Was it Real? Or a Love Scene.

Monday, Monday, Monday. God, how I wish this week would just end already. Currently we, Jack, Rian, Matt, Zack and myself, were standing at the airport waiting on “The Chosen one” to arrive. I found myself looking around the place for anything to keep my wandering mind from creating scenarios. Like what if she gets us alone and murders us, or what if she abducts me and sells me on the black market. Jack was standing next to me and bumped into me with his arm, breaking my concentration. “Do you think she’s a brunette, or a redhead?” I stared at him and he shook his head. “Nah, she sounded more like a blonde on the phone, I’m gonna go with blonde.” He said staring at the jetway. I rolled my eyes and turned around.

I was staring at the conveyor belt, watching people grab their luggage. “Hey, check it.” Jack said and went over to a window. We all followed him over. “Another plane just landed.” “That should be hers.” Matt added. “Well about time.” I said and rolled my eyes, turning around and leaning back against the window. “I’m gonna need you to not be a jerk, I don’t know what got into you lately but it needs to stop.” Rian said. Yet again I rolled my eyes. After standing around for another 15 minutes people started to exit the plane, and walk down the jetway. Jack ran over to the opening of the hallway and was bouncing around from person to person hoping to catch a glimpse of this girl. Apparently her name was Paige.

“Paige.” Jack said and no one looked up so he ran to the other side. “Paige?” He questioned again. “Wait, did you say Paige?” We heard a girl yell from behind us. We all turned around and Jack ran over to her. “Yeah, I did! Are you her?” He asked getting up to her she was standing over by the conveyor belt, with her suit case. “Yeah, like said, my name’s Paige.” Then she held out her hand. Jack being Jack, took her hand but pulled her in for a hug. We all walked over to her. “Hey, I’m Rian.” He said and pulled her out of Jack’s arms and into his for a hug. They let go and she stood back. “Zack and this is Alex.” Zack said opening his arms for a hug, she walked into them and hugged him. “No offence but you guys flew me out here cause I was a fan don’t you think I would know your names.” She said laughing to herself. “We still like to introduce ourselves.” I said and held my arms out, she walked into them and gave me a hug.

“You’re taller than I imagined.” Jack said making her laugh. “Yeah, 5 foot 10 is a bitch when you’re a girl.” She said smiling, she had a beautiful smile. “I also have big feet for a woman.” She said waving her right foot around. “How big?” I asked earning me a smack in the chest from Rian. “Well in men’s sizes it’s a 10 in women’s a 11 and a half.” “Wow.” Zack added. “Yeah, but enough about my feet-” “I like your shirt, I’m gonna need to get one like that.” Jack said making her look down at her shirt. “Ha, I love this shirt, my boyfriend got it for me.” She looked back up and smiled at us. I couldn’t help but feel a little disappointed at the new information. “Alright so tonight, these jokers are gonna take you to dinner.” She nodded happily to Matt.

Zack reached over and took her bag from her hands and we headed towards the doors. “I could have carried that, I’m rather strong.” She said to Zack. He smiled back. “I just wanted to, and a girl like you, strong?” He questioned. “Yes, strong. I can bench press 125, thank you.” “Impressive.” He said as we headed out to our cars. She lowered the top of her hoodie a little showing off her arm muscle. “Yeah, that’s right. I work out.” She said smiling. I couldn’t help but smile also, her’s were contagious. We made it out to our cars. “You’re gonna ride with Alex and I.” Jack said taking her suitcase and tossing it into the back of my car. “You can have the front.” Jack said as I headed towards the driver side. “Nah, you may not be that much older but still, you get front.” She said politely and opened the back door, sliding in. Jack let out a sigh and got into the passenger side. Once we were seated I pulled out of the park spot and out of the airport. “So how old are you, if you mind me asking.” Jack said as I looked in my rear view mirror to watch her.

“It’s fine, and I’m 22, I’ll be 23 in September.” She said with a smile. I cleared my throat and they both looked at me. “So if you’re a fan, how are you not freaking out right now? Most of our fans would be.” I asked, mainly cause I was curious. She shrugged. “Cause I guess, I mean don’t get me wrong I love your music and listen to it all the time but I’m not obsessed with you or anything, I’m just a fan. Y’all aren’t my favorite.” She said explaining what I had asked, I couldn’t help but feel a little sad that we weren’t her favorite. “Who’s your favorite?” Jack asked. “Blink 182 is my favorite band and Garth Brooks is my favorite artist.” She said and looked out the window.

“Garth Brooks? I totally agree with you on Blink 182 but who is Garth Brooks?” Jack asked. “He’s a glorious man with a beautiful voice, and he’s more so on the country line.” She said turning to look at Jack who was turned around and talking to her. “Country?” He asked before unclipping his seat belt and crawling into the back to sit next to her. “Well yeah, I am from the South, that and my dad was totally obsessed with Country and older stuff so I’m well rounded. I can sing you a Pink Floyd song perfectly then jump to Johnny Cash.” Jack sat back in his seat and looked at her a second. Then spoke. “Favorite Cash song, Go.” And without skipping a beat she said “One Piece at a time.” I was surprised. “I was expecting Ring of Fire.” I said. She gasped placing her hand over her chest. “It speaks.” She said dramatically causing Jack to laugh.

