A New Hope

Finally going on a real vacation! One thats outside of the country, Canada is beautiful and big, but I want to see more of the world. I've been yearning to travel for years now, but something always comes up. Having a tattoo addiction doesn't help and constantly moving across the country and restarting my life makes it hard to save up. I usually last a year and then decide to move on, I'm very personable, but never felt like I belonged. I stand up and stretch, in my excitement I showed up at the airport three and a half hours early. I am always punctual but this was excessive. I packed light so I only have a backpack and sweater to carry around and made sure to wear comfy travel clothes. Zombie print leggings, old skate shoes, and a black tank top. My faded pink hair isn't brushed but I can't be bothered to do anything girlie with it and brushing it just makes it poofy. As I'm standing by the gate for my flight debating going back to the bar I hear a smooth deep voice say "excuse me miss, is this the gate for Phuket?" "Sir, that is no language to use infront of a lady!" I say and turn around with my hand over my mouth pretending to be insulted. When I saw who spoke I'm glad my hand was over my mouth to hide my jaw dropping. I was now face to face with a tall muscular dream boat covered in tattoos, maybe more than me. He was wearing grey sweatpants with a tight fitted white t-shirt that showed off that he spent time at the gym. He had a square clean shaven face and icy blue eyes that looked photoshopped and short dirty blonde hair. He chuckled and raised an eyebrow, "somehow I don't think your insulted by profanities" he then looked around me and saw the boarding sign. "Ahh Phuket!" he exclaimed, " and another hour to burn, is there a bar close?" "And now your bold enough to assume I'd know where the closest bar is!" I pretended to be insulted again. He laughed harder and shrugged his shoulders. " Being bold would be asking you to accompany me to the nearest bar, and I have no problem being bold" he gave me a devilish smirk and a wink. " Well I was headed back for another drink, so I guess you could tag along" I said to him and he held out his hands for me to lead the way. "I'm Hope by the way" I said giving him a firm handshake. "Wow strong shake for small hands. Nice to meet you Hope, I'm Gabriel" "Gabe the Babe eh" I tease him making him laugh. I'm not usually a flirt, its not my strong suit, but f**k it I'm on vacation and he's a total hunk. "Well that wasn't the most original but I'll let it slide. So are you vacationing alone, enjoying the single life?" He asked me looking hopeful. "Yeah and none of my friends could go, I want to see more than just Canada! What about you Gabe? I'm gonna call you that now whether you like it or not, you'll only have to put up with it for another hour anyways" "Only an hour? Right the flight... well maybe if your not sick of me by the time we catch our flight you'll want to see more of me" he grinned at me, "I've been to Thailand before and loved it so I decided to go again." Yeah I'd definitely want to see more of him, if he looks that good dressed I imagine he'd be a site to see without a shirt. "Like your gonna want to hang out with me on vacation I'm sure you already got your trip planned out." I said to him as we walked up to the bar. I bent over to put my bag and sweater down and could feel him staring at my ass. I felt self conscious but sexy at the same time, so I took my time digging my wallet out, then sat down. Gabriel pulled a barstool closer and sat so close that our arms we're touching. I'm not a small girl, I'm 5'7 and muscular for a girl because I usually work labor jobs, but my arm was half his size and I felt tiny sitting next to him. I looked up from our arms and met his icy blue eyes, the way he was looking at me made me blush and break our gaze. "Another tequila?" asked the bartender breaking Gabriel's gaze at me. "Tequila huh? Make that two please" He says to the bartender, then looks back at me. "Well I have loose plans for my trip, but I'd have no problem changing them for the right company" Gabriel winks at me and slides my shot to me. "Phuket!" I say and cheers him. "So why did you pick Phucket for your first trip out of Canada?" he asked me. "Uhhm well I heard its cheap, you can ride elephants, and honestly I just wanted another excuse to say Phuket!" I told him while smirking. He laughed showing off his perfect white teeth and adorable dimples. "Can't argue with that, I knew you were full of s**t pretending that me saying Phuket offended you" he smiled down at me, "how long are you going for?" "Yeah you called it, I curse like a sailor. I'm going for two weeks, I can't afford to miss more work then that. What about you?" I asked him while noticing he was staring at the tattoos on my arms. He motioned to the bartender, "two more shots please and two Ceasars?" he looked at me and I nodded, "thanks man" Gabriel said to the bartender as he started making our drinks. "You'll have so much to do and see, two weeks will fly by. What do you do for work? I just bought a one way ticket, my work is very flexible and I can work remotely too" He said and slid me another shot with a boyish grin. I was becoming more aware of how close he was sitting to me and felt the heat of his arm pressed next to me. I'm always cold so it felt nice and welcomed. His cologne was strong, but not over powering and smelled amazing. "I'm sure it will fly by, but its the longest I've ever taken off work, I'm so f*****g excited! Right now I'm working for a concrete company, we do a lot of formwork for commercial buildings, it sucks, but it's money. Must be nice being able to take the time off and not worry about a time frame! what do you do for