"Shall we sit here?" Adalyn asked.

"Yeah okay." Michelle said, as both of them sat outside their terminal.

Michelle and Adalyn had done all the formalities required at the airport, and there were 30 minutes left until they had to sit in the plane. They had received their boarding passes, so they were sitting outside the terminal, waiting for time to pass.

The other team members would have reached before us?" Adalyn asked.

"They will reach only 30 minutes after our flight lands. Our hotel is a little far from the airport there, so we won't go to the hotel; we'd wait for them and all of us will go together." Michelle explained.

"Okay." Adalyn said as everything slowly clicked in her brain.

"Are you excited?" Michelle asked, making eye contact with Adalyn. Adalyn's face broke into a smile.

"So excited, you have no idea." Adalyn said.

"Me too. I have never done this before, so I won't be the best teacher." Michelle admitted.

"It's really not a problem. I think you will be perfectly alright." Adalyn smiled.

"Thanks. I'll try my best."

There was a comfortable silence between the both of them.

"Wanna get something to eat?" Michelle further asked.

"I ate pancakes at home, but I would love to get a cup of coffee." Adalyn said.

"Okay, there's a Starbucks outlet right there. We can get coffees there." Michelle said as she got up.

"Alright." Adalyn said as she also got up from her seat.

They both went to the Starbucks outlet and ordered hot coffee for each of them. Michelle even ordered a small croissant.

"I didn't have anything to eat. So I decided on a small croissant." Michelle said with a chuckle.

Their order was prepared, so they picked up their respective food items and sat where they were sitting earlier. They began eating and had a small conversation about all the fun things they'll get to do in London.

"I'm telling you Adalyn," Michelle began as she kept the croissant in her hand onto the plate, "Ruel is hyperactive on the stage. It's real fun to watch and even more fun to click pictures of him. The crowd is hyperactive like him, so everyone is screaming lyrics. It's real enthusiastic."

"I saw a concert of Ruel on YouTube. It was so loud." Adalyn laughed as she took a sip of her coffee.

"It's extremely loud. Some say it's even louder than One Direction. That's saying somethin'." Michelle said, as she took the last bite of her croissant.

"Whoa, that's big." Adalyn said.

"Yeah it is. Oh, and after the concerts he will have meet and greets. Fans will come and we have to click their pictures together."

"That's so cool. I am getting more and more excited." Adalyn said as she and Michelle got up from their seats to discard their empty paper plate and cups. As they came back to their seats, they realised that the time for them to board the plane had arrived. They picked up their handbags and boarding passes and went inside the plane.

"B 20, B 21" Michelle murmured to herselves, trying to find their seats.

"Here it is." She said as she saw the familiar seat number. Adalyn sat down in the window seat with Michelle in the aisle.

"You comfortable?" Michelle asked.

"Yes." Adalyn smiled.

In a few minutes, the pilot's voice came over the intercom, signaling the plane would be taking off in five minutes so all passengers should buckle up their seatbelts and put their phones on airplane mode. Adalyn quickly pulled out her phone and sent a message to Laura and Lorelai.

Mum ❤

My plane's about to take off.
Bye mum. <33

Take care hun! Bye 🥰

Lori ♡

My plane's about to take off.
I'll miss you love. 💓

I'll miss you too bubs.
Have a safe filght. 😘

After texting both of them, Adalyn put her phone on the airplane mode and let out a sigh of satisfaction. She was on her way to London!

Throughout the plane journey, Adalyn and Michelle got to to know each other more. Michelle discussed about her family, about how her parents weren't exactly happy about her doing photography, but now they are very proud of her. She told about the whole team, and about how much fun Adalyn will get to have. Adalyn opened up more about her family, discussing some of her fondest memories of her father and her together. She doesn't cry on his death anymore cause she knows that wherever he is, he is safe and proud of Adalyn.

"So, Ruel's so tall that he can jump over people?" Adalyn asked while stressing on the word over, completely shocked hearing this.

"Yeah. He is 6 feet and 5 inches. My head almost goes a ninety degrees to look at his face." Michelle said as she couldn't stop her laughter.

"I'm like 5 feet and 4 and a half inches. Oh god." Adalyn said while laughing and rubbing her forehead with her forefingers, thinking about her head will also end up going a ninety degrees to look at his face.

His beautiful face.

Wait. What is she thinking?!

She shook her head, trying to get rid of the thoughts that suddenly appeared in her mind, without any reason whatsoever.

