Long-distance love game

Chapter 10 50/50

The trip was really close, about 3 months away, and she finally managed to confirm the date of her vacation. With everything ready, we still had to decide who was going to pay for everything. We had to pay for the round-trip flight with a lot of luggage so she could bring all her things. Considering she was a woman who liked to look good, she insisted she needed a lot of space in her suitcases, so it had to be two suitcases no matter what. We also had to find the hotel and book it; we had been looking for options for a long time, we didn't want something too expensive or too cheap, it had to be nice, and at a price that wasn't outrageous. We also had to decide what we would do, how many days she would stay in my city, what we would do on a daily basis, and which places I would take her to. There were thousands of plans to make and, above all, to pay for and book.

We had to take the locations of the hotels into very careful consideration; luckily, the ones we decided to book were quite central, so we didn't have to walk much and everything was reasonably close, whether on foot or with nearby transportation.
The main thing was the plane tickets. I had sent her dollars beforehand so she could see that I was saving my part, but since we finally decided that I would buy the tickets from a company in my country, she said that if I could buy them all, she would give me my part when she came. Obviously, I said yes, because transferring money from one side to the other is not that easy, or maybe it is, but to avoid large money movements and then withdrawing them from there was more complicated. So she returned the dollars I sent her and sent me an extra to pay her share. So I had to book the round-trip flights, we had to carefully consider the schedules to make it more convenient for her to travel and to make the most of the time. Luckily, she only had one layover on the way here and another layover on the way back, but even so, the trip was long due to the layover waits. I felt bad about that; she was sacrificing a lot to come, such a long trip to meet someone in person for the first time. She was surely afraid of not knowing what she would find or that something might happen during the trip, but I shared that fear too.

I will always greatly appreciate that risk she decided to take for me. I surely would have done the same if I had gone to Colombia, but since she preferred to come first, I didn't insist. Maybe I should have gone first; it's something I have regretted several times because, really, a man has to do more things for a woman, even though it sounds sexist, I know, but it's the truth. And due to my weakness, lack of manliness perhaps, lack of decision, I didn't want to impose myself and tell her that I would go first.
At some point, it crossed my mind to suggest that we stay at my house, but I didn't really want that either, because we wouldn't have our space, our intimacy, we would be limited to running into my family all the time, and besides, she wouldn't be comfortable at all, and neither would I, so the best thing was to use a hotel, no doubt, to have our own space.
The hotels might have had a lower cost, but not by much, since it would be between 15-18 days together, most of the time staying in my city, which is a coastal city in Argentina. And the last 5-6 days we decided to spend them in Buenos Aires. (CABA). So we had to look for both hotels, with plenty of amenities so that we could enjoy and have a lovely time together; it didn't make sense to save too much on a cheap and ugly place. To save costs, I decided to make reservations with advance payment, which allowed me to get significant discounts, but obviously, I was making quite high advance expenses. I won't lie to you, I was practically spending all my money on this. But it was all to finally be with the love of my life after all. I never told her that I practically spent all my money on advance payments, but it was something I didn't need to tell her, or it would make her think about spending too much or something like that, and I didn't want to worry her.
The buses for transfers also had to be booked in advance, and here begins another big problem. Although I would have liked to tell her that I would take a bus to CABA to pick her up and wait for her at the airport, with the other reservations I made for the plane ticket and the hotels, I didn't have much money for that, and at the same time, I wanted to have everything ready in advance so that we wouldn't have problems getting available tickets at the last minute on those dates. It was here where I made a big mistake. Something I wouldn't have done wrong if I had been better at noticing her reactions, but I was always bad at picking up on hints and my lack of experience made me trust too much.



Leo- How about if I hire a shuttle bus that picks you up at the airport and brings you directly to my city?



Ana- morr mmm



Leo - If you don't mind, I can find a way to go, but I was saying it mainly to save some money.



Ana- I know, darling, if you say it's the best, then it's fine.



Leo- okay babe, I'll make the reservation then, and don't worry, they specialize in that so you won't risk getting lost or anything.



Ana- It's okay, my love, I love you <3



Leo- I love you <333