love me harder // kj apa

19. REAL LIFE

*Madi*

It was currently 1:30am, and I was already late. I was supposed to be at the airport 20 minutes ago, but I had slept through my alarm.

I was surprised I hadn't received any calls or texts from Austin yet. I knew he was expecting me. Maybe he got delayed or something.

It was around 2 when I got to the airport. I ended up getting lost somehow, but I made it in the end.

I waited for Austin for a good 45 minutes, and contemplated leaving like, twice, until he texted me telling me he finally landed.

I decided to call him, just because I was too tired to type.

"Yo." He answered. He also sounded tired, his voice deep and husky.

"Hey, where are you?" I asked, "you were supposed to land almost an hour ago?"

"Yeah I know, our flight got delayed a little. I totally forgot to tell you, sorry." He mumbled.

"It's fine, you know where I am right?" I asked him.

"Of course. I'll see you in a few." He told me, hanging up.

I waited another good bit, I was starting to get impatient cause I could've been in bed asleep by now.

I looked up from my phone to see if there was any sign of Austin and there he was, standing there like a lost child.

I chuckled to myself, butterflies starting to form in my stomach. I stood up, trying to fix the birds nest of a bun on my head, and raised my hand, trying to get his attention.

He turned slightly, and then finally found me waving my arm around like an absolute lunatic.

He grabbed the handle of his suitcase and started to make his way over to me. He had a tired sort of grin on his face, and he was hotter in person. Wow.

"Hey." He said, as he approached me.

I said absolutely nothing, but embraced him in a hug when he got close enough.

"Oh, well hello to you too." He chuckled, hugging me back.

I breathed in the smell of his gorgeous cologne, before letting go and apologising for the abrupt greeting.

"It's fine." He smiled that million watt smile that could knock me out.

"Where's your friends?" I asked him, realising he was standing on his own.

"One of them got sick and the other decided they couldn't come last minute, but I came anyway so it doesn't matter." He pulled me in for another hug, "you do have a cute ass by the way."

I thumped his chest, laughing. "How about we get out of this place?" I suggested, grabbing his arm.

He followed close behind me as I led him to my car. "You don't have a hotel room booked do you?"

"Uh yeah I do." He said, knitting his brows together.

"Well you won't be needing it." I said, the both of us lugging his bags into the trunk.