I've Come So Far to Meet You Here - A7X/M Shadows

The Flight

Nora could hardly bear to look at her mother. She was riding in the passenger seat while her mom drove her to the airport. Nora knew her mother was going to start crying at any moment.

Right on cue, her mom exclaimed "Oh Nora, we are gonna miss you so much! You know I'm gonna be worryin' about you."

"I know mama, I promise everything will be fine. I do jiu jitsu remember? If anyone messes with me I'll kick their ass" Nora said with a laugh.

"I know you can handle yourself baby I just want you to be careful" her mom said with a half smile.

A little while later they finally arrived at the airport. They were parked in the drop off lane while Nora fished out her bags. When she finally got everything out she went to hug her mother and the tears started falling from both of them. When the TIA employee started yelling at them Nora knew she had to go. With a heavy heart she promised to call her mom as soon as she landed and then she lugged her bags into the airport. 

She checked her big bags, went through security and headed to the food court. She found a Starbucks and ordered a iced green tea latte to drink while she went through her social media feeds. All her friends had been wishing her luck on her journey. It was nice to know people cared. She came across a post from Scott and decided to block him from all her feeds. She had no more room for that kind of bullshit in her life.

After a little while she headed over to her gate so she could get in line quickly when they started boarding. She was staring out the window daydreaming when her phone went off. She saw she had a new text message from a California number.

"Hi Nora it's Derrick. Just making sure all is well with your travels. Don't hesitate to call if you need anything. We will have a car waiting for you outside the airport to bring you to Matt's house. Looking forward to seeing you!"

She didn't have time to respond, the flight attendants had announced it was time to start boarding. She threw on her backpack and got in line.

Luckily she had a window seat, she always loved watching the landscape below. The plane ascended with no issues and when Nora grew tired of looking out the window she cracked open a book and read for a while. It was a long flight so she let herself drift off to sleep.

Nora woke with a start a couple hours later. She was sweaty, her face was flushed and her heart was pounding. What had she been dreaming about? She looked out the window and gathered her thoughts. There was a guy, a very sexy guy, with a ton of tattoos...but what were they doing?

"Oh my god, really?" Nora thought, blushing. She remembered her dream. She had a sex dream, like a horny teenage boy. But who was the guy in her dream? His features were fuzzy and she couldn't make out his tattoos.

Her thoughts were interrupted by the pilot announcing they were descending over the intercom. This was it, they were in California airspace. Nora Black would be at LAX, going to meet the guys of Avenged Sevenfold to discuss writing songs in just a short time. The excitement bubbled up again as she forgot about the odd dream she'd just had.