Chapter Six

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Landing was a very stressful couple of minutes. I tried not to let it get to my head as much as take-off did, but, well, my body has never really listened to my head all that well. So, while landing, I ended up having to convert my nervous energy into physical energy. Since the newspaper Louis so graciously threw at me was the closest and most harmless object around, I used it to repeatedly beat Louis's leg. But apparently, he didn't like that very much, so he started trying to restrain me, this messed up my energy conversion. I was not happy.

Once safely landed and everybody unharmed (we don't talk about loo-loo), the bell signifying that our seatbelts can be taken off rung.

Quickly, Louis unbuckled and stood to grab our stuff while muttering under his breath something about "getting off the plane quickly" and "getting rid of this stupid kid".

I don't know who this kid is and why loo-loo doesn't like them, but I feel sorry for the poor bugger.

Once I stood, Louis quickly handed me my suitcase and sped-walked towards the exit of the plane. But seeing as he had a slight limp that he had mysteriously developed, he was a bit slow. So, taking it upon myself to help him, I grabbed the newspaper, still impressively intact from where he had it between his arm and torso, and started swatting at him while telling him repeatedly to hurry up.

After the fifth time of me telling him to hurry, he turned around.

"Can you not, Jeager." Louis growled out as he snatched the newspaper and stepped out of the plane.

"Well now I can't since you took the newspaper." I stated nonchalantly.

"Somebody had to do it. You're lucky I'm not allowed to murder you." He stated under his breath while pushing through the crowd of people trying to find their family and friends.

"I'm invincible, you'd have to do more than simply kill me Shnookums." I stated while keeping pace with the grouchy bald man.

".... Don't ever, and I mean ever, call me that again."

"You're being a bit picky here loo-loo, you've gotta' let loose a little bit y'know? We only live once after all." I said while shuffling through the overly crowded airport and trying not to elbow anyone in the face (being 6'3 has its benefits, but crowd surfing is not one of them.)

After a minute of pushing through the unforgivable crowd from hell and being ignored, my mind travelled to what's about to come. My anxiety is through the roof, and I have no way of calming myself down. Usually I am a chance-taking enthusiast, a logical one, but still a chance-taker. But this time, the chance I'm taking is a really big one. I mean, I'm in France for fucks sake! I left the only family I know to go chase something that may not even happen! Though honestly, I wasn't really living back there in Florida. It was more like surviving and trying not to lose my apartment or shop.

Breaking out of my trance, I become aware of my surroundings again. Me and Louis are standing outside and seemingly waiting for a vehicle seeing as that was what everyone else was doing.

"Louis, who are we waiting for?" I ask while frowning slightly in confusion.

Looking over to me with a sour look on his face, he responds. "A friend of mine is coming to pick us up and take us to your interview."

"Oh okay.... Wait. You have friends?" I asked genuinely.

"Fuck off."

Putting my hand over my heart in mock offense, I was about to respond until a black BMW pulled up and rolled down its window.

"Est-ce que c'est le gars, Lu? (Is this the guy, Lu?)" The man in the BMW asked loo-loo.

"Sadly." Sensing that loo-loo was talking shit, I turned to his BMW friend.

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