text: The man’s right hand crept over the divider and slowly brushed the woman’s fingers. He never averted his gaze from his book of course: this was all part of the experience. He touched her hand softly, only using the back of his index finger to start. She was reading as well, and while she normally needed silence and concentration to read, she didn’t mind getting distracted by him. Jacob was different. “Would you care for something, my good sir?” said Erin playfully, keeping her eyes focused on the little black symbols scribbled on the white pages before her. Jacob puffed his chest proudly and turned to look at the side of her head. “I must urinate and I demand you unbuckle...your seatbelt, so I can get past you and go to the pisser.” He made sure to emphasise the P. “Oh, is that right...unbuckle my seatbelt, eh?” “Yes, that is. Not sure what else I could, let alone want to, unbuckle right now.” Erin closed her book and turned to grin at Jacob, not minding that she lost her page. “For now, let’s ignore how incredibly sexy I am and how badly you must want me right now,” she said as she delicately scratched his arm. “Now regarding your bladder situation, it’s just that I can’t help but remember you stealing my Window seat even though I clearly have 32C...even someone as dense as you can see the predicament you quite literally put yourself in, right?” “Erin. I will climb over you and you will like it.” “Fuck. I give in. I’m too young and pretty to die of suffocation today.” She clicked the button on her seatbelt and slid out into the aisle. As Jacob slid over as well, she blocked the exit. “What’s the password?” She almost sounded genuine as she smiled cheekily. “Prawn is life 123,” he replied coolly, looking directly at her deep green eyes without batting an eyelash himself. “Wrong.” “I’m not kissing you.” “Wrong.” “I will piss on you.” “Unlikely and admittedly a fetish.” “I love you.” “You may pass.” As Jacob slid past, Erin gave him a playful spank before she sat back down. She closed her eyes and smiled. Only Jacob could make plane rides enjoyable. He could make anything enjoyable. He returned and thirty minutes later, the plane began its decent. Erin reached over to hold Jacob’s hand. “Remember when we first met? I still think about it sometimes you know. It was ages ago yet it’s so clear in my mind.” Jacob popped up the divider to rest his head more comfortably on hers. He grinned as he sassily replied, “How could I forget my first visit to the Strip Club? Spent a hefty $3 on you!” “I know and it was the most I’ve ever gotten!” Erin stated with glee. “Once you proved you were rich, boy...you had me hooked like crack. Now I’m never leaving you! Love me!” She turned to kiss him on the cheek, then the collar-bone, then proceeded to nuzzle her head into his neck. He smelled good. He always smelled good to her. They stayed in that position in silence until the plane’s wheels touched down on the tarmac. Jacob kissed the top of her head. Erin stuck her pinky out and Jacob did the same. They looked out the window and to their delight, there wasn’t a cloud in the sky.