“Good, because I don’t know what I would have done if I had lost you. I love you Sky.”
I wanted to melt right there as the butterflies started to flutter. “I love you too.”
He leaned down to me and his lips gently touched mine, lingering for a couple of seconds. When he pulled back a bit to look at me I could see a look of concern in his eyes and I could tell that he had something on his mind.
“Do you still want to come home with me for Thanksgiving?” He looked nervous as he waited for my answer.
I didn’t even hesitate and I smiled at him. “Of course I do, I’m looking forward to it.”
He looked relieved and a huge smile covered his face. “I was hoping you would say that. I’ll let you know more details later this week.”
“Okay, I can’t wait. Oh, what time is it?” I had gotten so lost in us that I completely forgot about all of the work I had to do on my paper.
“It’s almost 4:30, sorry I’ve kept you so long, I know you have a paper to get to, are you ready to go back?”
“Yeah, I need to finish this thing tonight. Jonathan, thanks for today, I feel much better.”
“Me too.”
Chapter Two
Jonathan and I fell back into our usual routine of studying together and me
sleeping in his room. I was with him so much that a lot of my clothes and other things were in his room because it was just easier to get ready in the mornings.
Thanksgiving was fast approaching and we were leaving for the Hamptons the Wednesday before. He told me that his family always went to their Hampton’s house because they hosted so many people, and the New York townhouse didn’t have enough bedrooms for everyone. I tried to convince Jonathan to let Barbi fly with us but he insisted that she get her own flight, he still was very upset by what she did and was not as quick to forgive as I was.
The morning we were leaving I became extremely nervous as it began to sink in that I was going to meet his whole family that day. Since his parents were so nice I was really hoping that everyone else would be too but I had no idea what to expect. What kinds of questions were they going to ask me? Would I be able to relate to them on any level? We had never traveled anywhere fancy or eaten at expensive restaurants so if they started talking about things like that it was going to be magnified how different I was from them.
Katie was still packing her bags when Jonathan came to help me with mine.
“Knock, knock. Are you ready?”
I looked up to see him standing in our doorway and it really was incredible how flippin’ gorgeous he was. He instantly made me feel better and all of my insecurities subsided for a bit knowing that I would have him by my side. I smiled at him and slung my purse over my shoulder.
“Ready.”
I turned to Katie and gave her a big hug. “Have a great Thanksgiving.”
“You too, I’ll see you next week. Have a good Thanksgiving Jonathan.”
“You too Katie.”
He grabbed my suitcase and I was just about to follow him when Katie grabbed my arm and pulled me back so that she could whisper in my ear. “I want every single detail when you get back!”
I smiled at her, gave her a quick wink and mouthed, ‘definitely’.
The ride to the airport was not very long and I noticed that we were driving to a different part of the airport that I did not recognize.
“Which airline are we flying because I don’t think American and United are out here. We’re out in the middle of nowhere.”
He smiled at me and chuckled. “We’re taking my family’s jet.”
My mouth fell open and I was completely shocked. “Your family has their own plane?”
“Yeah, it’ll just be us and the flight attendant.”
“Wow, okay.” His world of wealth was so foreign to me. Private plane? Really? My insecurities reared their ugly head again as I thought about how I just did not fit in with this world. I must have looked worried because he turned to me with a look of concern.
“Is something wrong?”
"Jonathan, I don't know about this, this really isn't my world and I'm just not used to being around people who have so much money. I'm going to stick out like a sore thumb.”
The car pulled up to the tarmac and we sat there for a few minutes before we got out.
“Skylar, listen to me, the stuff that my family has does not make us who we are. Even though we have more material things than the average person, we are hard working, down to earth people. Please don’t let the nice things intimidate you. No one in my family will care how much money you have, all they care about is that you like me for who I am and not what I have. You’ll see, they’re all really nice, fun people and they’re going to love you as much as I do, okay?”
I had to admit that I felt a little bit better after hearing him say that. We got out of the car, the driver took care of our bags and we boarded the plane. Once I walked onto the plane I was literally blown away because I had never seen anything like it. You see private planes on TV and in movies but I don’t think you can ever really be prepared for what it’s actually going to be like once you are inside of one. It was so gorgeous inside; it looked like a high end condo! It actually had bedrooms, full bathrooms, a conference room and more. It was so crazy to me that I was actually on that plane. This cannot really be my life right now.
We took our seats and shortly after that we took off. Jonathan kind of briefed me on what the schedule was going to be and whom I would be meeting. They were hosting family and friends this year so they were expecting around 20 people. Apparently his family liked to schedule just about everything, even down time, so at least I knew what I would be doing every day.
The flight was really short, about an hour, and we touched down before I knew it. A car was waiting to pick us up and as we drove into Southampton I was completely in awe of the beautiful mansions I saw. We rounded a corner and began to pull up to a section called the estate section and we went through gates to get in there and then we drove up to an enormous mansion set behind another set of gates. This can’t be their house. It looked like something you’d see on one of those celebrity home shows. The gates opened for us and we made the long drive up to the house. I was nervous and didn’t want to get out of the car but Jonathan was able to coax me out.