Airport Connection: A Sapphic Short Story by Johana Gavez

Author:Johana Gavez [Gavez, Johana]
Language: eng
Format: epub
Tags: Short Story, Lesbian Romance
Goodreads: 62664528
Publisher: anonymous
Published: 2022-01-01T05:00:00+00:00

Maritza opened her eyes to find big brown eyes looking down at her.

“I was about to wake you up,” Gabriela said with a smile. “I just got a notification boarding for our flight will start soon. We should go.”

She ignored the way Gabriela’s softness made a hundred butterflies flutter around in her stomach. There was no time to focus on how the woman she’d met only a few hours before and that had stayed up all night watching her, and her kid made her feel. She needed to pick up her kid, throw the backpack over her shoulder, and walk, run, to their gate. And that was exactly what she did. Except, Gabriela took the oversized backpack from her and placed it on top of her carry-on luggage. She also picked up the yellow sweater Amaia had insisted on throwing to the floor and carried it for them.

The waiting room was just as packed as it was the night before when they left. Once again Maritza felt a wave of gratitude at the fact that Amaia and she had slept sound and secure in the VIP lounge.

A long line had formed already filled with a lot of long and tired faces eager to rush onto the plane as soon as allowed.

“We will begin boarding for flight AQ5903 to New York in the next ten minutes with group one passengers. Please remain seated until your boarding group is called,” a feminine voice announced over the intercom.

Maritza adjusted the strap of the backpack over her shoulder and gripped Amaia’s hand a little tighter. “I guess this is it,” she said to Gabriela. “Thank you for everything.”

“It was my pleasure. And I’ll let you know if anything comes up for a job, I promise. So this is not the last time we talk.”

Maritza smiled and reached forward to grab Gabriela’s hand. “I hope it isn’t,” she said, giving her hand a squeeze.

“Passengers in boarding group one, parents with children, and adults that need assistance can begin boarding,” the muffled intercom voice said again.

“That’s us,” Gabriela said, letting go of her hand.

Maritza missed the contact as soon as their fingers stopped touching. She missed the smell of Gabriela’s perfume and the soft smile she didn’t know when she would see again.

In front of her, Gabriela walked, patiently waiting in line to board and occasionally turning around to check on Maritza. She was still so close, Maritza could have easily held her hand again if she’d dared, but she opted for missing her even before she was fully gone. Maritza chose that option because she knew that the space separating them once they stepped out of the airport in New York would be bigger than the physical distance. Even if she could look at her in that moment, touch her, smell her, by the time the flight landed they would walk different paths. Clinging to the memories of their shared night spent in each other’s presence wouldn’t change that fact.

Watching Gabriela sit down in the first-class cabin was another reminder of how different their worlds were.

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