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"Yeah, but you’re forgetting soe bus
"What is that?" he asked, sitting down on the bench seat next toobtuse on purpose, or was he really that dense? "We don’t like each other," I answered, gripping the metal handrail to steady myself as the shuttle came to an abrupt halt
"Who said I didn’t like you, Jaet to s happened simultaneously at that moment One, I had never seen hi wrapped inside his large and very masculine hand made my stomach twirl Our eyes met for a brief instant before I pulled my hand away and scrambled out of the seat and down the aisle In round was covered in a fine layer of snow
My feet hit the pavement for only a moment before they were out from under me and I was flat on my back on the tarmac When I was nine, I fell out of the back of a pickup truck while trying to ju story short, I got a round so hard it knocked the breath out ofable to breathe overlapped the actual pain At the tily painfulon a snow-slicked airport taruy I had once majorly crushed on, was so much worse Not only because it hurt my ass, which took the brunt of the fall, butas an adult is waythan when you fall as a child Plus, the brand-new peacoat I had just bought was getting filthy
Once I was able to gather myself, I looked up at the many individuals circled around me, who all looked concerned with the exception of one Grant looked like he was trying not to laugh I glared up at hi His eyes danced with merriment as he reached down to help me up
"Oh my Are you okay?" the driver asked from his perch on the last step of the shuttle
"Fine," I wheezed, looking into Grant’s s eyes
"Can you believe she used to be a cha everyone laugh
"Oh, that’s good Here, letagain andout frorabbeddown a second ti
"Hey, I’ a firm hand on my elboould have pulled away, but I wanted to be done ear and I was on steady non-slick ground did I jerk hter followedrows of purses and suitcases the airline had laid out on the floor I foundsuitcase, which so it closer, I could see I wouldn’t be able to keep it fastened Plus, so for any ofand other personal items Any loose items had been collectively piled up at the end of the row Next to the pile was a stack of large plastic bags frohed at the phrase "The place where dreae of Mickey Mouse printed on the bag like he was s until I was satisfied I had found everything I re from my broken suitcase and my stuff I found in the pile into one of the plastic Disney bags
Grant aiting by the hangar door, where a security guard double-checkedsoed hih of the airport and was ready to leave now that I hadfor a ot the best of me and I spoke up "Why don’t you tellfor and I can find it Or maybe it’s still in the plane I was in that crashed," I said sarcastically
"Have a nice evening,unfazed
"Yeah," I returned as I walked away
"Everything okay?" Grant asked, plucking the bag off my arm
"I can carry it," I protested as he slid it onto his shoulder
"You have ," he joked as we left the war to take us back to the terminal At least the driver had parked closer, and hopefully I wouldn’t ured we can try to get a car froet back to the terminal, and thenat the airport hotel," Grant said conversationally, like everything was set in stone I opened ht It ether We were headed to the sa back in my seat while aited for the shuttle to fill up with ers I wasToday felt endless I couldn’t believe everything that had happened in the span of ten hours My body was dragging like I had run asubstantial since I left h my purse, I locatedit since Grant atchingpressing I needed to take care of After I was reassured , I hit the tab for hthat required winded status update about my day’scleared pulledup, I saw the shuttle was empty with the exception of the driver and Grant, ere both studyingI didn’t even flush at their looks It was no secret that when I was in the middle of work-related activities, I could beco joke with everyone who knew ht?" Grant asked wryly as the driver looked on with annoyance
"Sure, can you fetchI kept ave me comfort
Grant rolled his eyes, but didn’t seeusted with my phone dependency, but he was an old-timer who probably didn’t have a ss toward the Enterprise counter to rent a car for the following day I grinned when he requested soroom At six foot plus, his request totally made sense Once we had all our paperwork in order for the car, we headed for the airport hotel I was seriously dragging by the tiether
The desk clerk s us all the roo
It took ister her words since I was dead onthe paper down on the counter like it was a golden ticket to Wonka’s chocolate factory
"Those are only good if there are rooms available We had a hiccup with an airline earlier today, which resulted in delays with every carrier Really, it’s to be expected after that kind of chaos," she chirped like she was telling us so we should have already known
"Hiccup? Is that what they’re calling it?" I squawked out "I think ’hold on to your asses because you’re all going to die’ would be a more accurate description"
Grant chuckled next aped at me