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She doesn’t know why. She’s had tougher heartbreaks than Natalie, and she’s never had much of a problem dusting off the dirt and getting back in the saddle of the dating world. With Natalie, however, she did experience something that she hasn’t with her other failed relationships. She felt guilt. So much guilt that it was overpowering.
It didn’t help that Blake knew Natalie’s girlfriend after all. Natalie had never given her a name or shown her a picture of her girlfriend, but when she opened the door to see Natalie and Blake in bed, Blake knew exactly who she was.
To be perfectly honest, Blake doesn’t know why knowing Natalie’s girlfriend made her feel so much guilt. The two of them had hated each other for years. Dr. Amory Paver used to sabotage Blake’s notes in med school and gossip about her, and Blake would steal patients from Amory and erase her name from charts during their residency. They had always hated each other.
But, Blake supposes, she still can’t forget the look on Amory’s face when she caught Natalie in bed with Blake. It was the most heartbroken expression that Blake had ever seen on another person, and she can never forget that expression.
After a while of cuddling, Jenna falls asleep, and Blake carefully removes herself from the bed. She walks to the closet in her hallway. She supposes it was meant to be a linen closet, but Blake hardly uses the fixtures of her apartment for their intended purposes, and instead uses it to hold random junk that she rarely uses. It’s also the closet where she keeps her suitcase.
She finds her suitcase at the bottom of the closet. It’s a black, giant thing with wheels, so it’s easy enough to move around and Blake is grateful for that. Otherwise, she’d have to lug the giant thing around.
Blake wheels the suitcase into her bedroom and tries her best to be quiet while she packs everything she thinks she’ll need. When she’s done with that, she goes back to the closet and digs out her old college backpack. She’s used it a few times over the years, but not often. It’s giant and she usually prefers to pack lightly.
For such a long flight, however, packing lightly isn’t a good idea. She shoves her laptop, some books and a light blanket into the backpack. She’ll probably think of something last minute to bring with her, but for now, this is a good combination.
3
AMORY
Amory takes the bus to the airport, leaving early in the morning. Her mom had offered to stay the night and drive her, but Amory refused. She already bought the bus pass over a week ago and didn’t want it to go to waste. Plus, her mom has work today and Amory didn’t want to risk her missing it.
It’s a little awkward, taking the bus to the airport. This is not the first time Amory has taken the bus, but it is the first time she’s taken the bus carrying so much with her. She’s also dead tired and fights the urge to rest her head on her suitcase and take a nap. She decides that despite the desire, it’s probably not the best idea. Their city is fairly safe, but she doesn’t want to risk someone seeing her sleep and decide to take her backpack from beside her.
When Amory gets to the airport, she checks in her luggage and heads through airport security. All she has on her is a small backpack with a laptop and a travel pillow, so the journey through TSA is relatively painless. She arrived at the airport over an hour early, so there isn’t much to do besides sit and wait.
Mom: Are you at the airport?
Amory: yeah.
Mom: Good luck. Have a safe trip.
Amory: Thnx. Love you.
Mom: I love you too
She opens her backpack and takes out her laptop to make the wait go faster. She opens a book on her laptop and starts to read. It’s a steamy romance novel- The CEO by Emily Hayes. She might be a doctor, but her reading for fun material doesn’t reflect that. And she’s been addicted to romance novels ever since her and Natalie broke up.
They help ease the ache in her heart and desire for a relationship. Not by much, but while she reads about hot sex and happy ever afters, she can forget her own relationship status and that helps. She can imagine that she’s in a whirlwind romance with lots of love and great sex.
She sits and reads while she waits for the plane to begin boarding. When it’s her turn to get on the plane, she puts away her laptop and boards. There are no assigned seats so she finds a place next to a window and waits.
She has to sit next to a window seat, she has decided. If she doesn’t have the ability to look outside, her head will fill with all kinds of terrifying ideas and the fear that they’re going to crash. So she has to look outside to assure herself that they’re fine. This is Amory’s least favorite part of travel—flying. Planes terrify her. Just being on one gives her anxiety.
She’s heard too many horror stories of planes crashing or a plane ride just being hell with the other passengers on board. She really hopes there isn’t a screaming baby on board the entire time or some old lady who won’t shut up the entire time. She just wants to be able to fall asleep during the plane ride and wake up at the airport in one piece.
When someone sits beside her, Amory inwardly groans and decides that she should be a polite passenger and greet the person sitting next to her, but when she turns to look, her heart stops and her blood boils.
Standing there, in a suit with a blanket over her shoulders is Amory’s least favorite person–Dr. Blake Gold. Med school rival, residency enemy, the-one-who-fucked-her-girlfriend, yes, that Dr. Blake Gold.
“Fancy seeing you here,” Blake says with a smirk, one that Amory wants to punch off of her striking face.
Dr. Blake Gold is tall and fit looking with short dark hair. She has big dark brown eyes and an overconfident smirk. Amory still hates her.
Amory really can’t escape this woman or the painful memories. First it was finding the ring in her dresser and now this- it has been a rough 24 hours. She scowls and turns around, crossing her arms.
“What?” Blake prods.
“I have nothing to say to you,” Amory says.
