"So Blake you're going to meet most of my family and some of Caitlin's family today so if you wanna have a safe word so we can escape choose one now"
"Umm the code is me saying I like your shoes"
"Easy code but what if you're dying to say my shoes are nice and I think it's the code"
"Shut up it's the code" he smiles with a giggle
It's been an hour and we've all been sitting in the cold metal chairs waiting for our flight to be called out
"Lili honey! Look how big you are now!" My nana says with a huge smile "I swear every time I see you, you become even more beautiful"
"Awh thank you nana" I give her a hug "but we all know I really get my looks from you"
"We haven't met I'm Susie, Lilis Grandmother" my nan gives Blake a hug, as you can tell my nan really likes giving people hugs
"I'm Blake it's really nice to meet you" he replies as they release from the hug
"So is this your boyfriend?" My nan says causing my face and Blake's to turn bright red
"Blake's my best friend slash roommate" I pat his chest
"Oh silly me! Well it's really lovely to meet you Blake, I'll see you around lil" my nan replies as one of the younger cousins clings onto her arm and pulls her towards the other children
We've greeted most of my family and by the time we've spoken to all of them I'm knackered. Even though we have been in the airport since 4 this morning, and our flight was supposed to be at 5am but it got delayed for another hour
"I cant be assed" I mumble tiredly. I didn't sleep last night because I was to anxious about flying, I'm literally scared of nothing except flying.
"What's up?" He asks as I rest my head on his shoulder, we both have one of his air pods in each of our ear and were listening to the vaccines
"Just sleepy" I reply and he wraps his arm around my shoulders and pulls me closer into him
"Well I'm going to get coffee care to join?" He stands up holding his hand out which I take and we walk to the nearest place which sells coffee.
After anxiously drinking 3 cups of coffee and complaining about I'm tired we finally make our way onto the plane
My knuckles turn white from clutching onto my phone so hard, my heart feels as if it's about to beat out of my chest and my breathing quickens.
Luckily I get the window seat with Blake next to me and some stranger on the end. Unable to stop my leg from fidgeting on the flight I feel someone rest their hand on my thigh and as I look up I let out a sigh of relief as I zone back into reality and realise it's Blake, I chuckle as he smiles softly.
"Anxious flyer?"
"I guess you could say that" I lightly chuckle trying to hide my embarrassment
"You'll be fine, love" he kindly replies, I give him a sweet smile and try to push down the anxiety curling in my stomach
"This is going to sound weird but can you trace patterns on my arm or something to distract me" I shyly ask, my mother always used to do it when I was anxious. It works sometimes but if I'm being honest it feels really nice and calming
He places his hand on my forearm as he delicately runs his fingers up and down my arm sending chills throughout my body
"Wanna play a game?"
"What game?"
"Basically you have to look at strangers and guess everything about them, so like the woman in front of us. She looks like she would be called Elaine and she's 23 years of age. She dropped out of uni to pursue her career in making clothes online which is failing miserably so she resorted to selling fake weed at the train station to 13 years olds" the whispers into my ear so the woman can't hear. I burst out laughing and quickly cover to mouth due to all the passengers looking in our direction
"Okay so that guy there...his name is Austin, he studies fashion but really just wants to be an e-boy, he blown all his student loan on ket during freshers week and all his designer clothes are fake because he bought them at the shops abroad where you can get a gucci bag for £10 but he still flexes them on Instagram to his 340 followers" I reply looking at the blonde boy on the seats behind us, he furrows his eyebrows and continues to go back onto his phone with his earphones jammed into his ears so I doubt he heard anything I said
This game goes on for another hour, the plane set off about half an hour ago but I'm already bored, Blake's coat is thrown over us being used as a blanket and my earphones are currently playing the 1975 into our ears since we thought it would be fun to listen together
My head rests against his shoulder, he leans his head against mine as the sweet sound of the song 'medicine' plays through the earphones.
sleepy me wrote half of this at 5 am
