Chapter 56

"Can we leave now, AJ? I really don't feel well. Must have been that hot dog," replied Sarah.

"Sure, Sarah. Here, I'll help you," he said, putting his arm around her waist. Back inside the cool room with all the souvenirs, Sarah headed for the bathroom to be sick. When she came back out, she said, "I'm sorry, AJ, but the heat with the hotdog and all, must have been too much,"

"That's all right, Sarah. We saw most everything they had anyway. What would you like to do now?" he asked, still worried.

"I think I'd like to go back to the hotel and lay down for a little while," she said weakly. "I'll feel better soon and then maybe we can eat dinner."

AJ simply could not believe Sarah! Here she was with her stomach upset as could be, hell she had even thrown up, and she was already thinking of eating dinner! On the way back to the hotel, AJ stopped to get Sarah something for her stomach. After taking the medicine, she crawled into bed and fell asleep. AJ went down to grab a sandwich from the restaurant, and then came back to the room in case she needed him.

Sarah, not surprisingly, spent most of the afternoon sleeping. AJ ate his BLT and spent some of his time trying to come up with a proper reward for her 'winning' the pillow fight. Just before she woke, he found what he was looking for. Quickly making the call and securing her a reservation for the next day. He then thought that if she would be busy at his surprise most of the day, he could get in a round or two of 'real' golf! A double bonus in his mind.

Seeing her eyes flutter open, AJ asked gently, "Hey there, how are you feeling?"

Trying to summon a smile, she replied, "Better, thank you…and empty."

That wry half smile of his appeared, and he told her, "I figured that. Let me call down to room service for something light."

"Could it be a lot of something light?" Mac asked plaintively. Chuckling, he nodded and placed the order. Since it was getting close to dinnertime, he also ordered a meal for himself.

Mac, claiming that she was feeling 'grungy', decided to take a shower while waiting for the food to arrive. While she was in the shower, AJ placed a call to a nearby video store and offered the young man who was about to go off duty a sizeable tip if he would deliver the movie AJ wanted to rent for the night. He was guessing that Sarah would not feel like going out that night, so had thought they would both enjoy seeing one of the John Wayne movies that they had been to tired to stay up for last night. Since both of them counted 'The Green Berets' as one of their favorite movies, he figured she would like his plan.

He was right! After telling her what he had done, Sarah even hugged him. "That's a great idea!" she said with a wide smile, but when the food arrived, her smile faded. There were two large bowls of chicken noodle soup and a garden salad for her, but her food was sitting right next to a large T-bone steak, and baked potato smothered in sour cream and butter!

"But a much better idea would be letting me have some of your steak!" she told him with a gleam in her eye, staring at the steak.

"Steak is not 'light' food, Sarah. I don't want you getting sick again.'

"I won't…"

"Eat your soup and salad, and if you keep that down, then I will personally order you a steak!"

"Promise?" she questioned hopefully.

"Yes, I promise."

Later, as they were taking a break in the movie, to order Mac the steak he had promised her, AJ informed her of the plans he had made for the next day. "I thought of what you said about wanting to feel like a princess at times, and when I was reading the paper I came across an add for something that I thought would suffice."

"Oh?" she questioned eagerly.

"I made reservations for you at an all day spa. You can have your hair and nails done; get a massage, and anything else that you want. You have the whole day to do whatever you like there," he told her.

"AJ! Ooooh!" she jumped to her feet and gave him a tight hug. "No one has ever thought of something like that for me before! Thank you!"

With a pleased grin, he asked, "So you like the idea?"

"Like it? I LOVE it! Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she kissed his cheek.

To be continued….