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Note: The tite of the chapter is a song by Howie Day, "Collide". Check it out if you haven't, and listen to it when you're reading this. Pleaseeee review. Thanks so much. xx.
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COLLIDE
No one ever said taking the first flight out of the state at 3 a.m. was an easy task, what more when you're taking the first flight out of your family's claws. Vanessa Geller made up her mind to go do her internship across the country, away from her family, a place she used to call home, away from it all. She spent the past two months deciding and contemplating, then she reached a breaking point which triggered her decision when she encountered her first public humiliation at the back of her courtyard. Immediately she packed up her bags and booked an air ticket to Seattle, leaving everything behind. Besides, it's not like she won't have anypne there, her gay best friend would be there- Aaron, who'd be doing his internship there as well.
Then she left, without saying goodbye to anyone at home, sneaking past the main door. She got into the cab which sped its way through to the JFK Airport, as instant as a lightning flash. She knew that when she boarded the plane, there was no looking back, and being the Vanessa Geller that she is, she wasn't sorry for it.
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He would stay longer if he had a choice, but unfortunately, his job calls. Heck, he's even lucky that he could take 2 days off from work, after all, he was the famous top young-shot surgeon on the West Coast who graduated from Stanford earlier than anyone in his year and he at the age of 29 he was the youngest serving attending ever. Luke was at the top of his game, and he knew it; nothing could hold him back, not even the girls he dated; except, his parents- the powercouple of Seattle Grace Hospital. His father, Derek Shepherd, is the Chief of Staff while his mother, Meredith Grey, is one of the topshot surgeons of the hospital. His grandmother, was the famous Ellis Grey, in fact, his whole family consists of surgeons, including his half-aunt and his godparents. It became a natural thing for him to go to Medical School and carry on the family tradition.
Luke considered himself lucky at this stage of life where everything is bestowed upon him within a finger snap. He wouldn't trade it for anything at all, not even the next hottest girl he'd come across. He left his date back at the Four Seasons, and boarded the plane, to go home.
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"Yours?", he picked up an earring from the floor at his seat and asked the woman next to him, who was obviously distraught by the plane's take off. He never got a good look at her, but when she turned to him, he was caught up with how she looked,he froze.
"Huh?", she ran her hand through her left ear, and took it from his hand. "Thanks". She turned back to the window, looking out as the plane's taking off.
Luke settled in his seat, but he couldn't help notice her hand holding on tight to the handle and her eyes shut while hearing her mumbling at the same time. "Okay Nessa, this is not crazy, this is for real, no turning back now". She then took a deep breath.
Luke was curious. She doesn't look like those girls who's on a plane for the first time, but he couldn't refrain himself from asking. "First time flying?"
She answered straightforwardly. "No, but first time running away, yes"
He didn't quite get her answer. "Relax, it's just a plane ride across the country"
She laughed off his comment and said as-a-matter-of-factly, "You see, for you it's just a plane ride across the country, but for me, it's a plane ride of rollercoaster emotions across the country". She sighed. "God I don't even know what I'm getting myself into". Tears were welling up in her eyes.
He was captivated, by her confidence and her confusion, everything. Luke held out his hand, "Luke"
She looked at him and blinked for a moment, before forming a smile on her lips and he could see her dimples. "Vanessa Geller" She shook his hands. He noticed that the was no ring on both her hands. No ring, not married, not engaged, he thought to himself.
"You know, in Greek, 'Vanessa' means butterfly", he said proudly.
Vanessa laughed. "I know what my name means!" She wiped her tears off.
He held up both hands, "Just trying to ease the tension here". He asked, "So,what are you doing, flying across the country?"
"I need to get away from home for awhile. And this decision, it's impulsive"
"Impulsive, impulsive, or..",
She answered before he could continue. "Impulsive, capslocked IMPULSIVE"
"It can't be that bad. Yknow my dad always say, whatever comes, comes", he said.
"Yea, well I can't say the same for this one", she disagreed, before continuing. "What about you?"
"I'm going home", he replied, just then, a stewardess was pushing by the cart. He called for her, "Could I have two glasses of champagne please?"
"Here you go", she handed him two glasses of champagne.
"Champagne? at 3 in the morning?" Vanessa asked, when he passed her one of them.
"It's to ease up. So drink up", he clinked her glass and gulped down.
They drank, refilled, drank and refilled, not just once, nor twice, but numerous of times, until she called for a halt. She laughed, "Okay now, we should stop unless you want to be carried down the plane"
"We should huh?", he stared into her dark eyes and got lost in the darkness in them. Then he lunges forward and crashed his lips onto hers.
Vanessa was in awe, she sat there when his lips are on hers, slowly inching his tongue into her mouth. She wanted to push him away but somehow, she got lost somewhere in those steamy kisses of his. And she couldn't even think straight, because she was attracted to him, honestly. He slowly moved his hand up her thighs as she ran her hand across his hair.
Then they parted, both gasping for air.
Luke confessed, "I've been wanting to do that the moment you took the earring from me"
She smiled, then she stood up. "I'll be in the lavatory", she bent down to whisper, before giving him a quick peck on his lips.
Luke knew where they were heading to, so he waited, and five minutes later, he got up and headed to the lavatory where she was at. He knocked on the door, looking around for anyone who was noticing, and half the plane was asleep. She opened the door and he immediately pushed her in. He carried her and placed her on the sink, while she fumbled with his buttons and belt. "Christ, Vanessa", he said in a tone while gasping for air and passionately kissing her lips, down to her collarbone, one of the main features of her body he noticed. Her legs have fallen open and he was standing in between them and her hands were on his naked chest. He straightened up and wrapped his arms around her waist, pulling her closer, before crashing inside her and they're moving against one another, while he was leaving kisses behind on her shoulders and neck.
Vanessa held on tight to him as he moved deeper and when she was at the brink, she cried out how good it felt and so did he. They both gasped for air as they looked at one another, he held her tight to him, both realising that they just had sex on the plane. And it's not just plain dull sex, it was fantastic sex with a stranger they both barely knew. They made out for awhile before going again for round 2, and it seemed to get better and better. Luke knew where to touch her, and which touch on her body triggers her more, while her hands on her body turned him on even more.
By the time they were done, they got dressed and he couldn't help but kiss her, sending giggles through her tummy. "That was fantastic", he said. She opened the lavatory door, and found a line of people waiting to use the lavatory, as she hurried back to her seat with eyes staring at her, with Luke close behind her. Then again, as surreal as it may sound, it was by far the most enjoyable sexual experience she's ever had. The plane was landing soon, they spend their fnal moments together teasing one another at their seats.
"Bye, Luke", she tiptoed and placed a kiss on his cheek, when they landed. Luke stood there, as he watched her walked away with a lurch in his tummy. Then he went the other way, to the cab, with nothing but a memory of her eyes, her kisses, and one side of her earring which she dropped again after their lavatory incident. Luke smirked, as he walked, to move on with his life.
"I somehow find, you and I, collide"
