A Light in the Dark // Flicker Series Part I #wattys2019

Oh What a World...And Then There is You

Chapter 2
Evie's POV // Oh What a World...And Then There is You

I manage to get to the airport, park my car, and get inside before Nora's flight lands. With y tray of coffees in hand, I look around until I find the wall of screens for arriving flights.

Ireland to Nashville: Gate 25B

Even though I know that my sister will probably be stuck in a dreadfully long customs line for a while, I want to get to her gate as quickly as possible. I plan on giving her the biggest welcome home/I missed you hug the second I see her. Living without my sister for a year is quite possibly one of the hardest things i've ever done. I can only imagine how couples do long term relationships.

Im practically printing through the airport, dodging people as I go and using my body to shield the tray of coffee from people that would threaten to bump into it and spill it.

The gate numbers are slowly narrowing down and I finally see a sign that says Nora's gate is right around the next corner.

Giddy with excitement, I quickly round the corner towards my destination to wait for Nora. Before I have time to compensate, I collide with the person coming the opposite direction, sending us both tumbling to the ground.

Unfortunately my body being the smaller of the two of us gets knocked back into the wall, bumping my head on my way down as he falls straight to the floor knocking the tray of coffee out of my hand in the process.

The one highlight here is that the coffee managed to miss us almost entirely, leaving a mess on the floor but hardly a drop on either of our clothing.

"I am so sorry!" He says quickly. His voice is familiar, but with my head spinning from the fall i'm not able to place it yet. "Are you alright? Here let me help you up!" He says quickly.

My head is spinning from the tumble and the bump it took to the wall, but i'm sure I've heard his voice before. I take his hand as he pulls me to my feet and I look around to notice a small group of guys with him, thankfully none of them were additional casualties of our collision.

And then it hits me.

As my vision finally returns to normal, his face and everything about this situation becomes crystal clear to me.

"No i'm sorry! It was completely my fault! I'm fine..." I stutter. "Niall, yea?" I ask quietly, a bit out of breath from that incident.

"Niall Horan." He says with a nod, extending his hand again for me to shake.

"Nice to meet you! You're coming to the Track One Festival next month, right?" I ask with intentions of explaining my affiliation with the event, and additionally apologizing profusely.

"Yeah I am! You coming to the show?" He asks, but before I have a chance to respond we're interrupted by of the men from his team.