THE FIGHTER (Origninally called my UFC FIGHTER)

11. Noah

"Alright, everyone," Dad said as we got in line at the airport, "everyone have their passports in hand?"

"Yes," my friends replied as they held said little booklet up to show him. He nodded in approval.

"Next!" A clerk called and Dad led us over to the counter and she blinked owlishly in surprise seeing all of us. "Are you all traveling together?"

"Yes," Dad replied and she nodded. I didn't pay any attention to what was going on after that because I saw Ethan in line on for another airline. He was with his parents and little sister. I bit my cheek and looked away before he could catch me looking. His little sister was the exact replica of their mother and was adorable.

"Alright," Dad said grabbing my attention, "well get our luggage once we arrive to Heathrow." We made our way towards the waiting area of the airport and found our gate before finding enough seats to fit us all and sat down. "We still have time before our flight is called, you're welcome to go get food or check out the stores."

Levi, Andrew and Mackenzie thanked my dad before they headed to a restaurant that was close by to get something to eat while Leah, Liam and Sam decided to go check out the stores. I stayed behind with dad, Jayson and Ezra in the waiting area.

"Aren't you hungry?" Papa asked from his spot next to dad and I shook my head and he nodded.

"How long is the flight to London again?" I asked and he looked it up.

"8 hours and 25," he said and I nodded, "so we should be arriving in London around midnight the latest."

***

"Holy shit," Liam and the others exclaimed as we stood in front of the suit that Dad and Papa got for us. It was big enough to fit us all.

"Couples have a room of their own," Dad said and Levi along with Andrew grinned. "You two will be in this room here." He showed the pair their room which was next to the front door.

"The others will share a room," Papa said, "so two of you will be sharing a room."

"Same bed?" Liam asked but Papa shook his head.

"No, each room has two beds with one being the exception as it has three beds," Dad said as he showed the girls the only room that had three beds, "this will be your room."

"Thank you Mr. Rivers," Leah said with a smile that the other two mimicked and he nodded, "come on, let's get settled in."

All three walked into the room and Leah closed the door behind them.

"There are two rooms left," Dad said making Jay, Liam and I look up, "one of the the rooms has one bed and the other like the first room has two beds."

"So, that means one person will not be sharing a room with anyone," Jayson said and Dad nodded, "cool, can I have the single room?"

I opened the door closet to me and flipped the switch on and saw that it was a single bed room and smirked before stepping in.

"Noah has already claimed it," Papa replied nodding in my direction making Jay and Liam look and my brother narrowed his eyes before he made his way over but Dad caught him before he could say anything.

"Sorry, Jay," I apologized with a smile before closing the door. I turned to the room and was amazed by how spacious it was with two floor to ceiling windows with dark curtains pulled shut blocking the moon. I turned to the right and saw a door that led to the a decent sized bathroom with white a counter top, black tiles and off white walls. Beside across from it was the toilet and next to it was the bathtub/shower with clear sliding glass doors.

To the left was a closet big enough to fit all of my clothes and shoes. In front of the door was a queen sized bed with a dark blue duvet, marching blue sheets and pillows. Two night stands were on each side of the bed with gold lamps with white shades. I went to the window and pulled one f the curtains aside and saw that there was a balcony that connected all three bedrooms together with black matching table and chair set.

I sighed and went over to my suitcase and grabbed my toiletry bag before heading to the bathroom to set it up before returning to open suitcase to grab my towel and a change of clothes before heading back to the bathroom closing the door behind me. I turned the water on and let it warm up by brushing my teeth and using the toilet.

Once undressed, I jumped into the shower and sighed as the warm water cascaded down my back relaxing my muscles. If Ethan had joined us, where would he have slept? Or would Dad have asked for another penthouse suit with more rooms to have each room with two or three beds? Either way, I wish that he would have been able to join us. His charity fight event will be tomorrow and tow days later will be the concert but I don't know if he'll even be here until then as he said he was only going to be in London for the fight. Sighing, I finished my shower and shut the water off before stepping out and drying off.

Once I was done I walked into the room and got dressed before climbing into bed. I blinked my eyes open when my phone dinged with a new text. Frowning, I reached over and grabbed it off the nightstand, wincing at the brightness of the screen before lowering it and opening the text to see that Ethan had messaged me. I furrowed my brows but opened it.

From Ethan:
Hey, I know it's late and you're probably already asleep, but I wanted to apologize again for ditching you and the others. It was my fault for not remembering that I had already agreed with going to the concert with you and the others and for forgetting about it. I didn't realize that the concert and the charity event were close in date.

I bit my lip before sending him a text in reply saying that it was alright and that there will always be another time before wishing him a goodnight and good luck at the fight tomorrow. I set my phone on the night stand before burrowing under the covers and closing my eyes not checking the new message I received from Ethan.

There's one thing on my mind the entire night though, where was his fight and at what time?