One Night's Steal

Chapter 15

"How long do we have to wait?", Rhea asked no she whined. This woman whined more than a kid. We were at the Barcelona airport waiting for a flight. We were suppose to book a flight to Zurich but all available flights were full therefore we were waiting for the last flight which was delayed

Rhea was bored waiting on the airport. We couldn't leave the airport as they could call us in anytime. So we explored almost all the stores on the airport. 

"I want to buy this!", she dragged me to all branded stores. I had to drag, chide and almost pull her out of the store before she could splurge on them.

"Dude! We still have to go to Paris. If you spend all your money here, how are you going to buy things there?", I chided her pulling out of the last shop.

"At least let me get something to eat."

We went to McDonalds to buy her food. Our flight was announced finally after waiting for god knows how many hours. The security check was quickly done followed by immigration and checking into the flight. Rhea fell asleep as soon as we settled, resting her head on my shoulder.

Thankfully, she didn't ask a lot about that night so the topic was easily buried in front of her. My mind kept on playing the scene vividly though. Her lips soft on mine with a bitter taste which was like reality. I wonder if we were compatible but it was a thought for later. 

The airhostess had come with our dinner but Rhea didn't want to wake up so I took it. It was just a two hour flight but she had slept throughout. We landed in Zurich and it greeted us with cold air. 

"Feels like Switzerland already.", Rhea wrapped her light shrug around her tightly.

"Lets go.", I tugged at her arm and she intervened my fingers. 

The ride to our one night dormitory was short. It was very well furnished place with bunk beds and clean baths. Tomorrow we'll be travelling to Jungfrau so this was a kind of layover before that. We both freshened up and Rhea insisted to make instant noodles for dinner. I sat in the dining room waiting for her to get us the food when a loud sound broke out from the kitchen. I rushed in to see a panicked Rhea and some smoke coming from the induction. 

"What happened?", I asked her.

"I don't know,."

I switched off the induction and opened the windows to let out the smoke. The owner came in and gave us disapproving looks. I briefly explained him the situation and he just shook his head and said, 

"Thank god, the fire department didn't come. Otherwise, you would have to pay the fine to them."

I apologized on both our behalves. We settled with our over cooked noodles and started giggling after the owner was out of earshot. 

"Be careful next time and what were you thinking?", I asked her after calming down.

"I couldn't control the heat."

I almost choked on noodles as the night's event came back. She passed me a glass of water which I gulped gratefully. Sure you couldn't I thought to myself.

"Its okay, atleast we are not fined", I shrugged it off. 

Next morning, we had woken up early to visit Jungfrau. Jungfrau is known as the rooftop of Europe. We were going to try snow sports like skiing and snow boarding. We bought a few jackets from the market before boarding the bus to Interlaken . 

The scene changed from forests to snow capped mountain as we descended south towards Jungfrau. It was a very scenic journey watching the cities and small villages pass by.