Midnight:
Chapter 6:
March 3rd
Honolulu, Hawaii
Hilton Hawaiian Village Waikiki Beach Resort
5 PM
John sat on the bed in the room that he was sharing with Martha. She was on the other side of the room standing in the full-length mirror fasting her earrings. Smiling, she turned over to look at John before glancing over at the clock on the bedside table. "John?" She began, trying to get his attention.
John pressed send on his latest text message to Alex before putting his phone away. "Yeah?" He began as he glanced over at her.
"We're meeting my parents in twenty minutes."
"I know."
Painted red lips frowned as she let out a small sigh, turning away from him and back to the mirror. She smoothed out her dress. "Well, you're not dressed yet. I'm sure whoever you're texting can wait until we're back from dinner."
"Fine," he said as he pushed himself off the bed and grabbed his clothes. He hadn't really been keen on this whole trip but after several phone calls back and forth between himself and his father, here he was in a hotel room with Martha.
Minutes later, he stepped out of the bathroom dressed in his nice clothes. He looked at himself in the mirror before turning to her. "You okay?" She asked coming up behind him and resting a hand on his shoulder. He stared at himself for a long moment before turning to look over at her.
"Sorry, I'm fine. I'm just tired."
Martha nodded as she slipped her hand into his, giving his hand a squeeze. "Come on, my parents are waiting downstairs in the hotel lobby."
John glanced over at his phone that was laying on the bed before he followed her out of the hotel room and down to the lobby.
6 PM
53 By The Sea
John sat up in his seat, smile on his face. He was seated across from his soon to be in-laws and next to his wife and all he wanted to do was run right out of that restaurant. He nodded his head as he glanced at his menu.
"So," Martha's father, Richard Manning, began as he looked up from his menu and smiled at the two of them. "How are the two of you finding your accommodations here?"
John took a sip of his water, smiling at the other man. "They're very nice, sir." Even though his had known Richard and Ann Manning since before he and Martha had even gotten together, being this polite with them was what he knew.
"Good, glad to hear it," Richard smiled as he glanced down at his menu for a moment. "You know Hawaii is where Ann and I came for our honeymoon."
"Sir?" John blinked a couple times, tilting his head to the side. He glanced over at Ann for a moment before his gaze drifted back over to Richard.
Ann smiled and he could feel Martha resting her hand on his knee. "What Richard is trying to say John, we want to pay for your and Martha's honeymoon after the baby is born, of course." She looked between the two of them, letting her hands rest in her lap. "We know that you're still in school and it will be a while before you will be making a reasonable income and we feel is the best way that we can help the two of you."
John stared at the two of them in stunned silence and before he could say anything, Martha spoke first, "Mom, Dad, thank you. This is such an amazing gift." Martha glanced over at John as if waiting for him to say something. "We both think so, isn't that right, John?"
John glanced over at Martha for a moment and he nodded. "Yeah, that's right." He paused a moment or two. "Sorry, I was just caught off guard by the two of you. I hardly know what to say."
Richard grinned taking a sip of his own drink. "Well, we just want the two of you to start things off right and if this is a way that we can help then so be it."
John nodded, smiling on the outside while on the inside he just wanted to run right out of there, but he stayed planted in his seat as the waitress came over and finally took their orders.
John and Martha's Hotel Room
8 PM
John let out small sigh as he fell onto the bed, eyes closing. He was happy, happy for the dinner with Martha's parents to be over. He picked up his phone to see that he had a few new text messages from Alexander, he couldn't help but smile to himself.
Martha sat down onto the bed, sitting next to him. "Well, that was a nice dinner don't you think?" She asked as she reached up to undo the earrings that she had been trying so hard to put in her ears earlier.
"Did you know?"
Martha blinked once. "Know what?"
John glanced over at her. "Did you know that they wanted to pay for our honeymoon?"
Martha frowned and then shook her head. "No, I didn't. They surprised me as much as they surprised you. Why?"
John shook his head, reading a few of the texts that Alexander had sent him before shoving the phone back into his pocket. "No reason."
Martha frowned before she smiled as she leaned over and placed a kiss to his cheek. "Anyways, now that we're alone I was thinking maybe we should get a bottle of sparkling apple cider sent up here and we have a little celebration."
John shook his head. "I'm not in the mood, Martha."
Martha frowned and let out a small sigh from her lips as she sat up. "John, what's going on."
John shook his head as he stood up from the bed and took off his jacket, heading over to the hotel closet to hang it up. "Nothing, Martha."
Martha frowned as she looked at him. "John, please talk to me," she pleaded as she watched him from where she was sitting. "I'm your future wife and the mother of your child, please. I don't know what happened and I don't know why you're ignoring me but please, we need to talk."
John could feel his phone vibrating in his pocket with a new reply from Alexander, or at least, he hoped. "I can't do this right now, Martha."
"John.."
"Stop!" Martha looked surprised; he never raised his voice at her like that. Shaking his head, he took out the jacket he had just hung back up. "I'm going out for a walk."
Martha nodded, glancing away from him. "Fine, I'm going to get ready for bed," she whispered as he left without saying another word.
11 PM
Hotel Lobby
John sat comfortably in one of the chairs in the hotel lobby, holding the phone up to his ear. "Yeah, no, I know."
After leaving Martha in the room, it was nice to hear Alexander's voice. "So, how's your vacation with your family?"
Part of John felt bad about lying to Alexander, but it was nice. It was nice to just pretend, even for a little bit, that he wasn't engaged and wasn't expecting a child with the woman he was engaged to. He closed his eyes, pretending he was back home with Alexander and the two of them were having a conversation face-to-face. "It's okay, I'd rather be back at school though."
He could hear Alexander snorting on the other line. "Really? I'd rather be in Hawaii. What's here got that Hawaii doesn't have? It can't be the sandy beaches and nice sun."
A smile tugged at John's lips. "Well, for starters, there's you."
"Aww, aren't you the sweetest." Alexander said on the other line, laughing. "I do have to go. It's late and I need to finish something up."
John nodded his head, "Sure, I'm getting a low battery anyways. I'll see you when I get back?"
"I'll see you then"
John smiled as he hung up the phone, standing and heading back over to the elevator.
John and Martha's Room
11:15
John slid back into the hotel room, seeing Martha was asleep in bed. He watched her for a moment, letting out a small sigh. He closed the door softly behind him, plugging in his phone to charge as he got ready for bed.
He stood next to the bed, wishing for anything that there was another bed in the room. Giving in, he finally climbed into bed with Martha, back to her. Reaching up, he turned off the light on the night standing.
It was going to be a long vacation.
AN: I wanted to give a quick thank you to everyone out there whose still reading even with everything going on out there.
HamiltonAsparagus: I wanted to say, I'm glad you love my writing style. That's something I've always been self-conscious about. Hearing that made me feel a little better about it so thank you.