The next few days were spent in any number of spontaneous activities. While the rain poured down outside, Everett and Una did an impromptu dance party in their hotel room, and they sang their favourite songs and invented crazy moves and Everett picked up Una and spun her around as their grand finale.
They frequented the buffet. It turned out the hotel had an all-day buffet, and very few people were using it when it wasn't officially mealtime. They enjoyed sampling all the snacks and Una discovered a new favourite key lime tart. One time at the buffet, Una and Everett even struck up a conversation with another young couple who were there on a business trip, and had planned to make a vacation out of it too before the rain came down. The other young couple loved movies too, and Everett and Una said later to each other that they might never have met if it hadn't been raining and they hadn't been the only people in the buffet room.
They spent a lot of time in the swimming pool - "I got to spend my vacation swimming after all!" Una said happily. She and Everett tossed a ball around in the water, splashed each other, and tried to see who could hold their breath for the longest underwater.
On one of the days, Una and Everett braved the rain just long enough to get a taxi to a shopping centre. They spent the whole day there, eating a delicious lunch of chicken salad in a small cafe lined with indoor palm trees. Una bought a lot of new dresses and jewelery, and Everett found a video camera and a some new board and card games.
"Do you want a game day tomorrow?" he asked her, holding up the games with a grin.
Una gave him her best you're-on smile. "Let's do it!"
So the next day was spent doing just that.
Una and Everett had the most fun week they had had in a long time, and almost none of it was spent doing what they had intended when they'd booked a weeklong honeymoon in Florida. On the second-to-last night, as Everett tuned into the weather forecast for the next morning before he and Una turned in for the night, he found himself thinking it really didn't matter what the weather did tomorrow.
"The rain isn't going to be as heavy tomorrow," he told Una, who was stretched out on the hotel bed reading a magazine. "But it's still going to last all day."
"Oh, good," Una replied with a smile. "Because there's one thing we haven't done on this trip yet - splash in puddles!"
They frequented the buffet. It turned out the hotel had an all-day buffet, and very few people were using it when it wasn't officially mealtime. They enjoyed sampling all the snacks and Una discovered a new favourite key lime tart. One time at the buffet, Una and Everett even struck up a conversation with another young couple who were there on a business trip, and had planned to make a vacation out of it too before the rain came down. The other young couple loved movies too, and Everett and Una said later to each other that they might never have met if it hadn't been raining and they hadn't been the only people in the buffet room.
They spent a lot of time in the swimming pool - "I got to spend my vacation swimming after all!" Una said happily. She and Everett tossed a ball around in the water, splashed each other, and tried to see who could hold their breath for the longest underwater.
On one of the days, Una and Everett braved the rain just long enough to get a taxi to a shopping centre. They spent the whole day there, eating a delicious lunch of chicken salad in a small cafe lined with indoor palm trees. Una bought a lot of new dresses and jewelery, and Everett found a video camera and a some new board and card games.
"Do you want a game day tomorrow?" he asked her, holding up the games with a grin.
Una gave him her best you're-on smile. "Let's do it!"
So the next day was spent doing just that.
Una and Everett had the most fun week they had had in a long time, and almost none of it was spent doing what they had intended when they'd booked a weeklong honeymoon in Florida. On the second-to-last night, as Everett tuned into the weather forecast for the next morning before he and Una turned in for the night, he found himself thinking it really didn't matter what the weather did tomorrow.
"The rain isn't going to be as heavy tomorrow," he told Una, who was stretched out on the hotel bed reading a magazine. "But it's still going to last all day."
"Oh, good," Una replied with a smile. "Because there's one thing we haven't done on this trip yet - splash in puddles!"
After Everett received his discharge papers and his crutches, Una asked him, "Are you hungry?" He said, "Yes, very." She said, "Okay. We'll get something to eat, then I'll take you home." After they ate dinner at a burger joint, they went back to Everett's apartment. Una decided to stay with Everett so that she could help him with whatever he needed. Mrs. Stratton approved of Una's decision. Everett's knee healed in a few days. After that, he and Una decided that they would start planning their wedding. It is a day that they are both looking forward to.
THE END
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