“Oh shut up.” I said with a smile on my lips and a blush creeping onto my cheeks. I pulled up to the restaurant and parked. We all three hopped out and Rian and Zack walked up to meet us before we walked in. Once we did the woman took us to a table big enough to seat us all and we sat down. Jack sat down next to Paige and Zack took her other side. I sat next to rian across from Jack. “So tell us a little bit about you.” Rian said after we had ordered. “Well, I umm I live with my best friend-” “The one you bit?” Jack asked causing her to laugh. “Yeah, and I live with my cousin, more like she lives with me. Her name is Skylar and when I was 18 her mom, my first cousin Samantha, passed away from a drug overdose and well, I was the only living relative.”

We all just stared at her. “Well don’t let me get you down, really that was like the happiest thing about my life.” She said giving a giggle. “So…” Zack started. “What...is your boyfriends name?” He asked. “His name’s Will, and I’m not exactly sure if he’s my boyfriend anymore, it’s complicated.” She said and took a sip of her drink. I perked up at this conversation and decided to press forward. “Why, what happened?” She looked up at me and so did the rest of the guys. “Um, he didn’t like how serious we were and how I had Skylar to take care of so I told if if he couldn’t deal with being a second priority to her then he’d have to leave, and that was about 2 weeks ago.” She took another sip before continuing. “I mean he’s called but I have no desire to be with someone who could be like that to a child.” “How old is she?” Rian asked. “She’s 5, she just turned 5.”

Then she pulled out her phone and showed us a picture of her and Skylar. She looked just like Paige, blonde and a large smile, plus they were both wearing large sunglasses in the photo. Our food arrived and we started to eat. “So what do you do?” Zack asked. “I’m a photographer, I take photos for a magazine down in Georgia and for a small booth at the mall for family pictures. I gotta save up for Sky to go to school.” She said with a smile. “I like that your face lights up when you talk about her.” I said smiling at her. Her smile grew wider. “Well, she’s my life and I’ve put so much effort into making her a good person. Right now she has a hair cut right below her ear, it’s cute, but she had hair like to the tip of her pants because she wanted to donate her hair.”

She leaned back in her chair a little. “If that doesn’t say coolest fucking kid ever then I don’t know what does. That and last Valentines day we went to visit Veterans and made cookies. She’s literally the best thing that ever happened to me.” She yet again pulled out her phone and scrolled through to a picture of Skylar holding a tray of cookies, with a huge smile on her face. “When Sam died I was deep in something I shouldn’t have been in and I quit all of it to take care of her, she was my savior, I’d probably be dead right now if it wasn’t for her and music.” I really just liked watching her talk, she had a beautiful voice and the way she was so animated when talking about things that mattered to her made my heart melt.

“But I’m probably boring you.” She said taking in another bite of spaghetti. “On the contrary,” Zack said causing us all to look at him. “You’re really fascinating. Matter of fact, I know what we’re doing for our first date, I’ll take you out tomorrow.” She smiled. “Cool, I can’t wait.” She said excitedly. The three of us just stared at Zack for a second, the shy quiet Bassist wanted to go first. This was a first all on it’s own. “I’ll go Wednesday if we’re calling days. “Yeah, I’m going Thursday.” Jack said. The smile on her face only went wider when she turned to me. “Looks like you got me Friday, Gaskarth, you up for me on a Friday?” She said crossing her arms in front of her chest, smirking at me. “Of course, Blink.” I said to her grinning. “Blink?” She asked.

“Yeah, I figured you need a nickname so I’ll call you Blink.” She nodded, seeming to like it. “It fits, much better than what Alana or Skylar calls me.” She said laughing. “What do they call you?” Jack asked. “Well, Sklyar calls me Paigey-Poo and Alana, she’s stranger and just most of the time it’s Bitch but occasionally it’s Coleslaw.” We all busted out laughing, including Paige. “Why Coleslaw?” Rian asked still chuckling. “My last names Colegrove and we had a teacher that could never remember my name, either one, and he called my Coleslaw mostly.” We all let our laughs die down before we paid and left the restaurant. Paige, Jack and I headed over to my car but before Paige hugged Rian and Zack. “I’ll come get you at your hotel, tomorrow.” Zack said to her. She smiled and nodded before heading over to my car.

She climbed in the back and settled in. Eventually we made it to her hotel, that Idobi was paying for and I parked the car, both Jack and I got out. She pulled her suitcase out but I took it from her. “I can get it, really.” She said and reached for it. I pulled it away and she gave up. “Nope, let me be a gentlemen.” I said as the three of us walked inside the lobby. She went to the front desk and got a key card and such before coming back to us. She hugged Jack and then me, I couldn’t help but notice her hugs were much warmer now. She pulled away and took her bag.She walked over to the elevator and clicked the button but turned and waved at us before entering. I watched the doors close with a huge smile on my face.

Notes

Alright, Chapter 2 as promised is longer and I'm liking how it's rounding out, Please comment/vote/subscribe I would love you forever! :P

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