As the plane touches down Blake wakes slowly; acclimating himself to his surroundings again. He glances down at Gwen and places a soft, sweet kiss on the top of her head.
"Gwen...Gwen baby you gotta wake up" he says quietly not wanting to startle her.
As Gwen begins to stir she asks Blake where they are..."babe are we in Oklahoma already...why'd you wake me?"
"Yes darlin; we are about to touch down at the airport" he replies taking her hand in his as she begins to sit up and really wake up completely wiping the sleep from her eyes.
The plane makes its descent through the rain and lands safely on the runway. Blake texts Luke to let him know that they are on their way to baggage claim and to just meet them at the curb. Blake takes Gwen's hand and leads her through the airport. When they get to baggage claim they wait for their bags at the carousel. Blake grabs their bags and leads Gwen to the curbside pick up to find Luke. As they walk outside Luke spots Blake...because he is extremely tall so how could he not spot him? Luke honks to get their attention and he hops out to help Blake with the bags.
"Hey buddy how was the flight?" Luke asks
"It was good buddy...just really long" Blake replies "how's my ranch?"
"Well let's get your wife and the bags in the truck and we will talk on the way." Luke says
"Gwen darlin climb up here in the back so you can get sleep on the ride to Tish okay baby? " Blake says while helping Gwen up into the truck.
Blake climbs up into the passenger seat and Luke pulls away from the curb and heads away from the airport. They reach the highway and begin their two hour drive to Tishomingo. As they travel through the back roads of Oklahoma Blake leans back to check on Gwen who is fast asleep in the back seat. He then turns to Luke...
"Buddy I can't thank you enough for holding down the ranch until we could get here and for coming to pick us up." Blake says thankful he has such a great friend
"Hey man it's all good...that's what friends are for...even if your a putz!" Luke says letting out a quiet laugh so as to not wake Gwen "Nah man I am just kidding...you know I love ya buddy!"
"So what's been happening with the storms?" Blake inquires
"Well there have been strings of back to back thunderstorms throughout the regions and even some twisters touching down in some locations. According to your mom the big storm is approaching Ada as we speak so that is why she called you because this storm is one that had twisters hit down already." Luke informed Blake
"Damn Luke, I haven't called my mom yet!" Blake says regretfully
"Hey bud it's ok she told me to have you call when we got to the ranch and that she is okay. The Mikes, Luke said with a smile, made sure her house and Endy's were her buckled down and secure yesterday before the storms could get any closer!"
"Okay man thank you again...I will call when we get settled in." Blake said settling back in for the remainder of the drive. After a while they approached the ranch. As they pulled up and parked Blake went to the back to wake Gwen.
"Baby wake up...wake up Gwen we are here" he said while gently tapping her legs. Gwen came to waking slowly and sat up stretching.
