running towards tomorrow

touch down!

The helicopter landed spot on down six days away from our destination as persuaded to by me. I wanted time, time to think what to say, what to ask, and to get over my nerves! The thought of him scared me and to him I was aqua and to me he was not dad but…..”you sure you don’t want us to drop you in la?” the pilot queried as he took Charlie, my bike, from his helicopter and placed him down next to me on the grass field next to the high way. We simultaneously shook our heads, the man smirked to himself “alright but your father wanted you to know that you shall be using the emergency card to pay for proper hotels not cheap weird ones. He is worried about the sorts that could be on the run and staying in them!” I saw Leo’s jaw fall open “he has NEVER let me near that card never mind use it!” the pilot waggled his eyebrows in my direction and instantly I felt heat creep on to my cheeks “oh!” Leo mumbled, the pilot re boarded his helicopter and so I started to put my bag and Leos in the bottom of my bike before throwing Leo his guitar and board “so nicer hotels here we come!” I slapped his arms “no funny business will happen though!”

 

“GUESS WHAT DAY IT IS?” I screamed into my ear piece as I rode behind Leo on Charlie “I don’t are just sit properly with your hands round my waist!” I sighed and lent my head back further feeling a rush of freedom consume me, I was sitting with my hands on the back of my seat and obviously head back but Leo was such a mood killer “ergh fine! But its DAY 4 on the road because I didn’t count the days in hospital it would be DAY 7 but that can’t count for like duh reasons……” I called to Leo but he just mumbled rude words at himself and me “make sure my guitar is still there and ok and not off your back blue!” he grumbled after a while of silence, I shrugged the straps on my shoulders more and wound my arms round his waist squeezing to show how sarcastic my comment was going to be “that OK? Boyfriend!” he grumbled again to my disappointment. Who knew he could be such moody pants when he’s concentrating! But dang he is fine and all mighty mine, hmmmm slow motion lip  licking in progress! The trees and cars were a constant blur as we drove fast-but safely- through place after place after place, “can we go for lunch yet?” I moaned for the tenth billion time, you could hear his head weighing up his options before he answered “yeah it’s just gone half three so it’s ok now to eat lunch.”  A small growl came from my throat “half three!” Leo did a small shrugging movement “eat late, get in later, eat dinner late, get up earlier, eat later, so on and so forth!” oh clever, “oh you have a plan! Cute! Now get to a coffee house or something!” we sped down three more meters of the highway till he saw a sigh post and turned off to what looked like an upside down glass bowel. We parked up front and took off our gear ‘ camera type cream ‘ Leo looked at me and all I could read from it was ‘wtf’, I took his hand and dragged him inside the weird place. The place was genius, it was split into four sections, with no separating walls, and with complete different themes. There was sushi, ice cream, TV sales reps and tapas. So different but so unbelievably amazing “sushi then ice cream?” I asked, Leo nodded enthusiastically  “yeah I prefer tapas when I’m in Spain.” Agreed I guess “oh and you can’t eat sales reps!” I added in, he cleared his throat muahahahahaha “erm yeah you can!” I stood on my toes and pecked his lips “okay let’s just eat…”

 

We sat at one of the stool tables next to the food conveyer belt. When Leo left with our orders I pulled off his guitar and placed it on the table, I opened up the case and took it out. Once it was in my hands and my fingers strummed the strings I knew old habits die hard and come back as fast as lightening. Playing was my addiction while I was younger and at one point I was the girl that carried around the guitar, It was a sense of relief, a sense of calm, collected, understanding. It was a world of her own. Like many things in my life I gave up but this one for no reason but because. You know when you just don’t know and the answer is because….. it was one of those times, there was probably a reason but all I’ve ever said was because….. I saw Leo’s head lift up to look around the deserted place in search for the guitar player, lastly his eyes rested on me, in the moment all I could feel was the strings under my fingers and all I could sense was the body of that guitar so when Leo approached me and sat down all I could do was jump “foods up!” I quickly shoved the guitar from me and zipped it back in his bag “yum!” Leo turned to face me “you play?” I nodded and thankfully he dropped it. Eating in complete silence was new for me and a new good at that because while Leo was sat opposite eating his hand sat on my thigh causing the little girl in me to jump rope and sing. Another advantage was I could see every emotion flying through that brain of his no matter what poker face he tried to pull, “you  nearly finished?” I swallowed and opened my mouth wide “all gone!” he picked up his guitar as he helped me from the skyscraper high stools. I entwined my fingers in his and we skipped, pranced and danced all the way to the opposite corner of the upside down bowel looking place into the ice cream parlour. We stood at the counter looking at a man around mid thirties in a bow tie and button down shirt with an apron on and a small little ice cream vender’s hat. It was so cliché it was cute! My eyes whizzed across the flavours at an unnatural speed “what can I get you?” I tapped my chin “erm I want a glass filled with smurf, lemon pop and blackcurrant…..oh and a scoop of original frozen yogurt to seal the deal please!” the man looked flabbergasted and Leo chuckled “I just want toffee and pecan in a glass please!” he handed over some bills and we walked off to a booth.

 

The familiar feel of brain freeze unloaded its self on my brain and I squirmed in my seat next to Leo “too much ice cream?” he teased but instead of being all yeah,  I took my tub and scoffed the last spoon full and prepared for pain but it never came….weird! swallowing my mouthful I licked his cheek “Spiderman kiss! Do you want to drive for the next four hours before we get a hotel at nine or shall I?” he puffed out his chest and pounded it with his fist “I shall get my girlfriend to a hotel! I am the man I the relationship!”  I giggled and slapped my hand over my mouth quickly, I’m not meant to be one of those girls! “what’s the matter?” the sound of Leo’s panicked voice made my smile internally, “nothing….” His panicked look vanished and he pecked my cheek “good!”

 

LEO’S POINT OF VIEW!

 

How can I let her drive, she’ll hurt herself again and I can’t let that happen to her….again! right? Yeah Lei grow some man balls! Omg I sound like a whinny girl…..I sound like summer! Oh dear lord she probably thinks I’m constipated by these expressions and in an ice cream parlour! “erm no just that we may need to find a counsellor!” I felt the heat rush to my cheeks and my jaw grow slack “you hear all that? So I said that out loud?” she nodded and ginned a full blown look at my dazzling teeth smile “hell yeah!”