~*~*Chapter 17*~*~
Two hours later, Brian was on the plane back to Orlando. He glanced at his watch. 10:03. In about three hours he would be holding Heather in his arms. Just the thought made him excited, yet nervous. The past five days that they had spent with each other passed by in a blur. He didnt know what he would do without her. The plane ride was going by slowly. Brian yawned. He put on his headphones and looked outside the window.
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Heather sat on her balcony and looked at the stars. She exhaled. Brian's voice echoed through her mind. She pulled her knees up to her chest and rested her head on the chair. She wondered what Brian was doing right now. She looked back into the sky. A plane was looming in the distance. She closed her eyes and fell fast asleep.
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"Finally," Brian said as he stepped off the plane. It felt good to be home again. He walked over to get his luggage. He was so happy.
Once he finally retrieved his belongings, he walked over to the car rentals. Each minute ticked slowly, but every tick made him closer to Heather. He finally saw his rental car. He drove it easily out of the parking lot. He was trying hard to stay with the speed limit, but zoomed past the other drivers on the road.
In about 25 minutes, he was in her parking lot. He sprinted to her door. He was about to ring the doorbell when he saw a sleeping figure up on the balcony. Heather was sound asleep. It was 1:15 in the morning, he didnt want to wake her up, but how would he get in the house? Suddenly he had an idea. He picked up a rock and tossed it in the air. The rock hit the balcony, but Heather still slept calmly.
"Ok, then," Brian said to himself. He picked up another one but this time he threw it harder. He watched in slow motion as Heather awoke. She looked down and saw him. Her eyes widened.
"Heather!" Brian screamed to her
"Brian? Is that really you?" She screamed back. She vanished and soon after she came running through the door. They kissed as if they hadnt seen each other in years. They fell into the grass.
"Brian, what are you doing back?!?" Heather asked.
"I couldnt stand not being with you, I missed you so much." Brian said. He kissed her again with more passion, leaving Heather breathless.
"C'mon, lets go inside." They walked back into the house with their arms around each other. When Heather opened the door, Brian was shocked.
"Your house!! Its clean!" He looked at her while she laughed at his comment.
"I was bored so I cleaned everything," Heather remarked as they went through every room in the house.
"Very nice," Brian commented. They got into Heather's room. "This is very nice, too," Brian said. He picked Heather up and ran towards the bed.
"Brian!" she said laughing uncontrollably. Brian laughed along with her. Brian leaned in and kissed her. They eventually pulled apart.
"Let's watch some TV," he said, taking his shoes off and crawling under the covers. She snuggled in his arms and turned on the TV. It was silent.
"Brian?"
"Yea?"
"Stay here for tonight"
"What? You really think we're ready for that?"
"Just sleep here. We won't do anything," Heather said before falling asleep again.
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~*~*Chapter 18*~*~
The next morning, Brian and Heather woke up to misty clouds in the gray sky. The room had a chill in it. Brian pulled the covers up to Heather's shoulders to keep her warm. She was still sound asleep. He watched her for the next hour, until her eyes fluttered open.
"Good morning, my love," Brian whispered into her ear.
Heather stretched. She loved waking up to see Brian next to her.
"I had the weirdest dream last night," Heather mentioned.
"Yea, what was it?" Brian asked, massaging her shoulders.
"Ok," Heather started," we were in this beach house and -" RING! She was interrupted by the phone. She reached over Brian and grabbed it.
"Hello?" she asked.
"Heather!" it was her mother.
"Oh hi, Mom" Heather gritted her teeth together.
She leaned back onto her pillow when Brian started kissing her neck. Heather swallowed a moan. She was in pure ecstasy. Her mother kept babbling on and on about the weather back in Michigan while Heather was in another world with Brian.
"Heather? You there?" Her mother asked.
"Yea I'm...j...just getting distracted," she told her mom when Brian rolled on top of her. Brian kissed her shoulders lightly.
"Oh. Well I just called to ask you a favor," her mother said
"Really? What....is it?" Heather tilted her head backwards to hold in her excitement. They were breathing heavily now.
"We need to get some things ready for the graduation so we were wondering if you and your boyfriend can come tomorrow instead of Thursday." Her mother stated.
"WHAT!?" Heather asked, jumping up causing Brian to fall off the bed, hitting his head hard on the dresser.
"I know its a lot to ask, but it would mean a lot to us. We need someone to watch Danielle." (Danielle was her 10 year old sister.) Heather sighed. "Can you hold on for a minute?" She put her Mother on mute and quickly told Brian the whole story. After a few minutes of talking, Heather got back on the phone.
"We'll take the next plane out."
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After about an hour of packing, they were finally ready to go to the airport.
"Wait! My suit!" Brian remembered. He had totally forgotten that he had left his suit at the cleaners. They drove Brian's rental to the cleaners and got his suit. They turned on the radio and listened. Brian tapped his fingers to the beat of the song. He cleared is throat.
"Just to let you know that there will be a lot of fans at the airport. Remember the TV appearance last night? Well, they know that we are coming home, so be aware, ok?" Brian warned her. "They can get pretty wild."
"Yea, i know. Do you ever get used to the fan hysteria?" She asked bewildered.
"Actually, I dont."
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