Mr. Brightside || João Félix

F I F T Y - E I G H T

I rub my eyes as I feel João shaking me awake, "what time is it ?" I ask yawning.

"3:15," he says.

"Shit," I groan getting up.

I go to the bathroom and put my hair in a ponytail. I brush my teeth and João joins me brushing his teeth as well. Once we finish, I put on one of João's hoodies.

"That's mine," he whines.

"Looks better on me though," I pout.

"True," he says throwing one of mine on.

"How'd I not see this coming," I laugh.

"Looks better on me," he laughs mocking me, "are you ready to go ?"

"Mhm," I hum.

He takes my hand and we make our way down to the lobby and then to the parking structure. We arrive at the car and again he opens the door for me and I get in, and he goes to get in. I take my phone out to text Gio.

Mother <3

Me: Omw to pick up grandma :) 
I'll keep you updated

"Remember the last time we drove to the airport in the middle of the night ?" He asks as he begins to drive.

"When we picked up Nessa ?" I ask, "that was a mess, I'm sorry about my behavior," I say placing a hand over his.

"We had both had a crazy night," he says.

"Doesn't excuse my behavior," I tell him.

"I don't think it's right to beat yourself up over it, you had seen some shitty stuff and assumed the worst because of your past," he says. "Anyway, point of me bringing this up, is that we both were fucked by our exs, and we have... our insecurities, our issues," he pauses, "this is why we need to be very communicative, no matter what the issue is."

"I know," I sigh, "I'm very good at communicating, I just sometimes shut down."

"I see that," he laughs, "I'm not gonna let that slide though, okay, we communicate around here," he says removing his hand from under mine and placing it on my thigh.

"João you can't just take your hand off the gearshift," I tell him.

"Technically, my hand doesn't need to be on the gearshift every second I'm driving, just when I'm gonna switch," he says, "but as long as your hands stays on, you can switch for me," he shrugs keeping his hand on my thigh.

"You're insane," I laugh switching gears.

"So are you," he says, "it's why we're perfect for each other," he laughs.

We continue making small talk before shortly arriving at the airport. As we step inside and head towards the waiting area, I decide to call my grandmother to let her know I'm here, but she doesn't answer; I call her a few more times, once again with no luck.

I see people coming out of her gate and I excitedly stand up to look for her. I walk around hoping to spot her and João follows closely behind. I spot her and dart towards her but João pulls me back by the hoodie stopping my momentum.

"Easy, you're gonna knock her down charging at her full speed," he says.

I laugh and jog up to her hugging her tightly, "I've missed you," I tell her.

Ignoring my comment, she hugs back tightly and eyes João as we pull away, "quem é o menino ?" (Who is the boy ?) she asks.

"Meu namorado," (my boyfriend) I giggle like a schoolgirl.