Good morning, loves!

For those interested, I'll go into my experience with flying home & quarantining in the bottom AN.

Thank you to Fran S. Sunflower & DaniDarlingxx.

Day 8: March 20, 2020

Bella

21:49 PDT

Los Angeles, California

God damn, he is hotter in person.

I meet Rose's eyes as we watch him approach the truck, and she raises an eyebrow at me. Emmett is up front, so she doesn't say anything, but her eyebrow says enough.

I look back out the window to watch him come around the truck. He's tall and lean, almost verging on skinny. He has a guitar slung on his back, and though he's got a beanie on his head blocking his hair, I've seen enough photos to guess it's a riot. I lick my lips and twist in my seat to watch him come around the truck. I can see the muscles in his arms flex as he throws his luggage in the back.

He climbs in, and I'm nearly salivating as I watch him move.

Please, do not let him be a douchebag.

Alice opens the door next to me, and I scoot over so she can climb in. She grins as she pulls out her phone. I watch her as she dial's Edward's number and puts him on speaker.

"Ali?" he asks. Fuck me, even over the phone; his voice is like sex.

"Hey, sorry about this. We just want to make sure everyone stays safe," she tells him. He chuckles, and I shift in my seat because the sound heads straight to my clit. How the fuck is that possible? Rose snickers next to me, and I elbow her.

"It's fine. Who's up there?"

Everyone but Jasper turns to look back at him, though I'm sure he can't see us through the tinted window.

"The whole house showed up. Jas is driving, and that's Emmett up there with him. Rose is behind Jas, and then Bella is next to me," she tells him. It's too dark to tell for sure, but I feel like his eyes are on me. I shiver a little. I must be exceptionally horny, that's it. That's all there is to it.

"Well, it's nice to meet you all. Thanks for picking me up and letting me come," he chuckles, and my mind shoots to about forty-eight different ways I'd love to have him come. Rose flat out laughs at my ass. Alice looks at us curiously, but I shake my head at her, and she turns to focus on her brother.

"Of course! We're excited you're here!"

I sigh a little. I'll be a lot more excited after these two weeks are up.

Bella is counting down those seconds, and honestly, who can blame her?

All right, for those who wondered...

So much of my story is similar to Edward's. Last year I was living in Scotland working my masters. When I found out the boarders were closing, I hauled ass back to the states. Boarders shut down less than 12 hours after I landed in the U.S.

At the time, I had to fly from Aberdeen (Scottish city I was living in), to London, then from London to LA. Thankfully, my flight was incredibly spaced out; there were about 13 people in my section that easily fit 60. The plane was massive and severely under booked, which helped, but let me tell you, I fully underestimated the psychological toll flying would take on me. I'm a world traveler, and I don't fear flying at all, but that whole time I was traveling, I was terrified. Seeing people in hazmat suits in the airport was something else.

When I landed in LA, as I said last chapter, I climbed into the back of a truck (it had a cover, thankfully, so I was saved from the random rain LA was experiencing). I called my parents who were in the cab and we chatted on the phone while they drove me to an office/warehouse where I quarantined for two weeks. There was no shower there, so I was showering in a bucket and the sink, and making my food on a camper grill, sleeping on a cot and trying not to go insane. I had planned to do homework that week, but wouldn't you know, the internet stopped working day two and I had limited cell reception.

Let's just say, I learned a lot about myself those two weeks.

It sounds bad, but in reality, it was mostly me doing puzzles and typing on a type writer and trying to keep myself entertained while dealing with the sudden loss of abandoning my life in Europe... so I guess yeah, not great.

Anyway, Edward has landed and headed to peers, so here's hoping things go better for him!