Oreo love

Airplane story

Nell's P.O.V.

I stared off into space. The flight to Hawaii felt like it took forever. I looked at my watch. We had been flying for 1 hour, and there was 4 hours left. Would I survive? Probably. Yeah I mean you can't actually die from being bored and impatient. I put my Charles Dickens novel away. I looked out the window.

Less than 3 hours ago Eric officially became my boyfriend. MY boyfriend. It sounded good. Like it was meant to be. I finally know what Hetty knew from the beginning. Me and Eric was meant to be. Nell and Eric, Eric and Nell. We fit together.

Eric was fast asleep. We almost hadn't talked since the whole thing in ops. In front of me was the little black box with the heart oreo. I opened it. Eric was definitely not the best at buying or giving gifts. But that didn't matter. I loved the little oreo. I loved Eric and his awkwardness. I loved everything about him. His hair, his shorts, his eyes, his geeky glasses and behavior.

As I sat there and daydreamed about Eric, Eric said "Hey Nellie?" He was awake now. 'Nellie' that was kind of my nickname now. "Yea Eric what's up?" I answered. "Can i kiss you?" Eric looked over at me. "Of course! Why are you asking for permission?" I wondered why he would ask and not just kiss me. But then again he is Eric and Eric is not so much the spontaneous type of guy. Well, except when it earlier today he was spontaneous. Now I was confused. I didn't know so much about him.

"I don't know. I'm new to this whole boyfriend-to-girlfriend-thing." He said as he shrugged. "Have you never had a girlfriend before?" I asked a little confused. "Yes once it had one. But other than that i have never had a girlfriend." Only one girlfriend before he got me. Now I started to feel guilty because I of all the boyfriends I have had before him. "Ok. Do you want to tell me about it?" He looked down at his feet, took a deep breath and said

"I was 17 years old. I went to high school. One day a new girl started in my class. Her name was Holly. She was smart, beautiful and sassy. I was deeply in love with her. One day she asked me out. I was really surprised. Why would the new popular girl ask the awkward geeky guy out? We went out a couple of times. She became my girlfriend after that. My life was perfect. One day I decided to come home early to surprise her. It was valentines day. I stepped into her room. She was kissing with another guy. Not just any guy. My best friend. So I ran away from the school. I tuned 18. I lived a short time on the street. I started being together with the 'wrong' kind of people. They were really nice. At least I thought so. They made me hack into many websites and browsers. Until I found out they just were using me to get money. I went to prison multiple times. After that I moved back to my parents. They barely talked to me. I think they were ashamed of me. I met Ellie. The most sweet person ever. My parents loved her. I weren't jealous, i was happy for her. A year passed I turned 19. Shortly after that my parent go into a car accident. Ellie went into foster care and I bought my own apartment"

He seemed to be done with his story. I had no idea how hard Eric's life had been. I asked "Who is Ellie?" . "My little sister. Her name is actually Ellinor, but I call her Ellie." . "How old is she?" I asked. "12 years now I guess, but I haven't seen her since she was 4." He answered. "Is she still in foster care?" . "Yeah, I think so. I wish I would have taken care of her when our parents died. But I figured out I probably weren't good enough a guadian." He looked down again. When he finally looked up at me I could she guilt all over his face. I felt bad for him. "I think I owe you a kiss" I said sadly as I gave him a little peck on the cheek. "I would do anything to hear her little cute giggle, her hazel happy eyes, her long blonde curly hair, her cute little life advices such as 'Biggy brother why don't you smile, it's so much fun!' Or 'Make pancakes that helps everything!' I don't think there exist a more cute happy person on in the Intire world." I could feel warm salty tears run down my cheeks. "Wow" is all that would come out of my mouth. "You are crying." He said as he wiped my tears away. "I had no idea that your life was so hard." I said while looking into his eyes. He smiled. Confusion spread across my face. "You are the most wonderful person ever, have I told you that?" Now I smiled too. "I don't think so" He kissed me. I could feel my cheeks blush. Shit. I looked out the window. "Nell Jones are you blushing?" Eric said as he chuckled. "It's because you make me fell like a little girl who is in love!" I kissed him. "I do?" . "I think that is a little early to say now? Shouldn't you propose first?" I said as I laughed at my own joke. "What???" Eric said confused. "It was a joke." I sighed. I looked at my watch only 20 minutes left. "Yes!" I said without thinking. "What?" Eric said again. "We are there in 20 minutes!" He kissed me. "I love you." Eric said to me "I love you too"