#I've been in airports/planes for over 30 hours straight with maybe 3 hours of sleep
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pinkdean · 23 days ago
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when will someone fix airports temple grandin style
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kolour-me-kourt · 7 months ago
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Chapter Twenty four:Flying out
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"Okay baby I'm heading out I'll try to come back tonight or tomorrow morning" she says kissing his forehead while he was still laying down"if you can leave today just come to the game" he looked pitiful it almost made her wanna cry. When she left her home Friday with all intentions on staying the whole week he had things planned he was pushing for her to come to the away game because he already had something planned with her Phoenix. It's Monday he would be going to Arizona today and she would be going ... back to her city.
She set up a zoom call with Liangelo's assistant and she had a meeting with her new clients Jonah and Lorenzo. She was finally meeting Jonah's partner even though she was pretty sure it was Lorenz. And lastly she had to meet with her boss.... Doing all of this the day she gets back was crazy and that's why she had to fly out at seven in the morning. Cause she had to make her baby's game he was looking too depressed and they needed to win.
Jayson glanced outside "it's still dark I don't want you in a Uber I'll drive." He was yawning before he could even finish the sentence "I gotta head out ... like in five minutes" YN had anxiety when it came to flights and being there on time.  he smiled "im just sliding these sweats on and taking you bae give me one second." He peed and brushed his teeth quickly. Walking out grabbing her bags from her hands and they started to go towards the car he grabbed the keys off the hook locking up the house.
They get in the car putting on seat belts and then he takes off towards the airport. "You'll call me when you get home right?" "You won't be sleep?" "I will be ... but still call you'll get there around nine right?" "Yeah if they leave on time" "and then what's in your line up" "I have my meeting with new clients at 10 then a zoom with Liangelo assistant at 11:30 then I have a meeting with my boss at 2." "You can try and get you a nap between those last two."
"Yeah I might be too nervous about that last one I've never been in trouble at work like what if she fires me" "baby you didn't do anything wrong grown men being petty got you in this situation it's your first issue at work they not firing you. You do too much for them" "what if they say I can't come to Boston anymore like to live cause they don't trust me... maybe that's why she's calling me in to tell me the bad news" "let's just hope not ... these four days straight have been better than any other ones cause it's really like we live together" she smiled
"I was thinking about that while I was getting ready to go... like what made this time different" "yeah it felt like you was never gonna leave ... in the best way possible" she smiled "I know what you saying baby" "so you'll come to Phoenix tonight? Game starts at seven I know you'll be tired but baby please" "ima try bae you know the plane ride is a little over four hours ... but I'll try" "that's all I ask"
YN ran the numbers in her head if she Ubers to her office and leaves her luggage in her office while she talks to her bosses. She wouldn't have to go back home she could just Uber or get Leslie to drive her... that would also give her time to catch Leslie up on the meeting. The meeting is supposed to be short so she should be able to leave by 2:30 if she leaves the city at 3....4,5,6. Getting there after six he'll already be at the game but she would still be on time technically.
"You think you can get the private jet to be ready at 3 and then have a car service at the hotel for when I get to Arizona? Like I'll be cutting it close but I might can get there" he smiled "yeah I'll call them right at 9" "okay thank you baby" "thank you too" she smiled and then he pulled into the departure lane of the airports "I love you I'll see you tonight." "I love you too. Call when you get home Fr" "i willl" She kisses his lips grabbing her luggage rushing to tsa.
She barely makes it through before they start boarding first class but she makes it. Once she's on the plane she sighs in relief. Okay good start to the day she thought.
The plane was partially empty it was no one else on her row and they were giving out orange juice and water. Once she landed Leslie picked her up. From the airport.
"Hiiii girl" "Hi Leslie thanks for coming ... breakfast on me" "oh shit I'm ordering everything rich lady" YN laughs. "Girl hush... how you been?"
" busy cause of this Mr.Ball situation writing statements and reworking contracts" "yeah sorry bout that" "he wasn't specific so what happened" "ummm long story made very short Jay punched Melo" "what!??!" "Yes girl" she sighs
"and since you his girlfriend you got punished" "pretty much" "it's was the company or Liangelo?" "Liangelo cut ties I don't even think he told Alicia and then" "why would Jayson just punch him though that seems out of character" "and it definitely is but you not ready for all of that and I can't even tell that story tbh"
Once they got to YNs house she took a quick shower and asked Leslie to order some breakfast. So when YN got dressed and out of the shower she expected food but smelled nothing.
"Leslie what happened" "well Jonah and Lorenzo wanna meet at a restaurant" "ohhh okay" "I'm gonna grab a muffin? You want one? I'm bout to pass out" "lol yeah chocolate chip is fine" "bet" YN goes into her kitchen looking at her muffins shaking her head she walks back out
"Um they're molded I have to deep clean this whole house. I was in such a rush on Friday I didn't even take out the parishable food" "well we about to meet them soon so we might as well just head out" "yeah I'm glad they pushed it to 10:30" "you riding with me?" Leslie asks "if you don't mind Doll😂😂 and if you could take me to the pj after my last meeting" "oh wow yeah just so I can see what one looks like" YN laughs "bet" they head to Leslie's car at 10:00.
