Reputation's Memories (Book 2)

Ch.6 Freckles Like Stars

Chapter 6 Freckles like stars.

"Are they serious right now?" Eric asked as he looked out the private set's window and spotted Manny waiting with a car.

"What's going on?" Daisy asked, her eyes squeezed shut and hand gripping Eric's. Daisy hated flying. She wasn't a fan of being in the air where anything and everything could go wrong. She had enough dreams at night about falling out of the sky.

"Gia's bodyguard is on the landing strip," Eric said, unbuckling his seatbelt before the pilot turned off the sign.

"What are you doing?" Daisy asked, hearing the click of the seatbelt. "The plane is still moving."

"Yeah, but we landed," Eric said.

"Don't get up," Daisy pulled him back down into his seat. "That's a dick move. And we're the only ones on this plane. Who are you trying to beat?"

"You're hurting my wrist," Eric picked up his hand from the armrest. "Your nails."

"Sorry, sorry," Daisy relaxed her hands but didn't pull back.

"Fuck man," Eric complained. "You're like clawing my skin off."

"Sorry," Daisy apologized again.

"Here," Eric reached down and picked up the pillow that was on the floor. "Mutilate this."

Daisy quietly took the pillow and hugged to her chest. She waited until the plane stopped moving and the cabin air pressure released before opening her eyes. As soon as the seatbelt sign switched off, Daisy felt her stomach settle back into its place.

"Oh, thank god!"

"We're back," Eric sighed. "To real life and work and bills."

"Yeah," Daisy sighed as she thought about the warm sun and beach they had just escaped from. "That was fun."

"You were fun," Eric leaned forward and placed a kiss on the tip of Daisy's nose. "Thanks for coming with me."

"Thanks for inviting me."

"You're insane if you think I would have gone on this trip without you," Eric laughed.

Daisy grinned, feeling her heart hum happily after her post vacation high. She couldn't look away from Eric as he got up from his seat and shook out his brown hair. The back of his shirt was extremely wrinkled from the long flight, Daisy reached up and pulled it down, trying to stretch out the material.

"Thanks to Ms. Gia, we now have free air miles," Eric chuckled. "We can use it the next time we fly out."

"The next time?" Daisy shuddered. "More flying?"

"Oh come on, it wasn't that bad," Eric said. "You did great."

"I think I still have chunks of your skin under my nail," Daisy examined her hands.

"Well, beside that," Eric rolled his eyes. "That's irrational fears."

"It's a very common fear."

"True, but still irrational."

"How?" Daisy unbuckled her seatbelt and grabbed her bag. She stood up and walked to the exit as the flight attendant opened the door and the stairs descended.

"Airplanes go through so many tests and routine check ups before flights. There's a very low chanc-"

"Daisy," Manny walked up to the jet as soon as Eric and Daisy set foot on the stairs.

"Hey Manny," Daisy waved.

"I have orders to take you straight to the house," Manny said.

"Okay, can we drop Eric off on the wa-"