Let The Fun Begin!

The last thing I remembered was Jordan shifting into drive and easing out of his driveway. I took his suggestion and sunk into the passenger seat and closed my eyes.

It seemed like I had only just closed my eyes when I felt movement beside me. Opening my eyes just a little, I managed to make out Jordan’s outline as he came to rest beside me after having lifted the center console back up and sliding across the bench seat of his truck.

He didn’t say a word as his hands moved to my hip, fumbling with my seatbelt. Once the seatbelt click open and started to slide back to its home, Jordan leaned down and pressed his lips against my cheek. “Wakey, wakey,” he said softly.

“Nooo,” I whined as I turned towards him. “I’m sleepy Babe.”

“I know!” He pulled me into his arms. “You were snoring!”

Snuggling up to him, I sighed happily. “Can we just go home?”

“Ahhh…” he chuckled. “Sorry Babe, we can’t.”

“Oh.” I pouted. “We can grab something to eat at your place.” I offered but he still said we couldn’t go back to his place. Frowning, I pushed away from him. “Why not?”

Instead of saying anything, his fingers curled around my chin and he carefully turned my head so that I could see out the windshield. “That’s why Babe. I’m not driving back home tonight.”

“Where…?” I glanced around, looking through the windshield out at the brilliantly lit hotel that towered over us as we sat in the parking lot. “But Nick said…”

Jordan’s mouth was on my cheek again. “Do you really think I would give up a weekend with my girl to spend a couple hours with my brothers?”

“Nick lied to me?”

“Not really,” he pulled back and looked down with me. “They did want to plan something for tomorrow and I told them I would hang out with them – if I didn’t have this hot girlfriend that I’m jonesing for.”

With a snort, I asked him if he thought that he was getting some action this weekend. “Because, you know, you’ll have to spend some serious dough to get me in the sack Babe.”

“Good thing I got paid today then,” he replied with a grin. “Now, get outta my truck and into that hotel room before I take you here, in my back seat!”

“Pff, get your butt out and open the door for me. I’m high class, don’t you know?”

As he turned to open his door, he mumbled, “Oh you’re in a class of your own, I know that.” If he wasn’t smiling like a fool when he walked around to open my door, I would’ve thought my joking around upset him, but we have always joked around like this. That was one of the things I loved about dating him, I could be myself and he loved it.

When he opened my door, the cool air of the night rushed in and made me shiver. “It’s certainly cooling off,” I commented unnecessarily. “Winter is around the corner.” I wasn’t looking forward to winter.

“Yes,” he took a deep breath. “It’s wonderful, isn’t it? The snow, the ice. The hockey, skiing, skidooing –”

“I get it,” I slipped out of his truck. “You love winter, crazy man.”

“You should to Babe, winter is your season.”

I scoffed. “Winter is so not my season.”

With a slight shrug, he pulled me away from the truck so that he could close the door. “Maybe this winter will be something special.”

I asked him what he meant but he just said that we never know what will happen in the future as he grabbed our bags from the back seat of his truck.

“Did you pack my bag?”

“Nope,” he reached for my hand and motioned towards the hotel entrance. “Mary took care of it for me. I wanted this to be a surprise for you Babe. You’ve been working hard and not taking the time to think about yourself for the last couple months.”

I threw my arms around his neck. “Thank you Jordy, you have no idea how much I’ve been looking forward to this.”

As we made our way to the hotel, he told me that he thought this would be the best place to go because I raved about how awesome the rooms were the last time I was there with my nieces. “Of course, I didn’t get a room with two queen beds but I don’t think you’ll be too disappointed.”

“Oh? What room did you get then? Hopefully one with a bed.”

“Ha ha!” He shook his head. “No, I asked for a conference room. How do you feel about doing it on a table?”

“I’m not sleeping with you,” I smirked as I let go of his hand and walked ahead of him into the lobby of the hotel.

“That’s what you think,” he came up behind me and wrapped his arms around my waist. “You’ll be sleeping with me Babe, even if you don’t sleep with me.”

Turning in his arms, I smiled. “I love you so much.”

“Love you too Babe.” He pressed his lips against mine briefly. “Now, let’s check in.”

The first person I saw when I turned around was Tessa. She greeted me with her trademark frosty look.