"Why you don't invite me on your lil trips I won't bother you and Jayson" "you wanna come to Arizona today?" "Don't play with me yn" "I'm serious we're only staying for a day and then going back to Boston tomorrow morning.... And I can show you arounddd and I can show you were my new place is gonna be we do have a fundraiser to go to tomorrow but like we should still be able to hang out" "you not moving in?" "With him?! Nooooo not yet" "and why not" "I haven't even met his son in person ... I would prefer that before just springing this on him" "but his son is only there half the time" "yeah but still and idk if he's even ready for that"
"well I do wanna come with you" "okay but you gotta come to the game" "of course ... I guess I'll just run and get my stuff after I drop you off at the office for your zoom meeting" "sound good to me see ask and you'll receive" YN laughs "ima ask for everything now ... I'm surprised Jayson ain't called yet" " oh shit I was suppose too call him let me do it now"
YN calls and it rings and rings and rings so she hangs up calling right back. "Baby it's after ten you were supposed to call as soon as you landed" "your phone on dnd" "baby you ain't call me until just now" "I know I was just saying"she smirked "mhm how was your flight" "pretty good it was empty me and Leslie are heading to our meeting now" her way of telling Jayson that she wasn't in the car alone "well okay baby I have the jet waiting for you at 2"
"babyyyy they'll have to wait cause I said 3" "I know but something in my heart told me to tell them 2 I did say you might get there after three so don't feel like you gotta rush they expecting some time" "okay baby thank you I love you and um Leslie is gonna come with me" "to Arizona? And Boston?" "Yeah I wanna show her around my part time city and she wants to come to the game" "okay I'll make sure y'all get the passes and tell her I'll get her a room by us so she don't have to worry bout it". "Tell him thank youuuu" "Leslie saysss thank youuu and are the passes on my phone? " "yeah it's on your phone bae and of course I gotta make sure your friends like me so you'll stay with me" "boy... when are you heading to the team plane" "right now" "did you eat?" " no I didn't ... and I'm feeling it right now"
"your mom had left overs in the fridge" "damn you Fr?" "Hella that's the whole reason she came over for five seconds yesterday ... she said it was your favorite" "you got me tempted to turn around" YN laughs "sorry baby I thought I told you" "I think you did I just forgot this morning with everything going on" "well she'll make you some more I'm sure" "hopefully or you gotta learn how to fix it" "I have too?" "I'll appreciate if you do" "it won't be your mamas tho I don't have time for that" "for what?" "Nothing mamas boy"
"I don't expect it to taste like hers" "you say that and then I fix it for you and you'll be like this shit nasty af" "I don't talk to you like that stop performing for Leslie" YN laughs even louder "baby that's not what I'm doing" "I'll see that ass tonight ... once I get settled I'll get her room stuff and send it to you" "okay baby once again thank you I love youuuu" "I love you too see you soon" "see you soon baby byeeee" "bye bae" YN hangs up
"You got me hype" "good you wanna do something after the game?Cause k think he just has a little dinner planned for us but you can come" "I'll probably be tired and you should be with your man... I'll catch back up with you in Boston" "I don't ride the team plane with him so you can just ride with me" "oh? Really?" "No... I don't think I can. I've never asked😂😂" "interesting" she laughed
"I couldn't imagine being on the plane with all those men" "shit I can!! Walking down the aisle to all those giants" "girl bye" YN laughs She parks the car. "I'm just saying" "I get you girl"
They head into the restaurant to find Jonah and Lorenzo and just like YN thought it was Lorenz. "Damn his partner fine too I'm bout to work for them" Leslie smiles as they walk over "please be professional" "I'm just saying ... or you so in love you don't see nobody else" "that's correct" "whatever bitch" YN laughs again
"Hi Jonah nice to see you again ... hiiii Lorenz" "ouu Lorenz do you two know eachother?" Jonah asks Lorenzo smiles "yes I've had the pleasure of meeting YN before how are you?" "Great I'll be even better once we get started on this deal ... also this is my lovely and always helpful assistant Leslie" "hi nice to meet you two" she smiles bashfully
YN yawns "it's only 10:30 already sleepy?" Lorenzo asks her she smiles "I was on a red eye because you guys are my main priority" "I like that" "so what do you need from us do that we can help you better" Jonah asks "well in a perfect world I would like to construct a list of everything we need to do and then split it up... but that doesn't work" "why not" "well all the jobs aren't equal some are so time consuming plus I need you two to give me deadlines with all these projects"
"Well we have that written out already I can email it over to you later today" Lorenzo states "great! And I was thinking we could rate the jobs like what's the most time consuming and what's the least time consuming and then break it up from low moderate and high and thennnn chose from each"
"that makes sense to me YN ... but you have all the connections" "which Leslie will send you the information and just casually drop me in the conversation within the first three minutes" they all share a laugh
The rest of the meeting went well food was good conversation was great and they got a lot of planning done. Next they rushed to the office so YN could make the zoom meeting. Once it started YN was shocked to see Gelo behind his employee. But she straightened her face and went straight into bite the bullet she apologized for not knowing the personal situation and she apologized for what happened she apologized for everything she could think of and then she offered to pass his buisness to the next employee ... shockingly they agreed. YN thinks it's because he didn't want to pay the contract fees but she'll take it as a win anyway. And now it was 1:00 she glanced at her mini fridge standing up she grabs a water. When her bosses knock on her door.
"Come innnn" YN says melodically "hiiii we just got the good news nice work glad you were able to solve the problem any suggestions on who would should pass it too?" "Um possibly Hannah... I think she also works well with more known clients"
"well I'll definitely keep that in mind.... Now to the real reason we came in here we have a corporate meeting at 2:30" "and we just remembered you're supposed to be off soooo" they glanced at eachother smiling YN speaks up "so?" her heart was racing and breath was heavy.
