Jily oneshots

Unexpected Perks

by thejilyship

"No, no, no, no, no, nooooo!" Lily's heels clicked against the tiles of the terminal as she saw the flashing digital sign that told her that her plane had already pulled away from the boarding zone. There was a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach and she felt as though she'd just lost at something. She'd never missed a flight before, she'd always been one of those people who arrived early. Like, enough time to have breakfast, get a coffee and read a couple chapters of whatever novel she had with her, that kind of early.

But do to circumstances that were outside of her control, she'd been late. Very late per her standards, and apparently she'd missed her flight.

She hitched her carry on up her shoulder and squeezed her phone in her other hand. What was she even supposed to do now? Did she have to buy a new ticket? Did she have to wait for a seat to open up on another flight? How was she meant to know what she was supposed to do when she'd never missed a flight before? And apart from that, it wasn't as though she spent a lot of time flying anywhere. This was probably her sixth time on a plane- or it would have been, had she made the flight.

She saw someone who looked about as flustered as she felt, talking to someone who worked at the airport at a desk right next to where she was supposed to board the plane. She assumed that this man had also missed the flight and headed in that direction. And even if she was wrong, talking to someone from the airport had to be a good first step on the road to fixing things, right?

"So you don't have another flight going out today?" The man was asking, sounding as though he was trying rather hard not to get upset. And even now, Lily could appreciate that. Because even though they'd missed their flight, it definitely wasn't this random employee's fault.

"I just told you that we didn't, sir. You'll have to wait until tomorrow." Lily walked up and stood directly next to the man, putting an arm on the desk because her bag was heavy and she needed to lean on something. She knew she shouldn't have worn heels to the airport.

"The plane took of almost fifteen minutes early, and you're telling me that I'm just going to have to be okay with that?" His hand jumped to his hair and Lily found herself momentarily distracted from her current predicament as she noticed that this trying-not-to-be-angry man who had also missed his flight, was quite fit. And his hair was quite distracting.

But then she registered what he'd said. "Fifteen minutes early!" She repeated, and instead of sounding surprised, she sounded as though she was backing him up, and both people turned too look at her. "Why have a schedule if you're not going to follow it?" He was doing much better than her at coming across not angry, but in her defense, she did feel as though she'd been cheated. She would have made the flight (possibly) if the plane hadn't left early.

"Sir, ma'am, I've very sorry, but there's nothing I can do. The plane isn't here anymore and there aren't anymore flights until tomorrow."

"I understand that you can't do anything about the plane being gone, or about us having to wait until tomorrow to get back home, but the plane left early," The man reiterated, now grouping Lily into the conversation as well. "I think there should be some sort of compensation for that. I mean, you can't expect us to spend the night here in the airport, can you?"

The woman behind the desk tapped her nails on the counter and pressed her lips together. "No, I suppose not. I'll call my manager and see if there's something that I can do."

"Thank you," The man said, pushing his glasses up his nose and then he looked over at Lily and smiled at her.

"Of course," The women picked up the phone and dialed a number. She turned her back to them as she spoke with her manager and Lily allowed herself to relax. So far, this whole ordeal was being taken care of much more easily then she would have thought. Though she still needed to figure out how to get a ticket for tomorrows flight. She couldn't really afford a second ticket. Not after the spending spree she'd been on the last few days.