Chapter 6

"One last adventure"

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As usual she was sooo late, sometimes she was an

irresponsible person and she still had the guts to

get mad at everyone when she had to face the

consequences. Once she left the hotel, after an

eternal process of check-out, she realized it was

damn late, so as soon as she got off of the taxi,

she started running to get to the airline stand; of

course it was kinda hard to do the running thing

with the suitcases, packages and bags she had to

carry, another bad habit, by the way, every time

she went on a trip she used to buy numerous items

on sale in the 'Duty free stores'. Suddenly, she

stopped because she saw him, and she ran towards

him and made him turn.

"Cole…", she said and the man just looked at her

questionably. "Sorry I might have confused you

with another person".

'Oh god I'm getting crazy. Why do I have to see

that man everywhere?', she asked herself. It

already had happened twice in the lobby of the

hotel.

She kept running till she noticed a lot of the

foreign people sitting around in the waiting halls,

she then reached for the confirmation ticket of

the flight, "Damn it!", she cursed as she sighed.

She was in the international side of the airport,

which explained the French, Chinese and Australian

people hanging out around. The National Flights'

Area was on floor 3, she had to look for "American

Airlines" on section B; of course it was hard to find

since she was on floor 4 section E. Cursing her luck

one more time, she ran towards an elevator. In the

elevator she saw a tall guy from the back and

didn't doubt in call for him "Cole…", she called out

loud and he didn't reply, she insisted and no reply.

She touched his shoulder and he turned, he wasn't

him.

"Sorry…", she apologized. 'Oh god… I'm in troubles,

big troubles', she reproached herself, 'I'm talking

to myself, isn't that a sing? Oh god now I'm asking

questions to myself', she stated. She couldn't get

him out of her mind. 'Why god?' she asked. Finally

she got off the elevator in the right floor and

section, she walked and she slipped and fell taking

all the packages with her in the process. In the

floor surrounded by her bags a little kid laughed at

her, which made her become even more pissed. She

reached the stand and waited for the two people

she had before her in the line, and she finally could

talk to an airline's employee, all sweaty, her face all

red and breathless for all the attempts to get

there.

"Good Morning, how can I help you?", the polite

female employee asked

"Hi… I … please I need to board fast to flight 345

to San Francisco", she said, "I think it's about to

leave", she added and laughed nervously.

"Sorry Ma'am, but the flight 345 already left

about 7 minutes ago", the blond female employee

informed her as she checked in the screen of the

computer

"What?!" was the only desperate Phoebe's reaction

as she sighed one more time. Everything was going

on very bad today. "But… but I have to get to San

Francisco", she said, "Can't you guys just stop the

damn plane, because I take it is still on ground",

she said as she was raising her voice.

"Calm down, please", the employee asked her, "I'm

sorry but what you can do is to take the next

flight that leaves t 11:45 am", she suggested

"No, no, no; that's too late for me. I have to get to

San Francisco before 1 o' clock. Isn't there an

earlier flight?", she said

"No. that's our next flight", the woman informed, "

Besides the flights at 2:00 pm, 4:15 pm, 7:30 pm

and 9:20. "Would you take the next flight?", she

asked again

"yeah, what else can I do?", she said coldly with

resignation. 'Damn it, Elise will kill me', she thought

"Ok, here it is. Flight 349 leaves at 11:45 am. Gate

B-14. Sit 29-A. please be there 5 minutes before

the hour. Have a nice flight and thanks for flight

with us". The nice woman said. She talked like she

were a machine. Phoebe just resigned to her luck

again and turned to look for a sit to wait. The

airport was crowded, it was like it were Christmas'

season or something; it was unbelievable but there

wasn't an empty sit, she kept walking along with the

anger, because everything was going on wrong. Even

thought the day began pretty good she remarked,

because the night had been wonderful and

delightful, and then wake up in the strong arms of

some one, who she felt pretty good with' she still

didn't know what in the hell was wrong with her??