"We're duiscusing numbers and everything but our bosses have been talking about opening up a new office in a different city ... they asked us who we thought would be a great fit. And we recommended you.... And of course they approved" YN smiled "really?" "Yes and guess what city it's in?" "Where?" "Boston" "really!?!!" "Yes YN" "I cannot even describe how thankful I am you guys won't regret this at all" "we know now we're gonna make a big announcement on Friday so don't tell any coworkers before then except Leslie ... because hopefully she'll go with you"
"so with my current cases" "you'll discuss with your clients if you can be virtual and fly to them when need be it'll be a case by case then .... But in the new building you will be the boss you are officially a partner" "wow thank you guys really!" "Well we're gonna let you head out enjoy the rest of your vacation see you next Wednesday" "of course have a great day guys" "you too!!"
YN couldn't wait to tell Jayson. He would be so happy .
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And then doubt set in ... what if he doesn't want her that close. Sure he's buying her a place up there but it's only for a limited amount of time originally she wasn't supposed to be there alllllll the time... hopefully he's happy for her and doesn't think they're moving too fast.
Leslie rushes in knocking her out of her thoughts "I'm ready when you are" "I'm ready now... look at Jayson being right cause it's only 1:25 we're gonna get to the jet by 2 so we can get there early ... yayyy" "yeah if you hurry up"
Leslie laughs
Once they got off the jet Jayson was there to pick her up much to her surprise. "Hiii baby" "hi bae... hey Leslie" "how are you here" "you know with all your planning you forgot ... we ahead three hours back home." She laughed "wow I feel slow" "you shouldn't it gives you extra time baby. It's five our time but it's only two here. You left early and everything" "yes but that's good... I'm glad you made it" they finally get in the car after he puts the bags in the car.
"Leslie your room is right beside ours" "oh ok thank you Jayson" "bae..." "yeah?" "It hadn't even been 12 hours and I was missing you really bad" "I missed you more Fr" YN smiled "should I tell him the good news now or later Leslie?" "Nah tell him right now" YN laughed she only wanted to tell him now because if he didn't like it he wouldn't say that in front of Leslie but YN would still be able to tell if he was genuinely excited or if he was freaking out.
"yeah tell me now" "so baby .... It's so good I'm getting my loft in Boston because I got a promotion at work and...... the company is expanding to Boston they want me to be the boss over there" "bae that's so great I'm proud of you" "so you'll go out there and win for me right?" "I try my hardest everytime" she smiles "so when we get in you're taking your nap?" "Yeah ima try too" "okay we might go shopping or something since we have all this time" "be careful out here" "always baby" he glances at her
"and be on time for the game" "yes sir.... You funding my little trip?" He laughs loudly. "That's how you asking me?" "Can you pay for my shopping spree baby?" "What I get for that?" "To see me in the clothes duh" "dang I was gon give you 2 thou till you said that" "babyyyy" "mhm?" "I want 3 thousand i have to look out for Leslie too. And then really I need four cause what if I see something for you... maybe I should just get the card instead of you zelling me " he laughed shaking his head
"I'll give you the credit card" "hmmmmmm okay baby" "and what do you say brat?" "Of course ... thank you baby" "get me something fly too not just no small shit" he laughed "of course I always look out for you. "
The driver pulls into the hotel room letting them out Jayson grabs a thing from the lobby loading their bags onto it and a bell hop grabbed it from there bringing it up to their rooms.
YN took a quick shower putting on some new clothes and then she headed straight to Leslies room.
Jayson was already sleep soundly so she grabbed the key. "Open up its meee" YN says and soon enough Leslie opens the door smiling "I've never been to Arizona before" "honestly me either.... I figured phoniex had to have a dope ass mall though." "Let me look one up ... we ubering?" "No same car service" "they have a mall but they also have outlets... what you wanna do?" "We can probably get more at the outlet" "bet let me put on my shoes and then I'll be ready" "okay boo I wanna be back here around 5 so I can get ready for the game and I like to see him at shoot arounds" "sounds good to me"
*time skip*
They tried their hardest to make it to every big name store but time wasn't on their side. However they had more than enough stuff. YN had bought Jayson a new wallet from coach and few more gold chains.... One had her name on it one had (your initial) +J it was childish but she thought it was cute enough to get away with and honestly if he didn't wear it she would. She of course got some more clothes and few pairs of shoes and plenty of purses. And now they were back at the hotel. She texted Jayson to let him know they were back and he should text her when he was awake.
"I can't wait to see this game I feel like it's gonna be fun Fr" Leslie says "thank you for coming friend Fr like I'm glad you asked cause I would've just been in there sleep with him." They shared a laugh. "Well good for us both and now you gotta brand new outfit for the game tonight" "idk if I wanna wear it.... I bought it as kind of a laugh like a joke" "YN you look so cute in it tho... so yeah it's corny but he'll love it side it's you" "with the white coach heels?" "Yupp and wear your hair up and do curtain bangs" "Leslie I'm trusting you..." "and you should it look cute on you I think everyone will appreciate you supporting the team ya ass looks great" Leslie laughs
"we gon see... but he just texted so I'm give him about ten minutes to get his self together and then ima go get ready" "okay sounds good to me" "what you gonna wear?" "This?" "Absolutely not you gotta at least wear a cute shirt with some jeans" "what's wrong with my sweats" "girl they five sizes too big and not in a cute oversized way" "I just wanted to see where your heart was ... my fit over there" Leslie laughs pointing to the window seal YN walks over. "Ooooou supper cute" "thank you.... Ima hop in the shower and I'll just come over when I'm done getting dressed" "okay boo"
**Leslie outfit
* YN outfit with white heels
*time skip
The game was in full affect and Jayson was playing his ass off. Grant Williams was being a hell of a play maker and showing major defense. YN couldn't ask for a better game to watch with her friend. The tension was high and the game was close because play offs are right around the corner every players heart was out there on the floor . But YN had nothing but faith in Jayson and clearly he was hot tonight she don't know what would calm that man down after they were done winning.
