You have been dreading and looking forward to this day for months now. Why? Because it is currently 3:46 in the morning and you’re in a car with complete strangers on your way to the airport. You and your best friend, Kaitlin, are flying to Rome to see each other after being apart for 2 years. You’re beyond thrilled, except you still have four hours till your plane actually takes off. |✈︎| You eventually arrive at the airport doors, leaving your driver a nice tip as you grab your suitcase and bag from the trunk. You lazily roll your suitcase over the pavement on the sidewalk, as you eventually make your way through security. After what seems like years, you finally get past all of the security, where you’re greeted with the rest of the airport. Shops are lined up everywhere, whether for food, drinks, or just random stores in general, like legos. |✈︎| As you walk past the shops, you find your boarding gate. You plop down in a seat with a sigh before checking the time on your phone- 6:21, you still have an hour and a half before the plane starts boarding. You contemplate to sit here or actually do something, which you decide is for the better. You walk to one of the previous shops you’d pass on the way to your gate, it’s a cute little coffee shop with bright oranges and dull cream colors. You wait in line for sometime before you finally get your order, a white chocolate mocha and a cute little cookie. |✈︎| After shopping for a bit, you head back to your gate. Just on time it seems because right as you sit back down, your area is called to board. You sling your bag over your shoulder, your suitcase already underneath the plane, and walk through the long metal walkway. |✈︎| A few minutes goes by as everyone else is boarded into their seats, the seats next to you still untouched. You continue to wait in your seat until, what you think is literally the hottest boy, comes sits down next to you. You’re slightly confused as to why he chose the middle seat- he could’ve taken the aisle seat. |✈︎|