Permanent Vacation ~ MGC

Part 17 - Y/N's POV

I woke up from a daydream, as an announcement rang through the plane.
"Please fasten your seatbelts as we prepare to land in Dubai to refuel. Passengers must expect up to a three hour wait before re-boarding the flight"
I groaned, as did the rest of the passengers, and fastened my seatbelt to prepare for the plane to land. I knew we'd have to stop at some point to refuel, but because I'd slept, it hadn't seemed an hour had passed since we'd first boarded.
Out of the corner of my eye, I saw Michael click on his seatbelt, and almost immediately afterwards, he slid his hand onto my thigh. I blushed, but laced my fingers with his casually.
"Have you ever been to Dubai?" He asked me, and I turned my head as he did. Before touring with Ashton and his band, I'd never been outside of Australia. Our family had always gone to other areas of the country, like Perth when I was 9.
"No," I said, smiling, "I like home better than anywhere else in the world." Michael pondered on my words for a few moments, before glancing back to the other boys. Behind us, Luke was now awake, and was texting someone on his phone (his girlfriend back home I presumed); Ashton was air drumming to a song on his phone, and Calum was observing the view out of the window as we desended. He and Luke had switched seats.
After around 20 minutes, the plane touched down, and everyone was lined down the aisle to get off the plane for a meagre 1-3 hours. Michael was infront of me, fingers still laced with my own, and was eagerly looking over people's heads to try and see the exit door.
When we finally got to the airport, my brother and the boys exchanged a few 'hellos' with fans, some of which gave me undescribably awful looks. Others, however, hugged me, asking me how I was. They acted more like friends than my brother's fans.
Finally, we all decided to sit in a small café in the airport, to grab a small drink and a sandwhich. We were sitting around a table - which was really too small for us, but we managed to squeeze around anyway - eating, when Michael decided to announce something all of a sudden.
When he began to speak, he seemed upset: "So uhm, my Mum went on a vacation after we left Australia," he sighed, "but she text and said she won't be back for another 5 days. Her flight was rearranged because of bad weather."
He looked down at his knees and clutched the soda can in his hand so hard I thought it might crumple. At the studio, Michael was so upset that he couldn't see his Mum so soon, and when we got a new flight he was so excited. But now, he had to wait longer to see his family.
I held his hand under the table, and smiled at him for reassurance that he'd see his Mum soon (if only we'd get back on our flight, eventually). All of the boys nodded, except Ashton, who again was listening to music, and looking around the airport, whilst airdrumming. Ever since he'd found out about Michael and I, he hadn't spoken to anyone, or if he had, not pleasantly.
"Y/N," Luke began, "Since Michael can't get into his house, couldn't he stay with you?"
Michael's head pricked up at Luke's idea, and the corners of his mouth curled with small amounts of happiness. I smiled too, at the thought of being able to spend more nights with Michael by my side, even if it was only for 4 ir 5 days.
"I suppose so." I said.

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After only an hour of waiting, we re-boarded our flight, and were making our way to our seats. Michael still seemed slightly down, but better than before, and Ashton was still ignoring everyone.
When we were almost at our seats, Michael turned around, so he was still holding my hands, but was walking backwards. He smiled at me, and I laughed at the way he was walking, before he faced forward again. He stopped suddenly infront of our seats, where the spare one now seemed to be occupied.
Michael hastily pulled me into a hug, which I returned, however confused. Then I looked towards the spare seat, and pulled away in surprise.
"Hello Michael, Y/N." Said the person in the seat, who so happened to be Dan; the management guy Ashton had gotten suspended.