of water engulfed the plane. It was only then that I realized Francine was an extremely nervous flyer.
"What's that? What's going on?", Francis asked alarmingly.
"Whoa, Whoa, settle down Francine!! They're just de-icing the plane!"