She tried her best not to stare at him but she couldn’t help it, she kept staring till he looked at her.
“I’m…. sorry” she said slowly.
“Stare elsewhere, I don’t like when girls stare at me again” he said and she folded her fists on her laps.
‘Can I really stare away?’ she thought.
November sat on 66 and met someone there already, face covered with a jacket.
She got a small note and scribbled down some words.
“Never knew I’ll ever be able to go beyond New York, but I’m doing it right now…. I hope for good vibes in Miami……
NG. Blanco
She signed on it afterwards and smiled.
“Are you so interested in writing that note than noticing me?” Newton’s voice said beside her and she gasped as she looked up.
The jacket is away from his face right now.
“Silver…wait… you’re 67?” Her eyes widened.
“I arranged our seat, I wanted to sit beside you throughout the journey” he replied and she smiled.
“I brought a Polaroid along, we have a lotta pictures to click, and I contacted a strawberry farm over there already too so you’ll have all you want” he said and she smiled again.
“What?”
“Just that….you look so cute” she replied and they smiled again.
Ricardo and Esmeralda won’t stop looking at them.
Eve gave November an evil glare from her seat.
Esmeralda saw it again.
“Why does she seem fake?” Esmeralda thought silently.
Ixora got to her seat and when she made to sit, Wendy appeared.
“If this is a joke then it’s f_cking dry” Ixora said.
“I should be saying that, how could you sit beside me?” Wendy replied.
“Change of seats please!” They both shouted at a time.
“Young misses, all the seats has been occupied, no seats to change” an hostess said.
“You think it makes sense that I’m gonna be sitting with this shithole throughout the flight?” Wendy said.
“It’s totally senseless that I’ll be sitting with this wasted bed efforts throughout the journey too” Ixora replied.
? Whoa!!!
“Wast… wasted what?” Wendy said.
“Wasted bed efforts, I’m sure the governor and the first lady spent a whole night working in bed to make you, but it’s pathetic they made nonsense, they could have just used that time to drink water” Ixora replied and Wendy pulled her hair.
“Let go!” Ixora shouted.
“Repeat what you just said!, Call me wasted bed efforts again!” Wendy yelled.
Ixora pushed her away and she fell on the seat.
“Stop!!” Ricardo shouted.
“You both…stop or else I’ll have to exclude you guys from this trip” he further said.
Ixora rolled eyes at Wendy before sitting beside her.
They kept glaring at each other.
“We still have ten minutes before take off, why don’t we sing?” A student in glasses suggested.
“Little do you know, Alex Sierra” Binta said.
?No!!! Majority shouted.
“I wanna grow old with you!, Westlife!” Another one suggested.
“Are we in the 1960s or something?” Eve smirked.
“Tatiana’s love doesn’t go my way!” Another one said.
?Nah!, Nah! Some rejected.
“Justin Bieber’s somebody to love!”
?No!!!!
“The Fray’s you found me” November suggested.
? Nah!!!!
“You’re the only one who’s obsessed with The Fray songs” Newton said and she curved her lips cutely.
“Avicii’s the night” Monique suggested.
? Yes!, Yes!
? Yes!!!
Majority wanted that so they went for it.
“Who’s starting?” Ixora said.
“Once upon a younger year, when all our shadows disappear, the animals inside came out to play” Dahlia sang loudly and everyone continued.
“Went face to face with all our fears, learned our lessons through the tears made memories we know would never fade….
Kennedy stood and started dancing crazily and soon, everyone stood and joined in the dance and singing.
Esmeralda watched Kennedy for a while before turning to Newton.
She looked at the message on her phone and sighed.
Ricardo still has his eyes on them too.
“I don’t like avicii’s songs” November squinted.
“I think I love The Fray songs too” Newton suddenly said and she faced him quickly.
“You were never a fan of it”
He brought out his phone and showed her his music player.
100 percent of the songs there is The Fray’s, everything.
“What are you doing?” She faced him.
“I want to start doing what you like, everything you like, I want to get used to it” he replied with a slow smile.
“Silver…
“I downloaded everything last night, and they’re not bad, a grew addicted overnight” he smiled again.
November batted a lid.
“You don’t have a favorite artist?” She asked.
“I was never a fan of songs till now, but I love The Fray now” he replied and she blinked.
The students has stopped singing by now and everyone returned to their seats.
Take off was announced and everyone started strapping their belts.
“Wait” Newton said and helped November with hers .
“I can do it, people are watching” she replied.
He looked around but no one is watching.
“No one’s watching” he said and returned to her.
He strapped it and did his belt too.
“How much more do I have to wait before we make it public?” He asked.
November started staring at him.
Esmeralda got another message.
*DO IT OR YOU’LL FACE THE CONSEQUENCES*
She started sweating immediately and her heart started pounding so much that she had to hold her chest.
“Are you ok?” Kennedy asked, touching her arm.
“Yes” she replied, shaking his hand away.
Ricardo got his phone and went to his new diary.
*I HOPE I WON’T REGRET FALLING IN LOVE WITH YOU…. NOVEMBER GRACIE BLANCO*
He wrote that and returned his phone to his pocket.
Dahlia saw it and started staring at him again.
‘Will you even ever see me?’ she asked herself.
“How long do I have to wait?” Newton asked again.
“I… don’t know” November replied awkwardly.
“I don’t think I can be able to lay low or hold back displaying my emotions publicly for long, especially in Miami, I badly want PDA” he whispered as the plane took off.
November almost bit her lip but she stopped herself and he held her hand, interlocking it with his own.
“Don’t keep me waiting” he said.
She nodded with a smile.
*
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Miami….here they come
TBC