Outcast

Chapter 49: Bipolar Sam.

Sam’s POV.

"My seat is number is 16A what's yours, honey?"  I asked Alec. He grinned at me.

"Honey! I like it... baby. It's… 16C." his smile fell and so did mine. I wanted to sit next to him, so that we could cuddle up. Things were going perfectly between us now. Since my outburst about the whole Gaius thing I felt as if an elephant sized load was taken off my chest. Talking with Alec about it helped me a lot as it felt as if I could share the pain with somebody who cared about me. I didn't know where I would be of it weren't for Alec.

"Don't worry. We'll ask the 16B to switch seats with us." Alec said at the same time Daren started approaching us. "Looks like we’re neighbours! I'm the 16B."

Alec's automatic glare when he was around Daren suddenly became murderous. "Oh, you have got to be kidding me!" I said exasperatedly.

"I'm happy to be your flight buddy too, Sam." Daren said sarcastically as he settled onto the seat.

"Great. Just great." Alec sighed heavily as he sat gloomily in his seat next to the smug Daren.

"Daren, would you mind switching with me, or if you want the window seat I'm sure Alec wouldn't mind switching."

"Oh, don't you feel uncomfortable because of me as much as I like the view from the window, for this particular flight the view from the middle seat is much better." he said giving me a good look over which obviously didn't go unnoticed by Alec. "Sam, it will get chilly during the flight. You'd better zip your jacket to the top." I closed my zip to the top, to at least give him some peace of mind.

"Having a hard time, Sam?" Nessie asked with a smirk. "Oh, shut up." I said in irritation, which made the three couples in the seats next to us chuckle.

That was it. If he wouldn't willingly give up his seat I would have to pull out the big guns.

"Please, please, please, Daren switch seats!" I begged fruitlessly.  Yeah, begging was my big guns, pretty lame, I know. On other occasions I would have used my female charms. You know, giggling, twisting my hair between my fingers and smiling as if I was dumb. Even though it repulsed me to do so- I only flirted seriously with Alec and Alec only- it was a quick way to make guys do what I tell them to without things getting ugly. Men were such fools when it came to women. But of course, now that Alec was here I couldn't do that anymore.

"Really, Sam? Really? Look who wants to break the rules now."'

"Ugh! You never ever gave half a rat's ass for the rules. Now you want to stick to them!?" I whispered furiously. The others continued laughing and Alec continued giving Daren the daggers. Finally I had to sit down as the air hostess was giving me the evil eye.

For the first fifteen minutes Alec and I looked straight ahead. Daren, who had very similar tastes in music except that he liked screamo much more then I did, was listening to an old song I used to love back when I was human. It brought an automatic smile to my lips. It was a rock sock by one of my favourite bands. My mood improved a lot as I started humming to the song and tapping my foot at the beat, I could hear it as clear as if I was wearing the headphones myself. As I nodded my head to the beat I turned around and saw Alec staring at me with a small grin on his face. His smile grew wilder as he realised I noticed him. I winked at him and put my hand up in an “I love you” sign. I unbuckled myself and he did the same. When our lips met not only did I feel better then before, I felt as if I was floating in mid-air. I heard Daren mumble something under his breath but I was too busy to try to find coherence in what he said. I felt someone push me from the shoulder. I looked at the culprit in annoyance.