Going Up!

Chapter Nineteen

Ben checked us into our room while I played on my phone in the car. I texted Rose and let her know we made it and were checking in to the swankiest hotel I'd ever seen for the next five nights even though I was jet lagged and tired I was still excited beyond reason.

Rose:
10:12 A.M. (London Time)
Dude I love you. But it's 5 in the morning.

Me:
10:13 A.M.
Oh, shit. Time change is a bitch. My bad. Love you!!

Rose:
10:14 A.M.
Wait! You had airplane sex?

Me:
10:14 A.M.
..............

Rose:
10:15 A.M.
Yes! Finn owes me $20! Text you when I actually wake up.

Laughing, I set my phone in my purse and grabbed a stick of gum popping it into my mouth. The spearmint flavor coated my taste buds and woke me up just a little. I could feel my body shutting down and begging for sleep even though the sunlight was almost directly overhead now.

Ben appeared outside the car and opened the passenger side door. "Hey gorgeous, you ready to get settled in?" He was smiling brightly and didn't look remotely sleepy.

"Ben, I'm so," A yawn escaped my mouth mid sentence. "tired." I finished with a laughed and he pulled me into him wrapping an arm around me as a bellhop loaded our luggage onto a cart for us. We walked like that into by far the nicest hotel I've ever set foot inside.

Entering through the glass doors, my eyes were automatically drawn to the horizontal running black and white stripped tiled floors. They were stunning. On either side of me a cozy sitting area walled off by solid glass walls of shelving holding timepieces of European history.It was like a mini museum inside the lobby of the coliseum sized hotel.

Ben lead me through the massive lobby and to the elevator bank where he swiped our key card and hit the top floor. Oh of fucking course he did. I internally rolled my eyes at him.

The bellhop entered behind us with our luggage and the elevator started moving. "You ok?" He asked. I knew I must look really tired at this point.

"I'm fine." It was a snappy answer and I knew it wasn't nice. "Just tired."

He nodded in understanding. "Once we get to the room you can either draw a bath or go straight to bed the choice is your babe." he slid his hand around mine and squeezed offering me support. I melted and felt instantly terrible for snapping at him when my tiredness isn't even his fault. Well mostly.

The elevator glided to a stop and the bellhop exited with our luggage motioning us to go ahead in front of him. Ben being classic Ben handed me the key card. I looked at him funny before he bent down and picked me up bridal style and carried me towards our room.

"Jesus, Ben," I gasped as he picked me up "I'm too heavy for this put me down right now." He just chuckled dangerously in my ear.

"You're definitely not too heavy for this, get that key card ready I'm gonna need you to put it in the door in a second." Fumbling with the card I flipped it so it was right side up as we approached the door. "Ok moment of truth princess Rey, swipe that bad boy." He chuckled.

I pushed the key card into the slot and the methodical grind of gears happened inside to the door. I pushed down on the handle as Ben pushed the door open. He walked into the room and gently set me on me feet planting a soft kiss on my lips.