What If?

Chapter 5

I apologise for the long wait. I hope you enjoy the next chapter. 

Sat on the plane she couldn't wait to see Alex again, two weeks had been longer than she'd thought. They face timed every day, sometimes even more if they could. He was pretty busy with his work at the conservatory and she couldn't wait to join him. She'd sent him a text just before the plane had taken off that she was on her way towards Tanzania. She could wait to see the country, to see the animals and help them, to see nature at it's most rawness.

Looking out the window of the plane she could see the Sahara desert stretching out underneath her. It made you really realise how small you really were against the force of nature and it made her appreciate it al the more. How couldn't she?

"I've landed." she sent the text as she started to drag her three pieces of luggage. Why had she brought so many, she only had to arms, it was a real job to get those three suitcases moving through the airport. "I'm here sweetheart," Alex whispered as she felt his arms wrap around her middle, she'd been so occupied with her luggage that she hadn't noticed him around.

"Alex." she grinned, dropping her suitcases as she turned around in his arms. "Hey beautiful, I missed you," he whispered, dropping his head down to hers as his arms tightened around her. "I missed you too," she whispered, nudging his nose with her, before closing the small gap between their lips. "I think we better stop before I have to call gran we got arrested for indecent exposure," he told her, tapping her nose as she let out a small giggle. "Not that would be bad." she agreed as he pecked her lips again. He was over the moon to have her back with him, just seeing her was enough to brighten his day as he took the two biggest luggage. "You really are prepared." he teased her as she smacked his muscled arm. "You told me to be," she told him as she watched him load the luggage into the trunk of the land cruiser.

"Can I drive?" she asked him with a hopeful tone as he handed her the keys. He couldn't deny her at this point as he closed the door, before taking her in his arms again. "I really missed you sweetheart," he whispered, resting his intertwined hands at the small of her back as she looked up at him, her arms wrapped around his neck. "I missed you too, I'm glad the two weeks are gone," she admitted as he dropped his head down to hers. "You and me both beautiful," he told her, rubbing his thumbs back and forth on her waist

"Now I've got you all to myself." he grinned down at her as she let out a small chuckle. "Should I be afraid?" she asked him as he shook his head. "Never love," he promised her as he kissed her lips. "Come on we better get going, it's still a bit of drive. You sure you want to drive?" he asked her as she nodded her head at him. "If you allow me to," she told him as he nodded his head. "I trust you won't kill me yet." he teased her as she nudged him softly before greeting Taylor as he appeared in their line of vision.

"So what did you get up to back home?" Alex asked her as they left the airport and they went on their way. "I went shopping with my sister, I went out to the local park concerts in our home town, spend time with family and friends," she told him as she steered the car through the non-concrete road.

"Sounds like fun, have you told your family yet?" he asked her as she shook her head. " No, they wouldn't believe me even if I told them, we have a few people in the family who love to bring others down, especially me. So I didn't want to tell them, they know about you, they just don't know who you are," she explained to him as he nodded his head, he supposed that was fair for now. He was actually looking forward to meeting her family, especially her grandparents he'd heard so much about. they sounded like really amazing people and he wanted to see it for himself.

"How's your sister?" he asked, knowing from the talks they'd had that she'd broken up with her long term boyfriend. "She's getting there, she just needs some time," Amelia noted as she turned to look at him for a split second, before focussing on the road again.