Something in the Air

Something in the Air - Chapter 6

Vaughn, January 1st

”Sir, are you ready to order?”

I was sitting overlooking the Pacific Ocean on Bora Bora. It was one hell of a company we were traveling with this time. First, we'd taken them to Maui, Hawaii, and now we were sitting literally in the middle of the ocean in French Polynesia. Last night we had celebrated New Year's with a bang of a party. We'd joined the festivities. The champagne and a variety of cocktails had been plentiful. My head wasn't all that bad today, but I was tired. Fortunately, we weren't scheduled to fly to San Francisco until tomorrow.

”Coffee, black and your brunch, please," I mumbled.

My mood wasn't the best. I reached for my phone, opened the f*******: app and found Emily's profile again. Go ahead and call me a stalker, but I couldn't help myself. We hadn't exchanged phone numbers and weren't so-called "friends." The morning after had been rushed, and neither of us had taken the step to talk about a possible future. I hadn't been able to let go of our night and had found her easily. Her profile was public, and I actually didn't care if she could see that I was looking. And I was often.

”Is this seat taken?” A voice broke the silence. When I looked up, I saw Stella from the group in front of me. We had danced and flirted last night, but nothing else had happened. Indeed I was happy not having to deal with a moral hangover as well today.

”Be my guest, but I may not be the best company,” I added. f**k, I actually didn't have the energy to talk to her right now. She was nice enough with a smashing body. The long blond hair was high up in a ponytail and clad in tight workout clothes plastered to her curves. Come to think of it she was exactly what I needed, a quick f**k, a release and the possibility to forget. But I was aware of the fact that the problem rested with me. Something was lacking. I had an emptiness inside me, and it grew with every day that passed. The first couple of days after New York I could still smell her scent, hear her laughter, sense the warm body in the bed next to me. But it became more and more distant and evaporated, I feared the feeling would disappear altogether, which is why I held on to my daily fix of gorgeous Emily on social media.