Open Hands~ Bryles

Chapter 31- paper planes

Myles' POV
"Briar! We're gonna be late!" I call up her stairwell before glancing at my watch. As much as I love this girl, she could potentially be the death of me.
"JUST A SECOND!"
I let out a sigh at my girlfriend's reply; a second would no doubt become an hour.

"Thank You for being patient Myles. Briar is so thankful to have such a great friend like you." Tamara emerges from the kitchen and hands me a cup of tea, her daughter and I hadn't told our parents about our secret relationship yet. But no doubt Tam would catch on to the constant visits, calls and the way we look at eachother. It was blatantly obvious.

I create small talk with my girlfriend's mom until the girl in question calls out: "Mylo! I need your help!"
I politely pass Tamara my mug before sprinting up the stairs- missing every other step to save time.
"Briar, love, we need to go! We have to be at the airport in 45 minutes. We'll be late!" I exclaim as I reach her doorway.
The only thing I can see, however, is Briar bent over- fiddling with her suitcase; she was wearing booty shorts and a crop top. I took this as a perfect opportunity to flirt.
I creep up behind her and place my hands on Bri's butt whilst resting my chin on her shoulder:
"B. As much as I'd love to this all day- we NEED to go."

"Do what?"
"This." I say as I squeeze her bum- my girl jumps away and giggles.
She announces her readiness and asks me to carry her suitcase downstairs.
"Because remember, you're my macho man." Briar whispers in my ear, feeling my bicep. I kiss her lips and clasp my hand around her pale pink suitcase and extend my other to help my princess downstairs- we let go just before we make it into sight of Briar's mom.

"Ready and packed my love?" Tamara directs this question at Briar who nods her head.
"Got swimwear? Costumes? Toothpaste? Have you even packed tamp-"
"-YES!" Briar cuts her off. Starting to feel embarrassed at my presence. I suggest that I take her luggage to the car and wait for her there; just as I head for the door- Tam thanks me once more for being the chauffeur for the Nolet's, Jessy and Devon. To which I reply : "No problem."

Briar's POV
"Let me know when you arrive safely honey. Alan- Dad, and I obviously would love to come but we're both so busy with work as you know. We'll watch the live stream though.
And anyway. You need more independence- obviously Myles will look after you."
I feel my face grow hot.
"What do you mean? Myles is my best friend, he always looks after me."

I watch as my mother smiles knowingly.
"I know you're together. The way you are together- exactly how your dad and I used to be. And plus, Abbey wasn't the only one who saw you two cuddling in bed when Myles stayed over: I found you two the next morning.
My only concern B, is that you're safe. I don't want to lecture you on sex because I know you're sensible, but if you want to make it as a dancer I hope you don't do anything reckless.
Moving on, we'll talk about this more when you're both back- I hope you have fun Angel,  Godbless. Call me every night."
Mom places a kiss on top of my head, we then embrace before I leave the house for the airport.

"B! What took you so long! It was your hopeless clothes obsession wasn't it?" Jessy exclaims as I get in the car, I go to protest but give in.
"Yep!"
Abbey, who was already in the car, giggled at this and complained to Jessy about how 'limiting' it is when I spend hours getting ready. Jessy agrees with her which means everyone in the back seat had ganged up against me.
"Myles. I'm not that much of a burden am I?" I aim at my boyfriend, expecting him to agree with me; but instead he says :" Well.. It does mean you delay us. But I love you anyway."
"Devon?" I ask hopefully. Dev, however stayed out of it and silently slides his headphones over his ears.
I sigh and give in, peering out the window until we arrive at the airport.

Knowing we were short of time, we all sprint and drag our suitcases behind us; by the time we reached the team at Gate 7, we were already half an hour late.
"I'm so sorry we're late Allain." I apologise sincerely. He forgives us and ushers us onto the down the tunnel to the plane.
We take our seats; Tanner to the left of me, Abbey to the right. The plane ride wasn't too long; approximately one hour I suppose? It wasn't too far away I guess, Toronto and South Carolina didn't have the biggest gap distance wise. So soon enough we had landed in the USA and were standing around waiting to collect our bags.
As parents usually couldn't attend TDA, chaperones were installed as well as CDC staff. Tanner's mum, Jenn's Dad and dancer's older siblings had signed up to escort us to TDA so I was very thankful to be attending.

Allain clears his throat.
"Dancers, your attention please. Accommodation wise, juniors and under will be in the same section of the hotel; and everyone else will be in the villa lobby. Obviously the younger ones need more supervision- so I expect the older ones to be responsible and not do anything reckless."
I feel a few of our friends turn their attention towards Myles and I. Even though they knew nothing had happened between us sexually, they seemed convinced something would. Obviously the boys and girls wouldn't be sharing a room, but that wouldn't stop Myles from sneaking out to come and see me.

A/N: big thanks again for the love. Keep this book in your libraries just in case I end up doing anything with it in the future.
Peace out for the mo ✌🏼xxx