She wasn't supposed to be sleeping with her

lawyer, she was married for god's sake, but she

still hadn't realized what she was doing. Then she

left the room and everything went wrong; first

problems with her account, then she had to wait

for more than 20 for a taxi, and all the airport

scene, she missed the plane and as if it weren't

enough she noticed that there was a guy sat

reading 'Newsweek'. 'Typical, the classic business

guy who thinks he's more important than anyone

else' she thought. But what really bothered her

was the fact that the man had taken 3 sits next to

him to put a giant stuffed Dumbo that was laying

there. It was so big that it filled 3 sits. 'people is

so unconscious', she thought, she was mad, she just

overlooked the guy but he didn't even noticed, it

seemed like some political comments were very

interesting. But he was dark, tall and he looked

like… 'Oh not again. You're not there, you're not

Cole', she told herself. She made up her mind

about ask him for some space, she wouldn't do it if

she weren't that tired. So she came closer, 'Dumbo,

dumbo', how much she hated that character, she

just couldn't stand it. It was because when she was

in second grade, Mary Figuer, the girl she most

hated was a complete Dumbo Fan, so since then she

always hated it. Then for the second time in this

day and this place, to add to her humiliation she

slipped and fell on the ground one more time with

all her packages. This caught the guy's attention,

who instantly left the magazine and came to help

her.

"Phoebe?", he called her name

"Cole?", she replied when she looked up at him.

"It's… you". She said, she couldn't believe, silly but

she couldn't believe it.

"Let me help you", he offered and grabbed her by

one arm to help her to stand up. "Are you alright?",

he asked concerned

"Yeah, I think so, thank you", she replied as she

made a failed attempt to walk, but her ankle hurt a

lot. "Auch", she said

"What is it?", he asked

"My ankle, I think it's twisted, it hurts", she

expressed

"Come here and sit", he commanded and led her to

the sit where he had been sat on

"Damn high heels, I blame 'Sex and the City' for

those", she cursed

He just chuckled, but once again he focused his

attention to her foot, "Let me see", he indicated

"No, it's fine", she just refused

"I'm not gonna leave you alone until you let me", he

insisted. She knew she wouldn't win the argument

so she gave up easily. He proceeded to take her

high hill boot and smoothly rubbed her ankle. This

action made everything to come back. She couldn't

help it but shake under his touch. The memories of

the 2 nights before started to play in her mind

again; and with that the guilt came as well.

He was there, being a gentleman, and she couldn't

help but get nervous. She was nervous, for some

reason something happened inside of her when he

was close to her. He was examining her ankle and

she was quite just admiring him; his eyes, his face,

his smile, his lips… those lips that had kissed all

over her. She couldn't stop thinking about she

wanted to be kissed by those lips again, she wanted

to be touched by his hot hands, she wanted to feel

his warm skin next to hers, but why???. Why she

was feeling this way? This wasn't right, it was

wrong, very very wrong. She was married and she

didn't even remember Miles existed. Right now her

mind was Cole, but she had to come back to reality,

she had to get back to her life. But Cole was so

different, so especial, and she couldn't explain why

in the hell she was feeling this way.

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Some minutes later Cole had already taken care of

the ankle, and she was now resting her foot on the

sit where the big Dumbo that had been there

before was now resting on the ground's carpet.

"So… what are you doing here?", she asked to make

some conversation

"Waiting for my plane", he replied, "It leaves in 30

minutes", he added

"Are you going to San Francisco?", she asked

"Yeah", he simply said, the question seemed a little

odd.

"But there's not flight to San Francisco in 30

minutes. The next flight leaves at 11:45 am", she

said as she confirmed in her ticket. "I sounded like

some airline employee"; she added joking

"What?!", he reacted, "No… no, no. look at my

ticket it says 10:30 am", he read loudly. Of course

he took he was right since it was on the ticket.

"I insist there's not flight until 11:45, why don't

you go and find it out for yourself?", she

challenged

"I know I'm right", he said with a grin as he

gathered his stuff

"What are you doing?", she asked

"I'm going to prove you wrong", he said with a smile

"Don't worry, I'll watch over you stuff, go", she

said.

"Thank you", he turned back and made his way to

the airline's stand.

Phoebe just kept there staring at him and as he

walked she imagined herself in the bed with him,

doing wonderful things… of course she had already

tasted it, and she liked it. Maybe that was the

problem, she shouldn't have done anything with

him, but it was too late… all she wanted since two

nights ago was just to kiss him, and him to kiss her,

him to touch her with her hot hands and make love

to her all over again.

'What the hell is wrong with you?', she asked

herself mentally. Why she kept staring? She

couldn't help it, she definitely had a crush on this

guy. 'You're married, Phoebe. Miles is a good guy.

