At the airport.
The place was crowded with people walking back and forth, some were saying goodbye to their loved ones while the others were arriving, looking exhausted after long hours of flight.
In the middle of the crowd, Selena was waiting for her turn to check-in. She has been standing in the line for almost half an hour because the people in front of her had an overweight suitcase, therefore, she needed to wait until they unpack some of their clothes.
When it was finally her turn, a disturbing sight made her body frost, next to her line was a man in a gray suit. He had a black suitcase and a ticket in his hand. She had noticed him earlier and she knows that he was alone but right now, the man was no longer holding his suitcase, instead his hands were wrapped around the small waist of the woman that was standing in front of her earlier and their lips were locked to each other.
They were kissing as if they were the only people in the airport, the woman was moaning and giggling in between their kisses.
Selena blows a sighed and diverted her attention to the check-in counter. She picked up her hand luggage and was about to walk towards the counter when the woman that was kissing the man she just met suddenly yelled at her.
"Excuse me but it's my turn, so please move away," the woman rudely said and tried to push her away but, before the woman's hand could touch her, Selena had moved away.
She decided to not say anything, based on how the woman was dressed up, with her tiny clothes and heavy makeup, she's certain that she was the type of woman who would sleep with any man that had a Rolex watch on his wrist.
But seems like the woman doesn't have a plan to let it go, she turned to face Selena with an insulting smile on her lips.
"What makes you think you can just simply cut in the line?" she asked in a mocking tone.
Selena looked at her for a moment and then turned to the man she was kissing with earlier and then looked at her phone, ignoring her question.
And her action ignited the woman's irritation, she harshly grabbed her arm and pulled her closer.
"Hey, I am talking to you!" she said in a rude tone.
Selena signed and pulled her arm from the woman's gripped but she wouldn't let go.
"Take your hand off of me" she spoke in a flat voice.
"oh! You know how to speak-" Selena cut her out by pulling her arms in a forceful way which causes for the woman to fall onto the ground
People started looking at them, chattering but Selena didn't mind it. She didn't bother to look at her, instead, she turned to the guard standing by the end of the line and said, "Security, can you please take her away from here before she causes more commotion?" her voice remained flat as she speaks. Her face bore a cold expression enough to make anyone realized that she's not in a mood to be disturb.
The security didn't reply, instead, he walked towards the woman and helped her to get up. When the woman was about to yell at her again, the security stopped her.
"Miss, please proceed to the counter before we kick you out off the airport," the security warned her.
Selena could see the woman's face went pale, embarrassed and shocked.
As the woman waited for the ground staff to give her the boarding pass, Selena could see the woman looking after the man she was kissing earlier but, the man had disappeared and none of them has even noticed it.
Before the woman left the counter, Selena was able to peek at her boarding pass and saw her seat number.
When it was finally her turn, the staff informed her that the only seat they have available was next to the woman she fought with and this didn't come as a surprise to her, with all the bad things that have been happening to her life, this was just one of them.
Selena shut her eyes for a moment and took in a deep breath. When her nerves were finally calm, she opened her eyes and gave the staff her genuine smile.
"Can you upgrade me to a business class?" she asked in a calm tone.
The staff looked at her computer and then printed a new boarding pass, after dropping off her luggage, Selena left the counter.
She walked around the airport as she waited for her departure. When she got tired of walking, she went to the room designed for the people with a business class ticket. she then found the man from earlier sitting comfortably on the red leather sofa and next to him was a petite woman wearing high waist jeans and a crop top.
Selena's expression became sour by the sight, she looked at him disgustingly as she walked towards the empty chair by the window.
She noticed how attractive he was, his eyes were round and she could see how black his iris were from her distance.
He had an aura of a playboy slash funny guy which probably the reason why he was able to get those two women.
When the man suddenly looked at her, Selena immediately pulled her sight from him and looked at the glass wall where she could see the airplane that will bring her the province.
Just by thinking of the place, a slight pain throbs her heart. But, it was not as painful as before.
The province was Ander's birthplace. She had been there once with Anders and it was to look after her cousin. She knows that living there will get back the memories she had with him but she knows that part of her has already accepted that he's gone.
After some time, the ground staff has finally announced that the gate is now opened.
Selena got up from her chair and walked towards the gate, her eyes were locked at the paper on her hand as her feet made its way towards the gate.
As she entered the airplane, one of the flight attendants escorted her to her seat but as soon as she saw the person sitting next to her seat, she turned to the flight attendant with a flat expression.
"Do you have another seat available?" she asked in a soft voice.
The flight attendant looked at her with regret and said, "I am afraid not, we are fully booked today."
Selena's shoulders slumped in disappointment. She looked at the man peacefully resting on the seat next to her and then shifted at the attendant.
"What about the wings, I can sit there, I only need a rope and probably insurance," she helplessly exclaimed.
The flight attendant awkwardly smiled at her while handing her a black sequel cushion.
"I will inform you if there's an empty seat after I finish the headcount but, please don't be disappointed if there's not. If you feel uncomfortable, we have a minibar where you can sit and enjoy the flight," the attendant suggested.
Selena didn't have any option but to accept the cushion and sit on the chair. She was thankful that the man was sleeping and had a headset on, at least he didn't get to hear the conversation between her and the attendant.
When the airplane took off, the man next to her took his glasses off and turned to her with a playful smile on his lip.
Selena ignored him and continued reading the documents in her hand, but her mind exploded when the man suddenly placed his index finger on her chin and slowly turned her face to his direction.
The man chuckled a bit before speaking, "This is a nonstop 13 hours flight miss snobby, and I promise you we will have lots of fun." The man clicked his tongue repeatedly while giving her a perverted smile and at that moment Selena wants nothing but to jump off of the plane.