How to Catch a (Rock) Star: A Story of Sex, Love and Rock 'n' Roll by Aquilina Gabrielle

Author:Aquilina, Gabrielle [Aquilina, Gabrielle]
Language: eng
Format: mobi
Publisher: So Vain Books
Published: 2015-05-12T16:00:00+00:00

CHAPTER TWENTY ONE

In her window seat, Lillie stared out at the tarmac, trying not to cry. Leaving Kate behind had been more upsetting than she could have ever imagined. She couldn’t stop thinking about Chris running back to kiss Kate one more time when they had finally parted ways. She choked back a sob and Jed squeezed her hand. She couldn’t look at him. She knew she would give in to the tears if she saw the concern in his eyes.

Up in the air, Jed ordered two neat Jack Daniels, putting them both on Lillie’s fold down table. It was ten o’clock in the morning. She downed them both and put on her eye mask.

Eventually, she fell asleep, Jed waking her up for lunch a couple of hours later. She ate automatically without tasting it, which was probably a good thing. Jed suggested she watch one of the comedy films but she didn’t want to be cheered up. Instead, she chose an intense sounding romantic tragedy so she could blame the crying on that.

Finally, they were touching down. Lillie switched on her phone as soon as the plane stopped and a text from Kate came straight through. Lillie smiled through a haze of tears and texted her right back, blinking rapidly. She was glad that Kate’s parents had picked her up from the aiport, taking her back to their house for a big lunch made up of all her favourite foods. Kate wouldn’t have time to think about Chris when all her extended family were vying for her attention.

As they came out into the arrivals area, Lillie smiled as an attractive, dark-haired, slightly plump woman ducked under the rope and ran towards Jed, shouting his name loudly. Lillie watched as Jed dropped the hand luggage on the floor and lifted her up into a hug that swept her feet off the floor.

‘Hey Mom! It’s so good to be home,’ he said, kissing her cheek as Lillie hung back, unsure what she was supposed to do.

The woman turned to look at her, a big grin on her face, not too dissimilar to her son’s.

‘You must be Lillie! I’m Jed’s mom, Sandra,’ she exclaimed, holding out her arms.

Lillie stepped into her embrace and Sandra squeezed her tightly before stepping back to look at her properly. Turning to Jed, she said,

‘She sure is a pretty little thing. I take it you’ve got it all sorted out with - ’

Jed didn’t give her time to finish her sentence, slinging an arm around each of them and telling her not be embarrassing.

They left the airport and made their way to where Jed’s dad, Martin, waited with a huge minivan. Shaking his hand, she noticed how unlike him Jed was. Martin, although tall and well-built like his son, was fair haired and had hazel eyes hidden behind tortoise shell glasses. He looked a serious sort of man and Lillie remembered Jed telling her that he was a professor of English at Columbia University.

The drive to Jed’s parents’ house was loud and overwhelming.

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