February 2014
"Charlie! We are going to be late and it's going to be your fault!" Meryl cried with excitement and worry in her voice.
"Meryl, it will be fine it always is. Our plane doesn't leave for another 5 hours. You need to relax." Charlie replied. He was still not completely packed and ready to go, but he knew Meryl had been packed ever since they got the news. But he just couldn't focus.
"But Charlie! The Moms wanted us there early for pictures and a big grand send off and we have press stuff to do! We should have left like an hour ago. "
"Meryl you do realize we have both done this before, right? And seriously, do the moms really need more pictures of us going off to another event? They already have so many." He joked. He knew his humor could do two things to Meryl. It would either make her mad and more stressed or it would make her smile, laugh, and relax. He was hoping for option number two and luckily enough that's the response he got from her. "See you are already relaxed. Now let's get to the airport we don't want to keep the rest of the team waiting for us do we Meryl?"
"Of course not! Let's go Charlie!"
They locked his apartment and headed out to his car. It was hard to believe that in just four hours they would be flying to Sochi, Russia for their second Olympics.
"Charles Allen White Jr.!" Exclaimed Jaqui White as she saw him and Meryl rushing in to the airport an hour after they were to be there.
"But mom it wasn't all me." He said sheepishly giving her one of his half smiles. He knew she would never fall for his little fib but he thought it was worth a try.
"Charlie, I don't believe a word of what you are saying to me! Out of the two of you we all know you are not the most punctual."
" Fine so what I said was not exactly true, but why did we have to be here five hours early? You two are the only ones here to see us off anyway."
"Are you sure?" a voice from behind him said.
"Oh My God! Tanith! You came! This is the best going away gift ever!" Charlie exclaimed. "But wait, I thought you already flew out?"
"I was supposed to fly out yesterday but I worked it out! I'm on the same flight as you now! This is going to be amazing."
This day was perfect. The Moms and Dads, Clayton, Tanith, Meryl and Charlie were all on their way to Sochi, and honestly, life could not get any better!
