It had all started with an innocent conversation online. Discussing how to make a good breakfast. I had mentioned that my favorite thing to make on weekends was an omelet. Something I had been doing for years. When working downtown in Washington DC I happened across a cafeteria where they served fresh hot meals one morning. They had a station where a gentleman was making omelets. As I had skipped breakfast that morning, I decided it would be a clever idea to go ahead and get one. Little did I know that his method would stick with me for the rest of my life. The omelet I was served was the best I had ever had. I went back there many times after watching his technique and then I started practicing at home. The result was something everyone I shared it with had come to love.
My online friend had revealed that she could not make an omelet. Every attempt ended up a scrambled mess of ingredients. This seemed a simple enough thing to fix. I offered to teach her how to make what I made. The only question was how we would accomplish that. She did not live anywhere near me. A plan was made. A date was set. Airplane tickets were bought. The spare room was made up.
Her plane landed late on a Friday night. Fridays tend to be days with early starts, and I was already a bit tired by the time I got to the airport. The flight was delayed, and it was well past midnight when she finally came through the security checkpoint and into baggage claim. She had only provided a loose description of herself, and I was not sure what to expect. The only plan for this weekend was a nice breakfast, a movie, and some exploring of the local area. Having zero expectations, I was not prepared for what greeted me in baggage claim.
Only one woman there came close to her description. She had only said she was 5'2" and just edging into middle age. I saw a couple much taller women, and several older gentlemen in disheveled suits picking up their luggage. There was one woman who looked to be the right height. I was a bit shocked. She was gorgeous. Her light brown hair danced around her like it had a life of its own. The light in an airport is not exactly a flattering thing, but the way it played through her hair like a lover dancing through a field was mesmerizing. It hung down her back just above her back side. Her large jacket covered her figure, but the jeans hugged her thighs and her narrow ankles. Her face tugged at my heartstrings. There were slight wrinkles at the corners of her eyes that belied her age, but if she had not told me, I would never have guessed a day over 26. She was, by far, the most beautiful woman walking through the airport. She turned her back to me and bent over to pull her bag off the belt. I choked back a whistle at the gentle rounding of her thighs into an ass that cried to be grabbed and worshipped.
She turned back around and gazed across the crowd. I wanted to get to know her better. I could feel the energy coming off her, like a palpable blessing of warmth and comfort in who she is. A small pit of doubt formed in the back of my head. There was no way a woman this incredible could be coming to meet me, some goofball online who boasted at how to make a half-way decent omelet. It was too silly to be real. If this had been a bar, I was sure she would have every eye in the place. I closed my eyes for a moment, this was too surreal to be real. When I opened them, she was looking at me. Her blue eyes captured me. There was a warmth in those eyes that reminded me of curling before a fire, under a blank with a slice of warm apple pie. That image tugged at my very being. Curled under a blanket in front of fire with her by my side, I could die a happy man. A smile played across her features, and I felt like I had just slipped into a warm bath. I smiled back. I could not stop myself. She walked towards me, and my heart skipped a beat. Was this real? Surely not.
"Rag?" She asked. Her voice was like silk sliding across my skin. I fought a shiver and lost. Smiled, nodded with a little too much vigor. I licked my lips and fought to find my voice.
"Lula?" I choked out. I prayed my voice did not sound to her as it did to me. Like an over-eager teenager meeting their dream date. She smiled and nodded.
We walked to the car in silence. We maintained a healthy gap between us. I felt pulled towards her like a moon caught in the orbit of a celestial body. Every step I took, I had to fight the urge to close that gap and pull her against me. I wanted to bury my face in her hair to feel its silky smoothness. I managed to maintain the gap. When we got to the car, I opened the back and tossed her suitcase in. She smiled and watched with interest. I felt myself blushing and turned to the car to hide, feeling like a foolish teenager. I opened her door for her, and then fought the urge to run to my door.
The drive to my house was not long. Approximately 45 minutes. As I started the car, my mouth went dry. I had to say something, but my vocal cords fused to the insides of my throat. I choked, coughed, and tried to find my voice. She looked at me with a curious and amused expression. I hoped I was not blushing but had no way to hide it if I was. After a swig of water, I managed to get the car started and found my voice.
"How was your flight?"
"Long." It was only one word. And yet. It was so much more. A shiver ran down my spine. I once again felt caught in the pull of something greater than myself. I focused my eyes on the road but could not help but glance over to see her smiling again. Amused. Gorgeous. A radiant being of beauty and something more. I turned my head back to the road. At this point I was praying I could keep the car on the road.
I coughed, cleared my throat, which was dry again, "You can take a nap if you need. We will be at my place soon."
She glanced out the window into the dark and nodded. "Perhaps I will..."
She leaned against the window and closed her eyes. The remainder of the drive was silent. Me trying to keep concentrated on the road, and not the goddess next to me. I gripped the wheel so tight my knuckles went white. It was all I could do to keep from reaching over and putting a hand on her, if only to confirm she was real, and not some dream I had somehow wandered into.
She awoke as we pulled into the driveway. I got out, walked around the car, opened her door for her and offered her a hand. She gave me a bemused smile and took my hand. When our skin touched, the world froze. It felt like she moved in slow motion, pulling herself to her feet gazing up at me. I felt like a drowning man finding air for the first time. I felt lost in her eyes. There was nothing in the world but us, and I could die happy in that moment. Then she stepped past me and released my hand.
The world came crashing back in. I blinked and reoriented myself. I almost stumbled and fell, but somehow managed to keep my feet. She walked over to the back of the car smiling as she glanced over her shoulder at me. I came around her and pulled her luggage out of the back of the car.