A date on the Eiffel Tower

Chapter twenty two:

My sleep was interrupted by the crashing of things falling onto the tiled floor, I sat up rubbing my eyes to see a small family of three collecting all their things together that they dropped. I spun around leaning back in the chair looking at my phone, it was only half one so an hour before my flight.

I didn't get much sleep, or it just didn't make a difference, I still felt tired and worn out but knew I wouldn't be able to sleep. I grabbed my bag and headed for the toilets, luckily I had packed some makeup so I fixed myself up and did my hair the way Mia had done it on my first date with Thomas. The memories flooded back making my eyes water but I held the tears in to stop it from smudging my makeup.

With many attempts of my hair I was finally able to do it leaving me only twenty minutes to find something to do, so I walked around to find a chain coffee shop and bought a drink then returned to my waiting area.

They called my flight out as I practically ran onto the plane checking my ticket as I entered. I collapsed into my window seat staring out, it wasn't long before others joined and sat in their seats. I was sitting with an empty chair beside me which I thought would be until the last moment. As the doors were being shut a final family runs in, the same ones before who dropped their things. A little girl ran over and jumped into the seat next to me, the mother in the chair in front. She buckled the child up then went to sit in her seat.

"Hello my name is violet. What is your name?" Her voice was so soft and gentle I instantly knew I would like her.

"Violet, wow that's a very nice name. My name is Amber Rose but I like you so you can call me Amber." I smiled at her as she giggled.

"Where are you going then?" I asked her as she stared up at me, her little pigtails resting on her shoulders and her brown eyes shining in the light.

"I am going to Paris with my family because we are visiting my granpappy, it's his seventy something birthday but I'm not meant to mention his age so shh." She pressed her finger against her lips as I did too and she started laughing.

"Who are you going with?" I questioned her again as she helped take my mind off everything.

"With my mommy and my big brother but he is really annoying because he is constantly playing nerf wars and that's not very fun when you get hit. He is quite big now as he is nine but I am six which is really old." She grinned widely as she clicked her heels together.

"Wow you are really old now." I jokingly played along. "I am eighteen."

"Woah, that's really old too." She giggled. "Who do you live with?"

"My younger brother, who is very annoying too and my dad." I replied, giving her a warm smile.

"Yes brothers are very annoying. Wanna play a card game?" She asked, pulling out a colourful pack of cards from her bumble bee styled bag.

"Sure what game?"

With that the rest of the journey was filled with different card games, some I had never heard of. Unfortunately the trip felt much shorter this time which was sad as I liked violet and I felt happy to have met her. I helped her down and got her bags as she dragged me to her mum and introduced me.

"Mommy mommy look! This is my new friend Amber." She stood there sweetly holding my hand looking at her mum. Her mum looked very much like her as she helped her brother.

"Thank you so much for looking after Violet, that was very nice of you. I don't know how to thank you." She replied gently trying to get her son who didn't seem to want to move.

"It's alright her company was great, I really needed it." I looked down at the little girl who was grinning wildly.

"If possible could you please do me a favour?" The lady spoke looking at me as I nodded. "Would you take her outside and wait for me there? I just need to get him out."

"It will be my pleasure. Come on violet, have you got everything?" She nodded frantically as she pulled me off the plane. She waited outside by the door for a short few minutes as she didn't let go of my hand. It wasn't long until her mother came out as I knelt down giving Violet a tight hug.

"Will I ever see you again?" Violet questioned, looking sad.

"I'm sure I will see you again one day. If not though, I will always remember you." She smiled at my comment as she jumped forward again wrapping me in her little arms for a hug. I said goodbye to them and for the brief time I spent with them and her, I felt happy and had forgotten about everything that had been troubling me for weeks.

I hopped in a car and was taken straight to Thomas's apartment. I walked into the elevator and started tapping my foot on the ground anxiously. The doors finally slid open as I took my first deep breath in through my nose and out through my mouth before walking down the hall.

God I was nervous. But why? I walked down the hallway barely hearing my footsteps over the sound of my heart beating as I reached his door. I took a second deep breath in letting the air fill my lungs. I was so anxious and scared to see him again. I have no idea what state he will be in, what if he is hurt and I just felt him? Or what if he is perfectly fine and he wasn't that badly effected by everything? But as I thought back to the letter I remembered everything that mattered, and how happy I would be to finally see him again.

I knew that as soon as he opened those doors I would jump forward and wrap my arms around his neck while he would hold me up. I would cry into his shoulder as I could hear him sobbing too but we wouldn't let go of each other.

As I imagined what the reunion would be like I knocked on the door. My heart was racing like a runner in the Olympic games and my palms started to sweat. After a short while the door slowly opened to reveal a tall guy hanging his head down before he looked up at me.

This isn't Thomas, I thought to myself. It's Ethan, what's Ethan doing here?