Chapter 1: The Flight

"Get your ass up you unfortunate fellow, don't you have work today? Weren't you supposed to attend to a flight to New York?" A loud intimidating voice rang through the small room followed by weight of pillows slamming on Alex.

Alex was just 8 when his parents died, he barely even remember's their face and ever since then he's been staying with very mean and funny aunt Joy who only choose to take care of him because his mother was her best friend.

Three days ago, after so much struggles and very little luck he somehow managed to land a decent job as a junior flight attendant and today was the very first time his gonna be flying. That and also to New York City in a plane captained by one of the most sought-after pilot in the country.

"Ooh Aunt! Ah! Ah, I'm already awake. You don't need to hit me so hard. What is it? Do you want to kill me? Are you after my life?" Alex spoke as he jumped down to the other corner of the bed.

"Ooh I see, you have so much time and audacity to stand there and talk right back at me? I'm gonna show you who's the elder here." She replied as she picked up her slippers and started to chase him all around .

Alex wasted not a single second as he ran out of the room straight to the living room trying by every means possible to avoid getting hit by that slippers of her's, because he knew how much pain he was in for if he was hit.

She chased him around but Alex had some fair advantage, he was young, stronger and faster, he ran through their two bedrooms apartment and headed for the kitchen where he quickly took out a plate a dished himself some breakfast.

"You little son of a b......!" She stopped her sentence halfway as she reached the kitchen and saw him already sitting down having breakfast. She had a rule never to hit him if he was eating.

"You are lucky today!" She said.

" I know aunt I'm always lucky! You know I think Lucky should be my middle name," he replied.

"Haha! Funny, don't act all wise now you fool. It's already 8:05am and you flight leaves by 9:30am let's see how much your luck can do about that huh!" She said with an evil smirk as she left the kitchen and it was followed with a deafening silence as he turned over to my the old clock on the wall and it was now even 8:06.

"Holy sh**t!" He lamented as he sprinted out of the kitchen with some pancakes still in his mouth. He rushed into his room and straight to the bathroom.

Quickly took his bath, brushed his teeth and proceeded to getting dressed.

He stood before the mirror, buttoning up his crisp white dress shirt, its fabric smooth against his skin.

A navy-blue tie, already neatly knotted, rested just below his collar, complementing the sharp lines of his tailored vest.

The airline's insignia, a pair of golden wings, laid subtly on his chest.

His uniform was impeccable: a navy-blue blazer, structured but not too rigid, sat perfectly on his shoulders, giving him a polished yet approachable look.

His trousers matched, fitted enough to be stylish but comfortable for long flights. He slid on his well-polished black dress shoes, the final touch to his ensemble.

Running a hand through his naturally curly yet slightly untamed brown hair, he sighed. No matter how much he tried to tame it, a few stubborn locks always had a mind of their own.

His features were sharp but not overly chiseled, his jawline had a natural roughness, and his nose was slightly crooked, adding to his charm rather than taking away from it.

He wasn't conventionally handsome in the chiseled, muscular way, but there was something about him.

With a final glance in the mirror, he straightened his blazer and took a deep breath. This was it.

He kissed his Aunt goodbye and quickly headed for the airport.

"Be careful now you fool! I don't want you ending up dead!" She said with a little smile.

"Awwn so caring of you aunt, don't worry I will try so hard not to die." He replied as he slammed the door.

"Ooh God please keep him safe for my sake," she prayed as she continued her chaos.

Reaching the airport with almost about 30 minutes more to spare, he was quickly directed to his flight.

"Looking a bit like a llama today, aren’t we?"

These were the first words he heard immediately he joined the rest of the crew on board..

"Excuse me!" He said and he turned to face them. The were three girls and two boys with him completing the boys three.

"And you are fully excused, do you have anything to say new boy? One of the attendant a male spoke.

"Yeah I have something to say, you clearly just called me a llama, may I know why,?" Alex added. "Today is clearly my first day on this job, and the very least you could do is not intimidate and insult me. Grow up this isn't high school guys.

"Yooooo! I think the new sheep got some balls, talking back in such manner," another lady spoke her tag spelt Lucy.

Immediately Jacob the boy who spoke earlier pushed him to the wall.

"Hey new boy, you might be lucky enough to get a job here but that doesn't and will never mean you are to our class get that, so you better know who and when to speak," Jacob added. " This uniform might really help you looks, it might help you clean up well, but you still look like a stray mutt in a suit."

"What the hell is wrong with you guys, stop this right this moment or I will have to report you very irresponsible character," one of the other girls spoke up.

The entire space fell silence for a short while before Jacob let go of his collar and moved the rest followed him out leaving just Alex and the girl that just stood up for him.

"Thank you about that, I'm really really so greatful!" Alex thanked her.

"Ooh that? That was nothing and don't give to much thought to Jacob and the others, they are just one bitter set of humans," she added.

"I'm Joyce by the way, but my friends call me Joy for short!" She introduced herself.

"Wow! That's wonderful, my aunt's name is also Joy aunt joy. I'm Alex the new guy," he replied with a smile.

They all went out to serve the passages with everything they might need just before the flight took off.

The entire flight was a bit loud with attendants moving around and making sure everyone was ok. But in the next moment it all fell silent followed by very little murmurs.

"Oh my he is even hotter in person, to be honest he is one of the main reasons I'm boarding this flight," the lady Alex was currently attending to murmured to her friend that was when Alex took the initiative to turn around and take a look at what was happening and there he was the top one most talked about and sought after pilot in the whole of California.