Fly Lily, Fly

Chapter Seven: Weekend getaway

Amanda was beside herself, she just couldn't believe that the hunk known as Mr. Golding was infact gay.

"How?! Why?! What a waste to women!" She sulked.

I couldn't help but giggle at her, there was no consoling her though, she ranted on and on for almost an hour.

Meanwhile, I was busy in the kitchen preparing our Sunday roast, I had invited Kate to join us, I wanted to introduce Kate to Amanda, see how the two got on, Kate should be arriving in about two hours, just in time for me to get everything cooked and served.

Amanda finally shut up about the hunk and helped me set the dining table, she didn't ask questions about Kate which I found odd but didn't over concern myself about it.

Kate arrived on time, Amanda took her jacket and hung it on the coat rack by the front door, she walked behind her, following her into the kitchen, her eyes never left Kate, she took in every detail of what Kate wore and was so engrossed she almost tripped over her own feet.

Kate smiled at me, as I pointed to a chair for her to sit on, the three of us began talking at the same time, that kind of broke the ice a bit as we all laughed together too. I think Amanda likes Kate, though she hasn't gave any signs away as yet.

Dinner was over, dishes were done. We sat drinking some wine and chatting amiably.

"I need a holiday, somewhere warm, friendly and plenty of nice young men" Kate said

"I hear ya" Amanda said in return.

"Oh to be on the warm sunny beaches in Portugal right now" I sighed, I loved the Algarve.

"We should make a plan to go" Kate said as Amanda sighed wistfully, I nodded my head in agreement, that would be a great holiday I thought to myself.

"OK, let's start planning" Kate and Amanda said in unison, we all laughed.

"I have just started at my new job, I can't take a holiday yet" I explained to the others.

"We can go for a weekend" Kate piped up, "it's only 2 hours away" .

"Great idea!, when should we go?" Amanda asked

"How about we search for flights and see when we can book it?" I answered, so with that, we all gathered on the settee to share the laptop.

We found a flight for the Friday evening, so we decided that would be our aim, so started looking for hotels that could accommodate us for that weekend.

After numerous searches we found a hotel in Prai D'oura, it looked wonderful, so I proceeded to go ahead and book everything with Kate's credit card, it was all booked and we were so excited, we chatted endlessly about clothes to bring, where to meet up, in general get totally organised for the following weekends trip.

~*~

The week dragged by, I just couldn't wait for the clock to show 5pm so I could rush home to grab my suitcase and get to the Airport, Amanda had rang me several times already to question me about various things, I know she was as excited as I was to go, as was Kate, who kept winking at me as we passed each other throughout the day.

Finally it was time to head home, as quickly as I could, I ran to my car, drove as fast as the traffic would allow to pick up my suitcase, head to Amanda's place then on to the Airport where we were to meet up with Kate, I badly needed a shower but we didn't have the time until we arrived in Portugal.

Kate was waiting for us near our boarding gate, she had the biggest grin on her face when she spotted us running in her direction.

"Glad you girls could make it" she laughed, "The traffic wasn't too great, hope you haven't been waiting too long on your own?" I asked