Falling For You ('Brothers' Spin-Off)

Chapter 16: Bahamas Day 1 - Anxiety Attacks and Sunburns

Chapter 16

"I really don't like planes." I whispered, drumming my fingers on the armrest.

"You've never even been on a plane before." Wesley laughed, raising his eyebrows.

"Yea and I'm really not liking this." I shook my head, looking around.

Wesley started to look away too but I quickly nudged his knee to get his attention.

"Tell me a story or something." I said, my anxiety somehow disappearing a bit when I realized I needed to keep Wesley focused on me and not the fact that Marley was asleep on Logan's shoulder across the aisle from us.

"Well... I mean we only have like 45 minutes until we land. And then we have a week of beautiful sunshine and your beautiful body in a bikini." Wesley grinned, bumping his shoulder against mine.

I nodded, my hands shaking as I pushed my hair off of my forehead.

"I'll be fine." I whispered, but the pit of dread in my stomach was growing.

There was on turning back now. We were almost there.

I was surprised I'd made it this far without completely freaking out.

But as we got off the plane and went through customs, the anxiety was only getting worse.

When Jane parked the two little girls on a bench by the baggage claim, I felt myself start to lose it.

"Come here." Wesley said softly, putting his arm around my shoulders as he led me away from the group. "Just breathe."

I closed my eyes, trying to focus on counting my breaths.

"Hey, hey, you're fine." Wesley said softly, putting his hands on my shoulders as he stood in front of me. "In four... Out four..."

I rested my hands on top of his, my stomach churning even though there was nothing in there for me to throw up.

All that I could think about was how much I wanted to go home and how much I wanted my mom.

Lame, I know. A sixteen year old girl crying in an airport because she was homesick less than twelve hours after leaving home.

Wesley pulled me into a hug, pressing his lips against the side of my head.

"I promise you're okay." He whispered, gently rocking me back and forth. "Think of the ocean and the beautiful beach that we're going to be on really shortly."

I wrapped my arms around him, my heart pounding in my chest as I tried to breathe normally. But with every breath in, my eyes just filled with more tears.

"Okay, okay I've got an idea." Wesley said softly, stepping back from me.

My breath caught in my throat as I wiped my cheeks, feeling like I was going to pass out.

The room felt like it was ten times its size and I felt like I was going to be sick.

Wesley jogged over to where we'd all put our backpacks and searched through them until he found mine.

Immediately going to the side pocket, he pulled out the water bottle and little bottle of pills.

He jogged back over to me, pressing a sloppy kiss to my forehead.

"You want one of these right now?" Wesley asked quietly.

I managed to nod, my stomach twisting.

Wesley's hands were shaking as he untwisted the top of the bottle and shook one of the round yellow pills into his hand.

"H-half." I managed, barely able to stand up straight as the room kept swimming.