Roommates

Chapter 31

"She has a female pilot. You don't see many of those," Jane said with a shrug.

"That's true," I said as I braced myself for the landing.

"Even if you don't think of yourself as any good, Hannah might think that you are the best," Jane said softly. "Don't beat yourself up about this."

Everything Jane was saying sounded right to me. It was right. I just had to make myself believe it.

"That was one smooth landing," Jane said with a round of applause. "One more picture before we get off?"

"No, more pictures," I stated.

"When will I get another chance?" Jane frowned at me before taking another picture of me.  "You know with the face mask, it makes you look like a K-pop idol."

"Thank..." I flinch when she took a picture of me. "Jane!"

"What? It was a good picture." She unbuckled her seatbelt and went to grab our luggage from the compartments in the back.

I sighed in relief that the flight was finally over and unbuckled my seat. Jane handed me my suitcase before we made our way to the front of the jet.  The pilot was already waiting for us by the door.

"I hope the flight was alright," The pilot said with a grin.

"It was perfect," Jane stated

I nodded in agreement.

"Can I have a picture with you?" Jane had her phone out ready for another selfie.

"Of course," The pilot said with a chuckle

I rolled my eyes as I exited the jet. I couldn't wait to be on land again.  To my surprise, I saw a tall woman waiting by a fancy looking car. She waved at me when she saw me. I stopped halfway down the stairs. I didn't want to continue. Why couldn't Jane go ahead of me?

"Cara, are you going to move?" Jane whispered.

I slowly made my way down as the woman approached us. Her long black hair fell past her shoulders and she was dressed in a black pinstriped suit with a tie that was slightly loose. She looked to be my age but something about her made her seem older. The suit?  I could feel the nervousness hit me with each step she took. I think this was Zara.

"Welcome to Burbank. It's great to finally meet you both," The woman said.

I was at a lost for words and all I did was stared at her. She had the most amazing eyes I have ever seen. They were so expressive that it looked like her eyes were smiling at me.

"Daum, I haven't felt this way since I saw Beyonce strut down the street in a tank and shorts in the "crazy in love" music video," Jane whispered.

"What?" I whispered back.

"I'm Zara. May I take your bag?" She reached her hand out toward me and all I did was stare at it.

"Take whatever you want." Jane slid me to the side and handed her suitcase to Zara.

"Ms. Park, it's great to meet you in person," Zara smiled brightly as she took Jane's suitcase.

"I can say the same about you," Jane said with a grin. "And please call me Jane."

"Umm...hello," I said with a wave.

"My apologies, Ms. Louie," Zara said as she turned her attention toward me. "Can I take your bag as well?"

"No, thank you and you can call me Car..ly. I am surprised you are here," I said.

"I've been looking forward to meeting you and I thought this would be a great opportunity to show you how much  I wanted to work with you," Zara stated.