chapter 40:
adam nudges rose's shoulder at 5:06 am. "baby, wake up, we're almost there."
"the sun is about to rise, sweet girl" he whispers to her ear.
"I don't want you to miss it. come on."
his touches are limited by his injured arm, that's why he always goes for kissing her on her face.
rose opens her eyes, and she is torn between two beautiful indescribable creations.
adam and the sun.
she rubs and wipes under her eyes and goes back to resting her head on his shoulder.
"it's pretty" she whispers to his ear.
"it is, isn't it."
"you're pretty." she smiles tiredly at him.
"yeah? well, someone looked pretty while sleeping."
"I'm sorry I slept. I was really tired." she feels bad.
"no need to apologize, pretty girl. I know you are."
he wishes he could rub the area under her eye, or ear.
"why didn't you sleep?" her tone, gentle, similar to her touch under his eye before moving to rub his ear.
"you have to work tomorrow" she lets him know. "which I still think you shouldn't go."
"I have to go, love" says adam, while scratching his beard.
rose does not know that they called adam to let him know that tom is sick. very sick.
"I'll sleep early tonight" he assures her, after hearing her worried voice
"thank you for working to make me happy. I know how tired you are, but you still love to do it, and I admire that in you. I was right when I said you're incredible." rose's voice is low, but her eyes are speaking loudly, with how fondly she is looking at him.
"you're very welcome, my darling. it is my absolute pleasure to be the one who gets to have you for eternity and make you happy."
she cuddles closer to his side when he says, "but know that you make me happy, too."
as the sun rises, completely, leaving the sky blue instead of orange, they get up from their seats.
"will you be able to carry them with one hand?" she motions to the heavy luggage.
"I'll pretend that I didn't hear you just say that." he gasps and places his hand on his heart.
"baby, please let's call someone to help us." she touches his arm to prevent him from carrying them.
he turns his face from the baggage carousel to her, his forehead sweaty. "there are 3 left, I'll be fine."
"you don't have to show me you can carry them, bubs. I know you can." she rubs on his jacket.
"love, I don't think I can carry the last two." he chuckles and rubs his sweaty forehead.
"I'll call someone." she goes after she makes sure he has sat down and is chugging his water down.
"I think they're here" says adam, as they sit outside of heathrow airport.
finn and eliana make themselves known by honking making adam and rose get up from their seat.
"what happened to your arm?" they ask adam, when their eyes land on his cast.
"nothing serious."
"hello, dear. how are you?" finn wraps his arm around rose's body and kisses her head.
