Eleven

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"Ouch!" I whispered as Jorel cleaned my cuts again then he gave a sweet smile as he tried to be careful. After a week here, the investigation on our end was secure enough that we could travel now, so we were heading off to England tonight.

"First time out of the country. You ready?" Jorel asked and I nodded.

"Just glad we were able to get my passport and stuff." I said and Jorel huffed.

"Well, it wasn't easy thanks to the investigation and your dad, but you're not tied down-"

"We don't need to keep up the act." I said and he looked confused then nodded, looking at his lap.

"Uh, then-then we should stage a breakup." He said and I nodded.

"We'll do it in England, I'm too tired to fake a fight now." I said and he nodded, leaning forward and softly kissing me.

"Still friends?" He whispered and I smiled.

"Yeah, we are." I whispered then he finished with my cuts and we packed our bags, leaving the hotel room just as the guys passed.

"Hey, we were about to get you." Johnny said and I smiled as I gripped Jorel's hand tightly.

"Ready?" Funny asked and I took a deep breath.

"Yeah, I uh... I am." I said and we left the hotel, getting to the bus and silently riding to the airport.

"Are you nervous?" I looked at Charlie then tilted my head in confusion.

"About flying." He said, but I softly laughed and shook my head.

"No, I've flown before. I'm just..." I trailed and sighed.

"I-I'm free?" I laughed like a question and they smiled at me.

"I can't remember the last time I chose something for myself." I said and Jorel smiled, wrapping his arm around my shoulders and kissing my head.

"You chose me, remember?" He asked and I looked at him then smiled, though I had to force it when I remembered that I wouldn't have him for much longer.

"Yeah, and you chose us." I looked at Danny then he grinned.

"We offered you a spot, but-"

"No, Candy chose this." I said and he looked confused.

"You didn't have to trust us. That's what Danny meant." Johnny said and I smiled softly as I nodded, laying my head against Jorel. When we got to the airport, we had to go through security, our bags were checked, and the guards even checked my sling.

"Ow!"

"Hey!" Jorel growled at the guard who was being rough with me then the guard looked surprised.

"Watch your hands!" Jorel spit and stepped back to me, grabbing my waist and pulling me into him. I smiled softly and wrapped my good arm around him, going with the guys.

"Fucking perverts, I swear!" Funny hissed, but I shook my head and laid further into Jorel.

"I just want to be there already. I hate airports." I said and he sighed.

"I know, just gotta be patient." He said and I nodded, sitting with them as we waited for our flight. After three hours of waiting, we boarded and the woman took my passport, grinning widely.

"First trip?" She asked, but I wasn't feeling chatty, so Charlie answered for me.

"On this passport, yeah." He said and she nodded, welcoming me onto the flight. I was thankfully next to Jorel for this, so I knew I'd be okay.

"You've got a window seat, is that okay?" Jorel asked and I nodded, finding my seat.

"Here." He took my carry-on and put it in the cupboard above us with his bag as I sat down. When we were in the air, he turned to me and frowned.

"What's wrong? You've been weird all day." He said and I looked at him then forced a smile.

"Nothing, I promise-"

"Is it because of us?" He whispered and I licked my lips, shaking my head.

"I-I knew this wasn't real, we were ending this, but I wasn't prepared for it to be so soon." I said and he sighed, grabbing my hand.

"Yeah, I was preparing to find a ring if this continued." He said and I went to argue with him, saying that wasn't my point, but I dropped it instead and chose to turn my phone on when it was safe. I sighed and went to Webtoon, clicking on a new one I had just started called Freaking Romance.

~*-*~

"Perse, wake up." I groaned and slowly blinked, looking up and seeing Jorel there.

"Hey, we've landed." He said and I looked around, seeing the tarmac and the Big Ben out the window.

"How long was I asleep?" I asked and pushed my hair back.

"A while, you fell asleep about halfway through the flight. The pain medicine?" He asked and I nodded, looking at my phone to see it was off.

"How-"

"I turned it off for you." Jorel said and I smiled.

"Thanks, Jorel." I whispered and took a deep breath as we landed, got off, and waited for the guys. When we finally met up with them, we went outside to see a double decker tour bus.

"Oh, and it's got a private room for the love birds!" Charlie grinned as we got packed in, but I glanced at Jorel as he swallowed hard.

"Wonderful!" Jorel said and I sighed as I handed Johnny my bag.

"Perse, you okay?" He asked, but I glared at Jorel.

"Fucking fine!" I spit and went onto the bus, going up the narrow steps to see the private room was over the front of the bus.

Jorel's POV
"Dude, is she okay?" Danny laughed as the guys eyed me, but I couldn't tell them the reason she was pissed was because we were about to fake a huge fight and breakup.

"Yeah, she's just tired." I said and we finished packing in then I got on the bus first, going upstairs and to the private room. As I walked in, the lights were off and her figure was in the bed, only the sheet over her.

"Perse?" I whispered, but got no response so I assumed she had gone back to bed and climbed in behind her, falling asleep quickly.

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