very lucky to have you,” she told him and meant every single word. “You are my world Jake Hatfield.”
“I can’t think of anyone else I’d rather spend my life with,” he began to say. Her heart began to pound. She felt hope rise up. “Right now, when I look at you in my arms, all I want to do is take you back to the room and show you how much you mean to me.”
Maggie smiled. “Then let’s do so.” She began to walk arm in arm with him, knowing he would ask her someday. She would wait because he was the guy for her, always.
<><>
“Do you have everything, baby?” Jake asked, packing their bag into the oversized trunk. She nodded and he closed her car door. He leaned down and gave her a long, slow kiss. She reached up and slid her fingers across his cheek.
“I’ve got you and that’s all I need.”
Jake laughed out loud. “I know you need your clothes. I doubt we could get away with driving down 95 without our things, because if I were all you need, I’d keep you naked twenty four hours a day.”
Maggie smiled and then shook her head. “Jake, this trip has turned you into a monster.”
He leaned down for another kiss before walking around to the driver’s side. “I know. You like?”
“Oh yes, me like.”
“How far to your Mom’s place?” Jake asked as he started up the car and thrust it in gear.
“Maybe about an hour,” Maggie said and punched the coordinates into the hand held GPS. She set it back down on the dashboard where her Pap made a special holder for it in case Nan wanted to use the gadget. But Nan never went anywhere without Pap any more except for their little excursion to the hotel the other night. Now Maggie knew why Pap watched her like a hawk. Nan’s mind started to slip a bit and she’d forget what direction she was going. She’d have to make sure she asked Pap if he wanted the GPS back for their other vehicle.
The two pulled up into the driveway of the brick rancher and Maggie gathered up some of the things she wanted to take along. As she filled about five boxes of stuff, along with two suitcases of clothes, she could see Jake began to get worried. “What’s wrong,” she asked.
“I’m not sure we can fit anything else in the trunk,” he told her. “How much more are you bringing along?”
Maggie scanned her old bedroom. There wasn’t much left. “I think that’s about all,” she told him. “I don’t need anything else and these winter clothes can go to charity. Not sure if Mom is going to move to the Keys or not, but it’s all her furniture anyway. I think I have everything I want.”
She looked back one more time as they headed down the road. Maggie felt a bit nostalgic as she left the little town she grew up in. She wouldn’t miss the cold, harsh winters and the people in her neighborhood thought she was a bit of a recluse, but she would miss her grandparents. They were her rock when she was growing up. Her Pap stepped in many times when she needed to have a father for school activities.
Jake reached over and held her hand. “You can come back here to visit any time. I may even come along if we make a pit stop in the land of love,” he teased. “It was a great time.”
Maggie laughed. “I’m fine, Jake. I will miss this neighborhood, but I’ve been a loner most of my teen years. The only people left here are my grandparents. My head has always been lost in books.”
“The Keys are good for you Maggie. You have new friends now like Abby and Sarah and they love being with you.”
She agreed. “Ever since you fixed up the bungalow for me, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking.”
“Yeah? About what, me?”
She punched him in the arm. “Oh Jake it’s not always about you.”
He grinned. “It should be, I always think about you.”
Maggie blushed, remembering the night before and where they made love. If those walls could talk, the ones in the
“I can’t think of anyone else I’d rather spend my life with,” he began to say. Her heart began to pound. She felt hope rise up. “Right now, when I look at you in my arms, all I want to do is take you back to the room and show you how much you mean to me.”
Maggie smiled. “Then let’s do so.” She began to walk arm in arm with him, knowing he would ask her someday. She would wait because he was the guy for her, always.
<><>
“Do you have everything, baby?” Jake asked, packing their bag into the oversized trunk. She nodded and he closed her car door. He leaned down and gave her a long, slow kiss. She reached up and slid her fingers across his cheek.
“I’ve got you and that’s all I need.”
Jake laughed out loud. “I know you need your clothes. I doubt we could get away with driving down 95 without our things, because if I were all you need, I’d keep you naked twenty four hours a day.”
Maggie smiled and then shook her head. “Jake, this trip has turned you into a monster.”
He leaned down for another kiss before walking around to the driver’s side. “I know. You like?”
“Oh yes, me like.”
“How far to your Mom’s place?” Jake asked as he started up the car and thrust it in gear.
“Maybe about an hour,” Maggie said and punched the coordinates into the hand held GPS. She set it back down on the dashboard where her Pap made a special holder for it in case Nan wanted to use the gadget. But Nan never went anywhere without Pap any more except for their little excursion to the hotel the other night. Now Maggie knew why Pap watched her like a hawk. Nan’s mind started to slip a bit and she’d forget what direction she was going. She’d have to make sure she asked Pap if he wanted the GPS back for their other vehicle.
The two pulled up into the driveway of the brick rancher and Maggie gathered up some of the things she wanted to take along. As she filled about five boxes of stuff, along with two suitcases of clothes, she could see Jake began to get worried. “What’s wrong,” she asked.
“I’m not sure we can fit anything else in the trunk,” he told her. “How much more are you bringing along?”
Maggie scanned her old bedroom. There wasn’t much left. “I think that’s about all,” she told him. “I don’t need anything else and these winter clothes can go to charity. Not sure if Mom is going to move to the Keys or not, but it’s all her furniture anyway. I think I have everything I want.”
She looked back one more time as they headed down the road. Maggie felt a bit nostalgic as she left the little town she grew up in. She wouldn’t miss the cold, harsh winters and the people in her neighborhood thought she was a bit of a recluse, but she would miss her grandparents. They were her rock when she was growing up. Her Pap stepped in many times when she needed to have a father for school activities.
Jake reached over and held her hand. “You can come back here to visit any time. I may even come along if we make a pit stop in the land of love,” he teased. “It was a great time.”
Maggie laughed. “I’m fine, Jake. I will miss this neighborhood, but I’ve been a loner most of my teen years. The only people left here are my grandparents. My head has always been lost in books.”
“The Keys are good for you Maggie. You have new friends now like Abby and Sarah and they love being with you.”
She agreed. “Ever since you fixed up the bungalow for me, I’ve been doing a lot of thinking.”
“Yeah? About what, me?”
She punched him in the arm. “Oh Jake it’s not always about you.”
He grinned. “It should be, I always think about you.”
Maggie blushed, remembering the night before and where they made love. If those walls could talk, the ones in the
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