|A L W A Y S & F O R E V E R| B O O K 1

50||C h e c k i n g O u t t h e V e n u e

Date: 6/21/16
Day of the Week: Tuesday
Location: Los Angeles, California
Place: LAX Airport

Russell
Tomorrow, Ci and I have to meet with our wedding planner in Cheshire, England to see the wedding venue. So we're flying out there this morning. Since we're going to be staying there until after the wedding, we spent the past couple of days packing clothes and everything else we needed for the stay. Everyone else was going to meet up at the airport Friday morning to fly out. Zahir was staying with his dad until Friday morning. He agreed to keep him for the week and drop him off at the airport with Ci's parents. That way he could fly out for the wedding as well. Ci wanted La to be in charge of bringing her wedding gown. She said she didn't want me to try to take a peek at it while she wasn't looking. Right now, we're at the airport loading everything onto the jet. Once we get all our luggage put away, we take our seats and wait for the pilot to take off. Our flight attendant asked us if we needed anything. We already ate breakfast back at Ci's place. So we just asked her for water for now.

She went to the back and came back with two bottles of water shortly after. She sat them down on the table-like area in front of us. We thanked her, and she disappeared into the back. I already knew we were going to be on this flight for a long time. So I brought a couple of pillows along. After a while, these headrests start to get uncomfortable. After the jet took off, we sat in a comfortable silence. I looked over to Ciara to see her looking out the window. I grabbed her hand and interlocked our fingers, causing her to focus her attention on me. She smiled as I brought her hand up to my lips to kiss the back of it gently before her gaze went back out the window. I looked at my phone to see it was 6:45 AM. We're probably about to get some more sleep since we had to wake up so early.

After twenty minutes or so, I looked to my left to see Ci dozed off asleep with her head against the window. I got one of the pillows and carefully placed it between her head and the window so she wouldn't wake up with a cramp in her neck. She didn't even budge. I guess she was too tired to notice the gesture. It didn't take me too long to fall asleep after her. We went to bed after eleven o'clock last night, trying to make sure we had everything packed. So, of course, we didn't get as much sleep as we needed to. This flight was going to be at least eleven hours. So we had plenty of time to rest.
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I stirred in my sleep before waking up. My eyes opened slowly, and I rubbed them to get a better view of my surroundings. I looked next to me to see that Ci was still asleep. I groaned and rubbed the back and sides of my neck. I had forgotten to use my pillow. Now, my neck was sore. When I checked the time on my phone, it was 11:15 AM. It's been about five hours since I fell asleep. We have another six hours on this flight. So we'll reach the airport around 1:45 AM. We're going to have jet lag from the different time zones for sure. While Ci was sleeping, I decided to relax in the comfortable silence of the plane since there was nothing else I could do. I took this time to think about what we could do with our free time in England. Saying that doesn't even seem real. I never thought I'd go to England, let alone get married there. Another hour passed by before Ci woke up. She let out a soft groan as she stretched.

"What time is it?" She asked while yawning. I took my phone out of my pocket to see.

"12:35. How was your sleep? Was it peaceful?" She chuckled while turning to face me.

"It was okay. Would be better if I had a bed to lay in." I nodded my head in agreement.

"I agree with that. As soon as we land, we're heading to the hotel. Then we can get some sleep."