Permanent Vacation

Chapter 3

I boarded my plane and sat in seat E19, a window seat! We were due to take off in 20 mins and the flight attendant was giving the safety briefing that no one really listens to. I thought I was going to be sat alone until I saw him walking towards me, the guy from the book shop! He told me his name during our short, coffee fuelled conversation and said that his dad started referring to him as Chase instead of "the baby" before he was born and so it stuck. He put his hand luggage in the over head compartment and we met eyes instantly. He did a double take before saying, "Hailey! Oh my god what are the odds?!" We both laughed, maybe a little too much but it filled at least half of the awkward silence that came afterwards. "So what are you listening to?" He asked and budged up a seat to sit next to me. I took out the earphone closest to him and popped it in his left ear. There's something about the intimacy of sharing headphones that I love, especially with Chase.
We listened to my music and chatted until we both fell asleep, my head resting on his shoulder. It was accidental but he didn't mind, after all he had just told me that he was single!
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After we had landed and got our luggage back we headed outside towards the car park.
"So where are you off to now then Chase? Visiting family? Friends?"
"Actually no, I need to find a hotel to stay in until I can get some accommodation sorted. I came here to get away from everything. You?" He asked,
"Well I kinda just broke up with my prick of an ex after I found him cheating on me so I guess we are on the same situation."
"Oh well do you wanna find a hotel that we could maybe stay at? In separate rooms of course!" We laughed and I agreed.
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We stopped outside a hotel that looked really nice and went to the front desk to ask for two rooms. There was only one! I panicked! Oh my god what if there's only one bed?! I can't sleep in the same bed as I guy I had just met! I mean I thought he was cute but I just couldn't!
"But don't worry, there are two beds!" Phew! My panic was over. We took our luggage up to our room and I went into the bathroom to get changed for bed. When I went back into the room Chase was stood next his bed in just his boxers. I stood there awkwardly waiting for him to realise I was in the in room. I mean I could of just said something but I was low key enjoying the view.
"Oh sorry!" He blushed, "I was meant to be in bed before you came in so you didn't see me in my boxers." We laughed awkwardly again. "It's Fine don't worry about it." I winked at him, Oh my god I winked at him! I didn't mean to wink at him! I don't really regret it though, I mean he did look super hot! He winked back and I got into bed and turned on my phone, trying to act cool but my heart was beating so fast. I guess I really did like him!