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Eddy must have fell asleep there, leaning on Brett's shoulder, because some time later he was woken by soft hand carefully caressing his cheek."Eddy? You awake?" the older boy asked in a low voice. "The plane is finally ready, we gotta go." He yawned  and sat up more properly. His neck hurt from bending it down to rest on Brett's shoulder, but it had been worth it. Eddy worried this would be the most intimate Brett would get with him for the entire trip. "Finally" he mumbled and gathered his things.

They got to the gate, where another airline lady explained how sorry she was for their wait, and that they had arranged for a different airline to function as their connecting flight from Amsterdam to Bergen. They had been lucky to find a flight with only one stop, instead of the usual two or three they had been expecting. On the other hand, they would spend a night at the airport hotel in Amsterdam due to the delay.Eddy was both excited and not excited about the night in Amsterdam. Maybe, when they had the entire night without anything they had to do, Brett would be able to relax and be the sweet loving Brett he knew and loved. The Brett he was experiencing now worried Eddy, and made Eddy feel like he didn't care about him anymore.

They sat down on the flight, and they were lucky getting the row to themselves. Brett's seat was the one by the window, but he offered it to Eddy."I probably won't be much fun during the flight anyway", he explained it with. "You can look out the window to entertain yourself, or whatever." Eddy had almost expected Brett to take the aisle seat, but was positively surprised when he sat next to him in the middle seat.

The eighteen hour flight was long, and it felt to Eddy like they had been flying for weeks even though every time he checked the time it had only been another half an hour. Brett had fallen asleep in his seat, looking all peaceful and kissable. Eddy closed his eyes and imagined the best outcome he could think of for the hotel stay in Amsterdam.