We Need to Do This

by elsiecarson

Richard decides to go to counselling with or without Hyacinth and he's booked a week with Dr. Bernie Feld in Hope Springs, Maine. He has to try and persuade Hyacinth to come with him.

9. Bored and Landing

Hyacinth is bored. This is part of the reason she hates long flights. She doesn't sleep for long enough to make the time go faster. The fact that the man sitting to her right has been asleep the entire flight is only upsetting her more right now. She can't settle to anything at the moment. A little boy in the seat in front of her peeks over the top of his seat. "Hello," Hyacinth whispers to him. The little boy smiles and drops back into his seat. She's trying not to move too much or be too loud. Richard deserves to sleep as long as possible. The flight only has an hour left and so Hyacinth figure she can handle a little more time without someone else to talk to.

Richard is so handsome and even his hands look relaxed. Soon the fasten seatbelt sign comes on and Hyacinth gently shakes Richard awake. "The plane is about to land, Richard."

Richard sighs as he wakes up for the last time on the plane. He fastens his seatbelt and reaches for Hyacinth's hand. "We'll be okay."

"How are we getting to Great Hope Springs?" Hyacinth asks trying to focus on Richard instead of the plane around her.

"I rented a car, so I'm driving us out there. I made sure the car has GPS so we won't get lost." Richard tells his wife.

"I was going to ask if you know how to get there. Are you sure you want to drive over here? You don't have to you know." Hyacinth asks gently.

"I'll be fine. I'm just driving to and from the airport. Everything in the town is within walking distance." Richard says calmly.

Hyacinth feels the plane begin to tilt down and she clutches Richard's arm tightly. She hates landing.

"It's alright. Don't worry. Take a deep breath. I'm right here." Richard reassures his wife.

Hyacinth smiles nervously. She knows Richard is right, but she really doesn't like flying. She breathes a deep sigh of relief when she feels the wheels touch down gently. She releases her tight hold on Richard's arm and notices Richard rub his arm. She must have left fingernail marks on his arm. The plane comes to a stop at the gate and Richard is quickly up out of his seat to get their carry-on bags. He stuffs all the things he had for the flight into his bag. Hyacinth watches Richard as he helps a lady across the aisle get her bag down. Richard hoists the bags onto his shoulders and allows Hyacinth to go ahead of him.