You are always on my mind

Chapter 20

"On her way, the brunette cried and asked the heaven to protect her girl and her friend so that she could confess her love to the blonde who always inhabited her thoughts."

Time passed and the tension inside the plane was palpable. Stefani was really nervous, besides feeling guilty for having put her friend in this situation. Her tense shoulders denounced that.

"Hey, calm down. Everything is gonna be okay. Paolo is such a good pilot. We're gonna land in Barcelona and will head straight to Catania, okay?"
"W-what? Are you serious Dani? How..."
"If you don't mind, I'd like to head straight to Catania as soon as we land. In a commercial flight. Stef, I can't wait anymore! I need to tell Stefania how much I love her. I can't hide this anymore. All this shit is a signal. I can't die without saying her this. It doesn't matter she doesn't feel the same. I need to tell her."
"And who told you she doesn't feel the same?" Asked the singer.
"Nobody... actualy I don't know how does she feel... I really hope she can be in love with me too, because if she is, all this shit will be worth it."

The blonde had a bright smile on her face while saying this.

"You're so special, you know that?"
"So are you, bella!" Replied the personal trainer smiling nervously.
"You're gonna see your italian girl. I promise you."
"I know I will. I can feel it!"

A few more minutes, Paolo asked Gaga ti come at the cockpit.

"Miss Gaga..."
"Paolo, call me Stefani, for Christ sake 😖."
"Okay, miss Stefani..."
"Just Stefani, Paolo 🤨."
"Stefani, we're just about 5 minutes away from the airport."
"Catania airport?" Mouthed the singer.
"Exactly."
"Please Paolo, I don't wanna pressure you, but Danielle's girlfriend (future one) is there, on the airstrip waiting for us. Promise me you'll down with us safely. We can't cause her that much trauma. They haven't even made their date official yet. They love each other so much and deserve a chance to be together. Fuck, why is this happening to us?" Stefani whispered to the pilot.
"Things aren't that bad. I'm with Ricardo, from the control tower on my cell phone. He is guiding us. Don't worry, it's gonna work it! I just want to ask you both to stay in that emergency position, in just 3 minutes, we'll land." Said the pilot.
"Sure. I totaly trust you my friend."

Stefani came back to her seat and told Danielle to fasten her seatbelt and stay in the emergency position, because they were about to land.
Both girls were terrified. They just held hands, and closed their eyes. The blue-eyed girl kept thinking about Stefania. She repeated over and over, as if it was a mantra: Stefania, my love, I love you so much! Soon I will be there with you my princess, saying this looking into your fascinating eyes."

At the airport, everything was ready. Closed air space, firefighters and ambulances on site. In the control tower, the tension was enormous. Nobody dared to breathe... but down there, in the hangar, there was an italian woman in total despair. She cried and prayed a lot that Danielle could get off that plane safely.
The press had been kept out, the plane approached... Stefania closed her eyes asking for everyrhing to work out.

"Giuro che se esci di li totto intera, ti confesserò il mio amore Danielle. Quindi, non osare morire! Perché ti amo e ho bisogno di te!" (I swear if you get out of there in one piece, I'll confess my love for you Danielle. So, don't you dare to die! Because I love you and I need you!)

And then Paolo landed the plane perfectly! After parking at the hangar, everyone inside still needed a few minutes to process everything and recover, and maybe even make believe they were all alive and well.
Danielle.and Stefani hugged happily.

"I told you we were going to be fine! Now, all I want is to talk to Stefania. Does she already know what happened? What do you think? I need to call her and and then we have to run to Alitalia desk..."
"Hey, Dani, easy. Calm down bave! You're freaking out."
"No Stef, we need to be fast. How long is the flight between Barcelona and Catania?"
"D, calm down." Asked the pop star.

But Danielle was electric.

"Dani, you're almost... hey, look at me! D, you're on the edge of a panic attack! Breathe please! Come on, breath with me... easy, slowly..."
"Stef, we almost died. And I-I I was so scared to die without having the chance to look into those beautiful hazel eyes of hers that I love so much and tell her  how much I love her! I-I'm so regretted for having denied this feeling for so long and..."
"Hey, it's okay. Easy babe!" Lady Gaga hugged her friend and comforted her.

The singer couldn't help but feeling guilty. And she shed some tears... when the blonde realized she was crying, she immediatelly stopped talking and then it was her turn to comfort her friend.

"Hey, it's fine. We're fine. Look, we're perfect well."
"Yes, but it was my fault you had to go through this shit..."
"Stef, don't you dare to blaime yourself for this! This is not your fault! Isn't anyone's fault, but the person who reviewed this plane. But here we are, alive! And if it wasn't for you, I'd be in denial yet. So, if you ask me if I'd do all that again, the answer is HELL YES!!! So please, stop crying, okay. I'm so greatful for this. I love you sweetie!"
"You're amazing! I love you too!"
"Hey, now get.you beautiful butt out of there, and let's run to Alitalia..."
"Take it easy baby..."
"Stef, you promissed you'd help me. Please, please, pleeeeaaase. I'm begging you, let's go with me to Catania. I'll buy our tickets. I know what just happened was traumatic, I confess I'm also afraid of flying right now, but I need her, hug her, I need to look into her eyes and see the whole world (my whole world) into them, I need to say how much I love her. So please Stef..."

The blonde had teary eyes that became into a cry of despair qnd relief at the same time.

"Yes baby, I told you I'd help you, and I'm not even thinking about to give up on my promise. Actually, I've already did "my job" to help you, baby girl."
"W-what do you mean?"
"Come on, let's get the hell out of here. You'll understand it very soon!"