Return To Me, My Love

After we board the plane I grab Spence's arm and ask him to switch seats with me, him now sitting next to Frank while I sit next to Ian. We take our seats and I hear Frank start to protest so I tilt my body towards Ian, turning my back to Frank and ignoring him until the announcement comes over that we are about to take off, everyone advised to fasten their seatbelts and I feel panic creep into the back of my mind and I slump down slightly in my chair as I grip the armrest, my body tense and I close my eyes, my breathing slightly choppy, the memories of the take off for the flight yesterday playing in my mind and I barely register anything happening around me until suddenly the plane starts moving and someone slips their warm hand into mine, easing it up off the arm rest and I crack my eyes open to see it's Frank, now sitting in Ian's seat. "Breathe beautiful" he whispers in my ear and I grip his hand tighter as I choke out "I really hate this part." "I know baby but just breathe, you're gonna be ok I promise." I nod slowly as I focus on keeping my breathing even, my eyes locked with Franks and a few minutes later we are in the air and I feel slightly more relaxed. "See, that wasn't so bad" Frank says softly as he unbuckles his seatbelt and leans over to kiss me softly, his hands sliding down to unbuckle my seatbelt for me as we kiss. "I'm sorry, I'm an asshole I know." "Frank how long are we going to keep doing this?" "I know he's just your friend, your best friend, but sometimes I get jealous of how close you guys are." "But nothing's going on, you know that." "I know baby and I trust you one hundred percent but I just....it drives me crazy sometimes and I try so hard to just keep it to myself but...." "It's ok, at least you care" I tell him and he sighs and says "What can I do to make it up to you?" "It's fine" I tell him and Frank shakes his head and says "No, I'll find a way to make it up to you baby." We fall into silence after that and Frank puts the armrest between us up and I slide over a little and lean into his side, my head resting on his shoulder as I close my eyes and Frank wraps one arm around my waist as his other hand comes up to gently stroke through my hair. "Get some sleep baby, it'll help you relax."

When I wake up again Frank is snoring softly beside me and I sit up, looking over and seeing him sleeping with his head tipped back against the headrest and I watch him for a few minutes, his face looking so peaceful. I stand up and stretch, letting out a quiet yawn and I hear someone softly say my name and when I turn around I see Ian smiling at me from across the aisle. "Hey" I greet him back, keeping my voice soft and he gestures towards two empty seats nearby and I smile and nod, Ian standing too and we walk over and sit down together, Ian offering me one of his earbuds and I put it in as I lean over and rest my head on his shoulder and we sit in silence, both of us listening to his iPod and I feel the most relaxed I have all day. An hour later I sit back up again and take the earbud out, offering it back to Ian and when I stand to stretch again I turn around and see Franks eyes are open again and I smile at him and blow him a kiss, everyone else around us still sleeping and he giggles softly, smiling to himself as he blows one back and I walk back over to sit next to him again, Ian getting up and going back to his seat too. "What were you doing babe?" Frank asks when I sit down and I sigh softly before saying "We were listening to music, it was really relaxing." "Yeah? How about this then" he says quietly as he pulls his iPhone out and digs his headphones out of the bag at his feet, plugging them in and offering me one earbud and he opens his music, going to his playlists and he selects one labelled Gee <3. Frank glances over at me and I stare back questioningly and he smiles and says "They're all songs that remind me of you, I've been listening to it a lot recently" and I smile as he starts the first song, remembering when Frank covered it for me and I reach out and slide my hand into his, my fingers sliding in between his as I tilt my head back against the headrest and close my eyes, just enjoying being with Frank again, the music helping keep me calm.

After the plane lands and Frank talks me down from an almost anxiety attack, the pill wearing off, we stumble off the plane with Franks arm wrapped around my waist supporting me as my legs shake slightly. "You're ok, we're on the ground again" Frank whispers in my ear and Ian steps over to my other side and gently grabs my hand, squeezing it as he says "Come on Gee, I'll buy you a drink." I chuckle softly as Ian drops my hand and Frank smiles and says "There we go, there's that breathtaking smile." I stick my tongue out at him playfully as we follow along with the rest of the passengers entering the airport from the plane when a bright flash goes off and I groan as Frank chuckles and says "Very mature baby, I wonder if that was a fan or paparazzi." "Oh god" I groan out as Frank continues to chuckle and I playfully shove him away, another flash going off and I say "I'm walking ahead, I hate this photo thing." Frank wraps his arms around my waist from behind as I go to walk away and he rests his chin on my shoulder as he says "Nope, you're staying right here with me" and we continue to walk with Frank cuddling me from behind as we round the corner into the main part of the airport where a large crowd of eager fans are waiting for us.

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