Chapter 10: Fall Break

I woke up early the next morning to get ready for the trip to Hawaii! I got the most amazing boyfriend ever! I took a shower and dressed in comfortable travel clothes. I made sure I packed the rest of the essentials which included my flat iron. I know how much Damon loves my hair straight. I occasionally straighten my hair on special days; otherwise I go with my wavy/curly brown hair. I arrived at the airport at 7:15 like Damon said. I found him by the check-in counter.

"Hey Damon. Did you already check us in?" I try to stifle the yawn that came but I couldn't. I was not a morning person.

"Yes I did. I know you're not a morning person, but you can sleep on the plane. I wish there was a later flight. I remember on the first day of freshman year I ran up to you and screamed at you. And then you flipped me and kicked me in the crotch. That's when I knew I loved you." Awe isn't so sweet! How does kicking him in the groin help realize hidden feelings?

"I remember that! I am sorry by the way. How does me kicking you in the groin help you realize your feelings?"

"Because, at the time I thought I liked you and thought it was weird. Then when you kicked me, I realized that I wanted to be with you. I wanted to be the one to comfort you when you're sad. I wanted to be your shield. Even though you have this hard rough exterior, I know there are times when you need a shoulder. I want to be your shoulder forever." He's so mushy and corny sometimes.

"Awe babe! You will always be my shoulder. You have always stood by my side. I love you so much." I give him a big hug and kiss his cheek.

"I love you too baby. Let's go find the gate. It's C21. I hope you brought your iPod. It's gonna be a long flight from Indianapolis to Maui. It's about six hours." Six hours? Jeez! Good thing I have my iPod and laptop with me. Time to look up colleges.

"Yup I do! And my laptop. We could look at colleges and apply." Haha I probably killed his vacation mood.

"Baby, can't we do that when we get back? I want to relax for the next two weeks, not research colleges." He gives me a hopeful look. Kind of childlike. Great. I am dating a man-child.

"Fine. Here's our gate and we still have a couple hours to kill before we leave. Let's get something to eat." I pat my stomach in a way that didn't look very ladylike.

"Sure babe. There's a Starbucks. I know you can't start your day without a coffee." Wow he really does know me!

We got some Starbucks and we talked and laughed. We got back to the gate in time for us to board the plane. The flight was so boring and so long. There were these two kids in front of us that would not be quiet. I love kids but I don't love it when they are so loud. Damon laughed at my frustration. He knows I like peace on planes. Especially after my uncle died in a plane crash a few years ago. When we got to the resort, we went up to our room on the 15th floor. Thank goodness there was an elevator. Our room was gorgeous. It had a little kitchen and a huge balcony overlooking the ocean. I loved it!

"Damon! Have you seen this view? It's as if it came straight from a post card." I was all giddy like a twelve year old at a Justin Bieber concert. Hey! Don't diss the Biebs. My neighbor is twelve and loves Justin.

"Yeah I've seen it. Have you seen the bathroom? I think you will love it!" Okay now I have to see this bathroom! So I ran.

"Holy crap! This is amazing! The shower is huge and so is the tub. It looks like two people could be in at one time." Now I see why he liked the bathroom. Men.

"Haha. Yeah I know. I know that face. You figured out why I like the bathroom didn't you?" He looked like I was about to hurt him.

"Yeah I did. You were being quite obvious. And I am not going to hurt you. You thought of the scenario that most men would think of when they see a huge shower. It's normal." I give him a wink so that he will know that his idea was not completely shot down.

"Ready to hit the beach?" I nod and get out a new bikini from my bag.

The beach was amazing. The whole trip was. Damon got his wish to spend a lot of time in the hotel room. Sadly we did not use the shower in the way he wanted. He was disappointed. I promised that the next time we stayed somewhere with a big shower that we would use it for other purposes. I took a lot of photos for my mom so that she won't be suspicious about our "downtime". More like "fun time". The break was so much fun and we were sad to see it end. The trip back was better than before. We had a later flight so I wasn't grumpy. We had no annoying kids in front of us. There was one guy who was staring at me for a while. It freaked me out so I told Damon. That was a big mistake. He went off on the guy and the poor guy was so scared. I had to hold Damon back before he punched the boy. Other than that the trip was fun. I couldn't wait for our next adventure. The holidays were around the corner. But what's a holiday without a family smack down?