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"I'm sorry we had to leave in such a rush" Josh said as we made our way to our seats in the airplane. One minute I was in a Italian hotel about to eat Italian food, and next thing I know I'm actually heading to Italy.
After Mr. Hollis came and told us about the break-in, he made Josh and I go home with him in the police car. The minute we got there, Mr. Hollis told us all to pack because we would be leaving that night. My things were already at the Hollis's house being prepared to be unpacked, but Josh picked my things up and took them downstairs to his parent's car. Mrs. Hollis was on her way home with eight tickets for the next first-class flight to Italy. It was really supposed to be four- Mr. Hollis, Mrs. Hollis, Josh and I- but Detective Hauer said that it was too much of a risk leaving the rest of them behind. To occupy my time and speed up the process of leaving, I had to help Josh pack his clothes. Which was really more of a benefit for me than it was for him.
"Its okay" I said, scanning the first-class section for 512 and 513-our seats-, "I'm just glad that I could get a chance of finally having a drama free year"
Josh turned around to me with a semiserious face.
"Reed" he said companionable, "as much as you want to believe that, we both know that it isn't going to happen. Not until these people are caught"
He turned back around and placed his messenger bag on the seat that was next to him, our seat. I walked over to him and placed my things on the seat that was closest to the window, and then sat down. Josh sat down next to me and placed his messenger bag on the floor. I looked out the window and down at all the man who were either directing traffic with the orange cones, or throwing suitcases into the plane. They were so luck, they never had never had more than 4 near-death-experiences. The probably have never had even one, the closest any of them have ever came were probably standing to close to the propellers on the plane as it started. Like I said, lucky.
"Reed" Josh said, placing his hand on my hand that was on my lap.
"Yea?" I asked, still looking out of the window, wondering when this nightmare would be over. Josh didn't say anything, but seconds later I felt a warm finger slide down my check and outline my check bone; the trail Josh's finger had left behind was a hot and it was burning. I turned around to face Josh. He cupped both his hands over my checks and looked deep into my eyes.
"I'm sorry it had to end up this way" he said, with his green eyes burning a hole in my heart, "but I want you to know that I'm never going to leave your side ever again."
When he said 'again' I knew he was referring to all the other times he left me. Like in my sophomore year when we were at Cheyenne's party, or in my junior year when we were at the legacy, and just a few weeks ago, when he broke up with me. All of those memories were erased in his mind, and now, they're all erased in my mind.
"I love you" he whispered to me.
I smiled. "I love you too"
I was about to lean towards Josh so that he could give me a peck on the lips until I was interrupted by a ding! going of from the speakers above us.
"Hello" the stewardess said over the speakers, she was in a little compartment in the front of the plane, "I am Amy. I would just like to go over a few procedures with all of you"
The lady and her assistant, Sarah, went over all the basics we should know. Like what to do if you feel you need an airbag, or how to buckled your seatbelt, and even how to contact them. After everything was said an done, both woman went back to their designated areas and buckled up as the plane prepared for take-off.
I looked at Josh as the plane started to go down the runway so that I wouldn't have to see everything that I was about to leave behind. I studied his every feature. The way his jaw was shaped perfectly and the little strands of hair that were barley noticeable that began to take place on his chin. The way his perfect golden curls came over his ear and sat down on it. And even the way his Adam's apple moved every time he took a breath, or would move his tongue. Finally, Josh noticed that I was looking at him and turned to face me with a smile on his face.
"You okay?" he asked.
I nodded with a smile. My eyes slipped for his face to his hands, and that was when I realized what he was doing. The mini desk that was in front of him was pulled down and he had a sketchpad on it with those mini plastic jars of paint beside it. A little yellow paintbrush was placed in his hand as it looked like he was getting ready to paint.
"Bored?" he asked with a smirk.
I shrugged.
He gestured the paintbrush towards me, but I shook my head in refusal. Just then the lady came on the speaker phone again.
"We ask you that you turn of all cell phones, before take of. Please turn of all cell phones before takeoff."
I'd seen Josh already shut his cell phone down before we entered the plane, but mine was still on. I reached into my pocket and turned on my cell phone to check my messages. I had 10. Most were from Noelle telling me that she and Dash would come to visit Josh and I, but there was one that was from Dash.
I clicked it open.
