Catching You (Saving Ryder Book 1)

Catching You - 20

Ryder's POV

The car pulls in front of the private plane that our studio hired for us. The driver steps out and opens the door for us. Ryan, Kyle, Tyler and I step out of the car.

We walk over to the plane and climb the stairs to the top. When we reach the top there's male steward which makes me smile.

At least they are keeping woman away from us right now. I don't think I want to be around one at the moment. If I am it will be Sutton, Savannah my sister, my mother and Mrs Holgate.

"Hey, guys. I'm Mike. Will is in the back stocking the fridge. We will be looking after you during your flight."

"Thanks," I shake his hand. "It's nice to meet you, Mike."

"You too, Ryder." He has his phone in his hand. "Could I get a picture of you guys? My niece is going to flip when she see's who I flew with to the US."

"How about a selfie with us. I'm sure that will make her happy."

"Okay," he holds his phone out and takes a picture of the band. "Thanks, so much."

"Will you be in the US in January?"

"Yes, I will be."

Grabbing a backstage pass out of my bag I give it to him. "We'll be performing at Crypto Arena on the 6th January. Bring your niece. We'd like to meet her."

"I will." He walks to the back of the plane and disappears out of site.

Kyle takes a seat. "Are you sure that's the right thing to do? Give a guy a pass so he can bring his niece to our show? What if she turns out to be like the woman that cause trouble for you."

He could be right. However, hiring extra security will help make sure that doesn't happen again.

"We're going to have extra security going forward. I don't want what happened last night to happen again. None of us deserve it." Looking at them I add. "Can we try to move on from what happened I can't keep going over and over with what happened to that woman."

"I'm sorry I caused this mess by hooking up with a girl we just met and The Leaning Tower of Pisa." Kyle looks away from me. "I haven't spoken to Denise since I kicked her out of the stadium after you were arrested. I hope she chooses her friends carefully in the future."

I doubt she'd change her friends. They were with her because of the hook-ups she could bring to the group and it worked when she scored a night with Kyle.

Tyler sits across from him. "I hooked up with another friend of hers, if we stayed behind we would have been able to avoid all this."

They don't need to feel guilty over what happened. I doubt they won't continue to blame themselves for what happened.

A guy with sandy blonde hair, tanned skin, surfer look walks out from the back and stops when he sees who he's flying with. He smiles and says. "Hey, guys. I'm Will. You met Mike not long ago."

Kyle shakes his hand. "Hey, Will. It's nice to meet you. Could you grab us some water. We're feeling a bit parched."

"Do you all want a bottle?" He asks the rest of us.

"Yes," we say in unison.

He walks to the back of the plane and returns a couple of minutes later with water for us. He gives each of us a bottle.

The pilot's voice comes over the intercom. "Hey, everyone. It's Jude. I will be your pilot this afternoon. With me I have Cole. He will be my co pilot. We're about to take off. Please take a seat and put your seatbelts on. Before we take you need to watch a video that will show you the emergency procedures." He stops talking and a video comes on.

We watch it and also in front of us is the steward's showing up how to put the life jackets on and how to use the mask if the plane gets into trouble.

Ryan takes a seat close to Tyler.

While I take a seat at the back away from the guys. I feel like being alone for the trip.

Normally, we would all sit together playing cards and having fun, but this time it's not something that I want to do.

Once they finish showing us the procedures the plane takes off down the runway and it's not long before were in the sky flying out of Italy.

Leaning my face against the window I watch as the country disappears from view as we fly above the clouds.

When were told that we can take our seatbelts off I get up and walk to the bathroom to take a piss.

After that I wash my hands and then walk back to my seat.

Shit, I forgot to call Mom. She's not going to be happy that I didn't call her.

Opening the compartment I grab my phone and then shut it before sitting down. I go through my phone and then play some music.

A smile spreads across my face as I listen to the song that Sutton performed with us.

"Love is something special,
It's a gift,
That we all should have,
One that makes you smile.

It makes your heart beat faster,
Butterflies flutter,
Skin gets hotter,
And it makes you want to sing.

I love you,
That's what matters,
Being away from you hurts,
Loving you is what I'm made for.

I can't believe it's been six years,
Since we got together,
I don't want you to leave me,
Cause I love you.

Sitting in front of the window,
I wait for you to come home,
But you never do,
It's the worst thing to happen to me.

I love you,
That's what matters,
Being away from you hurts,
Loving you is what I'm made for.

When the sun sets,
I wait for you,
Yet it's another disappointment,
Cause you're still not here.

Did you forget about me?
The promises we made?
Please come back,
Cause I love you.

I love you,
That's what matters,
Being away from you hurts,
Loving you is what I'm made for."

Tyler takes a seat next to me and pulls the ear phone out of my ear. "What are you listening to?"

"I love you."

He frowns before he places the earphone on his ear. He notices it as the song that I wrote with Sutton. "That's Sutton's song?"

"Yes, it is. She has a beautiful voice. Maybe she should be a singer like us. She can share the spotlight with us."

I don't think she'd be interested in that. She's used to being away from the spotlight. Letting others take it from her.

I'd rather she have a spotlight for a bit. With the amount of food she's done in the industry it would be good for her to have recognition for a job well done.

When the plane lands in LA we see a limousine on the runway.

A driver who I recognise from home is standing outside the car and he has a sign with our names on it. He opens the car door.

Just before I climb into the car I see a woman sitting in the back. She has dark hair and brown eyes. She has a slight tan. "Sutton," I say surprised.