*time skip*
After going into double overtime Derick white made the game winning play two seconds before the buzzer. The crowd jumped into the air the vibe was electrifying YN knew right now Jayson wasn't going to sleep anytime soon it was just too much adrenaline.  He glanced at her smiling. She blows him a kiss and he taps his lips before getting pulled away to do a interview.
Leslie was in complete shock. "Glad i get to go to Boston with you when we move cause I need this energy all the time it's crazy in here!!" "Nah Fr like whew" "you think I have time to run to a bathroom?" "Mhm I'll wait right here" "okay bet be right back" Leslie walks off.
After his interview he came looking for his girlfriend finding her in the stands he kissed her deeply. Making YN shy it was PDA in front of every single person her mother could be watching at home. He pulls away slowly. "I love your outfit tonight....we gotta get you one that just has my name on it though I don't wanna share" He says on her lips kissing her again she moans.
"Yes" she says softly trying to keep from moaning loudly he pulls away after kissing her again. "I gotta get back to the locker room but go ahead to the room.... Change and be ready we stepping out tonight. Okay?" YN nods her head.
"Come closer" "yes baby girl?" "After that performance and coming over here kissing me and my extremely long day I need some before.... And after our date daddy"she whispers in his ear "I'll see what I can do" he starts to stand up she kisses him again "no teasing tonight daddy please" he smiles "since you being so vocal ... be ready for all that... I gotta go. I love you" "I love you too"
After he walks down the hall Leslie comes back. "You talked to him yet?" "Mhmm  did you decide what you're doing tonight. Cause he's still talking about a date " "uh.... No need to figure out .... I think I have a date too" "huhhhhh!?!" "Yeah with one of his teammates I don't wanna say yet so don't ask who and don't guess. He saw us together and assumed I was good people" "good job Leslie" "I mean when in Rome." "Alright let's head out and get ready for our dates.... Name or no name I want details tomorrow on that plan" "yes of course"
As they head back to the hotel Leslie opens up Twitter to see Jayson trending. "Jayson is trending" she says looking at YN "he usually trends during and after a game.... Good or bad" Leslie clicks on the trending topic "or for kissing some girl... when tf this happened" YN looks at the phone laughing "Leslie that's me!!!" "Oh shit they don't think it's you. Everybody saying you got the boot"
"this shit gets exhausting like Jay claims I don't have to clear everything up but it's hard not too" " people are noticing you was sitting there before... but again when did this happen" "when you went to the bathroom" "mmm well girl you know it's you it doesn't matter" "let me just post pictures of me In The dress and on the court."
"Courtside wit a bad bitch" her caption said it all without explaining anything.
Once they got back to the hotel YN helped Leslie pick out a outfit for her date. She put on a dress and some heels  that she had got from the outlets that day. After she was dressed they went into YN room to help her find something.
"What's the date?" "He only gave one hint... he said artsy... in my head I was thinking of something like a dark blue something" "do you have anything dark blue" "I don't even know what I packed" YN laughs they rush over to her bags
"Which one?" "Both sexy af" "maybe he'll chose for me I can't get dressed right now anyway" "why?" "Cause he gotta fuck me before we leave" "why?" "Because I need it" "oh you said it like it was ritual or some shit" Leslie laughs
"no but yeah he played so well it does something to me... but at the very least turn your location on and let me know when you get in cause we don't know this city and I don't know the man you're going out with" "let me do it right now and give you piece of mind" Leslie picks up her phone "ooop he's here" "turn that location on while I'm watching Leslie" YN says sternly
"done can you see?" YN checks her phone as the room door opens Jayson says something but neither of them could hear fully "yes I can see go have fun" "okay mom" Leslie rushes out the door saying hey and bye to Jayson
"What did you say bae I didn't hear you" "you had me thinking something crazy" "like what?" "you asked Leslie to join on our fun" "I don't share your dick it's too good" he laughed "good this dick only for you" he kisses her picking her up "what are you wearing tonight" "something so chill" "I picked out two dresses" she whined
"cool I wanted you to dress up" he moves his thumb up and down her panties  "oh okay" he lays her down moving her panties to the side "we don't have much time ... you wanna argue about outfits or you want a quickie you choose" "... a quickie please" he smiles pullng his pants down just enough to slide inside her her eyes closed immediately. He kisses her lips when he began to talk he kept his mouth close to hers
"We can do both if you want... you wanna argue wit me? Hmmm?" She grabs his hand placing his thumb on her clit he moves it away "ughh you're purposely not doing things that I want" "well ask for it then" " rub my....." "say it ... now" "rub my clit please" her cheeks became red "why are you shy" he slowly began rubbing her clit he smiled
"ohhhh fuck... faster" when he listened her head hit the headboard serval times but she didn't care if anything she love it "That feel good?" "So good baby please don't stop" he could feel himself getting close so he pulled out eating her pussy to give himself more time. "Bet that will shut you up" he groans she whines. "Jay...." "What?" "I'm so close please finger me too" "you're being direct?" She bits her lip "I'm trying" he smiles doing it
"like this?" "Yes" she says while losing her voice she gently grabs his head redirecting him to her clit as she slowly grinds when she gets closer his free hand grabs both of her hands pinning them to her stomach. "Oh baby that's perfect please don't stop" "wanna cum on my dick? Because we gotta leave soon" "ughhhh" "tell me... right now" "I wanna cum from your mouth I wanna...ughhh pleasee I'm so close don't...." once she said that he made his mission to make it happen and it did quickly he kisses up her body sliding inside her
"we don't have time to play anymore. Once I cum we're gonna put on our clothes and head out ... you hear me?" Her back arched and her eyes roll in the back of her head "yes daddyyy" "fuckkkk you feel so good" he groaned in her ear "baby I'm so close again let me cum with you please" "shit" he says softly "please baby....." "mhm ima wait on you" she smiles "right there right there right thereeeee" "like this?"
