The Arrangement

eMnambithi

Crystal

I woke up with an ache in my back, as I turned around I saw Belle with her knees folded, the very same knees that caused an ache in my back. As I got up from the bed, I slowly stretched my muscles to ease the pain. Eventually I got up and took a long bath to soothe the aches in my body. As the sun began shining brighter through the windows, I decided to get out and take a quick shower to rinse of the dirt.

I applied lotion on my body and did my facial hygiene routine. I left the bathroom in a gown and headed straight to the walk in closet, I put on a light pink lace set and got dressed in a olive green straight cut long skirt and a black  long sleeve padded tee shirt, I put on my secret socks and wore my white Nike shoes. I put on white Pearl earrings and a Pearl necklace. I added some perfume and tied my hear into a bun wrapped with an olive green silk scar.

I decided to unpack my suitcase and leave some clothes inside, I got my toiletries from the bathroom and packed enough to last till Wednesday, since I wasn't sure how long we'd stay there but I need to visit my family on Christmas day.

Once my suitcase was packed, I placed it near the couch that sat in front of the bed, I checked up on the father daughter duo and they were still fast asleep. I walked out and into the next room, I began packing clothes for Belle, deciding to place the remaining clothes in the closet. I placed the small suitcase on the bed and her matching olive green jumpsuit with black vans were on the bed with undergarments for her.

I made waffles with mixed berries and apple juice, as I finished placing the food on the table, I felt hands circling around my waist and a kiss on my neck which Gabe me shivers. "Morning" I turned around in his arms.

"Its a good morning" he kissed my cheek, no less than a centimeter apart. "Well, what do we have here?" He moved towards the table, still caging me in, and grabbed something. "Fresh berries are a great way to start the day" I felt something hard brush against my thigh, making me hold my breath quickly.

"Daddy, I'm hungry"

"We should eat" he moved and helped Belle sit on the chair opposite mine and sat at the head of the table. I pulled my chair pout and sat down. We ate breakfast quietly. "You packed bags?" I moved my focus from my food.

"Hmm?"

"The bags, why did you pack them?"

"You said we need to be at KZN and I figured we'd leave today so that we come back before Christmas, I want to visit my family and besides i think its the perfect time to introduce Belle to my side of the family."

"Oh that sounds...like a solid plan"

"Yeah" we finished eating.

"Please pack some clothes for me" he asked as I was preparing to walk out of the dining room

"Hmm?"

"I'm not sure what to take and I want to match with !y girls so please pack my clothes"

"Uh...oh...okay" with confusion clouding my mind I walked up the stairs, "Wait"

I turned around. "Yes?"

"The plate" I looked down "Oh" I handed him the plate and walked to the bedroom, the bed was made and a cool breeze from the open windows filled the room. I took the suitcase I found besides the closet door and began picking from his clothes. I figured it would be muddy in KZN so I made sure to pack a pair of Oak ridge boots, jeans, t-shirts and some semi formal wear. I packed his toiletries and placed everything nicely into the suitcase, I wheeled it out of the closet and found him sitting on the bed focusing  on his laptop.

"Should we fly or drive to Ladysmith"

"How far is it?" I asked sitting besides him. His scent immediately engulfed me and I had to remind myself to breath

"Its an 8 hour drive but its 6 hours to fly there and an hour and half to get to KwaLanga"

"Let's fly"

"Okay, I'll book the tickets"

"Great, in the mean time we should go out, I haven't left this house since after..."

"Some fresh air sounds nice"

"I'll go get Belle"

As I stood up I turned to him and gave him a kiss, on the lips. I hurried out before he could call me

"Come on baby, we were going out"

"Why?"

"Because we've run out of snacks and what's a little fresh air huh. Now hurry up before your dad comes down"

She got off the couch and grabbed her jacket. We went to the garage and she chose the white Audi Q5. Since I had the keys in my hand, I opened the door and secured her in her seat. As I sat down in the passenger seat, Siya came out wearing black formal pants, an olive green t-shirt that surprisingly complimented his skin and black shoes along with a chain around his neck and a gold Rolex watch on his left wrist.

Honest to god, he looked yummy. I shifted my eyes to my phone and tried to focus on the game I had tapped into. "Hey" I looked up at him

"Hi."

"Are we ready to go?"

"Yesssss" Belle shouted in the back.

We drove off and headed to the mall, we bought a lot of snacks, went to the arcade, bought more snacks, took photos and watched a movie. Soon enough it was 6pm. Siya had told me that the flight is at 8 so we had ample time to get to the airport. As soon as we got home, we packed the food we had bought, Siya packed the bags in the Audi and I checked if everything is fine. Once we were sure that everything was packed, we left for the airport.

As we approached the airport i thought we would be flying commercially or economically but we continued driving and after an hour we entered a private property. I turned to Siya in question but he just smiled at me and continued playing with Belle on his phone. I looked outside, trying to memorize the way out, just in case this was some sort of kidnapping. You never know hey, you never know. The car stopped and just as quickly as we had stopped, the doors opened and what I saw in front of me was enough to drop my jaw.

In front of the car was a very fancy looking plane. I turned to my left and Siya stood right besides me. "I figured if we take my private jet, we'd be more comfortable and arrive quicker"

"You have a private jet??"

"This is one of many." 

"Wha?"

"Come on" he started walking to the jet and i stood there bewildered. "Are you coming?" Finally my feet decided to work. I slowly advanced and I thought that the outside was beautiful but the inside truly took my breath away. The lights inside were a warm light, the seats were a cream beige and the carpet a beautiful dark brown, everything complimented the other. We were met with a flight attendant wearing a white shirt, beige tie that matched the skirt and beige heels.

"Good evening, my name is Lonwabo and I will be your flight attendant for the night. Please help yourselves to the snacks. I will be here if you need me" she stepped aside and we walked further into the jet. I sat with Belle on a two seater and we got settled in. We took about half an hour to get set and in no time we were in the air, headed to KZN.

I can only
hope that the
Xhakaza family welcomes
us with warm arms