Sandra stood next to Danny as he rang the bell at the front desk.
As they stood and waited for the desk clerk she got another stitch in her side. When she reached up to rub it, she saw Danny frown but he didn't say anything because it was then that the desk clerk came out to greet them. "May I help you?"
"Yes ma'am. You have a reservation for Captain and Mrs. Daniel Walker." Danny smiled at her.
She looked down at the open reservation book on the desk and nodded. "Yes Captain, we have your reservation right here. You and your wife have the Honeymoon Suite."
He laughed. "It ain't our honeymoon, but it is our anniversary."
She smiled back and nodded. "Very good sir. Your room is ready and if you'll wait for the bellboy, he'll take your luggage up to your room."
"Thank you ma'am." And he took Sandra's elbow as the desk clerk motioned to the bellboy. He came to the desk and took the key and pocketed it before he picked up their suitcases.
"If you'll follow me, I'll show you to your room." And he started to the elevator.
Danny leaned over and told her quietly, "We already know where it is."
"Danny." She answered just as quietly and felt her face flush.
"That's what I like to see." He smiled at her before he leaned over and kissed her cheek.
"Oh honestly." She said as she shook her head and he laughed softly as they followed the bellboy to the elevator.
It didn't take long for the elevator to stop on their floor and when the elevator operator opened the door the bellboy stepped out ahead of them. They followed him down to their room and waited for him to unlock the door. He picked the suitcases up again and set them inside the front door before he handed Danny the key.
"Enjoy your stay." He said as he tipped his cap and walked back to the elevator.
Danny and Sandra stood at the door and so many memories of their honeymoon flooded back to her as she felt her face flush.
"We were in a real big hurry that day, weren't we?" Danny grinned at her.
"That was because we'd waited for so long." She nodded.
"But it was worth it honey."
"Yes, it was." Sandra agreed and stepped inside.
"What do you think you're doin'?" Danny seemed amused. "This is the honeymoon suite."
It didn't take her long to figure out what he meant. "You're not seriously thinking about carrying me over the threshold are you?"
"I did it once before." He smiled at her.
"But I wasn't seven months pregnant either." She pointed out.
"Are you goin' to argue with me?" His smile turned into a grin.
"I just don't want you to hurt yourself." She said sensibly.
"I ain't goin' to hurt myself honey. You're as light as a feather and a few extra pounds ain't goin' to matter."
She sighed. "I suppose there's a compliment in there somewhere."
That got Danny to laugh and before she knew what he was doing, he had her in his arms. "No more stallin'. " And he carried her inside before he put her on her feet.
They looked around the small room and Sandra had the sense that they had come full circle. "It hardly seems like a year since we've been here."
"I still wish I'd taken two weeks leave though."
"I know you do. But now we have a nice long weekend all to ourselves." She smiled and then the baby moved. She looked down and put a hand on her rounded form. "Well, not exactly to ourselves."
"It's enough for me Sandra because next year, we'll have that new addition." Danny told her and put his arms around her.
"Are we going to come back next year?" She asked.
He leaned away from her. "You mean make this an anniversary tradition?"
"Why not? You were the one that actually started it by having us come back here and it would be the one time of the year that we would have completely to ourselves."
Danny frowned. "But what about this little one here? Who's goin' to take care of him?"
Sandra smiled. "Or her, it could be a girl you know. As to that, I know my mother would love to come out for a few days and I'm sure Sarah would too."
He nodded. "You got me there honey."
"I've got you for the rest of our lives Danny."
"You sure do." He smiled at her before he kissed her. Sandra put her arms around his neck and kissed him back just as the baby moved again. "That's one active kid we've got."
"She just knows how happy her parents are." She told him.
"Actually, he knows how much his daddy loves his mama." Danny countered.
"And she knows how much her mother loves her father." Sandra answered.
He laughed before he kissed her lightly. "All right honey. We've got about three days to enjoy our second honeymoon and whatever you want to do, we'll do."
"What about what you want to do?" She asked.
His face turned red. "Well, what I want to do is what got you in that condition in the first place."
That got Sandra to laugh and she kissed his cheek. "This is your second honeymoon too and if that's what you want to do, I wouldn't object." She admitted with a red face of her own.
"You sure about that?"
She nodded. "We aren't going to have much opportunity when I get too far along, so I would like to be with you as much as possible before we can't."
"Then follow me Mrs. Walker and we'll relive some of those honeymoon memories I know your thinkin' about."
And he took her hand and they walked into the bedroom.