Unexpected Encounter

Arrival

Words in BOLD in between "quotation marks" represent thoughts of characters.
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Alex woke up to someone gently shaking her. She tried to swat the hand away but it poked her and tickled her. Alex immediately sat up with the intent to yell at the person, but her lips were caught by another's. When she was more awake, Alex realized it was James kissing her.

"Hey, baby... Good *yawn* morning."

"Good morning, gorgeous, it's 5:30. Better take a shower and get ready haha, I'm making breakfast."

"Okay, *yawn* I'll be out in a minute."

Alex got up, took her shower, after which, she put on an off-shoulder shirt, knee length shorts and sandals. She walked out of the bathroom to see James checking their luggage to see if they had forgotten anything.

"Are we ready to go?"

"Yeah, I think we're ready. I'll get the tickets at the airport, I'm gonna call us a cab now."

Alex went to the kitchen, grabbed a quick breakfast and then went out the door. While James took care of the luggage, Alex went up to him, and gave him a deep kiss before heading out.

"The cab'll be here in seven minutes."

They got outside and waited for the cab, which came exactly seven minutes from when James said that it would.

"Huh, it's not Dom eh?"

"He's busy."

"Hmm.. he's been busy lately now that he has Cris, but okay."

They got to the airport 30 minutes later, James went to the machine while Alex texted Tyler.

"I'm gonna go ahead and get the tickets alright?"

"Alright, I'll text my friend and tell him we're at the airport."

Alex waited for James to walk away to get things sorted before reaching for her phone and texting her friend.

"Hey! Tyler, we're at the airport. We'll arrive there at around 3:00 am."

"Cool! Can't wait to see you, baby, I got you something."

"Aww, you didn't have to. But that's really sweet.. thanks Tyler."

"Anything for you, I love you, Lex.."

"Ahaha, thank you, sweetie."

" :) "

Alex felt crushed. She wanted to say "I love you" back, but she couldn't. Tyler was probably wondering why Alex didn't say it. She'd be in a lot of trouble if she doesn't tell at least one of them, but still she couldn't do it. Hands go around Alex's waist, scaring her, causing her to nearly dropped her phone.

"Woah, Lex, you okay? You've been acting a little strange since last night, is the PTSD still a thing for you?"

"Uh... ahaha, yeah! I guess, *chuckle* haven't really been away from London."

"Wait, so you've never visited the Philippines? Haha."

"No, not really. My parents didn't like it there, and... They sort of... Abandoned me? But not really, they were just too busy taking care of my sister, their 'favorite' daughter."

"Oh... Sorry I brought it up."

"It's fine really."

Alex turned around and gave James a kiss. She didn't care about the people looking, she wanted to show appreciation and gratitude. It was still 7:38 and they were still hungry, so Alex suggested that they ate again. James quickly agreed to that saying that his stomach was growling.