The plane had been airborne for about an hour and Sarah still couldn't get rid of the butterflies in her stomach. Now that the captain had come over the intercom and told the passengers they were about 15 minutes from their destination, the free flying butterfly had changed into a fist sized lump of granite that plunged down to the pit of her stomach. She was 38 years old, an adult, fully equipped with a logical brain, not to mention a great physical shape in spite of having had two children. At that particular moment she felt like a kid who'd been caught with her hand in the cookie jar and she hadn't even gone through with this wild, harebrained plan yet. For those 15 minutes till the plane pulled onto the tarmac and passengers started unloading, Sarah ran all the details of the last 3 months through her head, trying to convince herself this was an opportunity she couldn't afford to let pass her by like so many others had.
Paul was a businessman who's life had taken some unexpected turns the last couple of years. Business had been booming, he had no regrets about that. Now that his income was secure, the additional time he had since he wasn't working 12 hours a day, weighed heavy in his hands. His marriage was slowly dissolving as he and his wife grew in different directions. Paul had tried to pull it together again, but recently decided it wasn't worth the effort if they both weren't trying, and his wife wasn't trying at all. So for the first time in his life, Paul gave up pursuing an ideal he'd thought was obtainable. No that wasn't quite right, he'd given up pursuing something not worth going after. He decided to live life to the fullest and not dwell on the problems of his spouse when she didn't want to do it herself. That's why he was waiting patiently at the airport for Sarah's flight to arrive.
The Internet was a world unto itself. It allowed people from around the world to communicate at such a speed that most of them were still struggling with the concept. Fascinating how the world had shrunk in a matter of years. No longer were the distances keeping individuals separate by the cost of long distance phone calls or the time it took for mail to travel the oceans. Those lucky few that found friends within the same continent were actively seeking face to face meetings after hours of talking and sharing their lives over the computers in their homes or offices. Some meetings proved disappointing because falsehoods had been given, but both Sarah and Paul were hoping this wasn't the case for them. It took Paul a long time to talk her into meeting him halfway between their two homes but he was sure they'd both enjoy the rendezvous once the initial nervousness passed.
Sarah had a good life at home. Married to a hard working man who provided her and the children with all the comforts they could ask for, she didn't think anything was missing from her life until she met Paul in a adult chat room three months ago. Sitting at home on a day off, feeling a little on the horny side, she searched for a chat room that might allow her to explore cybersex. She never thought she'd meet someone in there that opened up a whole new world of mental images for her, things she never realized were possible with the act of foreplay or sex. Her sex life at home had been good to her or so she thought. She and her spouse had sex regularly, as their respective work schedules allowed. That wasn't very often anymore since he worked nights and she worked days. They loved each other very much but that spark they'd started with at first was just an ember that never got fanned into a fire hot enough for Sarah to feel satisfied after making love.. Paul showed her with his well chosen words and explicit descriptions, that there were other ways of making love besides a quick rub , deep thrust and a few pumps of a cock inside a pussy. He told her of long slow massages where her senses were set on fire with anticipation. Descriptions of isolated touching and teasing, slow caresses that worked around the erogenous zones, had shown her that her body would respond with an intensity she had never experienced in real life. All these things read over a computer screen, all these actions played out by her own hands on her body had proven to her that there was something missing from her life. It got to the point anymore when she saw his name light up on her buddy list, she'd start to tingle inside as her mind would trip triggers and push buttons.
Paul stood in the waiting area with a single yellow rose in his hand. He'd memorized Sarah's face from the pictures she'd sent him online, but he'd never shared one of himself with her. In one last message over the computer before their separate flights took off, he told her he be waiting for her since his flight arrived first, and he'd have her favorite flower in his hand. Not wanting to be crushed with the crowd of people waiting for relatives to arrive, he stood with his back to the wall and watched as the passengers came down the ramp. It wasn't hard to find the lovely lady he'd been waiting for, that rich auburn hair, upswept and held back with a clip, set her features off and drew many appreciative looks from the other males in the area. He smiled as he saw her lift her eyes to scan the room and find the rose in someone's hand. He wanted her to search a little, wanted that ever present anticipation he'd worked to build in her over time to build more but when he saw her face start to fall, he couldn't stand still and let her get away from him. Paul moved forward, into her line of sight and touched the tip of the rose to his mouth to kiss it gently. Sarah's eyes lit up and betrayed the look of nervousness, she smiled sweetly at him as they meet face to face for the first time.