I Know You Were Made For Me

Chapter 6: Cold.

The last few days had been torture for Chris. He'd really been looking forward to his friends coming to visit him and even more to being able to go back home with them. But right now, he wished he could be absolutely fucking anywhere other then stuck on this plane. He'd been in literal hell for two days watching Matt and Luna together. Watching Matt's hands wrapped around her, watching him get to kiss her and call her babe. Matt had been his best friend for so long, but right now Chris was certain he would get his knuckles bloody for her, even if it was Matt on the receiving end. He was starting to recognise the feelings he had inside for her and he didn't like it one bit. Sometimes he could swear, her eyes are telling him the same thing, but he knows there's no way she could feel the same. As much as he tried to ignore her and pretend she didn't exist, she always wormed her way back in to his head. Never had he felt like this about someone so quickly after meeting them and honestly it fucking sucked.

They were all flying first class back to Boston. Joe and Luke were sitting together on the left side of the plane, Chris and Scott together in the middle and Luna and Matt on the right side. Chris was hoping he could at least get some peace on this flight and an escape from her, but when he sat down in his seat and noticed she was directly across the aisle from him, he knew that wasn't going to happen.

Luna sat in the aisle seat with Matt in the window seat next to her. It was early hours of the morning they were flying home, so as soon as they sat down Matt had fallen asleep pretty much straight away. They were all so tired, that all of them fell asleep before take off, all apart from Luna and Chris. They were the only people in first class except a couple at the back.

Chris tried to shut his eyes and get some sleep, but all he saw was her face and then when he opened his eyes she was right across from him. He couldn't escape her and Scott was snoring away so he wasn't going to be any help. The plane began to move as it started to move along the runway ready to take off.

Luna gripped the arm rests tightly, she hated this part. She wasn't a massive fan of flying anyway. But once they were in the air she was usually okay, it's the taking off she can't stand. She was hoping Matt would be able to take her mind of it but he was fast asleep already. She scrunched her eyes shut, trying to focus on her breathing. As the plane took to the sky she let out sharp gasp, keeping her eyes shut.

Chris looked to his side after hearing the quiet but noticeable sound come from Luna. He saw her nails digging in to the armrest and her eyes scrunched shut. He also noticed how her chest was heaving as she tried to steady her breathing. She was scared. And as much he really wanted to just ignore her and keep her at arms length, there was something pulling him to her. This made him reach across the aisle, his large hand covering her smaller one.

Luna's eyes shot open as she felt a hand on hers. She knew it wasn't Matt, he was on her right and this was definitely her left. Who was she kidding of course she knew it wasn't Matt, she knew exactly who that hand belonged to. It was his. She remembered just how his touch felt, it was imprinted on her skin.

She turned to her left and just as she expected, it was Chris, "you okay?" he asked softly, his thumb gently rubbing the back of her hand to soothe her. She shook her head, "not great with the whole taking off thing" she mumbled, still trying to keep her breathing steady. Not only did she have to deal with taking off, now she had a whole other feeling to deal with.

Chris gently interlocked his fingers with hers, her eyes finding his once again. "Just focus on me" he whispered, "focus on the sound of my voice, it's going to be okay" instantly she began to calm, she didn't know what it was but something about the way he said it was going to be okay, soothed her.

"Come on talk to me" Chris spoke as he turned slightly in his seat to face her better. "Clearly you're a Disney fan right? I mean you named your dog after a Toy Story character" Chris smiled as she let out a breathy laugh, "yeah big Disney adult" she laughed, still looking straight in to his eyes, she couldn't get over how beautiful they were.

"What's your favourite movie?"He asked, she looked at him like he'd asked her to pick her favourite child, "oh come on that's such an awful question, like there are so many different categories here. I mean are we talking Disney princess? Pixar film?"

Chris chuckled at her response; of course she thought like that, that's exactly how he thought. "Let's start with Princesses" he said as he squeezed her hand gently. He's imagined holding her hand many times since he met her and it was even better than he thought it would be.

"Okay, well Ariel is my favourite princess, has been since I was a kid, I even forced my Mum to dye my hair red when I was 14" she laughed slightly, her chest beginning to feel lighter as her breathing steadied out, "I had it until I was 17" Chris let out a hearty chuckle as his free hand came up to clutch his chest.

"As for Pixar, I have a top three" Chris smiled whilst nodding, hinting for her to continue, "so, Coco, Monsters Inc and obviously The Incredibles" He chuckled at her reply, god this woman was perfect and it was killing him. "Oh yeah The Incredibles is a perfect movie" He agreed with her, "For me it's the Incredibles, obviously" Luna chuckled as she listened to his reply, "Then I'd have to go Inside Out and the first Toy story"

"You see those are my 4th and 5th" she chuckled, "Inside Out beat out Toy Story and then Coco beat out Inside Out" He watched her closely as she spoke, he noticed how much more calm she'd become since they started talking.

"You know I named Dodger after Dodger from Oliver and Company" Chris smiled at her, "You know I did wonder if that's where it was from" she giggled, god that sound.

"I honestly don't know what we did to deserve dogs; I really don't know what I'd do without Rex sometimes. He's my best friend, I tell him everything" She rambled on, "oh god is that a really sad thing to admit?" Chris chuckled at her, "Absolutely not, I'm the same with Dodge, you know I actually have his name tattooed on my chest," Chris replied while shaking his head.

"No way" Luna looked at him in shock, he nodded slowly, "that's crazy" she laughed shaking her head, "What's so funny?" he asked, her eyes locked back on to his again as she spoke "I have Rex's name under a little paw print tattooed on my arm"

Of course she did, for fuck sake why is this happening to him? They smiled at each other softly. Then they both realised the plane was safely in the air, he'd calmed her down and talked her through it so easily. Then Luna looked down to see his hand was still in hers, staring at their intertwined fingers she tried to think of any excuse to continue holding his hand. "Thank you" she whispered softly, "of course"

Just then Luna felt Matt stir next to her, his eyes opened as he began to stretch. She felt Chris drop her hand as Matt spoke 'you okay baby?' he asked turning to face her. Chris quickly got out his phone and started to scroll through his music so he didn't have to watch them together.

"I'm good" Luna replied as Matt lifted the arm rest between them and moved so his arm wrapped around her pulling her to his chest. Despite being pressed up against Matt, she couldn't help but feel cold; she had since Chris dropped her hand. As she began to drift to sleep, she couldn't help but wish that it was Chris that was holding her.