Rekindled The Present Flame

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"Pri. How are you doing?" Tara nudged me, as everyone on board concluded turning off their electronics.

"Honestly I don't know." It feels so unnatural being beside a boy who put you through so much.

She leaned over and I reached out to grab her vacant hand.

"Hey. It's going to be alright. I mean look around." She leaned her head over the seats and began to point out all the new things happening at this exact moment.

"Thelsea is riding tog- I mean side by side." She smirked then continued.

"Ken is like spying over his seats at Liezelle." She pointed out followed with a small giggle.

"I heard Kiera and the guy sitting beside Ken had an interaction." Tara whispered low.

"Who says you and Harel can't get back together by the end of the summer?" She asked me.

I sat there thinking of all the endless possibilities that could happen.

He could comfort me, like he did over the phone a year ago.

He could stop my fall if I stumbled on him.

He could be placed beside me on the next flight.

But I know in the end, things would never be the same as they were last year.

"Enough about me, How are you handling things with your ship?" I smirked, just to get my mind off of it.

" I know it's not going to work. I have accepted this over the school year. Things never play in my favor." She tilted her head down. I was taking back at the emotion she displayed on her face.

"I-I know it's hard to forget about someone who you really liked and thought about being with. But I'm going to be okay. I know I'm not listening to the advice I'm giving you. But I know for a fact I can find someone." She sighed and pulled herself back together.

"You never know what could happen." I pointed out to her.

She breathed heavily as she collected herself.

"Well we could use this time to find a new beginning in Hawaii right?" I smiled.

"Deal. Sounds good." Tara smiled right back at me.

"Time to get our Aloha on." I yelled for everyone to hear.

Everyone responded with excitement.

Chelsea's POV

"I'm missing you beside me." He replied to me as I looked at the vacant seat beside him

Let's hope I didn't make it awkward for her. That was never my intention. Chelsea was something else in my mind. I couldn't pin point what she was. But I guess I had to wing the next two hours.

I watched her move in her long shirt dress from April to me. It'd been awhile since I had seen her in awhile. She recently made a switch from glasses to contacts. It brought out her smile more than before. No eye glass shine would block my view of her gentle stare.

She was gorgeous.

Her hair shifted with each of her gestures or movements. It reached past her shoulders in length. and I could tell that she was hesitant to sit beside me.

Why would she be awkward around me?

My goal was to allow her comfort.

She approached me with a small smile and I reached my arm out to give her a side hug.

"PULLIN IT." Austin yelled over the seats.

My instant reaction was to pull out my tsinelas from under my feet and throw the left one at his face and use the right one to beat him with it.

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