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“Ladies and Gentlemen, we’ve reached cruising altitude and will be turning off the cabin lights. This is for your comfort and to enhance the appearance of our car driver.” Brett sang as he turned the headlights off for the nth time today.I could sense the heat radiating from Sean’s ears as Sapphire snickered back a laugh. I tried not to break into a grin at Brett’s pretentious-girl-flight-attendant’s voice. He’s made it his mission today to not let Sean be at peace. He is hell-bent on annoying the hell out of him.“He’s probably still mad that you gave up our flight tickets,” Sapphire said, still chuckling.“Correction. Free flight tickets.” Sean scowled. “To some idiot that is just coming along as a standby.”“The same standby that probably our team will require if either of us end up dead in this adventurous car ride,” Brett said, changing the radio station.“Seriously, just turn the headlights,” Sapphire said to Brett, with a boring look. “It’s been like what, 8 years? I still hav
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I woke to the blazing sound of my mobile. I groaned and opened my eyes and tried to reach the phone with my hands. When my fingertips felt it, I picked it up and pressed it to my ear. “Hello?”“Moaning already, sleepyhead?” Brett’s voice reached my ear.“What do you want?” I asked.“I want you,” he said in a dangerously seductive tone.“I’m going to hang up if you’re not going to make any sense,” I warn him.He chuckled. “Okay..okay.. so, we’ve left for our practice two hours ago, and we knew you’d still be asleep. We’ll give you an hour and a half to get ready so that we can leave for lunch.”“Okay..” I said, yawning.“I’m going to call you after some time to check if you’re ready.” He said. “So get up and move.”I rolled my eyes and hung upon him. I looked to my right to see Sapphire already awake. The sound of my ringtone might have woken her up.“Was it Brett?” Sapphire asked, getting up and sitting.“Yea..” I sighed and got up. I let the cold floor beneath me tingle my feet and g
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I didn’t know why, but we always ended up skipping breakfast. It was not like we came to our rooms late, but the thing was how Sapphire almost begged me to flirt with the bell boy to get the wi-fi password and then binge-watch all the episodes of thirteen reasons why. Sean and Brett said they’d be late and asked us to have dinner.But after we sank into the story, we only got out of it at almost 7 in the morning. I wonder how Sean even went to sleep without checking up on Sapphire. If it was any other couple, there wouldn’t have been a wonder. But since it’s Sapphire and Sean we’re talking about, I couldn’t help but wonder.We woke up around 2 in the afternoon after sleeping at 7. By the time our minds noticed the time and analysed the situation, Sapphire jumped out of her bed and went to the fetch her phone.“54 missed calls?” She wondered and looked at me with astonishment. “Sean has gone crazy!”“I don’t think so,” I said. “We haven’t seen them for like what, 20 hours maybe?”“Yea.
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“Chloe, listen to me.” Brett tried holding me from behind, as I walked ahead of him.I didn’t speak to him yesterday night when we came to our hotel and he kept bugging me. He thought my anger would be cooled down by the time I woke up the next morning, but it didn’t.“Chloe, please.” He said, swirling me around to face him.“You’re getting late. Better head back to the ground.” I said, pointing over to the ground he should be at.Today was the day of the game. The day everyone was waiting for. And instead of being with his team, Brett was clinging to me.“I don’t care.” He said. “Just don’t be mad..”“Why not?” I said, furrowing my brows and folding my arms. “You embarrassed me!”“Chloe-”“You went through.. everything. And it was so embarrassing!” I covered my face in dismay“I’m sorry.” He said, pulling his lip out to form a sad expression. “I really didn’t mean to..”“I’m still mad,” I said. Though he was very tempted to forgive, I wanted to see what he could do to make it up to m
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“I really think it’s a bad idea,” I said as we entered into the pub, panting hard and gasping for more air.“It’s not a bad idea at all,” Sapphire said, wiping the sweat off her face.“You don’t seem like yourself,” I remarked, looking at her with a smile.“What do you mean?” She asked, as we went to the bar and asked for some water.“You changed a lot,” I said. “A good change.”“Sean-” she drank some water. “-has been a bad influence on me.”“I think it’s the other way around.” I grinned at her and nudged her.She glanced back at me and grinned. She looked around for drinks and spotted one. She turned to look around at me. “Do you want to have shots?”I thought about it for a moment. It’s been ages since I last partied. And it’s also been long that I last had shots. And I’m here to enjoy, aren’t I?Moreover, there is absolutely no one I should be worried of. My mom is not here, even if she was, she wouldn’t have been worried if I took shots. She was always cool about what I did becau
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Today's day was hectic. And it's an understatement.I woke up early, despite the fact that I drowned myself in alcohol last night and had made a complete fool out of myself in front of Brett. I don't want to think about what I did because I know it's not going to be something I'll be feeling proud of.I should have realised it sooner than going out yesterday is a bad idea. And going to a pub without any security for that matter is something I thought I would be capable of doing. I had no clue that it was not appropriate for me to dance with a guy and completely forget the fact that he had the potential himself to lead me to a bed and make me wake up the next morning without any clothes on my body.Brett was right. Though the guy looked harmless and pretty sweet, I shouldn't take any risks. I was drunk after all. I wouldn't have remembered anything even if things turned out to be worst.When the sun began to show, I walked to the gallery to have a peek of what's happening outside. The
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Brett didn't push the subject any further. He knew that things between me and my father weren't great and that he left my mom when I was young. He was also aware of the fact that I was not looking forward to meeting my father as we haven't spoken for years.Brett understood my tension and nodded. He took my wrist in his palms and pulled me. When we were finally outside and headed to a deserted balcony, I was able to breathe. I haven't spoken to my father for years. My mom and I didn't try to know where he stayed or if he ever found the happiness he was searching for.I sucked in the fresh air and let it cool my nerves. I knew that by looking at my face, anyone could say that I'm indeed worried about something. It didn't surprise me when Brett read through me like a magazine."Are you alright?" I heard Brett ask from behind me. I sighed and turned around to look at his concerned face."I'm okay," I said. "He... I didn't expect him to be here. He caught me off guard."He nodded. "Did he
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Time ticked by, and the loudness of my heart was the only thing I could hear. A deathly silence followed, contrasting to how it was moments ago. Maybe it's not just my mind that went blank when I ran into someone.I was not scared, nor did a mere thought of meeting him tried to drain the blood from my face. It's just my wish of not meeting him or bumping into him that made my heart frantically beat against my chest.I just stood there, the more I tried to act normal, the more I failed in my attempts. So I just let the person before me break the ice. Because both of us knew about how bad I am at acting like everything is fine."What are you.. doing here?" He asked, his face remaining similar to mine, just as clueless as I was feeling.When I didn't answer, he edged closer to me. He was not sure if he should be hugging me after meeting me after years or should just stay mad for not talking to him while he made every possible attempt he should."Is your mom here too?" He asked, looking b
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