Going Up!

Chapter Seventeen

Fuck. Fuck. Fuck. "Oops" I slapped my hand over my mouth before I buried my face between my palms. I wanted to die of sheer embarrassment.

"I mean with fingers like mine I can't really blame you." He laughed beside me I felt his hand brush across my fingers and I could smell myself on his fingertips as they grazed my face.

He pulled my hands from my face and laced his fingers through mine before pulling our intwined hands to his mouth and placing a kiss across my knuckles.

He reached for his whiskey and downed the rest of the glass in one smooth motion. "You think that two people can know each other without ever meeting before?" His tone was more serious than just moments before.

I pondered his words before responding, "I don't know, sometimes I feel like I've known you forever though so maybe." I laid my head against the window staring out at the tiny world below. "I'm sorry. I didn't mean to throw those words out there Ben."

He squeezed my hand tightly, "Hey, you don't have to apologize. It's ok, your words, hell your feelings don't scare me."

I turned to him my eyes meeting his intense gaze. "I don't know that I'm actually in love with you Ben. I know I feel strongly for you though. More strongly than I could have thought possible after five fucking days of knowing you that's for damn sure." I said as I  squeezed his hand in return.

"If it makes you feel any better I'm still trying to figure out what I'm feeling for you too, it's intense." He quirked his mouth up in a half smile. "I know if you left me right now though, I would be wrecked and scares me more than I would care to admit out loud yet here I am." It was his turn to close his eyes and stare at the ceiling of the plane. "I think you're pretty fucking amazing Rey."

A comfortable silence fell between us. He reached forward and hit the button that moved his chair into a recline. "Oh mine too." I said when I noticed what he was doing. He showed me how to work the controls on my chair and we were both in recliners chatting comfortably while entertaining ourselves with our phones within a few minutes.

"Hey, Rey," he said when we were about four hours into our flight putting his phone down tired of the puzzle he had been playing on his phone.

"What's up?" I asked as I set the ebook I was reading down.

"Wanna play a game?" He asked, his face looking almost childlike.

"Sure." I laughed at his excitement. "What game?"

"Well I don't know? I was hoping you would know one." He laughed.

"Ha! Hmmmm. The only game I know is Truth or Dare. I don't think you can really play that here." As I said it I regretted it.

"Truth or Dare is perfect." His eyes darken. "You wanna go first?"

"Ben we are not playing Truth or Dare on a plane." I snorted.

"Sure we are, Truth or Dare Rey?" He turned his body towards me pulling his feet under his body like a little kid.

"God," I rolled my eyes at him. "Truth."

"Did you know when we fucked in the elevator that you were gonna fall in love with me?" His expression was playful as he asked the question.

Rolling my eyes, "Definitely not, the only thing going through my mind in the elevator was please god don't let him have a small dick." I snorted as I answered.

"Wow, how rude. Didn't even care about me as a person, just wanted me for my body. I'm so offended." He scoffed a smile spreading over his face.

"Truth or Dare Ben?" I laughed at him.