"Just like that oh fuck I'm Cumming—Jayson pleaseeeee" she whined completely shocked at herself for being wrapped up in the moment she lost it before she intended to suddenly his movements got a little faster and little sloppier. "Cum inside me Jayson" he smiled kissing her forehead "I'm cumming right in this pretty pussy... feel good don't it" "so good I love you" he kisses her again until he was empty and he slowly pulls out "I love you too get ready please" he fixes her panties.
"Which dress?" She says trying to catch her breath He glanced down "you got that one wet so I guess the other one" he laughs "I meant to get it off the bed... damn... the other one was sexier" "yeah but this one will be nice for where we going I would've choose it anyway" "nice to know"
" you ready?" "I'm gonna put my hair up" "no I like it down" "it's all flat in the back" "let me fix it" she walks over to him and takes the time to fluff her hair. "It's really the little things with you" she says while looking up at him "what you mean" "most men would've just let me put my hair up.... But you care about the details when you were visualizing this date ... my hair was down" "you right... i like your shoes by the way" "they're new you should" he smiled holding the door for her they leave the hotel at 10:30.
*time skip*
"Come this way for me" "before I even go in here—" Jayson cuts her off "no baby just experience this I know you're grateful and thankful and you love me" she stared tearing up "okay as long as you know" "you ready?" "Yes" he grabs her hand guiding her towards the building.
When they walk in she was mesmerized. "You out did yourself with this one" "I try" "I thought they closed at nine" "they do... but I'm Jayson Tatum" "I love you baby" "I love you too... let's walk around"
They enjoyed their time walking around slow taking pictures and making memories but now it was time to get back to the hotel. On the way back in Leslie texted letting her know she was already in for the night.
*time skip*
She was on the desk with her legs spread and he stood in between them kissing her slowly. He had a long day she had a even longer day... but she still wanted more of him. However he had already crashed from the adrenaline high and was sleepy.
"Gotta get up early" he groaned while kissing her "so you wanna stop?" "I don't want to but we need too" "okay baby" she kisses his lips again about to get down he holds her close making her laugh "Jay?" "Hmm?" "You said you need to stop" he licks his lips "yeah" "so let me get ready for bed" "I don't want too" she smiled "okay we'll stay like this for a little while" he holds her tightly kissing the top of her head completely zoned out and comfortable in this moment with her.
She felt safe and at peace right now. It almost made her grateful they weren't having sex as bad as she wanted it five minutes ago she loved that she was still getting intimacy without having sex.
He groans causing her to laugh. "Bae?" "Did you have fun tonight?" "Yes the museum was beautiful" "good I figured we should do something out here since I got you dealing with the bullshit tomorrow" "what bullshit?" "The party" "why is that bullshit?" "I'm just going for looks... after twenty minutes we can head out" she smiles
"maybe you'll have fun since ima be there and your friends" "it's a our first party like that Fr" "I know .... It seems like we've done everything" "not a vacation" she lifted an eyebrow "after you get your championship ring maybe we can plan one" "I like the way you talking.... So about Leslie" "yeah?" "We putting her up at the house or?"
"Damn I haven't even thought about that baby I can find her a hotel it's your house so it's up to you" "she can stay with us if you think she cool people then I'm fine with it" "I might hook her up with YFB (friend from Boston) and they can go out while we at the event"
"and you can tell her the good news" "exactly .... They'll have fun together" "definitely" "anything I need to look out for at this event tomorrow? Groupies? People who hate me? People who hate you?"
"Bradley didn't say how big it's gonna be or what but he did say it's industry and it's a black tie gala ... that mean it can be anybody from any entertainment industry" "he's raising money right?" "Yeah it goes towards his foundation" "ohhh okay it's all making sense now like I know you would go just cause it's Bradley and he's like a brother to you but I can feel that you don't wanna deal with anybody else there" he smiles
"you're right baby but like you said you'll be there we have fun with eachother" "you think Ella will come?" "Doubt it ... if he's inviting music people it'll be like Jay Z and Diddy" "ohhh okay" "you scared to be in the room with her?" "No baby I actually feel sorry for her" "I might regret asking this but why" "well you could've down played the sex but I don't think you did and  it just didn't sound good and as a woman even when you know it's not you. You question yourself you made her cum but you didn't cum and then you didn't leave me" "she didn't want me to leave you" "she did ... wether or not she said it... trust me baby"
"enough about her" "definitely... but anyway let's get ready for bed so we can be up and ready for check out." "I love you" he kisses her lips letting her go "I love you more"
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bluecarioca · 10 months ago
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Let's think about this for a second.
If I put in driving directions from my home on the east coast to Los Angeles on the west coast (which I just did because I'm a dork like that), it comes out to 38 hours.
I can't drive 38 hours straight. I couldn't drive 38 hours straight when I was in my twenties, I damn sure can't do it now.
In an emergency, I can drive roughly 12 hours. I'll pay for it with serious pain the next day, but I can do it. So looking at dividing that up, that's three sessions plus a couple of hours. I'm gonna need at least a minimum of 8 hours of sleep if I'm going to even think about getting on the road the next day, so we're going to add 3*8 to the total (12 hours + 8 hours sleep + 12 + 8 +12 + 8 + 2) bringing us to a total of 62 hours. A little over two and a half days, and that's still way off of the actual travel time I would need, because we're not allowing for traffic jams, rush hours, time to eat -- including time to find food -- time spent looking for a hotel, etc. But let's go ahead and hand wave all of that and go with the 62 hour estimate.
