Page 54 of Once Upon a Prince

“I couldn’t sleep and I thought I would leave you a fly safe can’t wait to see you message. I didn’t think I would get you. Why did you answer the phone? Shouldn’t you be busy?” Layla asked.

“We don’t have any meetings scheduled for today, we should be heading to the airport soon. This is actually a great time to call.”

“I didn’t mean meetings or work, you're on vacation. You shouldn’t be answering the phone because you’re having too much fun with your lover.” Layla said “lover” slowly and I could feel myself blushing.

“He had to take a phone call.”

“I guess that answers our questions on how things are going with you two. I take it things are going well? You had a nice time?”

There had been very little time to talk to Ara or Layla since Dax and I got together. Well, there was time, I just wanted to spend all of it with Dax. I had sent them a few texts but besides talking to Ara the night before Dax came to my hotel room, I hadn’t had a conversation with them.

“We’ve had a lovely time. Dax knows the city and has been able to really show me around. I can’t wait to tell you all about it, or show you the gifts I got for you.”

“You didn’t need to buy us anything. Ara will be excited and I can’t wait to see them, but you didn’t have to.”

“It was more that I saw them and thought you two would like them.”

“You shouldn’t even be thinking about anything else but you and Dax. I was going to call and see if you wanted to meet Ara and me for drinks tomorrow night, but it sounds like you might be busy with someone else,” Layla’s voice rose in a sing-song way at the last words.

“No, drinks would be lovely. I’ve missed you two and want to catch up.” I had no idea what if anything Dax would have planned for us when we got back. I didn’t want to assume that he would and I wanted to see my friends.

“I’m sure you have a lot to catch up on. So, if you have a few minutes, tell me. How was the city? What did you two do? Would you come back? How are things between you two? How is it going to be when you get back?”

“Wow. That’s a lot of questions,” I said and sat up in bed. The sun was shining through the windows and I could tell it was another gorgeous day outside. I knew Layla was just being a good friend but I didn’t know how much I wanted to tell her or I should.

“You’re right. I’m excited for you. We’ve missed you; it was so odd to not talk to you on a regular basis. Ara told me no news was good news and I’m getting the impression she was right.”

“The trip has been incredible. Dax and I have been getting along great, and yes, things are going well between us. He said he wanted to see how we were while we were on vacation, he never said anything about this continuing when we got back home. He did say he was happy I was in his life but I’m not sure what he means by that.”

“Okay, Everything you’ve said and he has done makes me think this wasn’t just a fling for him. Was it for you?”

“No. I’m not one to have flings, I don’t think I’ve ever had one. I didn’t know what to expect, if anything would even happen with us when we were down here. The week has been great, amazing, incredible, the best week of my life. But just because I feel that way, doesn’t mean that he does too. What if he’s done this with all his assistants? What if this is how he does things? What if I think we can have something more and I’m just deluding myself?”

“Ella, I wish I could answer those questions for you and I hate that you even have to ask them. I thought you two discussed this before you even went down to Argentina? I thought you two were on the same page?”

“We were. Or at least I thought we were. There was an attraction, we both felt it, we both wanted to see what it could be. That was all we discussed. I couldn’t believe that it was actually going to happen. I certainly didn’t think that we would have as good of a time as we did or that I would want it to continue.”

“There you go. You have at least part of the answer. You like him, you like what you two are. If you do, then there’s a real possibility that he might too. If the week was as incredible as you said it was, then why couldn’t you continue it when you got back?”

“A relationship that started on vacation or based on sex while on vacation is not the easiest to continue when you get back. Things are different when you’re on vacation, you’re different.”

“Were you different with him then you normally are? Were you someone else?” Layla asked.

“Not exactly. I was definitely different than when I was in the office with him.”

“In what way?”

“I was freer, happier, less stressed, more relaxed. He was more open with me, we talked for hours, laughed, really got to know each other, besides everything else.”

“You don’t need to explain what you mean by everything else. It sounds like a good foundation for something. You never know, he might be confused, concerned, worried about what you two are too. Have you talked to him?”

“No. I’ve been so wrapped up in him, in us, in having a good time. I didn’t want to ruin it by bringing up New York.”

“Totally legitimate response, I get it. But now you’re heading home and you don’t have an answer. Do you think that is something you can talk to him about?”

“The logical answer to that is if I can’t then I probably don’t deserve to be in a relationship with him. If I can’t talk to him then what type of relationship do we have?”

“True. It’s great to say that, it’s quite another to do it. Do you think you can, or do you just want it to fizzle out when you get back, or do a wait and see?”

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