the fire between us

chapter 1

flashback: 

"y/n?" "Nora?" we sit in front of each other at my grandmas house, "Marcus asked me to go on tour with them" "that so nice Nora!" she looks down, "is it not nice?" "yes!" "but?" "but I said I'd only go if you went" "haha Nora im not going, with martinus" "please y/n, it's gonna be so amazing" "im also not leaving my grandma for months" "y/n she's gonna be fine!! please" "Nora I don't wanna be walking around getting bullied for months by martinus" "y/n just don't talk to him" "Nora.. see it from my predictive" "I am y/n, and I don't see a problem" "no because you and martinus are friends" "what about Victoria?" "noo I want you Y/n and you know she's traveling with James" "gosh no I don't want to" "please" "I get nothing out of it" "you get to spend time with me" "true" "and you get to go around the whole world, who don't want that in the pure age of 20, everything payed, food, flights, hotels" "fine fine!" "YESSS omg y/n thank you so much" "everything for you Nora" "Marcus is gonna be so happy" "martinus is gonna be pissed" "I don't have to share room with him right?" "no don't worry" "thank god" - flashfack over- "y/n you better call me when you land" "don't worry I will grandma, text me when you land home" "I will" "I'll take care of her grandma" Nora says, "good, thank you Nora" I hug my grandma one last time before going through the border, "this is crazy, can I go back" "no you can't, we don't wanna waste their money do we" "well did martinus pay, then yes" "no y/n, maybe if you were nicer to him he would be nicer to you" "maybe, I don't care" "the boys is over her" Nora takes my hand and walks faster to find them, we almost reach them you can hear martinus, "why does she has to come, I don't want her to come" "so Nora is'ent gonna be lonely when we work" "she could bring anyone, anyone" "martinus maybe if you were nicer to her she would be with you to" "I said the same thing to y/n" Nora says behind them, Marcus turns around and smiles, "Hi, you made it!" he hugs Nora tight, "thank you for coming y/n" he goes to hug me to and and I hug back, "everything for Nora" we both smile. "as long as we don't sit besides each other on the plane" martinus says, "well ehm "NO!" "NO!" we say in a choir, we send each other deadly eyes, "its an 11 hour flight" "yeah and Marcus and I wanna sit next to each" "I get that, but can't we sit away from each other?" martinus ask, "I agree with him" I say, "see your agreeing" "ew" "ew" we say in a choir, "you keep going like that your gonna sound like an old couple" "no don't compare us to that" I say and put my hands together like im begging "the flight is full, we can't change it" Marcus says, "fuck" we say in a chair "stop copying what im saying will you" "stop copying what im saying will you" I say mockingly "lets go to our flight" the way to the flight felt long, but I know the next 11 hours is gonna be the death of me. I look up at him only to find out he is already looking at me. 

flashback done

The airport felt like a maze, with people rushing around and announcements blaring through the speakers. The air was filled with the scent of coffee and freshly baked pastries, but the knot in my stomach kept me from enjoying any of it. I couldn't believe I had agreed to this—11 hours on a plane, sitting next to Martinius, the last person I wanted to be near.

As we reached our gate, Marcus and Nora walked ahead, chatting and laughing like this was just another day. I envied their easygoing nature, how nothing seemed to faze them. Martinus, on the other hand, was still shooting me dirty looks whenever he thought I wasn't watching. He was being as difficult as ever, and I wasn't about to make it easier on him.

"Ready for this?" Nora asked, glancing back at me with a smile.

"About as ready as I'll ever be," I muttered, my voice dripping with sarcasm.

We handed over our boarding passes, and as we walked down the narrow jet bridge, I could feel the anxiety creeping up on me. The tight space, the thought of being trapped in a metal tube thousands of feet in the air—it wasn't my idea of a good time. But here I was, doing it all for Nora.