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I'm going to drive two and a half days, buying gas along the way, to get to the opposite coast? And then do what? Turn around to head right back because I don't have that much vacation time stored up?
I could hop on a plane if I'm feeling brave. It's theoretically a 7 hour trip, and maybe I can find a decent fare if I hit up all of the bargain travel sites. But while the trip is theoretically 7 hours, that's literally just the time in the air. I have at least one connection no matter how I fly from my local airport, and in my experience with trying to get across the country on a plane, that connection is either 1) I have 30 minutes to book it all the way across a giant airport to get to my connection, or 2) I have to wait 6-18 hours in an airport for my connection.
Plus, right now, American airplanes aren't exactly renowned for their safety. Not to mention that our commercial airliners seem determined to make the experience as miserable and painful as humanly possible. So I can be absolutely miserable in the air and get there in -- let's be generous -- 7 hours or so. Not too bad, comparatively. Hope I don't get blown out of a door that decided to come open in mid-air.
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So 15 hours is definitely the middle ground, but honestly, I can't tell you how much I want to take a 15 hour ride on high-speed rail. I can take the train, relax, not worry about traffic, grab some food from the cafe car, nap -- and then see a friend I haven't seen since college perform live at UCB because a whim struck me that I would like to see that show.
I have friends who take the train regularly from DC to NYC and Chicago because they can audition for shows, TV, and movies and that location means that they're able to work three major markets. Imagine adding LA to that mix, too, because 15 hours becomes not that bad when you're talking about advancing your career.
Just... just....
Gimme the trains.
I've been wanting trains all over this country since I was a tiny kid. Why hate on trains? I will ride the high speed rail to cities I never wanted to go to before because I can. Gimme the trains. I will ride them like it's my freakin' job.
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“Nobody’s going to want to sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours to get from New York City to LA.”
Me. I will sit on high-speed rail for fifteen hours. I’ll sit on it for days. I’ll write and read and nap and eat and then do it all over again. I’ll stare out the windows and see America from ground level and not have to drive. I’ll see the Rockies and the deserts and cornfields and the Mississippi River and your house and yours and yours too. I’ll make up stories in my head about the small towns I see as we go along. I’ll see the states I’ve yet to see because driving or flying there is a fucking slog and expensive to boot. I’ll enjoy the ride as much as the destination. And then I’ll do it all over again to come the fuck home.
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Chapter 3 - First Come First Serve - Words: 2,788
"Here's her profile, Greg," Sergeant Donovon said, dropping a folder on her boss's desk.
"Clarissa Hughes, aged 32, brown and blue, 5' 5", No. 1 District, been on the force since '10, promoted to Sergeant in '17. Unmarried, unattached, no children, father deceased, mother living in Manchester, one sister in America." Greg sighed after reading the file. He leaned back in his chair and rubbed his forehead. He never liked cases involving one of his own. They always gave him a migraine.
The scene yesterday was impressive even for someone like him who'd been in New Scotland Yard for over 30 years. The young woman had been found in her apartment, laying face down on the floor. A small bullet hole in the window revealed a sniper had been perched on the roof of a nearby building. While there were entry and exit wounds, they had not yet found the bullet to give to ballistics.
"There's not much to go on. It could have been random. Maybe she had one bad date with someone who was a bit off their rocker and-"
"Inspector," Anderson interrupted.
"Yes?" Greg replied, migraine now doubling.
"They found this at the scene." Anderson held out a Ziploc with a ruby red, silk handkerchief. It had no markings on it, not even a snag, save for the small, gold R embroidered on the corner.
"Where did they find it?"
"It was special delivered today with no return address or other markings."
"Now why would a woman, whose name does not start with R, order a monogrammed handkerchief."
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"Bored!"
*bang*
"BORED!"
*bang bang bang*
"Sherlock! I swear you had better stop that or I will call Lestrade this time and tell him it was you who put the hallucinogen in Anderson's tea!"
"Fine!"
"Good!”
*thwap thud thwap thud thwap thud*
"Sherlock?"
"I'm being quiet!"
"What are you doing?"
"A bow and arrow are much more satisfying!"
"Oh -!"
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"Torry! Guess what!" Erin called out to her roommate from the living room of their shared apartment.
"You're moving out?" She called back, teasing as usual.
"Haha, very funny," Erin deadpanned. "Really though, this is awesome."
"Did we get a case?"
"Better!"
"Two cases?"
"Torry!"
"Ok! What?"
"In exactly 1 month you and I will be in London, England speaking at the International Inspectors Convention."
"Wow! That's fantastic! I wonder if-" Torry paused. "Nevermind."
"Don't worry, Torry, I already checked," Erin winked. "He's scheduled to speak the day after us."
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"Inspector, there's been another murder," Donovan announced, walking up to Lestrade in the break room.
"Ok," he replied. "Is it my division?"
"Yes, this time it was Amelia Walker. She was an Inspector in No. 3 District." Greg slammed his mug down on the counter.
"Walker and Hughes were two of our best inspectors! Have you found any connection yet?" The two grabbed their jackets and headed downstairs.
"Nothing yet. The landlady just reported her body. Anderson's there now with his team."
"Ok then, let's go." The two got in the car and headed off. When they arrived, Anderson rushed up holding a small envelope.
"Another one just arrived," He said. Lestrade grabbed the envelope and looked inside. Sure enough, another ruby red handkerchief with an embroidered R on the corner. "I asked the delivery boy where he got it from but he said he didn't know. It was a different boy this time too."
"Where is she?" Lestrade asked. They followed Anderson over to the body. "Cause of death?"
"Another sniper." Anderson showed them the bullet hole in a nearby window. Lestrade shook his head.
"Did ballistics ever get a lead on the gun?"
