As Sam was lacing her shoes when the doorbell rang. Jack had called her an
hour ago to tell her he'd be home by seven thirty at the latest so they
could make their reservations at eight. She got up as she tied the last bow
and crossed to the door and opened it.
Sam was met by a large bouquet of red roses.
"You bought me flowers?" She said as she looked at Jack, who had changed into a suit.
"Don't people do that when they take beautiful women on dates anymore?"
"Just so you know I don't sleep with a guy on the first date." She informed as she pulled him inside.
"Damn and I wasted all this money on flowers." He managed straight-faced.
"Do you have a vase?" She asked to keep from smiling too much.
"Somewhere. You look beautiful." He looped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him.
"You don't look bad yourself." He kissed her. "I should really get these in water before they wilt."
"Spoilsport." He released her.
"I had Janet it on the phone earlier. Your good mood is scaring everyone. Somebody even went as far as asking if there was any chance you'd been infected by an alien virus."
"I can't help it." Sam crouched down to look for a vase under the sink.
"Just try to keep it down a minimal level when we're at work. Scaring airmen is one thing, making them question whether you're infected with an alien virus is another."
"I'll try and control myself." She pulled out a vase and filled it with water; she put the roses into the vase. "So are you almost ready to leave?"
"I just need another five - ten minutes. You're early."
"Makes a change right?"
"Umm. Where are we going?"
"That's a surprise."
"Five minutes."
~
"That was perfect." Sam smiled at the end of the meal.
"Umm. What do you say we get out of here? There's something I'd like to show you."
"Sure."
~
Jack stopped the car when he pulled into a parking lot near the top of a hill.
"It's just a short walk."
"Good because I wouldn't get much farther in these shoes."
"I think they're very nice shoes."
"Then you should try wearing them for more than five minutes. Combat boots they ain't."
"Maybe you could just wear them around the house?" Jack said suggestively.
"Maybe. So where are we?"
"Close your eyes."
"You're not going to lead me into a ditch or anything are you?" She asked questioningly.
"No. Do you trust me?"
"With my life." She replied.
"Then just close your eyes." He whispered. Sam did just that and he took her hand and led her down the path. When they reached his destination he positioned her. "Okay open your eyes."
Sam's eyes flicked open and the lights of Colorado Springs, on a back drop of the night sky. She shivered as the cold night air hit her.
"Here." Jack put his jacket over her shoulders and wrapped his arms around his waist.
"Wow this place is amazing."
"Kind of reminds you what were fighting for." He whispered in her ear.
"Umm. It could almost make you forget all the bad things that happen here and out there."
"Almost."
"Sorry Jack." Sam said realising what she'd said.
"You have nothing to be sorry for."
"Still."
"I love you." He said changing the subject.
"I love you too. Let's go home."
"I thought you didn't sleep with a guy on the first date?"
"I might make an exception for you."
"As long as it's only for me, you have a deal." Sam nodded and they started to head back but she stumbled. "I have a better idea." He scooped her up into his arms.
"Why my hero?"
"Shucks ma'am it was the least I could do." He said in best southern accent.
TBC
Sam was met by a large bouquet of red roses.
"You bought me flowers?" She said as she looked at Jack, who had changed into a suit.
"Don't people do that when they take beautiful women on dates anymore?"
"Just so you know I don't sleep with a guy on the first date." She informed as she pulled him inside.
"Damn and I wasted all this money on flowers." He managed straight-faced.
"Do you have a vase?" She asked to keep from smiling too much.
"Somewhere. You look beautiful." He looped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him.
"You don't look bad yourself." He kissed her. "I should really get these in water before they wilt."
"Spoilsport." He released her.
"I had Janet it on the phone earlier. Your good mood is scaring everyone. Somebody even went as far as asking if there was any chance you'd been infected by an alien virus."
"I can't help it." Sam crouched down to look for a vase under the sink.
"Just try to keep it down a minimal level when we're at work. Scaring airmen is one thing, making them question whether you're infected with an alien virus is another."
"I'll try and control myself." She pulled out a vase and filled it with water; she put the roses into the vase. "So are you almost ready to leave?"
"I just need another five - ten minutes. You're early."
"Makes a change right?"
"Umm. Where are we going?"
"That's a surprise."
"Five minutes."
~
"That was perfect." Sam smiled at the end of the meal.
"Umm. What do you say we get out of here? There's something I'd like to show you."
"Sure."
~
Jack stopped the car when he pulled into a parking lot near the top of a hill.
"It's just a short walk."
"Good because I wouldn't get much farther in these shoes."
"I think they're very nice shoes."
"Then you should try wearing them for more than five minutes. Combat boots they ain't."
"Maybe you could just wear them around the house?" Jack said suggestively.
"Maybe. So where are we?"
"Close your eyes."
"You're not going to lead me into a ditch or anything are you?" She asked questioningly.
"No. Do you trust me?"
"With my life." She replied.
"Then just close your eyes." He whispered. Sam did just that and he took her hand and led her down the path. When they reached his destination he positioned her. "Okay open your eyes."
Sam's eyes flicked open and the lights of Colorado Springs, on a back drop of the night sky. She shivered as the cold night air hit her.
"Here." Jack put his jacket over her shoulders and wrapped his arms around his waist.
"Wow this place is amazing."
"Kind of reminds you what were fighting for." He whispered in her ear.
"Umm. It could almost make you forget all the bad things that happen here and out there."
"Almost."
"Sorry Jack." Sam said realising what she'd said.
"You have nothing to be sorry for."
"Still."
"I love you." He said changing the subject.
"I love you too. Let's go home."
"I thought you didn't sleep with a guy on the first date?"
"I might make an exception for you."
"As long as it's only for me, you have a deal." Sam nodded and they started to head back but she stumbled. "I have a better idea." He scooped her up into his arms.
"Why my hero?"
"Shucks ma'am it was the least I could do." He said in best southern accent.
TBC