Suddenly, there was another voice over the intercom, signalling that the plane is about to land so everyone needs to buckle up their seatbelts. Adalyn and Michelle quickly buckled themselves up, securing themselves. The plane began it's descend, slowly landing. Once it had landed, Michelle and Adalyn picked up their handbags and got out. As soon as they got out of the plane, a cold breeze hit them, allowing goosebumps to rise on their arms and shivers down their spines. Both of them hurriedly opened their handbags and put on cardigans. After buttoning them up, they went inside the airport and went to the baggage carousel to pick up their suitcases. They found their suitcases soon and went to find the terminal where the plane of the other members will land.

"Terminal 3. Here. Sit. This terminal is the one they'll be coming at." Michelle said while pointing at a chair for Adalyn to sit down. Adalyn obediently sat down, and Michelle sat down in the seat next to her. Adalyn started to look around; the airport in London was significantly different from the one in Adelaide. She saw people around her, talking in the enchanting British accent. This was her first time coming out of Australia, and she was way beyond excited.

"Addie," Michelle had begun calling Adalyn Addie, upon her insisting of course, "you should text your mum and your best friend letting them know you've reached."

Adalyn quickly pulled put her phone and shot two texts, one to Laura and other to Lorelai.

Mum ❤

I've landed at the London Airport mum.

Oh great! How was your flight?

Amazing! I am so excited!

I'm so happy for you hun 💓

Thanks mum 😘

Lori ♡

I've reached London Lori.

Oh my god! That's great! Have
you met Ruel? 😏

No not yet. And don't make that face
to me. Or else I won't share any pics.

Okay sorry sorry.

"Addie wanna get a coffee?" Michelle asked.

"Yeah sure." Adalyn said.

Lori♡

I gotta go. Will talk later.
Bye <3

Bye bubs ❣

Adalyn and Michelle walked up to yet another Starbucks outlet and got coffees with pounds. Adalyn got a good amount of money exchanged from dollars to pounds back in Australia.

After getting their coffee, Adalyn and Michelle went back to their seats and began sipping the hot coffee in their practically numb hands.

"How much time is left until their flight lands?" Adalyn questioned.

Michelle pulled out her phone to check the time.

"Only 10 minutes." Michelle said.

Adalyn nodded.

"What time is it here?" It was night in London, but Adalyn had no idea what time it was.

"It's 11.30 pm on 10th of October." Michelle said.

"Oh its pretty late."

"Just think, we went back in time."

At this, Adalyn's eyes widened and Michelle began to laugh.

"We did! Oh my god." Adalyn said, as she laughed with Michelle.

"We went back a few hours." Michelle continued to laugh.

"That's so cool." Adalyn said as both of them dialled down on their laughter. An announcement came over the intercom, signalling the plane from Sydney has arrived. At this, Adalyn's heart began thumping loudly.

"Their plane landed. We'll meet them there. Come on let's go." Michelle said as she pointed at the gate of the terminal.

Adalyn got up and both of them threw their empty paper cups in the bin. Then they began walking to the gate of the terminal.

Michelle had seemed to notice Adalyn's nervousness.

"Don't worry. They all are pretty chill." Michelle said, as she squeezed Adalyn's hand lightly.

At this Adalyn simply nodded and gave a smile.

Suddenly, her eyes found a tall boy with dark blonde curtains with headphones around his neck. His head was visible the first as it was at a pretty high height.

"There they are." Michelle said as she began walking to the group and hugged them. Adalyn decided to follow her, but her feet had planned something else for her: to stay firm at her position. As Michelle noticed that Adalyn wasn't with her, she turned her head and called her out.

"Adalyn! Come here." She said, while motioning with her hands.

Adalyn nervously began walking up to them. As she reached the group, Michelle spoke up.

"So everyone, this is Adalyn." Michelle said while pointing at her.

Everyone began saying 'hi' 'hello' and 'your picture was beautiful' and everything. All Adalyn did was smile and say 'thanks'.

"This is Beau. He plays the keyboard for Ruel's concerts." Michelle said as she pointed the first person. Adalyn shook his hand.

"This is Chelsea. She is Ruel's back up singer and vocal coach." Michelle continued as she pointed to a beautiful woman with pink hair. She shook her hand too.

"This is Nate. He's the manager." And Adalyn shook his hand.

"This one's Joel. He's the one who does the videography." Adalyn shook his hand too.

"This is Jack. He plays the drums." Adalyn continued on with her ceremony of shaking the hands.

"This is Coco. She is Ruel's older sister." Michelle said while pointing to a blonde haired beautiful girl who practically looked like Ruel's twin. She shook her hand.

"This is Kate. She is Ruel's mum." Adalyn shook Kate's hand.

"And this is Ruel. The main dude." Michelle laughed.

Adalyn walked up to Ruel. And surely, her head went a ninety degrees to look up at his face.