"Nothing," Donovan replied. "It's a standard sniper rifle but there are literally hundreds of those to try and track down."
"There must be something we're missing," Lestrade groaned.
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"Ah! London! Doesn't it smell great!" Erin exclaimed, taking a deep breath as they stepped off the plane.
"It smells like airplane fuel. Let's wait till we actually leave the airport," Torry replied.
"Ok, grumpy. Geez, remind me never to take you on a flight again." Torry growled in reply but Erin just chuckled. "Let's go get our bags and head to the hotel."
"And go straight to bed. I'm dead."
The next day, the inspectors convention started. There were hundreds of private investigators, police inspectors, and a few other kinds of detectives. Torry kept her eye out for one specific "Consulting Detective" but there was no sign of him on the first day. They did however meet their hotel room neighbor, Frances Grant. She had been an inspector at NYS in London until she moved to Manchester about a year ago.
"Nice gal," Erin commented, walking out of their bathroom that night.
"Yeah. I wonder what that case she mentioned was," Torry replied from her bed, already laying down.
"I don't know. She said she was going to help her old academy friend investigate while she was here, right?"
"Mm," Torry agreed. "Must be pretty serious," She said sleepily.
"Are you really already going to sleep?"
"And why shouldn't I?"
"Seriously? We're in a hotel, got to bed early, have the opportunity to actually watch BBC from London and you want to sleep."
"Yes. You watch TV and tell me all about it when I wake up. I won't be able to stay awake to give BBC my full attention when I'm this tired."
"Party pooper," Erin teased as she plugged in her earbuds. Torry grunted in reply and went to sleep. 2 hours later, Erin was nearly asleep still watching late night mystery shows on BBC.
*CRASH*
"What the-" Erin startled awake. Looking at the TV she saw the detective on the show had just been shot. "Oh, should probably turn that off and go to sleep," She whispered to herself. After turning off the TV and unplugging her earbuds, Erin rolled over and tried to go to sleep.
"Wake up sleepyhead!" Torry yelled the next morning.
"Ok, ok, I'm up," Erin groaned. The girls got ready for the day, Torry dressing up extra fancy since a certain someone was on the program. They headed down for breakfast, where Frances said she'd meet up with them. She didn't show up though and the girls headed back to their room.
"I wonder why Frances didn't come down for breakfast," Torry mused, walking out of the elevator on their floor. Erin shrugged and was about to say something when there was a yell from down the hallway.
"Help! Help! Police! Someone!" A housekeeper cried out.
"What's wrong, miss?" Erin asked, rushing up to her in front of one of the rooms
"Sh-sh-she's dead!" The woman exclaimed. Torry squeezed past her, not noticing which room it was, and looked inside.
"It's Frances!" Torry called out to Erin.
"Oh no!" Erin replied. "I'll be right there!" Erin turned to the housekeeper and handed her a tissue from a box on the cleaning cart. "Why don't you wait in our room? I'll call the police and then they can take a statement from you once they get here." The lady nodded and Erin took her to their room to sit down. From there she called the police.
Meanwhile, Torry began investigating the scene of the crime. "Hm, sniper," Torry mumbled to herself, noticing the window. She walked around the body, examining it and taking mental notes. Suddenly there was a knock on the room door.
"Police!" Torry opened the door at once. "Inspector Lestrade," The man introduced himself. "Are you the one that called?"
"No, that would be my friend, Erin. She's in our room next door with the housekeeper who found the body."
"Are you here for the convention?" Lestrade asked. 'Last thing I need is some amateur messing things up,' He thought to himself.
"Yes."
'Dang it!' He mentally shouted. "Alright, have you moved or touched anything since you entered the room?"
"Really, Inspector, I wouldn't dare! This is a crime scene after all!"
"Ok, just checking," He defended.
"36, married, no children, lives in Manchester, originally from London. That much she told us last night. We had dinner together. She must have died sometime in the middle of the night. I'd say around 2am. Based off the stage of rigor mortis." Lestrade stared at her, surprised. He'd only ever seen one other person rattle off so many facts so quickly. "She was killed by a sniper through the window. I also noticed that-"
"Wait, sniper?"
"Yes. I believe I just said that."
"What's her name?"
"Frances Grant, she's an-"
"Inspector," Lestrade said sadly. "I went to the Academy with her." He shook his head. "Anderson, get me those two other files. Let's see if this one has a connection."
"I'm sure it does, Graham. You probably just haven't looked well enough," Sherlock drawled from the doorway.
"Did I invite you here, Sherlock?" Lestrade yelled.
"Not specifically," He replied coolly, waltzing into the room. "But I heard there was a murder," He said, eyes lighting up. "And I simply had to come!" He grinned.
"Sherlock!" A shorter man yelled from the hallway. "Where did you get off to?"
"In here John!" Torry was just about to say something, finally past the initial surprise that her favorite Detective was standing in front of her, when Erin yelled from the next room.
"Torry! Get over here!" She yelled. Torry, John, and Greg rushed over. "She's gone into shock, can you help me get her on the bed instead of this chair?"
"I can help you, miss. I'm a Doctor," John said.
"Please do, Dr. Watson," She replied. Turning to the others, she asked: "Are you with the Yard?" Lestrade nodded. "She was the one who discovered her body. You'll want a statement later, obviously."
"Ah yes, thank you, Miss-"
"Erin Blair. And that's Torry Star. We're America's only consulting detectives," Erin said with a wink. John's eyebrows shot up immediately. "Yes, Doctor," She continued. "I've read your blog."
"Speaking of Sherlock," Lestrade spoke up. "I had better get back and make sure he hasn't started world war 3 with Anderson."
