A/N: I know it is not the usual reaction of two people forced in a marriage and a past that is haunting them but I want to give a break with the two. They had been stressed so much and this flight will at least give them the breathing air they need. So let us enjoy the lightness between the two.
Is it possible that you can only feel bliss with her?
And I could fly when you smile
I can walk a thousand miles
When I hear you call my name…
Heaven by your side…
(Heaven by your side)
Chapter twenty-four: Up in the Sky
I could feel Alex's tension when I enter the car and I could see a scowl on her face. I don't want to snoop around in her business but I don't want also to see Alex in this state. I reached for her hand and tried to squeeze it reassuringly. I could feel her surprise but after a few minutes, she brought my hand to her lips and kissed the back of it gently.
"I might be anything, Piper, but I will try my best to be the best wife for you." Alex said sincerely while looking at my eyes. I feel a choking feeling in my throat and my chest constricting from something because of what I could see from the way Alex look at me. Her statement is a very cliché one but the intensity on how she said it to me is something else that I didn't experience with anyone.
"Thank you." I said shyly. All throughout the drive going to the airport, Alex is holding my hands and occasionally giving it feather light kisses that made my inside like a gooey chocolate.
I know that Piper could feel that there is something wrong with me when she enter the car. She steal glances on my way but I refused to look at her. I don't want her to see the storm in my eyes. I don't know why I was so offended with Cal's words but it surely make my mood sour. Maybe I'm too tired also with the wedding that is why I'm easily affected with Cal's words.
I felt something or rather someone tried to hold my hand. I could feel her hands are bit cold and shaky. Maybe she is feeling scared of my mood. Nicky said that when I'm too serious, even she is second guessing to approach me. I opened my hands and hold her hand with mine. I could feel the warmth of it shooting to my hand until near my chest area. I grabbed her hand gently without thinking and brought it to my lips. I place a soft kiss in the back of her hand and catch her eyes in the process. I could still feel the burning sensation in my lips when I say the words I wanted to say to her.
"I might be anything, Piper, but I will try my best to be the best wife for you." I say with the most sincere voice I could muster within me. I feel my inside shaking from the intensity of saying it to her but I tried to control it with all my might. It was the first time for me to almost promise a thing to a woman. I hate lying so I don't really promise anything.
I know it is not necessary for the plan but I want Piper to feel safe with me. I know it is against in the revenge plan I plotted during the time I was down but Piper has nothing to do with what her family has done with my family. Besides I think what I did with her is actually a form of protection to her. I cherish the silence we had until we arrived at the airport. I still hold her hand going to the private plane I have. Two of the best pilot I have will be the one flying for us.
I want the best of everything for Piper.
I felt a burning sensation in my chest with realization. I tried to gasp some air to clear the heighten feeling I'm experiencing right now. It's like someone is trying to cut the air passage in my lungs. But the sensation it is leaving in my body is tickling my nerves and senses. I felt Piper stop from walking causing our hand to be stretched in awkward position. I turn around to look at our stretched arms then to Piper. I looked at her questioningly.
"I'm just here, Alex." Piper said then squeezed my hand again for the nth time. I could feel her reassuring me. I smiled at her and pulled her to me, catching her in the process. Automatically I wrapped my arms around her waist. And because I'm taller than her, I looked down and smiled at her. I felt her arms snaked in my back and tried to hook it in my shoulder.
"Thank you." I said sincerely then kissed her forehead and the top of her head. She leaned into my chest and I could feel her exhale a mouthful of air.
"But it doesn't mean you are already forgiven for the things you have done and still planning to do with my family, Alex." Piper said then smiled at me.
"I know." I said then smiled at her.
As we entered the plane, I could feel eyes following us. I tried to hide in Alex's body and I know she felt it. She protectively wrapped her one arm to my waist.
"What's wrong, Piper?" Alex asked with concern. I looked at her and looked at the stewardesses and pilot looking at me.
"Don't mind them. It is the first time they see me hugging someone in the middle of the tarmac." She said teasingly. I just hummed in her neck when she turn around and hugged me again. She giggled and I see in my periphery how surprised the people around us with her reaction.
"Good morning, everyone." Alex said not letting me go but giving enough space for me to look at her employees. They answered her with enthusiastic voice and curiosity in it. I looked at her and see that even though she is smiling, I could feel the authority in her.
"I know you heard it already in the news but I want you to officially hear my marriage from me. This is my wife, Piper." She said but she is looking at me instead of them. She leaned down and kissed me lightly in the top of my head.
"Good morning, Ms. Piper." Everyone greeted me with the same enthusiasm. I smiled at them and greeted them full of shyness. I felt Alex tighten her grasped in my waist. After a few moments Alex tugged me towards the passenger side to sit for the flight. She still didn't let go of my hand and occasionally lacing our fingers then kissed it gently. This side of Alex is a new thing for me and I think for her employees also because for the nth time that her employees are seeing us, they would look at our intertwine hands and look at me curiously.
"Do you want wine or do you want anything else?" Alex asked after we settled in our seat. It will be the two of us only so there are a few seats that is not taken. I wanted to ask Alex if I could seat in other opposite of the plane, away from her so I can solidify my hatred to her but I can't especially after seeing her simple yet alluring smile.
"Can I sit beside the window? I want to see the sky." I said politely.
"Sure. Just let me stand first so we can switch sit." She said then chuckled.
"Thank you." I said then settled down in the seat by the window then I look outside the window.
I sighed envious with how clear the sky is unlike the situation I'm in right now. I need (scratch that) must hate her so much with all the blood in my veins for my family. But the moment she smiled at me, it melts my inside literally. When I could see the there is something bothering her, all I wanted is to make her laugh so I could go back and admire her beauty. When she is mad or angry with something or someone, I wanted to kiss the creases forming in her forehead just so I could see her smile again. I felt another feather light kiss in the back of my hand then she flattens it to her check. I turn my head to see in time when she closed her eyes and she sighed a bit hard.
"What are you thinking?" she said not bothering to open her eyes.
"You." I answered honestly. I don't want to lie anymore. It only exhaust me and I think I'm at my limit now for the day.
"Well, you are also in my mind. Aside from your father, you are the longest person ever reside in my brain." She said then a smile grazed in her face.
"I wish we could stay like this. Like we don't care about our past." I said then caressed her face with my thumb.
"Me too. But the past is a glaring bitch to our face and we can't ignore it." She said tensely.
"Can I ask another favor?" I said with hesitation. She hummed in approval.
"Can we forget everything just for a while in Paris?" I said softly.
"Sure. I like that." She said then opened her eyes and smile again.
Without thinking I surged forward and kissed her cheeks excitedly. It lingers than usual what is deem a kiss in the cheeks permits. The urge to kiss on her lips is so strong especially when her hands started to caress my hand that she is holding right now. I pull myself away a little to see if she wanted the kiss to happen and I am struck with the intensity of her eyes on me. A moan almost escaped my lips when her other arms snake around my neck and gently pulling me towards her. I could feel the shallow breathing between us and the heated breath she have on my face. Her scent is pulling me in a very comfortable dizzying stage at the moment and I think if she ask if we could do things here in her plane, I would gladly agree with her.
"Please make sure that you have fasten your sea tbelt before we take off. Thank you." The voice of the pilot can be heard in the speakers.
We are both startled and jump to our seat awkwardly. I don't know who is breathing so hard in the moment but I could hear someone saying damn so hard the sailors will be shy at the moment.