"Hi I'm Ruel." Ruel said as he let out his hand to shake.

"Hi I'm Adalyn." Adalyn said as she shook his hand.

She made eye contact with him, and her eyes got lost in his green eyes. They were an earthy green which revives the grass after an unforgiving winter. And when some light fell on them, golden specks in his eyes became clear. She was mesmerized by his eyes.

He made eye contact with her, and his eyes got lost in her brown eyes. They were chocolate brown which resembled the rich dark soils fertile with life. Irresistible for him as honey is irresistible for a bear. He was mesmerized by her eyes.

"Ahem." Nate cleared his throat awkwardly so as to get the teens' attention. Both of them snapped back to reality and as they realised they both were still holding hands, they quickly removed their hands from each other's touch.

Her hand felt cold without his touch.

His hand felt numb without her touch.

A pink blush began to coat their cheeks, but before they could say anything, Chelsea spoke up.

"It's getting late. Let's go to the hotel and have some sleep." She said.

Everyone nodded and went out of the airport as all of them had picked up their suitcases.

Nate ordered two Ubers for the group of 10. They came soon and the group divided into two groups of 5 each and went on their way to the hotel. Ruel, Coco, Michelle, Adalyn and Kate went in one and Chelsea, Nate, Joel, Jack and Beau went in the other.

In the first Uber, there was an awkward silence. Ruel, being the weird one, broke it.

"Adalyn the picture you clicked is breathtaking." Ruel complimented.

Adalyn turned around to face him but was careful to not make eye contact with him. She didn't want to get lost again.

"Thank you so much. The music you make is extremely beautiful." Adalyn smiled.

"Thanks. I really wanted to come with Michelle to Adelaide and meet you but I couldn't. I'm sorry." He said.

"It's really not a problem. I got to meet you now." Adalyn smiled.

"Yeah." Ruel smiled back.

"Adalyn Ruel will be real hard to click pictures of. He can't stand still." Coco laughed.

"Shut up Coco." Ruel said while rolling his eyes.

"Actually she isn't wrong." Michelle said.

"No she isn't." Kate agreed.

Ruel groaned loudly and covered his face with his hands while fake crying. Everyone in the car began laughing.

"I stand still only Adalyn. These three love teasing me, especially Coco." Ruel said while glaring at Coco.

"That's cause you're my baby bro." Coco said with a cheeky smile as she flicked his ear.

"Ow that hurt." Ruel said as she went to flick Coco's ear but Kate stopped them.

"Both of you stop it. The next one to flick anyone's ear will be off this car and will have to walk to the hotel." Kate scolded.

Both Ruel and Coco stopped and became unusually quiet.

"Adalyn it all is so entertaining I'm telling you." Michelle whispered in her ear, making her chuckle.

"This almost made me happy that I'm in an only child." Adalyn whispered making Michelle giggle.

Everyone became quiet in the car as the sleep started to kick in. The music was softly flowing in the background. Adalyn leaned her head against the window and lightly hummed to the music while taking in the beautiful view outside the car window.

Ruel on the other hand wasn't able to get his eyes off Adalyn, no matter how much he tried. Not only was she gorgeous, she was also kind-hearted. But Ruel knew that he can't fall for her, because of Olivia.

Ruel forced his eyes away from her, trying to not think about her beauty and only about how everything needs to be strictly professional.

Within 10 minutes they reached the hotel. As they got out of the car and paid the driver and within seconds the other Uber also came. They all got out and paid their specific driver and everyone went inside the hotel.

Nate and Michelle went up to the receptionist to get their room keys while the others sat down on the seats and couches in the hall. Michelle and Nate came back to the others with the keys in the hands.

"We are 10 people and the number of rooms booked is 5. So in each room it will be two people. Decide who you all wanna stay with." Nate announced.

"Hey Adalyn, wanna share a room?" Coco asked sweetly.

"Of course." Adalyn smiled.

"Me and Adalyn are sharing a room." Coco said as Nate handed them a key. Everyone quickly formed pairs and went up to their rooms.

Adalyn and Coco had got the first room. They went inside with their suitcases and handbags. They both freshened up one by one and plopped on the bed.

"You tired?" Coco asked.

"A little, but excitement is more." Adalyn laughed.

"Yeah." She laughed with her.

They both made some small talk before they drifted off to sleep. Coco was nice, and Adalyn was extremely happy about that.

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Author's note
So the story begins! She met Ruel and there's something something between them. But it's forbidden love isn't it? Seems interesting. Stick around for more. And don't forget to follow me for updates and to click on the star!

With love through health and sickness
Keziah