The City (Joe Sugg/ ThatcherJoe Fanfiction)

Chapter 67

Joe's POV

By the time we get to the airport, I am tired of being silent. "Love? Are you ok?" I ask, worried about her silence.

"I'm fine. Don't worry about me." She responds curtly.

I don't like it, so I take action. I grab her bag out of the taxi along with mine and pay the cabbie. I set them on a luggage cart and grab Riley by the waist. I hold her to my body and press my nose into her hair. "I love you Riley. More than you could ever know. Please don't ever leave me again." I say.

She starts to talk really quickly, and it is worrying me. I lean down and kiss her on her lips, effectively silencing her. All of the tenseness in her body flies away, and she relaxes into my arms.

Riley's POV

I was starting to freak out after Joe told me how much he loves me. I was stumbling over my words, and was frustrating myself. My body tensed up and I started getting really anxious. Joe quelled all of my fears and anxiety when he leaned down and kissed me deeply, holding me tightly to him. 

We walk through the airport, and go to our gate. It is basically empty when we get there so we choose two seats and sit down. After an hour or so, the gate fills up and first class is called to board. We get up and get in line.

I may or may not have used my dad's credit card to buy two premium tickets for Joe and I back to London on those seats that fold into beds. Apparently, they have some that are big enough for two, and so I booked one of those.

We get to our seats, put out carry-ons in the compartments and go into the little room. Joe pulls out the bed and we relax. At first we just lay next to eachother, but after about half an hour I get cold, so I snuggle up to Joe. 

He whispers into my ear "Never forget how much I love you." 

I roll over and and kissed him on the lips, not letting him finish his next sentence. I slide my hands up his shirt, feeling his well defined abs. I move them around to his back, and feel the muscles around his shoulders.

We don't go any further than that, but I still enjoy it. I pull my hands out from his shirt and ask him to lay on his back. He complies, and I lay my head on his chest. That's how we stay for the rest of the flight.

I fell asleep at some point during the flight, and slept the whole way home. I am awoken by Joe kissing me on the forehead. 

"Riley, love, we're about to land in London. We're almost home." Joe says.

We're almost home. I like the sound of that. I really like the sound of that. I open my eyes and look over at Joe. 

My Joe. He loves me, and I know that now. I never ever want to leave him. It took him not being in my life for me to realize how much I need him.

"It used to scare me, you know." I say, not really to anyone at all.

"What love? What's wrong?" Joe, now fully attentive, asks.

"Oh nothing's wrong. I was just thinking about how I used to be scared of needing someone. But now, I know that I need you, and I'm fine with that." I tell him. 

He looks at me, a little shocked, but in a good way. He pulls me into his arms, and just holds me. And you know what, I don't mind it. Not one bit.

When the plane landed, we got off and walked down the terminal to baggage claim. We grabbed our bags without much talking, and walked outside to the curb to wait for Zoe and Alfie to pick us up. We sit down on some benches, and I lay my head on Joe's lap.

Joe's POV

We head outside to wait on Zoe and Alfie to pick us up, and stand up for a few minutes. Riley whispers in my ear that she wants to sit down, so I find us some benches and sit on one end. Riley sits down on the other side of the bench, and I guess she decides she is tired again, because she lays her head down on my lap. I start playing with her hair, twirling it around my finger.

Eventually Zoe and Alfie show up, and I wake up Riley. I grab her bag, and Alfie hops out and grabs mine. We throw them in the back, and Riley and I jump in the back seat. Zoe is driving, so Riley doesn't get to sleep much, seeing as how she is fearing for her life the entire time.

They drop us off at our apartment, and we go inside. I almost shit myself, because I had completely forgotten that I had asked Niall to be there when we got home.

Riley's POV

I am still a little groggy when we walk into the apartment, but I am wide awake as soon as Joe nearly pushes me over. In a split second he relaxes, and I peek over his shoulder to see what scared him so much.

When I see Niall sitting in the living room, watching football, I am so happy.

I run past Joe and yell "Hello stranger!" right before I jump onto him, hugging him.

While Joe puts our suitcases in our bedroom, I move next to Niall on the couch and take a blanket, covering myself with it. We talk for a few minutes, and then the match comes back from an ad. Niall is instantly sucked into the game, which is fine with me, cause that's when Joe shows up, sitting on the other side of me.

Ever since he's gotten to know Niall, Joe has been so relaxed around him. Usually he's so tense when I'm this close to other guys, but now he's so chill. He knows Niall is just a friend.

I keep telling Niall he's welcome to stay for the rest of the match, but he keeps trying to leave. I manage to get him to stay till the end, and by now it's late enough that it's my bedtime, even after sleeping on the plane for so long. I tell Joe I'm ready to go to bed, and he tells me he'll be in in just a minute. I crawl into bed, and as soon as my head hits the pillow, I'm asleep again.

I wake up to Joe, looking at me and smiling.

"I've missed sharing this bed with you so much. This whole apartment felt so big and empty without you in it to brighten up my day." He chuckled, realizing too late how cheesy what he just said was. 

A/N

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