He loves you', she tried to convince herself, but it

was hard, she couldn't take it out of her head.

Cole came back with success all over his face,

which vanished when she started

"So…?" she said knowing she was right

"There's not flight until 11:45 am", he said as he

sat down besides her

"I told you so"

"yeah I know, damn travel agent I should have

changed her when they sent me to 'Austria' instead

of 'Australia'", he said with sarcasm, which made

her laugh. Then they both stayed quite for some

minutes and she looked in his eyes.

"What?", he asked with a smile

She kept looking at him, still wanting to kiss him

and then she says: "Damn it." And she kissed him,

letting her feelings take the best of her. He didn't

fight it either; he also let himself give in by the

kiss. But then he pulls apart, "We shouldn't be

doing this.", he whispered

"I know but who cares? Nobody knows us here.

Anyway", she replied. He just chuckled at the

comment and kissed her again. It felt so good and

so right, even when it was sooo wrong, they were

cheating for God's sake, but they didn't think

about it in that moment. But what was happening

with them? This was going farther than they

thought. It was something else than a 'one night

stand'. But they couldn't explain what it was

exactly.

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"In the end of the plane?? Are you kidding me?

Why don't you just put me in the kitchen or over

there in the wings for that matter?", she

complained

"Please, would you calm down?", the young

stewardess said

"But I can see empty sits in the front!", she almost

yelled.

"Yeah, but those are reserved and you're not

suppose to be in this flight", the employee

explained

"And that gives you a reason to treat me like shit?

I deserve some respect, I paid my ticket just like

everyone else here!", she insisted. She was pissed.

The polite stewardess just closed her eyes in

exasperation. Phoebe was really getting on her

nerves. Then another stewardess came closer,

"Please, would you mind to sit down and out your

belt on? We're about to leave", she recommended.

Phoebe didn't do any move, and then said: "So…

where are you gonna sit me?"

"I already told you-", the woman repeated.

And was cut by Phoebe, "You want me to call my

attorney?", she angrily challenged

"Yeah, right. And where are you gonna find 'your'

attorney in this moment?", she asked back with

bitchiness in her tone

"You wanna bet?", she replied in the same bitchy

tone. "So, if I find my lawyer in the plane, I'll have

a better place and if I don't, then I'll sit in the end

of the plane." She added.

"Suit yourself", the woman just said, Phoebe

already annoyed her enough.

Phoebe started walking and walking, she started to

get nervous when she couldn't find him and the

woman: "What? You lost your lawyer?", she asked

sarcastically. Phoebe kept examining the plane

quite and still didn't find him; then she reached to

the curtain that divided the first class area from

the tourist area. "No, you can't go in there", the

employee warned.

"You wanna bet?", Phoebe challenged again

"No. that's the executive class, there's a lot of

lawyers in there, you could hire any of them right

the way", she explained. Phoebe didn't listen and

just kept walking till she finally found him.

"Mr. Turner, would you please talk with this b…

miss for me?", Phoebe said with a smile and Cole

turned

"What's going on?" he asked

"I'm having some troubles with the miss here and I

think you could help me", she said

"Excuse me, Sir", the woman started, "this woman

is quite insane"

"Would you please show some respect towards my

client?", he warned in lawyer tone.

"Is she your client?", the plane's employee asked

and Phoebe just looked with a triumphal smile

"Of course, I've taken care of her personal

business for years", he explained

"Oh, I see. But I'm afraid you can't stand in this

area, Missies", she said

"She'll stay with me", Cole stated

"I'm afraid that's not allowed", she repeated.

"Oh really?", Cole asked as he stood up. He was

that taller that the employee had to raise her face

up to face him. "What if I sit in Tourist area with

her?", he proposed.

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"So… we're flight partners again?" he commented

to break the silence.

"Yeah." She nodded with a light smile, not looking

at him.

They already had left ground, and they both were

situated in their 'end of the plane' sits.

There was a big tension between them; it was

strange after how close they had got in two days.

"How's your ankle?" he asked.

"Thanks to you, better. Thanks." She smiled looking

at him.

They kept starring at each other. There was so

much passion and desire between them. They didn't

know when their lips came together. They just let

themselves lost in the kiss… again. She

instinctively wrapped her arms around his neck and

ran her hands through his hair while his hand found

his way in her back, under her blouse.

