Zoe pulled out a magazine that she brought along and started to read as she waited to board her plane. She still had two hours to wait, but she wanted to make sure she made it. She caught herself looking up frequently hoping to see Dan, but she knew deep down he wouldn't show up. He wouldn't make it past security. She wanted to apologize for the night before, she felt bad about pulling away from something she wanted to happen.
"I need a plane ticket." Dan exclaimed as he went to a ticket counter.
"What is your destination and when would you like to leave?" The woman asked.
"I don't care. Whatever is cheapest and whenever possible."
"Well, we have some open seats for a flight to Kentucky scheduled for 2pm."
"Okay, fine, whatever, put it on my credit card." He said, flinging the card onto the desk.
"Now boarding aisles 10-21 for flight 639 to Minneapolis." The flight attendant announced over the intercom.
Zoe looked at her ticket and said to herself, "that's me," as she stood up and gathered her things. She looked one last time in hopes of seeing Dan, but again she was disappointed. She approached the line for the ticket- takers and felt sad that she wasn't able to give Dan a good farewell.
"Hello, how are you today?" the woman asked with a smile, taking and examining Zoe's ticket.
"Fine. And yourself?" Zoe responded in a typical exchange of friendly conversation.
"Zoe!" a familiar voice shouted from the opposite side of the large terminal.
Zoe turned around to see Dan, red-faced and out of breath, running toward her. Her heart skipped a couple of beats as she set her stuff off to the side and in awe moved toward him.
"What are you doing here?" She asked, as a smile crawled across her face.
"I told you I'd be here." He said as though it were nothing.
"How did you get by security?" She asked, as they both stood facing each other.
Dan held up his ticket and said with a laugh, "Well, I have the option of going to Kentucky in two hours."
Zoe's face brightened at the thought that Dan would do that for her. "So are you going to go?"
"I don't know, but that really isn't the reason I came here. I came because I have something I need to tell you."
"I have something I need to tell you too. I'm sorry for the way I acted last night."
"That's okay, I understand." He said, taking Zoe around the waist and kissing her on the lips. He broke away and said, "I just needed to tell you that...I...I love you."
The End
I'm sure you can use your imagination as to what happens :-)