Reed,
Hey, I hear that your going to be in Italy for a while, and I hear that Josh dropped out of school to be with you. If I would have known that that was all it took to win your heart, I would have dropped out a long time ago. But I know that you wouldn't have allowed it. Anyway, I just really wanted to apologize for the way I acted that night at your party. I shouldn't have done what I did and I'm sorry. But do you seriously only like me as a friend? Or did you just say that just so that I would have let you go? I have to know. And I heard about what happened, and I'm sorry that I wasn't there to protect you. I want you to know that I'd never forgive myself for letting you get hurt like that in a place that we were in just a few minutes ago. And I wont feel at peace until I see your smiling face again, and until I hold you in my arms and know for a fact that your okay.
I love you Reed, and I know that somewhere inside of you, you feel the exact same way about me. We just have to find it : ). I hope you feel better, and I just wanted you to know that Noelle and I are coming down next week to see you two. We already got it settled with the administration and everything. (Josh isn't the only one who would leave school for you)
So, I guess I'll see you next week.
I love you, and I know you feel the same way.
-Love, Dash.
The message was sent as a email, and it made me smile a little. Not about the fact that knowing that Dash still loved me, but about the fact of knowing that in one week Noelle would be right here with me, out of harms way.
I quickly turned my phone off and placed it back inside my pocket. Then I reclined my chair and pulled out a silk blue blanket that was underneath the chair, over my body.
"Wake me up when we get there" I said smiling up at Josh.
"Trust me" Josh said smiling several times, "you'd have woken up several times before we're even half way there"
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Josh was right. I woke up several times and each time I did he was smiling down on me and would say, "We're not there yet".
When we finally did reach the Fiumicino Rome International Airport in Rome, Italy, I was halfway asleep and halfway awake.
"Reed" Josh said nudging my shoulder.
"Hmm?" I mumbled, not bothering to open my eyes to look at him.
"We're there" Josh whispered in my ear, and when he did I opened my eyes and looked out the window. It was completely dark outside, but there were little dots of light all over the place.
The light of the airplane came on and there were groans everywhere.
I turned to face Josh. He was placing all of his art materials and other things inside his messenger bag and zipped it up. He turned to me and smiled.
"My parents are going to meet us outside" he said, then kissed my forehead, "lets go"
It took 45 minutes for Josh and I to get pass customs and finally leave the airport.
"I'm so tired" I said lifting my suitcases with every last bit of strength I had.
"You can sleep during the car ride, its about 2 hours long" Josh said walking close in front of me.
We walked for a few more minutes until we reached the pick-up area where Josh said that we could wait for a few minutes until he found his family.
Mr. And Mrs. Hollis were not far behind us with Tess and Tori behind them.
"Did Hunter come yet?" Mr. Hollis asked as he pulled up with his family behind him.
"Not yet" Josh said, "but where is Lynn and Gia?"
"Right behind you" Lynn called as he walked up with Gia by his side, "where's Hunter?"
"Not here yet" Mrs. Hollis answered her son.
Just then a black Ford Expedition pulled up in the space in front of us.
"Finally" Josh muttered under his breath and entwined my hands in his.
The driver's side to the car opened, and out stepped a guy. He walked to the other side of the car and smiled at us. His hair was light brown with dirty blonde highlights and was spiked a little, but not enough to for it to be too noticeable. He was wearing a white Abercrombie and Fitch polo shirt that had sleeves that were folded up to his elbow, a pair of dark blue denim pants, and Nike sneakers. A pair of designer sunglasses were covering his eyes, but his nicely shaped thin eyebrows were perfectly arched over his glasses.
"Hunter" Mr. Hollis said smiling and walking towards him to give him a 'man hug'.
"Hey, Uncle" Hunter said.
Mr. Hollis introduced Hunter to the rest of the family, except for Josh and I.
"Hunter" Josh said with a smirk.
"Joshua" Hunter said with the same smirk that Josh used. Josh pulled Hunter in for a hug and then backed up. That was when I felt Hunter's glasses covered eyes land on me. His thin lips formed into a little smile, and he slowly removed his glasses from his face revealing big baby blue eyes.
"And who might this be?" he asked stepping closer and not taking his eyes off of me. He folded his glasses and placed it inside his pants pocket.
"This is Reed" Josh said, "my girlfriend"
Josh put the emphasis on 'girlfriend', but hunter seemed completely unfazed by it. His smile turned into a grin.
"Well, hello Reed" Hunter said smiling, and stuck his hand out to shake mine, "I'm hunter. His cousin"
Hunter said 'cousin' in a mimicking way.
"Hi" I said shyly and placed my hand in his.
He had a tight grip, and shook it for a while, and then he let go. I pulled my hand by my side and looked up at Josh. He was smiling down on me as if to say 'You think that's bad, wait till you meet the rest'.
