Chapter 3 of A Secret Past

I woke to see Alex fiddling around with the laptop. I looked out the window to see what was before the ocean now to be a wide stretch of green lush grass. I looked over to Alex, “Wow it is so beautiful!” I looked back to the window, “Yes yo—it is very beautiful.” I looked back over at him but he was already looking the other way. “How much longer do you think it will be until we get there?” “Two more hours.” A voice from the row in front of us said. I looked up to see a guy leaning over his seat, he had black face eating hair, snake bites piercing, ice blue eyes and his ears were gauged. “Sorry I didn’t mean to seem like I was eavesdropping it’s just I am up here alone and it has been a very long ride.” “Oh it is ok, I totally understand.” “The name is Aden.” “Hannah, and this Alex.” I gestured over to Alex and he nodded. “So where are the two of you off to, if you don’t mind me asking?” “Oh just to visit his dad.” “Oh I see, asking for his blessing?” he pointed down to my ring, “Oh ha-ha, no this is my promise ring, and we are just friends.” “Oh that is good.” “It is, why?” “Well a pretty thing like you being engaged so young well it just isn’t right, well unless it was me you were engaged to.” He said with a smirk and winked at me, of course being me I blushed. I looked over to see Alex glaring at Aden, “So Hannah how old are you?” “Me? Oh I am seventeen, you?” “I just turn nineteen last week. How about you?” he looked over to Alex, “Twenty- one” “Wow your old, so you two are just friends right?” I looked over at Alex for an answer but he wasn’t a lot of help, “Yeah we’re just friends.” “Sweet deal, well this seat next to me is empty if you want to sit with me.” “No thanks, I need to talk to Alex about some things.” “Ok well if you change your mind I am up here.” I smiled then he turned and sat back down.
I turned to Alex, “Well people in Italy sure are friendly.” I chuckled, “A little too friendly for my taste,” he said still glaring at the back of Aden’s head, “don’t you think it was strange how he wanted to know all about us and where we were going?” he leaned in to my ear, “Hannah you have to remember that we are running from the people who took your father and anyone here could be a spy.” I pulled away, “Yeah even you.” “Why would I be a spy, your father told me in his note to take care of you and get you to see my dad?” “Yeah well haven’t you heard of a double agent?” I got up from my seat and started to walk pass him, “Where are you going?” “To go sit with Aden.” He tried to block me but I pushed past him and turned to sit next to Aden. “So I see you got bored with your little friend. Why don’t you see how much fun you can have with a real man.” he smirked and winked at me. Wow isn’t he full of himself, in my mind Alex is more of a man than he is. “Look, I am just here to talk.” “You say that now, but you will warm up to me in no time, you’ll see.” “Right… So do you live in Italy?” “Yeah, you?” “No, I am from the states.” “I should have known, because there is no way I would have missed a pretty face like yours before.” I laughed, “Thanks, well where I am from not many guys would say that.” “No?” “No. I wasn’t considered pretty at my old school.” “Well I think you are more than pretty, I think you are beautiful, and so does your friend back there.” “Wait, what?” “You should have heard what he was saying to you as you were sleeping. That was why I thought you two were engaged because of the way he was talking to you.” “Really? Wow and I was so mean to him just now.” “I don’t want to lose you but, I think you should go talk to him.” I smiled and walked back to my seat to find Alex wasn’t there. I sat down and looked at the seat next to me; I looked to the window and stared out it until I felt a shift in the seat next to me. I looked next to me to see Alex sitting next to me, “Where did you go?” “I had to go, not like you would care where I was though. So what did you get tired of Aden?” “Look I do care and no about Aden. I just found out why you were so annoyed with Aden besides the fact you didn’t trust him.” “Oh?” “Yeah, he told me, about what happened when I was asleep last night, about what you said.” He looked down at his hands, “Wow he really is nosey.” “There is nothing to be embarrassed about it; I think it is sweet.” his head shot up and looked at me “Really? You really think I am sweet?” “Yeah, I really do.” He smiled and got out the laptop, “Well there are some things we need to talk about before we get off this plane.”