plot twist

forty-three.

➼ jade

here i was, finally in the big apple. it felt like ages on that plane, like my legs were going to fall off at any moment from being forced to stay in one position for so long. but here i was, seconds from walking off this plane and into the arms of my boyfriend.

calum. though he wasn't exactly the person i wished was picking me up and would place kisses all over my face, it was totally okay with me.

grabbing my bag and making my way towards the entry, i turned my phone back on just to be bombarded with notifications. but one text from el caught me eye, 'subject: getting picked up'

'hey j,
just want to let you know cal will be meeting you in the front of the airport. though normally we'd prefer you to slip through the back, sterling thought it'd be great pr to be seen together. call me when you're at the hotel, have fun.
xx'

oh god, how i wish sterling wouldn't have come up with this idea. just as i finished the thought, i click back into reality and all that could be heard were a million and one photographers yelling my name.

i quickly claim my bag, waltz towards paparazzi, body guards surrounding me. i could never stand the flashing lights, so of course i have my head hang low, but being the person i am, i walk directly into the person ahead of me.

"sorry miss lopez," jeffrey, my recently appointed body guard, apologized. "calum will be pulling up shortly."

just as he finishes his statement, none other than my great boyfriend, calum t hood, pulls up in a all blacked out suv.

"babe!" he shouts, jumping out the truck and running towards me. "oh i missed you!"

laughing and trying to peel myself from his grip, i grab his face in my hands and plant one of the best {yet fake} kisses i could conjure up. flashes surround us, engulfing us all at once.

after telling us to break it up and laughing for a whole ten seconds, jeffrey leads us back to the truck and places my things in the back. they jump into their suv and we head towards the hotel.

"you know who's beyond excited to see you?" calum asks, blushing from our previous encounter. i knew he loved kissing me, it wasn't my fault i had soft lips. i also knew it because he would gush to the boys about it, well before i had told luke my true feelings.

humming for him to continue, i take a sip of my starbucks drink they got me prior to picking us up. double chocolate chip frapachino, mm.

"luke."

but little did he know, i was dying of excitement, inside of course. it had felt like years since i last kissed the boy who in all honesty, had possibly stolen my heart.

"me too," i reply. smiling out the window, as thoughts roamed my mind. one in particular i kept going back to: once luke and i were reunited, there was no way they'd be able to pull us apart.

and boy was i ready for that.

~
setting the stage

shitty but okay i guess

;-)