Waking Love

Chapter One: Setting Out

Rubin zipped his suitcase closed, grinning to himself. He and Danni were getting ready to leave for their honeymoon. He walked into the living room, smiling at his new wife. "You ready to leave yet?"

Danni nodded, lifting up her suitcase. "Indeed I am." Rubin walked over to her, pulling her into a deep kiss.

"I still can't believe we're married. I keep pinching myself to make sure I'm not dreaming. I love you so much, Danni."

"I love you too, Rubin. Now, let's get going. Our flight leaves this afternoon."

Rubin picked up his suitcase and grinned. "I'm ready, my love." There was a knock on the door, and Rubin answered it. "Hello Mother."

Rubin's mother smiled. "Are you all packed? Do you have everything you need?"

Rubin rolled his eyes in affectionate exasperation. "Yes, Mother. I've got everything I need. You'll look after Emma while we're gone?"

Mrs. Farr nodded. "Of course, I'd be happy to. Does she have enough food?"

Danni nodded. "There's plenty of food, and her litter box is clean. Just come in once a day and fill her food dish and scoop out her poops. She's fairly low maintenance."

Mrs. Farr laughed, and then picked Emma up, scratching her under her chin. Emma purred, eyes shut in feline rapture. "I'm sure this lovely kitty and I will get along just fine. Now, you two have fun!"

Rubin hugged her, then he and Danni left to head to the airport. As they were leaving the hotel, Jimmy spotted them and called down from his balcony.

"Hey weirdo! Where you going?"

Rubin turned and looked up at Jimmy, a wicked smirk on his face. "On my honeymoon, why?" He grinned wider at the look of complete and utter bafflement on the other man's face. Jimmy opened and closed his mouth a few times, then gave a squawk of disbelief, and Rubin giggled in wicked glee. "I would love to stay and chat some more, but Danni and I need to get going. We plan on having much fantastic sex, and I don't want to spend time talking to an intellectual midget when I could be sending my wife to Heaven and back." He waved, and then turned to Danni. "Shall we?"

Danni giggled. "We shall."

They arrived at the airport thirty minutes later. Danni grinned at Rubin. "You'll love the ocean."

Rubin kissed her. "I'm sure I will. What made you decide on the beach for our honeymoon?"

"Well, you told me once you'd never seen the ocean, and I thought you might like to. Also, the beach can be quite romantic."

Rubin grinned. "Romantic, huh? That's definitely a selling point. Well, that and the thought of seeing you in that rather delectable bikini of yours." He kissed her jaw, and then whispered in her ear. "Course, I'd much rather see you in nothing at all."

Danni sighed. "The feeling is very mutual, believe me. However, I believe our plane is boarding."

They boarded the plane, and Danni had a brief moment of vertigo when the plane took off. She shut her eyes, shivering, and Rubin reached over and gently squeezed her hand. "You okay?"

She nodded. "I'm fine. I'm not real good with heights, though."

"Well, I'm here, so you don't need to be scared."

Danni smiled. "I know, and I'll be okay in a bit." She leaned over and kissed him. "Just think, in a few hours we'll be in Florida, and on our honeymoon."

"I know, and I hope you didn't make any plans to do anything, since I'm not letting you out of the hotel bed."

Danni giggled in eager anticipation.

Candy: I'm sorry this first chapter is so short, but I promise that the next one will be full of nice smutty goodness-and Danni's fear of heights will come into play more than once in the course of this tale.