Ana POV -
I walk down the jet bridge, heading towards the entrance of the aircraft. Once again, I feel the euphoric feeling devour my body, it keeps on getting stronger with every step I take.
Upon the entry of the airplane, I was greeted by the very nice and pleasant crew.
"Good afternoon!".
"Hi, good afternoon, " I respond.
I have my boarding pass in my hand, so now, I am looking for a seat that is mine.
"Seat 3A..." I tell myself, within a second I see my seat.
Firstly, I store my carry on in the overhead compartment before sitting down.
As more time passes, more passengers enter and fill up the plane.
So far, nobody has taken a place beside me and I hope it stays that way...
I lay my head back and make myself comfortable before closing my eyes. I take a deep breath, but it was not before I heard the dragging of a carry-on that I opened my eyes.
I look to my right and I see... I see a man in a suit, he looks young, fairly young.
Once he is done shifting his bag at the overhead compartment, I look as his eyes land onto mine.
Instantly, the look of his face reminded me of James.
He takes a seat beside me and within seconds I feel a wave of him hit me. His strong cologne... reminds me also of James.
"Sorry for waking you up, " I hear his say to me. He has a deep voice, the voice of a boss, the voice of a person who dominates, causing my hairs to rise.
"It... it's fine..." I tell him, trying so hard not to look at him.
But what he said next made my skin pale.
"You are Ana, right?".
How does he know who I am?...
I don't answer, but I think my face says it all.
"I am sorry, I am probably intruding, let me introduce myself... My name is Liam... My brother must have told you about me, right?"
Brother?... Who!?
"I-I am sorry, I don't know what you are talking about...".
" Oh?... I thought James told-" I interrupt him.
"James?"
"Yeah... your boyfriend, " he replies.
"And you two are brothers?...".
" Yes, yes we are, " he replies with a smile.
Wow... I did not expect that...
"He never told me he had a brother...".
"Really?".
" Yup...".
Now that he told me that he and James are related, I can see their similarities. Liam is as muscular as James, he is also as handsome as James, but of course, James being more handsome...
"So why Los Angeles, if you don't mind me asking..."
I look at him, trying to formulate an appropriate answer.
"Well... I want to see him again, I missed him... too much... but also I visit the city of my dreams...".
There was silence, I see him look at me as I look at him.
" So you really do love him...".
I raise my eyebrow. Of course, I do...
"Yes, I love him more than anything...".
I see him smile at me.
" Are you sure it is for him, or just the money?" He asks me.
Okay, now I feel slightly offended. What does he mean by 'the money'?
"What money?" I ask him, my tone makes It obvious I am not happy with his question.
I can see the smile that was on his lips slowly fade, as he looks somewhat... surprised?
Silence...
"Tell me what did you mean by 'the money'? Because I am not his girlfriend just so he could give me his money. The poor man may not have that much for himself, especially after the tickets he bought me...". I cannot believe that he called me a gold digger!?
I could hear him chuckle before diverting his eyes away from me and after a few seconds looking back at me.
"So he didn't tell you, did he?".
I give him a confused look.
" Tell me what?".
I can see Liam looking at me, all entertained. I really don't get what he is talking about...
"Nevermind then..." he replies.
"No, no mister, tell me what it is, you called me a gold digger... which I am defiantly not, and you can apologise by telling me what it is that he wanted to tell me, " I reply angrily.
"There is no need to be vicious Ms O'Neill...".
I instantly blush.
" I was just making sure my baby brother picked the right girl... that is all, I promise..." he replies.
"The right girl? Oh, so he has been dating quite a few chicks, eh?" I ask him in my sarcastic voice as I know for a fact that James has had only one ex and now he has me.
Suddenly, I see Liam's facial expression change.
"That I will let him tell you...".
I begin to feel a weird sensation in my body right after he finished the sentence. Is James hiding something from me?
Before I could think any further, we began pushing back and within seconds, as the first engine starts up, it was out of nowhere, the 'barking dog', as I like to call it, started going off, causing me to jump up. I hear a deep chuckle from beside me.
" Don't worry, it is just the hydraulic pump..." he reassures me.
"I knew that...".
He gives me another chuckle.
I could sense him teasing me.
Now what I have noticed that his and James's chuckled are similar, very similar.
As time passes, the second engine starts up and when it a fully running, I could hear the flaps lowering before the engine spooled up and we began to taxi.
" So have you travelled much?" I hear Liam ask me.
"Meh..." I reply. "Once a year... you?".
Once I finish my sentence, I am waiting for his reply, but I wait for longer than expected...
" Do you?" I ask him.
"I am not... too keen on flying... if you know what I mean...".
I look at him, slightly confused.
" I don't really like flying, so I would not fly that often...".
I look at him, astounded, not in a good way, "how are you going to get through the flight to LA?".
" I don't know myself..." he replies, causing me to chuckle, he chuckles along with me.
"Good luck is how you will get through the flight..." I reply.
"You think so?".
" Yeah... yeah, I guess...".
"Well that is a relief... you guess..." I could sense the sarcasm causing me to laugh.
He tuts me while shaking his head.
"I thought you'd be a good girl...".
My laughs go away as I blush once again...
I see him also getting weirded out in a... weird way by what he said.
" That was not the way I wanted to interpret that...".
I nod my head in 'agreement' before turning towards the window. I see we have passes the terminal, meaning we should reach the top of the runway really soon. I can't wait.
"Please tell me that you like takeoffs tho, do you?" I ask him turning back to him
"I do, I mean... who doesn't?".
" I know right...".
We were suddenly interrupted by the captain.
"Ladies and gentlemen, please be seated for takeoff, departure in a few minutes, thank you.".
I sit back as Liam does the same as I rest my head back while looking out the window.
I see and feel the plane turn right before taking a few more meters and stopping. From a distance, I can see a plane approaching and getting ready to land.
" Are you ready?" I ask Liam.
I can see him slightly tensed, but he relaxes when he sees me looking at him.
"I hope so..." he replies.
"Don't worry, it will be grand, as you Irish people say...".
He smiles as me before directing his eyes to the window, I do the same a few seconds later.
I can't wait to see James again... But I also am now slightly concerned with what it is that he has to tell me...