His Chance

Chance - Chapter 13

We're sitting on the tarmac, waiting for our flight to take off and I can't help but smile. I look at this beautiful girl beside me and I honestly would not rather be anywhere else in the world than by her side.  I'm thinking back to this morning and the chaos that ensued because we actually overslept after our early morning lovemaking session.

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I roll over and glance at the clock and its 11:30 am.  Oh shit, I immediately sit straight up in bed.  We overslept.

"Hailey, Hailey, wake up beautiful. We overslept baby and we need to get up and get going", I tell her as I climb out of bed myself and walk over to the phone to order some coffee from room service.

She turns over in bed and then glances at the clock and she too sits up straight in bed, just like I did. "Oh no", she says, "what time do we have to leave here in order to make our flight?". She crawls out of bed and walks over and gives me a kiss.

"I have a car coming at noon to pick us up. We have a half hour to get ready baby", I tell her as I ask room service to bring us to go cups with our coffee and explain to them our situation.

"OK, well, I guess it's a good thing that I took a bath early this morning, I'm just gonna jump in the shower real quick and rinse off", she says as she pulls her hair up into a clip and blushes a little as she looks at me.

I smile at her. "I'm right behind you baby", I say, as I remember how incredible it was making love to my wife this morning. I think she's getting used to me and I'm so happy about that. We both literally shower off for about 3 minutes and then we frantically start throwing our things into our suitcases.

Room service arrives about 10 minutes later and they have thoughtfully included a couple of muffins for us. The lady tells me that the bellman is waiting outside our door to collect our luggage and that our car has already arrived downstairs. I'm relieved. I walk over to the table and grab my wallet and hand her a very generous tip. These are the perks of being a professional athlete. Very often, people will go above and beyond to provide excellent service and do me special favors and I always try to do my best to reward them for it.

"Thank you so much miss", I tell her as I walk her to the door. "Can you tell the bellman we'll be ready in about 5 or 10 minutes?".

"Absolutely", she says, "and is there anything else I can do for you?", she asks me with a smile. She's being completely professional and not flirting with me at all and I'm grateful for that.

"No, you've been very helpful but I think we've got it from here. Thanks again", and I close the door behind her as she exits.

I glance over at Hailey and she is so adorable as she is running around making a final sweep of the room making sure that we haven't forgotten anything. She finds a pair of my socks and one of my t-shirts in the second bathroom. She throws them into her suitcase as mine is already zipped up and sitting over by the door.

"Thank you, wife", I tell her with gratitude. "I think I'm going to like having you around. I can't tell you how many things I've left in hotel rooms over the years". As soon as I say the words, I look over at Hailey to gauge her reaction. I'm immediately worried that what I just said might seem insensitive to her but I can tell by the smile on her face that it wasn't.

"Well, I certainly hope that you like having me around cause well, you're stuck with me now, Mr. Thompson, you know, like til death do us part", she says with a laugh.  She closes her suitcase and zips it up and I walk over and carry it to the door and sit it beside mine.