Chapter 7

Kylie arrived at Jeremy’s at five, which was the earliest she had ever woken up at. The flight leaves at around seven, so they had a few minutes before they left.

“Hi, Kylie. Good morning,” Cassidy said as she answered the door. “Jeremy is bringing his bag down now. He will be down any second.

“Good morning,” Kylie responded happily. While she was still half asleep, the trip was something she was really looking forward to, and she could barely contain that excitement.

Jeremy had not yet told his family or Kylie about the upgrade to first class. He decided it should just be a surprise. He was lugging his heavy suitcase down the stairs when he noticed Kylie sitting on the couch. She had the largest smile across her face that instantly caused him to start smiling back.

He finally lugged the heavy bag down the rest of the stairs and snuck over to the couch. Kylie had been talking with his mom, and he cleverly motioned for her to be quiet and not alert her. So he was able to run up and kiss her upside down.

At first, Kylie was surprised. As she was not expecting the kiss, she was not prepared for a sneak attack. Once she realized what had occurred, she melted into his lips, grabbing his head from behind her. They only stopped after Cassidy started giggling.

“You two will have plenty of time to kiss while we’re in LA. Kylie, can you help Jason for a second? He’s in the bedroom upstairs packing.” Cassidy asked. Kylie happily agreed and headed up.

“Hey, honey ... Let’s talk for a second,” Cassidy told Jeremy.

“Sure, mom,” Jeremy responded, sitting down on the couch.

“Listen. I know you’re going to want to spoil Kylie on the trip. That’s fine. Just please don’t go overboard. I don’t want to have to lug home thousands of dollars of items.”

“I won’t. I promise. I already invested a lot of the money I got.”

“Good. Also, I am going to let you and Kylie share a room. I cleared it with her mom. We think you are old enough to make good decisions. There will be two beds. I am not sure how far you have gone yet, but just be safe. Plus, I am not sure how much making out I can take,” she added with a laugh.

Jeremy was not sure how to respond, so he just kept it with a quick “Thanks, mom. Don’t tell Kylie I will want it to be a surprise.” While they had not done anything past making out, Jeremy quickly understood that might change dramatically in the next week.

“Sure. We should get moving. We need to go get our bags checked.” she said, standing up and yelling up the stairs for the others to come down.

It took a little while to get all the bags into the car. If anyone saw them, they would most likely think they were going for a month. At least first class got free checked bags, Jeremy thought to himself. It would cost a fortune to bring all these on a normal ticket.

It would take only about ten minutes to get to the airport. The flight to LA would be about three hours. It was perfect weather, so there should be no delays.

Kylie had never been on a plane before, which she mentioned to Jeremy, so he made sure he was sitting next to her. Some first-class seats were individual, but he even double-checked they would be sitting in groups of two. He had to admit he was also excited to spend this time with his family and his wonderful girlfriend.

They got all their bags checked in, and Jeremy insisted on talking to the cashier as the rest were tagging the bags. He politely asked not to mention first class as it was a surprise. The cashier happily agreed. When it was time to pay the very low amount of tax, he offered his card. His parents had not even noticed as they were too busy talking and laughing with Kylie.

“Okay, we’re good to go,” Jeremy stated.

“Don’t we need to pay for the bags?” his mother asked.

“I took care of it. Let’s go.” He quickly nudged them toward security.

“I will pay you back for that. I was going to cover it.”

“I know, mom. We can figure it out later.”

Security was quite empty, given the early hour, so it only took about fifteen minutes to get through. Jeremy took a note to make sure he and Kylie get TSA Pre-Check and CLEAR, which would allow them to skip the lines for any future travel. He already thought about where he wanted to go next.

As they approached the gate, Jeremy handed the tickets to each person. It took only a few seconds for the parents to notice the change. Kylie, never having been on a plane before, was clueless.

Cassidy gave her son a glance, and he quickly just returned one that specified a clear “Don’t Say Anything” mentality. She just nodded and whispered to Jason.

They had about twenty minutes before boarding, so Kylie and Jeremy decided to walk around and grab a coffee.

“So I wanted to let you know that we’re going to be sharing a room,” Jeremy said.

“Really? Well, at least we can have some privacy to make out now.”

“True,” Jeremy said, laughing at how many times they had been caught. “There will be two beds. I just wanted to let you know as we have not discussed going further with our physical relationship yet.”

“Trying to get me to sleep with you?” Kylie said, winking to show him it was a joke. She was hoping they could at least go a little further on this trip, but her hopes were increasing given this new aspect of privacy.

“Totally,” Jeremy added back with a wink. Kylie just blushed and smiled.

They walked back over to the gate right as boarding began. Given they were in first class, they were going to be in the first group to enter the aircraft. Kylie was excited she was walking hand in hand with Jeremy as they had their tickets scanned and entered the jetway. She was a little nervous about how the takeoff and landing would feel, but knowing Jeremy was with her was a large comfort.