Banded Reunion

Part 13

Dash woke up with a startled jump at the sound of the buzzing alarm clock on his nightstand. "Damn." He cursed lightly under his breath as he scrambled to get out of bed. For some reason he had booked a semi-early flight. Sure 11 am wasn't that early to most, but security took a good chunk of time and if there was traffic even simply getting to the airport would be a pain.

"Why didn't anybody wake me?" He yelled out as he stepped into his half-kitchen even though it was no use. There was nobody but him. Sure he had been living alone for years now, but it was still lonely. He was at least used to Mae being around the apartment and seeing her face every morning for the past two years before they-

No.

He wouldn't go there. He wouldn't allow himself to think about her. Because once he started it would take a while for him to stop thinking about her.

He washed down some eggs with a glass of milk, a nice and easy breakfast before heading to the airport.

His took out his phone and sent a quick next to Leo before hoping in the shower.

Heading out to the airport soon. Will be in LA before you know it. Call me later brother, we'll catch up before everyone gets a chance to hog up all my attention.

He had heard from everyone it seemed regarding the reunion. Texts from Leo, emails from Emma and Charlie, phone calls from Jordi. The only person he hadn't heard from was Kara. Which he didn't really find as shocking as most would. Word from Charlie was she didn't contact many people, including the majority of the Red Banders, staying close only to her family, a few colleague from work and Hunter's sister Ashley.

Little man had told him that Kara still visited the cemetery weekly, that part of her still yearned for Hunter Cole. As romantic as that sounded to Dash it just sounded sad. It had been eight years. He figured Kara would attempt to move on in the slightest bit. And by that he didn't mean countless of meaningless flings with strangers she cared nothing about.

Then again, who was he to judge? He was anxious everytime someone dared to bring up Mae's name in conversation. He flirted at every chance he got but never took the leap into turning casual flirting into a nice conversation with a potential girlfriend. He was just as stuck in the past as Kara was.

And that needed to change. And fast.