laughing.
“I plan on doing a whole lot of nothing!” I say matter-of-factly. “I’m going to be taking advantage of this vacation and be a total bum. I want to lie around in my bikini all day, sipping on fruity drinks with tiny cute umbrellas.”
Brooklyn lets out a squeal of excitement as she tosses back the remainder of her drink. “Sounds like heaven to me, girlfriend!”
Dixon, finally pulling his eyes away from his cell phone, glances at us with a sly grin on his face. “I plan on hitting the clubs this weekend. Find me some hot ass Bahamian babes. Hope you won’t mind me and Jax dragging Kayden away from you to party it up one night this weekend.” I catch him momentarily looking at Brooklyn. He is such an ass; he’s trying to get under her skin and we haven’t even left the freakin’ ground yet.
Adjusting in the seat, I slip my legs under my butt. I smile as sweetly as possible, trying to contain myself from jumping across the plane and strangling Dixon. I just say, “No, I don’t mind at all. I imagine there are many ways for Brooklyn and I to entertain ourselves.”
Before Dixon can say anything else, the pilot comes over the intercom informing us to buckle up and that we’ll be taking off momentarily. Brooklyn pops a piece of gum into her mouth, and tosses a piece onto my lap. “Want any?” She asks, looking over at Jax and Dixon. They both nod yes and she tosses a piece to Jax who catches it one handed. I almost choke on my gum when Brooklyn whips a piece at Dixon’s head.
I am instantly consumed with the aroma of Kayden’s cologne. I turn and see him walking towards us with shots in his hand. “Ya’ll ready? I thought we should all take a celebratory shot before the jet takes off. He walks over, handing Dixon and Jax their shots. I can’t help but admire his fine ass as he stands in front of me. I lift my foot and poke him in the butt with my toes.
“Hey now!” He yells, spinning around and smiling a panty droppin’ grin down at me, handing me my shot. “No frisking me until the plane is in the air.”
“Where’s the fun in that?” I tease.
Brooklyn raises her shot glass and makes a toast, “To a weekend to remember and a past to forget!” Poking me in the arm with her elbow, she smiles at me before tossing back her shot of whiskey.
“Cheers!” We all shout and down our shots.
***
Exhausted from not sleeping a single full night over the last two weeks, I’m finding it hard to keep my eyes open during our flight. Kayden is working on his laptop, trying to get some more work done before our plane lands. Dixon has been texting nonstop and Jax has been playing games on his tablet. So Brooklyn and I decided to head into the private bedroom of the jet to lie down and watch Bridesmaids .
Almost an hour into the movie the plane experiences horrible turbulence. It starts shaking and bouncing all over, instantly shooting pains through my body as I bounce around on the bed. Gripping my ribs, I scream out in pain, overcome by flashbacks of the car accident. One minute I am lying on Kayden’s bed with Brooklyn, the next I feel as if I am really back inside my Audi, bouncing around in the back seat as the car flips along the embankment. The sounds of my screams are almost deafening to me.
“Savannah! Savannah!” I can hear faintly along with my terrified shouts. The pain is excruciating. I can feel tears streaking down my cheeks. I can hear Brooklyn and Kayden shouting at me and feel myself pressed against Kayden. The smell of his cologne is soothing me. I finally hear my screams stop, but I’m still crying. Looking around, I see Brooklyn white as a ghost and staring at me. She’s sitting on her knees on the bed and Kayden is sitting behind me, holding me against him with his arms wrapped around me.
“Holy shit! What the hell happened, Savannah?” Brooklyn’s voice is full of panic as she crawls closer to me,
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