'...What?
...I didn't think you were serious...I mean the air fare...It's so...so expensive...'

'I know, I've worried about that too...but we'll make the money back somehow. I just feel like I need to go back there, you know? It's been a year. 'Maybe there we'll get back the energy to last us another one or two years.'

This was exactly how I was feeling.

'...This is so terribly overwhelming and sudden.'

'And anyway, I've already booked the tickets.'

'Damn that's fast!'

'Yeah, it's really convenient now. So you'll be leaving slightly before your term holiday starts, and return slightly after it ends.'

I could not believe this. 'Sweeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeeet!'

'What do you want to do when we get there?'

I rapped my knuckles silently against the window pane, watching the New Zealand scenery streak by. '...Sushi. I haven't had sushi since we came to New Zealand. I miss it.'

'Oh, yeah. You better write all this down, what we want to do when we get back.'

'I will.'





I can feel the seeds of anticipation and thrill germinating deep down in my gut.

September holidays are a long way off but I swear to god the wait is half the agonizing, stomach-churning fun.

I take a deep breath and finally grasp this reality.


...I just remembered. I'm going to need some sexy clothes for the occasion.