All that glitters, ain't gold.

Chapter 16

| Megan's dinner outfit |

I would say that waking up in my own home feels great, rather than the hospital bed, but I couldn't. I definitely wasn't at home, but it still felt great to be out of the hospital.

When I signed my discharge papers last night I got into Conner's car and fell asleep, right away. When I woke up, 3 hours later, Conner is smiling at me while I tried to figure out how I got onto an airplane. "Where are we going, Davis?" I narrowed my eyes at him. Still smiling he shrugged his shoulders, "I don't know. Could be Florida, Alaska, could be France or Rome."

"Don't play with me, Conner."

"I'm not playing! We could be! It is possible that-"

"Conner-"

"Fine." He said, rolling her eyes. "We're going to Aspen, for a little relaxation time. I figured you needed one after everything that happened."

"Conner, that is so sweet." I feel light hearted as I look over at Conner. I unbuckled my belt and walked over to him, and I wrapped my arms around his shoulder and buried my face into his neck. "I love you for this." I whisper, smiling at him. "You know I love you, too." He kissed the back of my head an continued on his phone. To anyone else, it might have seemed weird that we said "I love you" to each other so nonchalantly. It's true that we did love each other, maybe not in the imitate way but more of the best friend type of way.

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"Babe, you're going to want to get up now." I hear Conner say. I feel his breath on my ear and I shoot up, wide awake. I was back in my own seat and buckled up again. "Ok, I'm up." I groggily say, rubbing my eyes. "Look out of your window." I look at Conner to see him smiling. "I know I look good but look outside the window." He points towards the tiny window next to me and I finally lean over. "Oh my.." I gasp in amazement. I see what looks like a winter wonderland heaven and now I'm anxious to get off the plane. I love the winter, the snow, the whiteness of it all. It reminds me of my favorite holiday, Christmas, and it makes me feel all fuzzy inside. "Conner! Where are we?!" I shout excitedly, still looking out the window.

I can hear the smile in his voice when he answers me, "Aspen, Colorado." I squeeze my eyes shut with a huge grin on my face. It's so hard to contain my excitement. "Jake and Ashely might have told me that you've always wanted to stay at The Little Nell, so I might have got us a suite for a couple of nights." I finally turned around to see Jake smiling and shrugging his shoulder as if it were no big deal. "Conner! Oh my gosh! Do you know how much a room, let alone a suite, costs per night!?" I'm shouting loudly now, my eyes are wide, but I'm still smiling. "Oh my god! Conner I'm so happy right now!"

"I do make a lot of money, and you know my philosophy."

"Yes yes. 'Spend your money while you can because you won't be able to spend it in the grave.' It's embedded in my brain." I laugh and turn back towards the window, clapping my hands in excitement.

When we finally land I run down the steps of the plane and spin around with a gigantic smile on my face. "I can't believe I'm here!" I yell. "Believe it babe!" Conner says stepping on the last stair, running his hand through his hair. "And calm down, you aren't fully healed yet." Conner chastised. I think he's just as excited as me but he's trying to hide it. I run up to him and attack him with a hug, wrapping my legs around his waist and my arms around his neck, kissing him repeatedly. "You're the best boyfriend ever." I say in between kisses. "Fake boyfriend." He laughs and I roll my eyes, "you know what I mean."

"You shouldn't be running around and spinning in circles, it'll put you back in the hospital and we wouldn't want that." Conner pushes my hair out of my face and I give him a silly smile. "Okay mom." I say sarcastically.