The Journey

Axel was sitting at the airport, waiting for Alicia. He looked at his watch, it read 1:15 in the morning. He sighed a little tiredly.

“Didn’t you tell me that we would meet here at 1:00?”

In the distance he saw Alicia with her suitcase, she looked hurried. She approached him a little agitated, bent down, putting her hands on her knees, trying to catch her breath. Axel was hoping for that.

“Excuse me, boss, I’m sorry for being late. I was doing well, I even left early to be here at 12:00, but the taxi crashed into another car and by the time the insurance and my statement arrived, time was gone. I was barely able to get out of the situation, I had to explain to the police that I had a flight.”

Axel got up from his seat, a little worried about what Alicia had said about a crash. He quickly looked her over from head to toe, looking for any bruises. He didn't dare touch her, so he just did it with his eyes.

—But are you okay?

—Yes, I'm okay, the accident wasn't serious, but I had to take another taxi; but I'm here now, let's go check our bags.

Axel sighed a little calmer.

—Yes, let's go.

They went through document review and baggage review; everything was in order. It was 1:40 in the morning. They sat down to wait to be called. There was a somewhat awkward silence between the two of them, which was broken 10 minutes later when they were called. They boarded the plane and sat in their assigned seats, which were together.

—Miss, would you like something to drink?

The stewardess asked.

—No. Thank you very much.

—And your husband, would you like something?

Alicia turned bright red in the face. Before correcting the mistake, Axel answered.

—No, miss, thank you very much.

The stewardess left to attend to the other passengers.

—Why didn't you correct that he wasn't my husband?

—The truth is, it was very funny to see her embarrassed face; besides, she doesn't care and neither do I.

Alicia made an annoyed face.

—You know, sir...

She fell silent.

—I'd better go to sleep.

She finally finished the sentence; she wanted to tell him that sometimes he was very annoying with her and that drove her crazy, but she decided to calm down, she didn't want to say something she would regret.

—I'm going to rest during the flight, since it's almost 6 hours.

—Yes, I will do it too, rest.

Axel answered Alicia.

Alicia closed her eyes falling deeply asleep; She heard a landing sound, opened her eyes and saw Axel awake, looking at the window.

“Are we there yet? So fast?”

Alicia asked, rubbing her eyes to try to get rid of the sleep.

“So fast? It was a 5 and a half hour flight.”

Alicia answered.

“I didn't feel it was that heavy.”

Alicia answered.

“Well no, he fell asleep the whole trip and... By the way.”

Alicia looked at Alicia; her eyes still looked sleepy, but they were still pretty.

“I didn't know anyone drooled as much as you did.”

“What?!”

Alicia turned redder than a tomato.

“It's not true, I don't drool, it's a lie and yes, it did happen quickly, I was very tired.”

Alicia answered, and Axel started to laugh. Alicia turned away because of the embarrassment she felt. The plane finally landed; it was still a little dark. They took their bags and arrived at the airport exit.

— What now, miss?

— Ah, a vehicle is waiting for us to take us to the hotel.

— Okay, let's go.

Axel answered.

They got into the vehicle and were taken to the "Diamante Resort" hotel; when they arrived, they went to the reception where the receptionist was.

— Good morning.

Alicia said.

— Good morning, miss, welcome to the "Diamante Resort" hotel. I'm Lisa, how can we help you?

— We have a reservation.

Alicia announced quickly while smiling.

— In your name or your husband's name?

Alicia was silent. It was the second time they thought Axel was her husband. She immediately thought it was the last straw.

— In the name of Mr. Axel Caballero.

The receptionist searched her computer.

—Yes, miss, here you are, Mr. Knight, we were waiting for you.

She turned to Axel and he just nodded.

—They are rooms 204 and 205 reserved for 5 days.

—That's right, miss.

Alicia answered: Axel was just there like a statue, watching how those two girls interacted.

—Well, miss, could you fill out this information? and handed her her keys.

—Yes, of course, with pleasure.

Alicia filled out all the information they asked for and, when she finished, they gave them their keys.

—Have a good stay at the hotel; if you have any questions, don't hesitate to call or let us know, we are here to assist you.

—Thank you.

Alicia smiled.

Alicia and Axel took the elevator. When they got to their rooms, Alicia gave them room 205.

—Sir, didn't you want the best room?

—No, that's fine, because I can see the common rooms and know if it's a good hotel for my clients to stay in.

—Ah, okay, then I'll let you know: the meeting is at 7:00 p.m. in the hotel's meeting room; you've already organized everything.

Alicia said.

— Mmm, okay, I see you've done your job well. Well, it's almost 10:00, you should rest...

—Yes, you too, see you in the afternoon.

Alicia and Axel said goodbye and each went into their room.

When Alicia entered it, she admired it a little, took her suitcase, left it near the bed, let herself fall on it to see if sleep would return and so she could rest before her meeting, but it didn't happen. She got out of bed, looked outside for a few minutes and saw that there was a park. Lucia, very beautiful, could distinguish the people walking around the place and returned to where she left the suitcase. When she opened it, she took her white dress with pink flowers, took out some pink sandals, went into the bathroom, took a quick shower, brushed her teeth and put on that dress; she brushed her hair, choosing to leave it loose, took the room key and left it. She put the key in her bag along with her cell phone. Alicia went down the elevator and left the hotel in high spirits heading towards the park that had caught her attention. The weather was sunny, it was a nice day. She could feel the breeze in her hair, she crossed the street and began to walk around enjoying that wonderful place.