The Opener

Part 9

Marie

Where am I?

Oh. Right. On a plane to Hawaii with my boss' son.

Speaking of him, where is he?

I look around lazily and to my surprise I see Nathan smiling.

Ugh.... Why does he smile so-be quiet, Marie! You don't find him handsome or anything, k? You're just here to help your family. No attraction what so ever...... I'm probably still asleep....

I yawn and look at my wrist to check the time.

Dang it, I forgot my watch.... Let's ask Nathan. *sigh* He's probably gonna wonder why I don't have a watch. Oh, well.

"Hey, um, Nathan, what time is it?" I finally said with one of my really really weird and alkward  yawns.

Stop yawning, you cow. You've had your sleep now it's time to act normal again.

"10 o'clock. Hey, Peter how many hours does it take to travel to Hawaii?" He replies.

10. Oi, about 5 more hours...

So, that's his name. I've seen this guy before.

There it is again. That smile-er- smirk. Whatever. It's still so, well, so...... Indescribable?

I just couldn't stop staring at him.

Maire. Stop. It.

But he wouldn't stop it. It was like after every minute his smile widened.

Maire, he's probably texting with his girlfriend. Stop it. You're such a barbeque stick.

I suddenly remembered his question and noticed that his butler or whatever he was to Nathan, didn't answer his question yet.

"10 hours and 12 minutes." I suddenly blurted out.

"What?", He snapped with his once so beautiful smile disappearing in a flash.

Nice one, Marie....

"It takes 10 hours and 12 minutes to travel to Hawaii.", I answered.

"Oh, um thanks."

His face somehow softer and so did his tone but when he checked his watch he groaned in a I-don't-wanna-stay-here-any-longer way.

Looks like I'm the only one not enjoying this. Wait. Where's my notebook?

I look around and search under my table and find it just in front of me the whole time.

I could've sworn that I was holding it the whole time.....