Annie spoke with her parents, packed her bags and went to the airport meeting the team. She had insisted on go met them a few days later, but Lennon was very persuasive. She spotted them, and all together went to the trip that could change the ICC team.
Annie was annoying about who could be sitting next to her. Eva followed her and sat next to her, and unfortunately, the other seat would be taking by Tommy.
"Tommy what are you waiting for?" Sebastian wanted to pass to his seat.
"Afraid of getting punch again?" Hickman joked.
"Bloody he-ll. I was just checking the number. Leave me alone mate." He was furious. When he was going to sit, he made a point of step on Annies' foot. She was going to talk about but then, she thought he didn't worth the trouble.
Eva was a reserved and quiet person, but was nice talk to. Annie found out it soon. Tommy didn't open his mouth, unless to answer something Eva asked him.
Annie was thirst, so she asked for water, that was when she opened her wallet.
"Oh who is that gorgeous?" Eva asked with a big smile.
Annie looked at the photography, it was taken in New York on the day Ben proposed her on marriage.
" He was my fiancé." A sad smile appeared on her face.
"Oh my! I'm sorry, I shouldn't have asked! A break up is always difficult and I'm still stupid to ask about it." Eva apologized.
"That's fine Eva, but we didn't break up…"
"But you said, he was… Oh my God Annie…"
"Yes, Eva he died… This name was Ben."
"Annie, I don't know what to say, I'm sorry for touch the subject. But when I look at the photo you two looked so happy and close." Eva felt so bad for her, the person on the photo looked a little bit more young, but if she didn't know that was the same person, she could never had guess, the smile, the eyes, she looked so happy and cheerful. They looked such a beautiful couple.
"Don't worry, we were, it was a long time ago."
"You look so different. When was this take?" Eva said taking the picture in her hand.
"I was. In New York, just a few months before he died. Ben was the best person in the world and the best part of me."
Annie was so lost in thoughts. That she missed Tommy looking at the photo and then to her. He would see the pain in her eyes, the anger, the fury of losing him, she must had really loved him, for shut down from the world and stop feeling. Because it was the first time he had seen emotions on her face, in her eyes he had seen, but never in her face. So Hickman was right, something really bad had happened in her past, it would have been this, but he had a feeling something more must had happen because the pain she was showing wasn't all of missing someone, was also an angry one. She turned her head and their eyes met. That was when she saw, in his eyes, that she had showed emotions, and put her mask back.
"Where are you looking at?" She snapped.
Tommy was expecting that kind of attitude; she didn't want the others to see how she felt. He would see the mask in her face, nothing was saying that she feel anything, she looked like a machine.
"I am sure I'm not looking at you, mummy's treasure!" Now he saw it, a flash of a murderous look in her eyes.
"You want to pick your teeth on the floor, don't you?" Annie was already starting to stand up. Eva laughed, finally someone who could face the Irish! Having her on The Hague would be fun!
"Me? No! You are!"
"What the he-ll?" Annie looked at him and the bas-tard was smiling and suddenly she understood why, the plane curved to the right and she fell. Tommy laughed, Eva tried to help her. "Are you ok?"
"I'm fine. Thanks." Annie sat down, really pis-sed!
" Are you sure you didn't lose any tooth?" Tommy mocked without taking his eyes from the computer.
"I'm going to kill you, your Irish bas-tard!" And with that she threw herself on Tommy ready to hit him, but the plane curved again and made her landed on Tommy's lap.
Even without wanted, Tommy automatically put his hands on her waist to prevent her from falling. And she without know, put her hands on his chest. It was a huge curve. They were very close, almost touching chest with chest. He unconsciously tight his hands on her waist. Their eyes locked and both felt it, an electrical shock through their bodies, and the place where their hands were, heated up. They felt it, a warm sensation, like their bodies fit perfectly together. Annie could feel his chest moving much faster, and Tommy could feel her hands tremble a little. They could deny it, but both were affected by the proximal contact they were having. The air was starting to be difficult to breathe, she could feel his muscular chest, he could smell her perfume, without thought Tommy push her more close to him and felt the desire to taste that sharp mouth of hers. Annie was wondering how could it feel to touch on scratch she had made on the corner of this mouth, she was tempted to find out. Then, she saw the way he was looking at her mouth and swallowed; a look of desire and ferocity all over him. Again they looked at each other and knew they were going to be each other trouble.
The plane finally got straight and they both come back to their senses. Tommy let go of her like she burned and Annie stood up real fast and got back to her seat. Eva didn't say nothing, but she enjoyed the show, she knew something was different between them, and she could guess a lot of fights were about to come in the next days, because they wouldn't admitted this attraction she had just saw. Oh boy difficult times were coming, two stubborn persons in the same room, fight or kiss, and she was guessing the soap opera was going to beginning with the fight!
Tommy returned to this computer and Annie pretended to go sleep. Eva just decided to read a magazine and try not to laugh about their discomfort. The rest of the flight was made in silence, with those two running on thoughts at their heads.
