You Are My Life

Chapter 12: Come Together

Michaels P.O.V.

I was walking onto the plane when I heard someone yell my name. My first thought was it was some crazed fan, I tried to move forward but something kept me there. It told me to look, so I did. I turned around slowly scoping out the terminal sitting area; family of four, elderly man, couple, business man, Saria, lady with a child. My eyes went huge when I realized, SARIA!! I couldn’t believe she was here! I sat my luggage down and ran to her. I pulled her into a warm hug, it felt so good to hold her in my arms again, and it’s crazy how much I already missed her over such little time apart. “What are you doing here?” I asked excited. She began blushing looking down at her shoes, “I want to go with you,” she said lightly. At that moment I felt my heart soar higher than any bird, she wanted to come with me. “Really?” “Yeah,” she looked down at her shoes as her cheeks turned a cherry red, “I realized how lonely and miserable I was without you around, I wanna be where you are Michael.” She looked up and gazed into my eyes. I could tell she was being serious and it made me so happy, she might actually feel the same way I feel about her. I took her bag from her and carried it as we boarded the plane and I made sure we went and sat in the most private part of the entire cabin. The stewardess came in and followed the procedures of safety like always, the pilot briefed us on the flying conditions and how long it would take, and then we took off. As soon as I had the chance to get up and move I went and asked the stewardess if we could get some drinks and then closed the door to the private seating area we were in. “So……….” I said sitting back down next to her, “Have you ever been to Los Angeles?” she looked up at me with her blue green eyes bursting with slight yellow rings, and I could tell she was either nervous or excited. “Nope, believe it or not, I’ve never been outside of Missouri. I’m very excited to get to do some traveling out side of my little area.” I looked at her shocked, she’s never adventured! Doing what I do I’ve been all over the world and she’s never being out of her home town area. “Wow,” I was still in shock I couldn’t believe it, I recovered from my moment smoothly, “Well I guess we’re going to have to change that.” She smiled at me when I said that, I could tell she was a curious person and wondered what was out there to be discovered, I liked that about her. I looked up at her and found myself staring at her for a while which I didn’t realize I was until she cleared her throat and spoke up, “I can’t wait to finally get to see you perform tonight!” I snapped out of it, “Oh yes, of course! And this time you’re going to get to watch from the best seat in the house!” her eyes widened when I said that, “Really?” I laughed at her childlike happiness, “Yes really.” She hugged me tightly and I just held on to her not wanting to let go as I took in her sweet scent. God I loved holding her in my arms, I could imagine waking up holding her exactly like I was right now. She pulled back and looked at me a little serious; I could tell her eyes were glossing over with tears. I was afraid I did something wrong, “Saria, what’s wrong? Are you okay?” she slightly smiled with a single tear rolling down her cheek and I quickly wiped it away with my thumb, “It’s just I’ve waited so long to see you perform and when I had the chance all had to go wrong, everything had always gone wrong and it finally seems right for once. Nothing is stopping me this time and I can’t wait to experience what I’ve only dreamed of for the longest time.” I was a little embarrassed that she was so happy to see me do my thing, I mean I love that people enjoy it but I just don’t get what’s so special about me, I don’t think I do my fans justice when they are the best there is and they do it all for me, I don’t deserve their love and loyalty and I feel like I’ll never really be able to repay them for that.  I loved that she was excited to see me in concert, and a little nervous which is unbelievable. I never get nervous even when I have the biggest crowd consisting of even Princess Diana but I was nervous for Saria to watch me, I guess it’s because I’m in love with her. I smiled at her and hugged her back. We pulled away and just smiled at each other and carried on random conversation. I really was getting a little worried about the performance now that it hit me she’d be watching but I didn’t let it get to me. We talked and talked until a voice came over the intercom, “We will be landing in about 10 minutes, please return to your seats and buckle up.”  We buckled back up and finally landed, when we started going down Saria grabbed my arm and pushed herself back further into the seat like she was afraid of falling out. I giggled a little, “You going to be okay? we’re only landing.” She gave me an unamused look, “It’s not funny…….flying scares me just a little.” I rubbed her arm reassuringly, “We’ll don’t let it, I promise I won’t let anything bad happen.” She blushed a little and looked away. She looked out the window and turned back around to me, “This is Los Angeles? Those trees are huge!” she said pointing to the palm trees outside. I giggled, “Yup, and those trees are everywhere in Los Angeles.” We got up and exited the plane. I wasn’t sure if I should, but I reached down and grabbed her hand in mine as we walked down the stairs, she looked down at our hands then back up at me and smiled. My heart fluttered a little that I got to hold her close to me somehow and she didn’t mind, I wondered if she has feelings for me like I do for her and the thought of her not kind of pains me. I didn’t want to be hurt again, I can’t tell you how many relationships I’ve been in where I was used for my name or money, but I knew it wasn’t this way for me and Saria and losing her scared me more because it was so real. We were walking to the limo and an idea hit me; as soon as I finished up here in Los Angeles with my tour, since I didn’t have to go back to St. Louis for Saria because she’s with me, I’d take her to my new home. I decided I wanted to show her my new home and it’s breathtaking beauty just like her, I also wanted to have a special time for just us where I could finally ask her something I’ve been dying to for a long time now. I opened the door like a gentleman for Saria as she let go of my hand and climbed in, I slid in and sat next to her shutting the door and we headed off to our hotel.