Luke had already booked a flight o England so we drove straight from the hospital to the airport. We found seats right up close to our gate, well, we didn't "find" them, it was more like, we saw a girl with my face on her phone case and as soon as we waved at her she told her family to move so we could sit. We kissed her on the cheek and signed her phone, the happiness she expressed was heart warming, especially to Luke, who was crying. Even though Emily (the fan) has given us four seats, Cal decided to sit in Ashton's lap. Luke tapped on my shoulder and whispered, "Mikey come sit in my lap." I turned to him with a look of worry in my eyes. "Luke, are you sure you're strong enough?" He nodded and I carefully placed myself on his lap. His reaction was startling, he didn't wince, or yell "OW", he truly was strong enough, and that gave me hope.
They called our group to get on the plane and we were the first on board. It smelled of medical alcohol and hydrogen peroxide, which was nauseating. We sat in a row of chairs in the middle, because they had four seats next to each other. Cal and I sat on the ends and our boyfriends sat in the middle, seeing as they had camel bladders and never needed to pee... weirdos.
"Aaaaalrighty let's get ready to take flight," said the flight attendant through the loudspeaker, "Everyone buckle your seat belts and lift up your trays and we'll get you cutie patooties to London!" Her overly perky personality got a giggle out of Luke and Ashton, which made Calum sob, and when asked why he replied with, "because Ash hasn't given us a real laugh since before Luke's diagnosis." Ashton wiped the tears from Calum's eyes and laid on his lap, and Calum stroked his hair softly. Luke put his bony chin on my shoulder and pouted.
"What do you want Hemmings?" I said, trying not to smile.
"I want a kiss Mikey. A good one," he replied bluntly. I looked over at him and smirked, he was in begging mode and I wasn't going to give him what he wanted, at least until he bit his lip. I crashed my lips into his, immediately pushing my tongue into his mouth. He replied by putting his hand on my head and gripping my hair tightly. Luke nearly climbed out of his seat when he tried to put his other hand on my thigh but he was stopped by a screaming Ashton saying "TURN DOWN THE PDA WILL YA?" and our response was the same as any insane couple: "TURN DOWN FOR WHAT?" Calum rolled his eyes and then turned away from us. Ashton turned back to him and Luke grinned at me. "I'm sleepy," he whispered as he laid his head on my thinly covered shoulder. He was already out like a light so I decided to join him in dream land.
Luke and I woke up to Ms. Perky tapping us on our shoulders. "Wake up sleepy heads you're in London! Your other two friends are at the front of the plane waiting for you," I nodded in what I'm pretty sure was her direction and pulled luke out of the seat so that we could make our way to wherever Cal and Ash were.