"If you don't mind, I'd like to come back with you. There was something I noticed," Torry said. Lestrade nodded and the two of them went to the other room. Torry walks in first and, while Sherlock and Anderson are bickering, paces the room. 'Now, I need to check what's shining behind that chair,' She thought. Attempting to go to the corner to check, Torry finds Sherlock is blocking her path. "If you're not going to help investigate the murder, then get out of my way so I can." Torry states. She then pushes past him to examine what she finds to be a bullet casing. Greg had to bite back a laugh at Sherlock's face.
'I've never seen the man look so offended!' Greg thought. 'This will be interesting.' Just then, the hotel phone rang. "Hello, Inspector Lestrade," He said, picking up the phone.
"Inspector, we just had a package dropped off for Miss Grant's room. The boy asked it be delivered right away to Sergeant Donovan."
"Alright, bring it up." Once the package was brought up, Anderson and Donovan opened it carefully while Sherlock and Torry argued over what type of sniper's rifle shoots those bullets.
"It's another handkerchief!" Anderson exclaimed.
"Another?" Torry and Sherlock asked in surprise. Greg explained to them what had happened with the last two murders.
"There's a note with this one," Donovan said shakily. "Congratulations. You're next."
"Let me see that," Torry said, grabbing the handkerchief. "The sniper is a woman. Military or police training with that level of skill. I'd say about 37 with that handwriting. First name is Ruby. This handkerchief is Ruby red and has her monogram."
"Ruby Jones!" Greg exclaimed. "She went to the Academy with me. She failed though. She didn't like working with others. She was too competitive, always trying to prove herself. She had a high level shooting badge and I think she trained on that rifle you mentioned before. I guess she was taking her revenge."
"I'll put out a warrant," Anderson said.
"Thanks," Donovan said to Torry. "I don't know what to say."
"Really?" Sherlock scoffed. "You're thanking her! She did the same thing I do! Well, not as perfectly but still!"
"She's different, Holmes," Donovan spat. "You wouldn't understand, freak."
"And with that I wish we had solved the case a little later," Torry mumbled. Donovan didn't hear her, but Sherlock did. Though he couldn't hold back a slight smile at that, he still felt a bit put off at Torry stealing his spotlight.
Meanwhile, once the others left the room, John looked at Erin with a smirk. "What?" She chuckled.
"America's only consulting detectives?" He teased.
"I couldn't help it," She replied. "We are fairly well known back in the colonies," She said with a posh British accent, making John smile. "We got invited to speak at the convention yesterday."
"Oh! Of course! You were the guest speakers! I actually wanted to come and see you but Sherlock got stuck on a case. It was really only a 3 but I couldn't get away."
"Ah," Erin sounded in agreement. "Yeah, that's happened to us too. Torry and I work together on every case. If one's there, so is the other."
"So which of you is Sherlock then?" John teased. "If I may do a little deduction of my own, you said you read the blog, you're obviously both fans, so it would only make sense that you've tried to compare yourselves."
"Well done, my dear Watson," Erin grinned. "Yes, we've done that. But we don't line up with either of you exactly. I guess it depends on the case. Some Torry picks up on right away, some I pick up on, and some we figure out together 50/50. And we've had some pretty crazy cases too! Nothing as interesting as yours I suppose though."
"Sounds like you make a good team. I, erm, wouldn't mind discussing some of those interesting cases with you," He said casually. "Perhaps the four of us could go out to dinner this evening?"
"That would be lovely!" Erin said. Just as she finished speaking, they heard yelling from Sherlock and Torry in the next room. They rush over to see what the commotion was. Sherlock and Torry were standing toe to toe right next to the body. Lestrade, Anderson and Donovan were just watching in surprise.
"What makes you think you can just waltz in here and take over my crime scene?" Torry yelled, cheeks bright red.
"Yours?" Sherlock scoffed. "London is mine! You're just some American knock off!"
"Knock off! Well then tell me, why didn't you notice the bullet casing? Hm?"
"I hadn't looked there yet! I was just about to!"
"Week excuse from a man who notices everything!" Torry smirked. "Tell me, what's your excuse now?"
"Excuse for what?" He hissed.
"Dilated pupils, elevated heart rate, rapid breathing, shall I list more?"
"I could ask the same for you," He replied. Torry blushed even brighter but maintained eye contact. Suddenly, after a moment of quiet, Sherlock leaned forward and kissed her quickly. "I like you," He whispered. "Dinner tonight?"
"Ok," Torry squeaked, abit dazed. Sherlock spun around, coat swishing behind him.
"John, let's go, we have to get ready," Sherlock stated. John shook his head and Erin chuckled.
"I guess they're just more blunt than we are," Erin joked.
"It would seem so," John replied, blushing slightly himself. "See you tonight then. We'll pick you up here."
"Ok, John," Erin said. "Well, well, well," She then said, turning to Torry. "Solve the case yet?"
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"And that's how Torry and I met," Sherlock stated. He smiled at his fiance who was sitting next to him.
"You forgot to mention how nervous you were that night getting ready," John adds, laughing. Erin and Torry chuckled lightly but Sherlock's ears tinted red. The older couple sitting across them by the fireplace smiled. Sherlock had brought John, Torry and Erin to his parents house to introduce the girls and make the big announcement.
"Well, we couldn't be happier for our son," Mummy said. "Or for you John. You're family too you know," She winked.
"So when's the happy day?" Sherlock's Dad asked. Torry and Erin were just about to reply but they were interrupted.
"Oh please!" Mycroft groaned. "Weddings are simply atrocious emotional events that I have no use for." Sherlock's face fell slightly.
"So I suppose our asking you to officiate would be out of the question?" Sherlock asked
"On the other hand," Mycroft said suddenly, a smile hinting at the corners of his mouth. "Perhaps I can make an exception just this once."
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