Emerald Eyes

39 - Night Sky

A few weeks later, Anna and I spent almost the whole Friday evening after our classes packing our suitcases. Martijn had a show in Las Vegas on the weekend and Julian was opening for him, so the both of them invited Anna and myself to come along for the show. In the taxi on the way to the airport, I asked Anna: "So, what about you and Julian? When are you finally getting together? You'd be such a sweet couple." "Ahhh to be honest, I don't really know. I feel like Julian isn't too keen on a relationship at the moment, but... I'd love to make it official one day.", she answers. "Maybe you two can make a move on this trip.", I suggested. "Maybe...", she answered with a dreamy smile. We then carried our suitcases out of the dorm room to the little back street, where a taxi was already waiting for us. The driver took us straight to the Private Aviation terminal of Schiphol airport, where he helped us unload our suitcases. Anna and I made our way straight to the terminal, where Martijn, Julian and their teams were already waiting for us. As soon as he spotted us, Martijn immediately came towards me and wrapped his arms around me. "Hey, baby.", he said and gave me a kiss, "How are you? How were your classes? Ready for Vegas?" "Woah, so many questions.", I laughed, "I'm good, Tijn, thank you for asking. Can't wait to spend the next few days with you." Julian gave Anna a long hug, which made his team giggle in the background. "Don't worry about them, babe. They are just jealous.", Julian smirked and helped Anna with her suitcase. He smiled at me and said: "Hi Line, it's good to see you!" After that, I said hi to all of Team Garrix and Martijn then introduced me to Julian's manager and his tour manager, who were also travelling with us. We handed our luggage over to the check-in agent, before we were led into a lounge where we could wait for the departure of our flight. As boarding was announced, Martijn grabbed my hand, excited as a little child, and made sure we were the first ones to board the private plane, so I could choose where I would like to sit. I chose a comfortable seat next to the window and Martijn sat down right next to me. The best thing was that there were no seats facing us, so I would have Martijn all to myself for the whole duration of the long distance flight. Anna and Julian sat down somewhere to our left and were giggling together non-stop. I let my head rest on Martijn's shoulder while we were waiting for the rest of the team to take their seats and for the two flight attendants to go over the safety instructions. Then the jet slowly made its way towards the Northern runway of Amsterdam Schiphol airport. After a few more minutes, the pilots gave full power to the engines of the plane and we took off into the night-sky of Amsterdam, direction Las Vegas. All excited, I pointed out different places to Martijn out of my window, before we were all surrounded by the clouds. Martijn smiled: "I love how exciting all of this still is for you. I got so used to it after a while, but with you I can appreciate all these little things again. That is so special to me." "Thanks for showing me your world like this.", I replied and cuddled up into Martijn's arms. He gave me a little kiss on the forehead and said: "There's nobody I'd rather share it with, baby. I'm so glad you're here with me." I yawned a little, tired from a long day of classes. "Are you tired, baby?", Martijn asked caringly, "You can sleep a little if you want to. Just cuddle up and I'll be here with you. You'll need the energy for Vegas tomorrow." I nodded my head: "I might really try and sleep for a bit. Maybe you should sleep a bit as well." Martijn smiled and said: "Not yet. I'm still working on something I wanna premier in the show in Vegas." "Oh, what is it?", I asked curiously. "You'll see early enough.", Martijn promised. "Alrightyyy...", I said, too tired to be up for further discussion. After Martijn got out his laptop, I rested my head against the wall of the plane, trying to fall asleep. In my head, I was trying to zone out from all the noises of the plane and all the busy conversations around me and soon enough, I was falling asleep. I woke up a few hours later to the sound of Louis and Martijn joking around with Anna and Julian. Martijn smiled when he realized that I was awake and said: "Hey baby! Did you sleep well?" "Yes I did! Thanks for asking. How long is it until we arrive?", I wanted to know. Martijn checked his watch and answered: "Shouldn't be too long. It's about three hours left." "Amazing!", I answered with a smile. I spent the rest of the flight on Martijn's lap winning against Julian and Anna in several card games. Soon enough, we were approaching Las Vegas McCarren International Airport and I was back into my window seat, admiring the city from above. There was so so much to see out there as were getting closer and continuously descending. As we touched the ground, Martijn smiled: "Welcome to Vegas, baby. It's the craziest city for dance music that you will ever be in. Hope you're ready." And before I could say anything, he pulled me into a kiss.