About half way through the flight I wake up from someone tapping me.
"Hi are you Amelia steel?" A bright faced flight attendant asked me.
"Yes mam" I say a little shaken from the unexpected conversation.
"Well there is a young man that's asking about you"
"Oh well who is he?" I ask confused
"He said his name was like and he needs to talk to you would you like for me to go get him?"
I sat there barely breathing my heart instantly dropped. What how when was all I could think. I snap myself out of my daze and look at the lady and shake my head yes.
She smiled and turned around and started walking toward the back. I went back to my original position facing the window. I slipped one ear bud in and turned my music down a little.
As my eyes start to shut I hear his voice. I smell his cologne. And I'm dying. Did I mention I have been having a huge crush on him every since I could remember.
I keep my eyes closed trying to hide my excitement. Then I hear a deep voice deeper than what I remember say my name. I look up and see the same luke I saw when I was younger. The same beautiful smile. The same big blue eyes. The same sandy blonde hair. The same imperfect skin. The same boy I fell in love with.
"Hi" I say nervously
"Wow look at you your perfect I mean ya know like your really um cute now I'm mean you always were but now I mean wow not that your not. You know what how about I shut up.." he says more nervously than I could have ever imagined.
"Ha thanks you too I guess." I say awkwardly shifting back and forth in my seat trying to get comfortable in my seat.
"Yea ha so how is your mum and brother?" He asks trying to change the subject. "Good they are going on some kind of vacation thing."
"Oh that's cool hey look um I just wanted to say hi I have to get off at Dallas but you can go to my house in California it's a short flight so it shouldn't be that bad I'll text you my address." I'm almost sad he won't come with me but he will have to go back to his house at some time plus I need time to get use to this place.
The pilots voice fills the airplane. He says the plane will be in Dallas in the next ten minutes.
I look at like who is putting his number in my phone. He's so innocent yet bad. Pure yet rotten. A walking contradiction. A contradiction I will solve. About three minutes after he put his number in and we had a small awkward conversation about his dog, the flight attendant tapped on Luke's shoulder and told him to go back to his seat.
He grabbed the arm rest and swung his long body into the isle. "Well it's nice talking to you lia I'll be back from Dallas in about three weeks so don't get too comfortable." he said with a smug look on his face followed by a shy giggle. I laugh and nod in agreement. As he walks back to his seat I can't help but watch his long legs stride with such ease. He was always tall I don't know why his height now amazes me.
Once the plane lands I grab my things and head to the exit. The air in America is different than Australia. It's thicker and heavier more smoke and desperation is in the air. I walk to the luggage pick up and there's no sight of Luke. I wonder if he does this a lot. Leaving and not coming back for a while. Is this normal for everyone here. How could anyone like this life it's complete trash. Wondering around air ports doesn't seem to fun to me. And the people here suck ass. They are loud and obnoxious. The men smell like they bathed in cheap cologne before coming here. And the woman smell like powder and the occasionally acid flower smell.
Once I see my stuff I reach for it but a cold hand stops me in my tracks as it travels up the side of my legs. I jump and turn around. "What the hell do you think your doing!" I say to the dark completed teenaged boy with more tattoos than Luke and he had a lot. "Hey I'm Calum and I'm just messing with you calm down." he says quietly. "Oh" was all I could say as my cheeks redden furiously. He starts to laugh at my sudden embarrassment.
"Hey it's ok I understand I would freak out if a handsome man tried grouping me." he said with a small smirk playing on his lips.
"But in all seriousness Luke told me to show you to his place and shit so let's go princess" he said in a harsh yet warm tone. I'm going to either despise him or love him.