But there was a problem: they still were in the end

of a plane with other fifty more persons, even in

the end of the plain, but still in a public place, even

though the last three lines of sits were practically

empty, it wasn't right. They were moaning and

things were getting way to hot. It was something

they couldn't explain… all the passion and the spark

that came out when they were together.

"Why do we keep doing this?" he said while kissing

her neck.

"I don't know… but God don't stop." She said and

they kept their making out.

They suddenly broke apart, "We have to stop."

Phoebe said breathless.

"Yeah." He nodded. "I know."

But they still were all over the other, "But I don't

wanna stop…" she said in a childish tone.

"Neither do I… but we're in a plane, we can't-" he

started and then they both starred at each other

in the eyes like knowing what the other was

thinking. An idea started to form in their minds.

They next thing they knew was that they were in

the plane's bathroom advancing on their making

out. Their hands were mutually touching each other

and kissing everywhere… they were so hot at the

moment, but still he looked at her deep in the eyes

like asking for permission to go farther. She

nodded and closed her eyes to focus just in the

sensations she was feeling. He then lifted her up

on the sink; she spread her legs and wrapped them

around his waist while he unbuttoned her blouse,

from now on they took their business till the end…

It was exciting, adventurous, wild and yet soo

wrong… but then again they had done something in

those couple days that they would probably never

do ever again, and even if it was enough to fill their

adventure and excitement needs, why not finish it

with something really worth and completely crazy

and excited… and what could top it better than sex

in the bathroom of a plane.

Some moments later they both were catching their

breath again…

"That was…" she started catching her breath as

caressing his hair.

"Amazing…" he filled in with his head in her chest.

"Crazy, wild and really amazing…" a very satisfied

Phoebe added with a huge smile.

He then kissed her on the lips and softly asked:

"This is the end isn't it?"

She just nodded; they both knew it. They were

coming back to San Francisco and to their lives.

They kissed passionately one last time, straighten

and fixed their clothes and got back to their sits.

When finally the plane landed again, they looked in

the eyes and put their hands together.

"I had the most amazing days I've ever had, thanks

to you." He said.

"I feel the same way." She said.

They smiled and got out of the plane, of course

that they blushed at the looks the stewardesses

gave them, they could imagine why, after all the

time they spend inside the bathroom.

Once in the Airport's hall Phoebe heard her name

being called.

"Phoebe, honey, right here!" she heard and there

he was her husband…

She made her way to Miles, he hugged her and

kissed her on the cheek. She felt incredibly guilty

and totally unable to see him in the eyes.

"Hey, honey I missed you." He said and helped her

with her bags.

"Thanks… what are you doing here?" she asked.

"I called to your office and they said you flight

was late, so that gave me time and I thought in

surprise you." He replied with a smile.

Phoebe hadn't caught signal of Cole still around. He

witnessed the scene and knew that this was the

real world. They walked out but Miles accidentally

hit Cole's shoulder by passing.

"I'm so sorry, man." He apologized.

"Don't worry. It's fine… this Dumbo is a little too

big. It's for my daughter." Cole said and Phoebe

turned with wide eyes.

"Ah… Miles… he's my attorney. Cole Turner." She

said.

"Nice to meet you." Cole said and they shook hands.

"Miles Smith. How do you do?" he said politely.

"He's my husband." Phoebe said and faked a little

smile.

"Oh you were in Chicago Too?" Miles asked.

"Yes, we were flight partner for this one… it's

funny because she had missed the last appoint with

me last week." Cole lied.

"Ok, we should be going." Phoebe cut off… this had

gone way tooo far. "Goodbye." She said and turned

her back.

"Nice to meet you." Miles said and walked out with

Phoebe.

"Goodbye… Mrs. Smith." Cole whispered and kept

his way out, his own hell was waiting for him at

home.

"That Cole is a nice guy." Miles commented as they

were reaching the car.

"You think?" she coldly replied.

"Yes, you don't seem to like him." He said

"I don't really like him." She lied.

"Why?" he asked

"I don't know I just don't…" she said.

They both made their way to their home. Cole to

his and Phoebe to her own, they went back to their

lives, but still they didn't regret the fact that in

the end they'd had 'One last Adventure.'