haze / afi

part 50. nervous flyer

"luke's gonna be here in about thirty minutes."

ashton says, sitting across from violet at his kitchen island. she's eating a plate of cheesy fries that he cooked up for her, the last meal she'll be eating before going to the airport. he made himself a simple grilled cheese.

"is there a chance that there's a place at the airport that does cheesy fries?" she asks. "actually, don't worry, yours are better than any i've had at other places before."

"i'm happy you like them." he smiles. "i can make some extra for you to eat on the drive over there."

"i probably shouldn't," she eats a few more. "don't want to make myself feel anymore sick than i already do."

ashton stares at her blankly. this is the first she's mentioning about feeling sick. when they first got up to finish packing she seemed fine, when they had breakfast she seemed fine, it's only now that she's saying it.

"why didn't you tell me you were feeling sick, baby," ashton sighs, getting up from his side of the island to sit with violet.

"think it's just nerves for flying," she says. "nothing i'm not used to. you should've seen the state i was in when i had my flight here when i moved."

ashton leans on his hand, looking towards violet as he listens, "i actually had to take anti sickness pills before my flight," she explains. "i don't always like taking them because the ones i buy are the ones that make you sleepy. i totally zonked out an hour into my flight and didn't wake up for the majority of it."

"have you got any pills for today?"

"yes..." she pauses. "but, i don't want to fall asleep on you, plus, depending on how effective they are i could still be drowsy by the time we land in ohio."

"i wouldn't mind if you did," he smiles softly. "if you need anti sickness pills to stop you feeling sick for the flight, then that's fine, vi."

"i'll see how i feel once we get to the airport." she decides.

in that same moment, they hear a knock at the door, most likely being luke seeing as the time is now 5 pm on the dot.

ashton gets up, heading down the hall. he opens the door, luke standing there with a smile on his face. he comes inside, looking over the bags he'll have to fit into his car.

"hey," ashton smiles. "thanks again for agreeing to take us to the airport."

"yea, no problem." luke nods.

ashton leads him down to the kitchen, seeing violet finishing off her plate of cheesy fries.

"hi," she happily greets, standing up to give luke a hug. "i'm all done now."

she goes to clean off the plate, ashton being quick to take it from her, "i'll clean this stuff up," he says, referring to any mugs and plates they've used today. "you two can put the bags in the car?"

luke and violet nod, heading back to the front of the house. violet takes her suitcase and tote bag, walking out the door first. luke grabs ashton's case and small backpack, following behind.

"so, how does it feel to be going back to ohio?" luke asks as he opens up the trunk of his car.

"kind of weird, honestly," violet chuckles. "i mean, it's been what? eight months since i left."

"there's normally snow at this time of year, right?" luke asks as he lifts ashton's case into the back of his car, pushing it over to one side.

"rose said they've had a lot of sun recently, not many snow storms for once." she laughs. watching as luke places her bag in the car too. "backpack and my tote can go on the backseat."