work?" I said to him noticing he looked surprised at my job, but most people are when they hear i work in construction. He eyed me up again and the way he was looking at me made me blush again. "You work with concrete, carrying sheets of plywood all day?!" he asked and gave my bicep a little squeeze, his warm hand easily wrapped around my arm and sent shivers down my spine. "Hey you need to buy your tickets first!" I said as I pulled his hand off my arm and he gave me a funny look. "to the gun show Gabe" I joked as I flexed my arm, "the gun show" and he threw his head back laughing squeezing my hand as he did so. "If thats the gun show what would you call this?" he boasted as he put my hand on his arm and flexed. I felt his muscle tighten and bulge under my hand and noticed his tattoo slightly stretch. Gabriel smirked watching the impressed look on my face. "I dunno the warhead convention?" I laughed. Feeling turned on and red in the cheeks. but maybe my rosy cheeks was from the alcohol too. Gabriel seemed to like that comparison. We finished our drinks while talking about some of our tattoos. I just finished telling him about the medic alert one I have on my wrist. I got it because I found out I'm allergic to penicillin the hard way, it turned me into a lobster and stopped my heart. Now instead of a bracelet I'd constantly lose I have a tattoo. "Well Hope its time for our flight!" Gabriel said as he pulled out his wallet. I went to pull out my card too, but he put his free hand on top of mine, stopping me. "Not a chance your paying!" he almost looked insulted. "At least let me pay the tip Gabe!" I protest. He just squeezed my hand a little and shook his head as he paid the bill. "Well thank you, you didn't have to, but I really appreciate it" I smile up at him and he brings my hand up his lips and gently kisses it. "I know I didn't have to but I wanted to and your very welcome" he said and kissed my hand again. We thanked the bartender and walked back to our gate. I didn't realize he was still holding my hand until we got there. "Well thanks again for the drinks and good company Gabe!" I say to him as I'm digging out my passport and boarding pass. He was pulling up his e-ticket on his phone, I grabbed it and started putting my phone number in. He grinned as he watched me do it. "So I take it your not sick of me?" he chuckled as he took his phone back. People were already boarding the plane and they just announced my row was next. "Nope, I'd definitely like to see more of Gabe the babe! But thats me, so have a great flight! you have my number now so use it if you want... or not I get it" I got on my tip toes and gave him a quick kiss and ran off before he could reply. As I was boarding I looked back and he looked deep in thought with a smile on his face. I got to my seat and smiled at the guy sat next to me, before putting my headphones in and getting settled. I was a little tipsy and smiled as I thought of kissing Gabriel and running off. He probably wouldn't text or call but the flirty drinks before my flight had me flustered and feeling butterflies. I felt a connection which is stupid, a guy like that wouldn't go for a girl like me. He's the drop dead gorgeous type that you always see with the bombshell barbie type. And I'm just... well me. Still I couldn't get over the way he was looking at me, or how we hit it off. I've met guys at bars before and even went home with some but it was never like that, it was simply attraction and loneliness. This was different. The way his icy blue eyes seemed to see something special in me...Then again this was probably all in my head and I shouldn't expect to hear from him. I sighed and leaned my head back listening to my music while everyone finished piling onto the plane. The guy next to me nudged and nodded his head to a flight attendant that was looking at me waiting. "Hope Clowe?" she asked expectantly. "Yes that's me, oh s**t sorry am I in the wrong seat?" I started digging for my boarding pass. "Oh no there's no problem with your boarding pass, we just came to inform you that you've been moved up to first class!" she smiled at me. "Oh ha, are you sure? There must be some kind of mix up." I say confused. Getting randomly moved up to first class never happens and I'm not the lucky type of person for that to happen to. "No mix up hun, come follow me please." she says waving her hand for me to get up and follow. I grab my bag and sweater and awkwardly wave bye to the guy I was sitting next to and notice the jealous looks from a few people who over heard the conversation. "Well this is a pleasant surprise, did the airline mess up or something?" I asked the flight attendant while I followed her. "Or something I guess" she laughed as I just followed her confused, this was gonna be a great vacation! "This is your seat here miss." " Thank you so much!" I almost shouted as she walked away. This was a huge upgrade from my economy seat! I did a little happy dance staring at the much more comfy seat I'd spend the next 14 hours in. I took a deep breath in to calm down so I didn't start yelling "f**k ya", but stopped short... I know that smell, that strong but not overpowering cologne. Then I felt a big warm hand on my hip turning me around and the other hand come to the back of my head and pull me in for a kiss. His lips were full and soft and he didn't just give me a peck like I did to him. He kissed me hard, grabbed my ass pulling me close to him, my hands instinctively went around his neck and he gently bit my lower lip. I felt shivers shooting up and down my spine, my heart sped up, my mind went blank. He looked down at me with those icy blue eyes and devilish grin. "So you like the upgrade?" he snapped me out of my daze and smirked as I licked my lips