Exhale - Sabrina Carpenter

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Sabrina plops herself down on the seat on the plane and puts her earphone into her ears. They're not airpods as one might think Sabrina would use. She never liked the idea of not having earphones attached to her phone. She was bound to lose one of them, either the air pods or her phone.

A guy walks down the isle and sits himself on the seat right next to Sabrina. He looks at Sabrina and smirks.

"Hey." He says flirtatiously, winking at Sabrina and smirking.

One thing Sabrina hates is people trying to talk to her when she has earphones in. The earphones basically say 'please do not talk to me, I don't want to be disturbed.' It's like having a Do not disturb sign around your neck.

But Sabrina doesn't want to be a jerk.
"Hey." She says plainly, rolling her eyes slightly.

The guy smirks again and raises his eyebrows. "You traveling alone? Not with a boyfriend or anything?" He asks her.

"Yep." She says referring to her traveling alone.

He smirks again and leans into her. "How does a sexy, fuckable girl like you not have a boyfriend?" He whispers in her ear.

Sabrina slightly pushes him away into his own space. This is reminding her of the baseball game James took her to. How the guy was hitting on her and then James and Sabrina shut him down. She just wanted to forget about James for awhile and figure things out.

"Ooh, feisty is she." The guy smirks. He leans back into her. "Have you ever fucked on a plane? I know I haven't." He whispers in her ear.

"Please! Just leave me alone!" Sabrina says loudly.

"Excuse me, you're in our seats." An old guy with an old another guy around 39 says suddenly from the isle next to the the guy. There are three seats, Sabrina is sitting in her correct seat next to the window, and the guy is sitting in the next one and the third one is free.

The guy sighs and gets up after brushing his hand on Sabrinas upper thigh. Sabrina rolls her eyes, eternally grateful that the two people made him move.

•••

Sabrina walks into her hotel room, after a very long plane ride and a drive through the beautiful city of Paris. As soon as she stepped out into the warm Paris evening, she instantly fell in love.

She walks to her giant hotel suite window and looks out. From the window she can see the Eiffel tower in the distance, and the orangey golden color of the sky around the city. It was simply breathtaking to Sabrina.

Sabrina is starting to get hungry so she sets out to find a good food restaurant. She leaves her suite and starts walking down the street. She passes couples, pedestrians, bike riders, and dog walkers. Many of them are speaking French.

She keeps walking until she reaches her destination.

Meanwhile...

James is sitting in his room with Chris and his other friend Remi. They are playing basketball on the PS4.

"Where's Sabrina at these days?" Chris asks James.

"Who's Sabrina?" Remi asks.

"She's James' hot girlfriend." Chris laughs.

James felt sad when he heard her name. Hes scared a romantic French guy would take her from him. He thought he was a good boyfriend joe Sabrina, so why was she hesitant?

"Woah dude what's wrong?" Chris asks. "You look like you just saw a puppy die."

James shakes his head. "Nothing." He says bluntly. "Let's just go back to the game." He switches the game back on and Remi and Chris look at eachother but shrug it off.

•••

It's been a couple days and Sabrina is enjoying Paris so far.

She is getting ready to go to the Eiffel Tower to go to the top to look at the view.

Her phone suddenly buzzes from the nightstand next to her bed. She walks over and picks up the phone to read it.

James: Sabrina, you don't have to reply to this text but I just wanted to say you look beautiful today and I hope you are enjoying your time in Paris. Expect to get after from me everyday saying you look beautiful, but if you want me to stop just say. I love you.

Sabrina sighs. James is sweet, but she rolls her eyes at the desperate attempt to win her over.

She puts her phone in her pocket, ignoring the text. She heads out the door.

•••

Sabrina enters the Eiffel Tower. She walks over to the elevator because she's too lazy to walk the stairs. She had already paid for everything so she's free to go up. It was surprisingly empty today, not many people were there.

A guy walks into the elevator after her. He smiles at her politely and she does the same.

They finally get to the top and Sabrina walks to the front to look at the few. She sighs at how beautiful everything is. The Parisian breeze blowing through her hair.

"la vue est belle mais tu es plus belle."

Sabrina looks behind her and sees the guy she saw in the elevator standing there, smiling.

She blushes, not knowing what he said but still blushes. He is a very good looking guy.

The guy smiles and chuckles. "My name is Alexandre. What is yours?" He smiles, holding his hand out for her to shake.

She takes his hand. "I'm Sabrina. It's nice to meet you Alexandre." She smiles..

He stands next to her, looking at the view.

"It's very beautiful isn't it?" He says.

"It sure is." Sabrina says, sighing.

"Ah, an American." He grins. "I can tell by your accent."
Sabrina smiles and nods, noticing his beautiful French accent too.

"Yes, I live in Los Angeles, California." She says.

"Very nice. I've been a couple times. Very nice city. What brings you here?"

"I wanted to get away from my life for a bit." She says, glancing at him.

He nods. "I understand."

They stand in silence for a few minutes. Finally Sabrina breaks the silence.

"Recommend any good restaurants?" Sabrina says smiling.

He grins back. "I know a few. I could take you to one right now if you want?"

Sabrina nods and he takes her hand and they go.

•••

"Sold." The salesman says to James as they walk out of the apartment building.

"James nods, smiling. He had just bought his own place. It was a two story apartment with a view of some of LA.

James watches as the salesman leaves in his car, leaving James with the key to his apartment.

James decides to take a walk. There is a big woods right behind his apartment block. He starts walking there.

He enters the woods and walks further into it.

Suddenly he sees a house in the trees. A little one. He walks towards it.

A treehouse. He thinks. The tree was very big. There was pieces of wood going up the tree, creating a ladder. He climbs up the ladder and goes all the way up.

He reaches the top and steps inside the treehouse. It was very well put together and it seemed very sturdy. It looks a bit worn out, but looks like no one has been in it for years. There were cob webs in the corners and a spider crawling in on the floor. Suddenly, an idea pops into his head. He smiles at his idea and starts heading down the tree.