If I Stay

"Im Jc."

"Whats our gate number again?" Nalla asks, rolling her luggage behind her. I shrug, looking at mom for the answer aswell. "Gate 10, we have to go to gate 10." Mom says, looking around the big Nevada airport.

Our flight leaves in 20 minutes & we have no idea where our gate is.

"Maybe its over there-" I begin, but im cut short because some idiot slams right into me, causing me to fall on my back. "Hey watch it! Dont you know how to say excuse me?" I snap, rubbing the back of my head. "Im so sorry! Here let me help you up." A male voice says. He reaches out a hand, & without hesitation, i grab it. "Im so sorry, once again. Im running late for my flight." I laugh. "Its okay, so are we." I gesture to my mom & sister, who are looking around for our gate.

"Last call for Flight 839 to California, please board now." Booms the overhead. I roll my eyes. "Great, thats us." The boy smiles. "Hey, thats my flight too." He points behind me. "Look, theres Gate 10, lets go!" He begins running to the gate, his jansport bag bouncing on his back. "Mom lets go!" I start towards the gate that the boy ran to, not even caring if my mom & Nalla were following me or not.

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Yenno, i have to admit, that boy that bumped into me back at the airport is really cute. I still cant believe that he's going to California too, let alone that he's sitting right behind me.

"Hey, you awake?" The boy asks, peering his head from behind my seat. "Yeah." I reply, opening my eyes. I am now. "My names Jc by the way." He holds his hand out infront of him. I shake his hand, smiling. "Im Courtney." He smiles. "Your name." He looks down at the floor, licking his lips. "Its nice."

I feel my cheeks flush red, clearly flattered by the compliment from someone as cute as him.

"So why are you going to Cali?" He asks softly, breaking the awkwardness. I shrug. "New slate, i guess." Jc nods assuringly, "Same here. Texas was getting boring, & i miss my friends."

"Oh. Who are your friends?" I hear my sister shift in her seat. "Hold on." I tell Jc before turning to face my sister. Shes still sleeping, good. I turn back to Jc. "Sorry, go on." I rest my head in my palm. "Sam, Connor, Kian, Trevor, & Ricky."

"Hey my older brothers name is Ricky." I say, lifting my head up. His eyes widen. "Really? Thats awesome!" He smiles, his eyes twinkling. Oh lord he sure is cute. "Hey, we should get some sleep." I say, shifting my body away fromh im alittle. He nods, "Yeah. Goodnight Courtney." He smiles again before leaning back in his chair & closing his eyes.