THE AIRPORT

CHAPTER 4:

ZACH COMES TO WILLOW CREEK

It had been 6 days 23 hours and 47 minutes since Sage had seen Zach. Making this time the longest that they had ever been apart. Even when one or the other is away for work they had always come to visit halfway through their trip.

Zach was due to arrive at 4 in the morning, She had been here since midnight. Some, her loving husband included would call her a little high strung and over eager at times. Sage knew this about herself and instead of letting it be her downfall she had embraced it as a defining feature.

The clock wound down the minutes before his plane was set to land and Sage found herself trying to count back, trying to remember how long it took her to get from the plane to the luggage area. 

She had been lost in her calculations when she heard the roaring of a plane coming in. She ran to the window to watch it land. 

"This is it" She said aloud. It had to be she knew that this was the only flight that was coming in at 4 in the morning. That didn't stop her from looking at her phone to make sure that it was in fact 4am. 

There had not been a more impatient person in that airport than Sage as she alternated from pacing as close to the portal as she could get and bouncing on her heels by the window where the plane had landed. She couldn't see when the people had gotten off of the plane but it had been at least 10 minutes so she knew that they had to have been off by now.

At exactly 4:23 am a scream coming from deep within Sage bubbled out of her at the sight of her husband whom she had gone a whole week without.

"SMOOCHY!!!" She screamed again running towards the man that had dropped his carry on back and awaited the embrace from the tornado that was his wife. "I missed you so much Smoochy" she said hugging and touching every part of him she could, forgetting that she was in fact in the middle of the airport.

"We talked everyday Babs"

"That isn't the same thing and you know it Zach and if you don't start acting like you missed me too then your first day in our home will be spent in the doghouse." Sage said.

"I won't really have to pretend Babs." He conceded.

"Aww...Smoochy" she said before kissing him again. 

"Now I don't know about you but I would like to get out of here so I can show you exactly how much I missed you" he whispered in her ear. "unless you would rather stay here and grab a bite-"

"Let's go home, wait until you see the place, it really isn't that bad. I mean it's out dated but considering what we had at the apartment when we first moved in this is a huge step up." She said unlocking herself from him. "I can definitely see little feet pitter pattering through those halls."

"Well, Hurry up then so we can start the pitter patter maker." he laughed picking up his luggage and heading to the door holding it open for a deliriously happy Sage.