Chapter Four
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July 6, 2009
Two weeks had passed by and on that Sunday was the day when Martin comes back from his vacation which from now on, Danny will never know what was on his friend's mind when he get home but he will have to get use to it soon because his friend who needed a break from work and things will change, either good or bad.
After Martin had left for Tahoe, Danny and the rest of the team was busy with work and their lives. During the two weeks, Danny only got something from Martin four times. The first one was on a Saturday evening on the day when Martin had left New York. It was only a phone call Martin made to tell him that he was calling him to tell him that he had got to Tahoe safely and had to go right away because he got dinner plans with someone he met on the plane.
When Danny got that call, told him the same thing he had told him that, and ended the phone call, Danny was wondering about the person Martin was having dinner with but stopped because the person Martin met on the plane will probably make him forget everything about his life in New York on the trip and will not call Danny during it. Danny smiled about Martin and his new friend and headed back into the dining room where Elena and Sofie were having dinner at and his food was getting cold.
The next two Danny got from Martin were postcards. The second postcard that Danny got had a nice picture of a mountain around Lake Tahoe and on the other side was a letter from him, telling that he had a great time there with his friend and was about to be on a small hiking trip with her. When he read that, Danny said to himself, "Her? What did Martin meant 'her'? Is this 'her' is the same person he met on the plane?" Moments later, Danny read the letter over again to see if it was true or not and wanted to call Martin about it right away but didn't because Martin was probably on that hiking trip right now and doesn't want to be disturbed.
Seconds after thinking about that, Danny decided to do that and hoped the best for him and her but if more like this or more developed than this keep going, things will be really creepy after this but it didn't ended there. There's one more.
The last postcard that Danny got from Martin had another picture of not Tahoe but Napa Valley on it. Danny finally had a chance to read at work on a day of desk work, and while reading the letter Martin wrote about his little weekend trip to Napa with the same girl that he met on the plane and went on a hiking trip, Danny knew this woman might have made Martin's life a little better. Whoever she is, she sure made Martin and him a little happier because Martin might come home, left that moody self Martin was being for a couple of weeks before to it grave for dead, and will be like himself for a little while longer and for Danny, he got his friend back because of her and from all of this, he's wondering about one thing about her. Who's this woman and where she was at all of this time?
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On the morning when Martin comes back from his trip, Martin called him one more time from the airport there at Lake Tahoe and asked him if he's going to pick him up or not because if not, he can get a cab at JFK and get over to Elena's house that night. After getting that from Martin, Danny shook his head while saying to his friend, "Martin, you don't have to do that. Look, I will pick you at JFK this evening and will go back to Elena's place for tacos after that. You okay with that?"
Thirty seconds had passed while Martin said to him back, "That's great, then and then......" Martin got away from the phone because what Danny can hear, some woman was telling Martin to hurry up because their plane was about to leave. Martin yelled something at her when she told him that and Danny got confused about that when Martin got back and now telling him that he will see him soon and before Martin can hung up on him before leaving, Danny asked Martin, "Fitz, who was that woman who was telling you to hurry up? Who's she?"
"Huh? I'm sorry about that and see you soon. Bye." said Martin when he answered his friend's question and then, hung up on Danny to get on the plane with his friend who's the same girl he been with for two weeks. After getting that, Danny put the phone away and was starting to think about that. Is that woman Martin had spent two weeks with is his new girlfriend? Yeah, this woman seems to make Martin happy and from the questions that were from the Napa postcard, who was this woman and where was this woman all of this time and now, most importantly, is she got any baggage on her like Kim and Sam, the last two girls who were Martin's last known girlfriends but for now, he had to wait for Martin to come home and will see for himself from his friend who was experiencing this all.
Hours later, when Danny left Elena and Sofie at her house, got into his car, and drove to JFK to pick up Martin, he got there about fifteen minutes before five and waited at the conveyor belt and waited for Martin to come back home and will tell him all about his trip.
Five minutes after five, Danny spotted Martin in the sea of people and to let him that Danny was here, he yelled to his friend, "Hey, Martin. Over here!" Martin heard that voice of his friend and with a slight smile on his face, he walked over to Danny, put his bags down, let Danny patted him on the back, and said to Martin, "Hey, man. How's your trip? Tell me all about it."
Martin smiled at Danny when he told him that and said in return, "Good. It's good and I'm glad to be home." Danny smiled at him and to hurry up because he parked his car in the short-term, Danny told him that when he grabbed and lifted the handle of one of his friend's bags to make it equal. Martin saw that, agreed with him about that, grabbed the other bag, and with Danny, they walked to the short-term garage, put the bags in the backseat, and got into the car to go over to Elena's house for dinner.
About halfway through JFK and Elena's place, Danny asked Martin about his trip. In return, Martin was smiling when he told about his first couple of nights there which was great, the hiking trip he went on, got about a thousand bucks during a poker game with a new friend of his there at Lake Tahoe, and both of their winnings, out of the blue, the both of them went on a little weekend trip to Napa which was a wonderful experience.
"That's nice." said Danny when he got to a red light and seconds later, he asked him a question. To do that, Danny turned to Martin and with a smile on his face; he asked Martin if he can ask him something? Martin saw that and with his blue eyes and a smile that he had on his mouth for years, he said to him, "Yeah, Danny. What's it?" After that, Danny asked him a question about the friend he been with at Tahoe with.
Martin smiled at himself than at Danny when he had heard that question about his nice, great, new friend of his and in return, he said to Danny, "Well, Danny. She's such a great woman to hang out with. You know. Smart, kind, funny." Martin laughed to himself when he told Danny that she had been very helpful when she volunteered to make an one on one NA meeting with him and was very adventurous when she make him go on a poker game with her because she had a feeling that with him, they could win a thousand bucks and from the end of all, it actually became true and went on a last-minute trip to Napa together.
Danny smiled at his friend when Martin told him things about her but seconds later, Martin told him one thing about her that Danny knew that was going on from all of the phone calls and the postcards he got from him but it didn't came out that night. Martin sighed at himself and said to himself and Danny quietly, "Danny, I think that I might be in love with her and want to be with her after knowing her for two weeks."
Danny stared at Martin when he told him that and didn't noticed that the light had turned green and somebody behind him was honked his horn and yelled from the car behind him, "Hey, idiot! The light had been green for a minute, man. Now hurry up!" because Danny Taylor was well, surprised from what Martin had told him that he might be in love.
