Love and Marriage

Chapter Eighty-Nine

The next day after work, Sam picked up Claire as usual, but they didn't go home like they normally did. They stopped at a McDonalds for dinner before heading somewhere else.

"Mommy? Why are we at the airport tonight?" Claire asked as they walked into the airport.

"Because we're here to pick up your daddy." Sam replied, grabbing a hold of Claire's hand as they made their way through the crowds of people. She was looking for the monitor that would tell her when Martin's plane was getting in and smiled when she spotted it about ten feet away from where they were right now.

"But I thought he wasn't coming until tomorrow." Claire was confused. Maybe her mommy got confused too.

"Well he's supposed to be coming tomorrow." Sam explained, kneeling down to Claire's level. "But your daddy has this habit of coming early to surprise us."

"So he's coming tonight?" Claire asked, not wanting to get her hopes up until her mommy told her that.

"Yes he is." Sam told her daughter. "You see, he thinks he's going to surprise us by arriving one day earlier. But I'm not falling for that again. So I called the airline and found out that he's coming in tonight on Flight 5497."

"And we're surprising him?" Claire smiled, finally understanding what was going on.

"Exactly." Sam smiled. "He's not going to expect us here."

Claire giggled. "I like this plan."

"I thought you would." Sam laughed, picking Claire up as she looked at the screen. "Looks like his plane is right on schedule. He should be landing in about ten minutes and going to baggage carousel number four. So let's head down there and scope out a place to hide."

"Ok." Claire agreed happily. She couldn't believe that her daddy was coming tonight! This was great news.

Martin got off of the plane and headed over to find out what baggage carousel he needed to go to in order to get his suitcase. He was glad that his plan was working so far. The movers had come by earlier today to take all of their stuff and he had given the keys to the realitor before hopping on the plane this afternoon.

He saw that he needed to go downstairs to baggage carousel number four so he headed for the stairs. Sam and Claire were going to be really surprised to see him tonight since he hadn't told them that he was coming early. He hoped it would be all right with Sam but didn't think she'd have a huge problem with it. He just couldn't wait to see the look on her face when she saw him.

As he reached the last step, he turned to the right in order to go to the correct baggage carousel. To his surprise, the bags from his flight were already coming down the conveyor belt. Usually it took longer than that for the bags to be unloaded, but he wasn't going to complain. The sooner he got his bag meant the sooner he would see his family.

Sam and Claire watched Martin walk up to the conveyor belt and wait for his bag. Sam turned to Claire and motioned for her to be quiet for a few moments as they walked up behind Martin. Sam tapped him on the shoulder. "Hey there. Need a ride home?" She whispered into his ear.

Martin turned around and was beyond surprised to see both Sam and Claire standing there. A wide smile grew on his face. "What are you two doing here?"

"We came to surprise you daddy!" Claire exclaimed happily as she latched onto his leg.

"Surprise." Sam smiled.

Martin picked up his daughter and gave her a huge hug and a kiss on her cheek. "You really did surprise me. I didn't expect to see you guys here."

"Yay! Mommy it worked! He's surprised." Claire smiled widely at her mommy. She then turned back to her daddy and wrapped her arms around his neck, placing her head on his shoulder and cuddling up to him.

"I know sweetie." Sam told her daughter. "Our plan worked."

"But how?" Martin asked. "How did you know?"

"I knew you'd try and surprise us by coming early again. So I decided to surprise you right back." She smiled smugly, feeling very proud of herself. "Face it Fitzgerald. You're predictable."

"Oh I'm predictable?" He laughed. "Ok. What am I going to do right now?"

She thought about it for a moment. "Kiss me."

"Well that was too easy." He told her as he leaned in and gave her a kiss. It wasn't a very long kiss though because he still had Claire hanging all over him. Apparently she really missed him because she didn't seem like she was ever going to let go of him.

But he wasn't going to complain. He was back with his family, where he belonged. There would be plenty of time later, once Claire went to bed, to kiss Sam hello properly.

"We've already eaten, but we can stop somewhere on the way home and get you something if you want." Sam offered.

"No, that's ok. I ate on the plane. I'm fine right now." He walked over to the conveyor belt with Claire still attached to him and picked up his suitcase.

"Ready to go home?" Sam asked, holding her hand out to him.

"Yeah. I'm ready." He smiled back at her.

"So is Claire asleep?" Sam asked Martin as he entered their bedroom.

"Finally." Martin nodded, dragging himself onto the bed and laying down. As soon as he did, he felt Sam move in closer to him, wrapping her arms around him. He kissed the top of her head as she settled in. "It took her forever to go to sleep because she kept asking me a ton of questions."

"Like what?" Sam asked.

"Like whether I was going to stay forever or whether I was going to leave again." Martin explained.

"And you told her that you're never leaving again, right?" Sam asked him, looking up at him.

"That's exactly what I told her." Martin looked deep into her eyes. "I didn't get a chance to give you a proper hello earlier."

"No you didn't." She grinned.

"Then let me remedy that right now." He leaned in and started kissing her. After kissing her lips for a few minutes, he moved to start kissing her neck. It didn't take him long to find the exact spot that always made her moan.

While he was kissing her neck, his hands were roaming around her body, finally resting on her stomach. It was still relatively flat, but he knew that growing inside was their hope for the future. He started kissing his way down her chest and to her stomach. "Sam, I…"

"Shh." She told him, reaching down and bringing his lips to meet with hers again. "We can talk later. I just want to enjoy this right now." Her hands reached for the edge of his t-shirt, pulling it off in one smooth move. Next her hands moved for his pants.

"Are you sure about this?" He asked. He wasn't totally convinced that this was such a good idea to do right now, but if she thought it was, then that was enough for him.

"Oh I'm sure." She grinned. "I'm definitely sure."

That was the only thing he needed to hear her say. He slipped her shirt over her head before pushing her pants and underwear down past her hips. He kissed her again before leaving a trail of kisses down to her collarbone. "Are you ready?"

"Yes." She replied, bringing his lips up to meet hers while he positioned himself on top of her and slowly entered her.

He didn't want to hurt her so he started slow, taking his time as he gradually increased the speed and intensity of his thrusts. All the while he maintained eye contact with Sam, sharing smiles.

It didn't take long for both of them to reach their climax and they were soon cuddling next to each other in bed. Sam moved closer to him and laid her head on his chest. "Welcome home." She whispered before falling asleep.

He kissed the top of her head and smiled. Things couldn't get any better. Could they?