It was nearly three o'clock and I could feel my chest tightening from anticipation. Only five minutes before take off and then another two hours and my plane would be landing. I always hated the feeling of arriving on the set of a new movie. The new people always made me nervous as well as trying to find my way around the area. A young woman sat next to me, her brown eyes quickly glanced me over and she smiled. Normally people in first class don't give me a second look, but I could see that this girl recognized me.
She straightened her skirt out and slipped what appeared to be a laptop under the seat. I inhaled slightly and whiffed her perfume. It was strong, an ex of mine had worn it, and I recognized the smell,
Candies
. She tucked her shoulder length brown hair behind her ear after she buckled her seatbelt. She leaned back in her chair and inhaled.
"First time flying alone?" I felt the urge to speak to her. I heard my booming low Australian voice speak to her and when she looked at me I gave her a kind smile and ran my tongue over my top teeth on the left side of my mouth.
"No, I used to when I was younger. But it's my first time going to a strange place all by myself." Her cheeks blushed a tiny bit. We were in New York ready to take off, and her accent matched the surrounding area.
"I know the feeling." I grunted as I felt the plane's engines whirl from starting up. I closed my eyes and felt the vibrations below me from the machine moving slowly against the pavement. I heard the airline hostess begin her routine of safety precautions to take if the plane was to crash. I had heard it a thousand times.
"Don't like planes either?" She gently asked as if she was trying to wake a sleeping baby.
I rolled the question around in my mind for a few moments and decided to answer truthfully, "No, not the taking off and landing anyways." I smiled at her and for the first time noticed how innocently beautiful she was.
"Jenny." She stuck her hand out in salutation.
"Hi, St-"
She cut me off, "Steven Lawsome. I know, I recognized you." She smiled and her cheeks grew rosier. I couldn't help but notice how attracted I was to her innocence.
"Nice to meet you." I continued to smile and took her hand into mine.
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