I’mwalkingonair,glancing over at Rayna falling asleep in my arms.Unable to imagine a better sight right now.In light of our agreement to maintain sleeping in separate rooms, and the fact she fell asleep before I could hear any different, I slide my arms out from around her and leave.Good call too, as I can’t sleep straight away.
I shower and settle into bed when I see a message from Mitch.He went camping with family, so I hadn’t had a chance to run through the opportunity for him moving from the bikes to Rayna’s rally team as yet.He messages that he is available now, if I am.
I hit call, and hear his voice through the phone.“Hey Kobs!How you going, man?”
“Good thanks, mate.How are you going?How was Chrissie camping with the fam?”
“Tops, hey.Really enjoyed it.Great getting away with the folks.We had a bunch of the cousins and their families join too, so it was massive.Definitely what dad needed after this year.How about you?”
“Had some water trouble at the house, so have been staying at Rayna’s while some work gets done.”I catch him up.
“Lucky to have friends close by.”
“Definitely is.Sorry to have left you such a cryptic message, but I wanted to run something by you.”
“Yeah, shoot, boss.”
“I’ve been working with Rayna on some rally crew changes for next year, and she has two crew members who are going to have some parental leave next year.However, no one on the team who’s ready yet to take those roles on.Would it be something you would be interested in?”
“Whenever you and Rayna get together, you both cook up something intriguing.Can you give me overnight to sit on it and I’ll call you tomorrow?”
“Of course.I’ll have Rayna on the horn too, so any questions, you can ask her.”
“Cheers, boss.That sounds like a plan.Chat to you soon.”
“Chat then.”And the line goes dead.
Placing my phone on the bedside, I pull over my laptop, checking my calendar for anything work-related tomorrow.Just two calls about the second motorcycle racing team.I click away at the laptop for thirty minutes of planning before my mind starts to wander.
Thinking about the glorious creature sleeping across the floor from me.How I am finally about to be with her in the capacity I have been yearning for all these years.Which I thought I could live with ignoring when they returned.But I could never not feel this way about her.
Closing up my laptop and setting it aside, I curl up to continue my thoughts of Rayna and everything I plan to do with her.
The next morning I’m up and promptly downstairs to make sure I am the first in the kitchen to make breakfast.I hear Rayna’s door creak open, and my heart rate accelerates.Seeing her descend the stairs will never get old.Her feet reach the last step, beaming a smile that shoots right through my chest, and I have no choice but to return the smile.
“Good morning!”I step over to her on instinct, just to be near her.My hands meet her waist.Wrapping around her and pulling her close to me.Her hands meet at the back of my neck, and I melt into her.Dropping my mouth to hers, she presses her lips softly to mine.
“Good morning, it is.”She breathes as we part.
“Hungry?”Taking her hand, and leading her to the kitchen stools, motioning her to sit down.
“Starved.Chilli eggs on the menu today?”
“Absolutely.”I take her hand, flipping it to kiss her palm.
Getting to work making the eggs, she asks, “Did I hear you on the phone last night?”
“Yeah, I was chatting with Mitch.”
“Is everything okay?”
“He’s great.He just got back into a reception area and wanted to make sure all was good on my end.”
“And you got him up to speed with our proposal?”
“He wanted to think about it overnight and said he’ll call me today when you are around to discuss the arrangement together.”
“Sounds like a plan.Did you have any other meetings today to work around?”