"So lets get these things in the car already" Lynn said, eager to leave the crowded airport.
"Wait, Frederick is coming" Hunter said, not daring to take his eyes off of me.
"Whose Frederick?" I mouthed to Josh, but somehow Hunter seemed to know what I was saying and answered for me.
"Frederick is a guy who is friends with my father" Hunter said, "he followed me here so that we could take separate cars. Just incase we all didn't fit."
The car that was behind Hunter's car left, and in pulled a car that looked exactly like Hunter's but only thing white.
A man stepped out of the driver's seat and walked over to us. He looked more like a chauffer than a friend of Hunter's father.
The man didn't say anything, he just immediately went to picking our suitcases up and placing them in the car.
When the man done packing, everyone piled into that car. The only people that were left were Josh and I. Which meant we had to go with Hunter.
Josh opened the door to the car and held it open for me. I stepped inside and Josh came in behind me and then shut the door.
Hunter was already inside and strapped up. The car was kind of cold and there was music playing lowly from the speakers. It sounded like a Italian singer, but it was too low for me to know. I knitted my eyebrows and tried to listen closely to hear if it was Italian or not.
"Italian" Hunter said, he was looking in the rear-view mirror right at me.
"Oh" I said blushing a little, I felt kind of embarrassed.
Hunter laughed and it drowned out the soft melody that was playing from the speakers.
"All buckled up, cuz?" Hunter asked.
"Yes" Josh said.
Hunter started the car and drove off into the night, following the car that was filled with the rest of Josh's family.
"Lay down" Josh whispered in my ear, he gestured towards his lap. I didn't argue, and rested my head on his lap and cuddled myself so that I wouldn't be as cold.
"Here" Hunter said, tossing something towards Josh.
"What's this?" he asked confused.
"For her" Hunter said, "she's cold"
Josh rested the item over me, and I pulled it tighter. It was Hunter's blazer, and it smelt just like ivory. I inhaled deeply and smiled.
Josh's fingers traced my lips, and I shuddered at his touch.
Sometime during the ride I fell asleep, but I was still aware of what was going on around me.
"She likes my jacket" Hunter said.
"Its only because she's cold" Josh said, placing his hand over mine and playing with my fingers.
"Then why is she inhaling so deeply into it?" Hunter asked, with I condescending tone.
"Because it smells like ivory, its her favorite scent" Josh said, he seemed completely unfazed by his cousin.
"Whatever the reason" Hunter said, "one day I just might steal her from you"
"Over my dead body" Josh said under his breath, and tightened his grip on my hand. That comment seemed to be the only thing that fazed him, but why?
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Okay, what'd ya think? I am updating earlier than I should because I didn't finish reading the clique books, but honestly, I couldn't. I think its because I was too old for them that I didn't really enjoy it as much as someone younger than me would. But, I don't know. I did, however, make a resemblance between The Clique and Private.
Massie- Noelle,
Alicia-Kiran,
Kristen-Taylor,
Dylan-Ariana (only because they were both second-in command),
and Claire-Reed.
So yah, but I stopped after my like 3rd book. I called my best friend and told her she won, and she said that she likes the private books now. So now, because I lost I have to do something for her, but I don't know what.
Anyway, I got to personal there. Its… Question time! My fave time of the story.
1. Why do you think Josh was acting so weird with Hunter and Reed? I mean he knew Reed loves him unconditionally, but whats the problem.
2. What do you think of Hunter? I read how other people had hunter act, and I liked the idea, but I wanted my story to be different. So instead of making hunter be harsh and violent, I decided to make him cool and calm.
Oh and here is a little spoiler.
Something happened in Josh and Hunter's childhood that made them two act the way they are now.
Can you guess what that something is?
Hint, Hunter does something to Josh that makes him so protective over Reed.
Think you got it?
Okay so lets see… oh yeah. Thank you all for the reviews! I loved them and I love reading them. It really helps me and lets face it, I need all the help I could get.
Sorry, I'm a little hyper right now. But I just ate like a bunch of Easter candy a few minutes ago, enough said: ).
Okay, so. don't forget. The original questions. The question that I asked that came with the spoiler. And most importantly, grammar and spelling check. Those two are a big one, according to anyone who have ever watched me right something.
So thanks for the reviews and I really hoped you liked this chapter.
~Pegasus
P. S. I'll try to update as soon as possible, but I cant make any promises. A new semester just started and I'm not really doing well, so my mom has been on my case. Just like Kristen, I have a strict mom.