First ever time leaving the U.S

Mark checked his watch for the hundredth time in the last fifteen minutes.

He was standing in the terminal gates, ready to board the plane to Sydney, Australia. Other passengers were starting to board already, he was now currently just waiting for Jess who was still a no show.

Mark couldn’t help but begin to panic as more and more people moved from the terminal to the actual plane. Surely she couldn’t miss the flight. He really didn’t want to be getting on himself until he definitely knew Jess was coming.

It didn’t make a whole lot of sense on why she was late, the organising was done all by her, it wasn’t like she wasn’t aware of what time to be at the airport at.

After calling her a couple of times for no answer, Mark’s panic increased.

“Last call for Flight 304 to Sydney,” the voice echoed out from the speaker.

Fuck. Mark grabbed his bag and moved to the counter where they were collecting the tickets. Maybe he could see if they could delay things at least for a little longer.

As he approached the counter, Mark was saved.

“Leaving without me?” a female voice then said behind him.

Mark turned around and breathed a sigh of relief, there was Jess standing there grinning. She had on a tight pair of dark coloured yoga pants with a grey hoodie.

“Oh thank god you’re here, I really thought you weren’t going to make it in time,” he said, getting out his ticket for the lady at the counter.

“I always time everything to perfection,” she bragged, following him in.

They handed over their tickets and jumped aboard the plane, headed straight for Sydney. It was going to be a long flight and he was very much relieved that he had a plane seat right next to Jess.

Finding their seats, they noticed that they were sitting with a slightly older male in his 20’s who clearly had a very strong physique. He had some very nice sandy blonde hair and was in just a pair of shorts, a light blue T-shirt and a pair of flip flops.

“G’day, I’m Justin,” he said as they approached the isle. Mark noticed instantly how much of an Australian accent he had.

He can’t say he was too pleased as Jess took the middle seat. Great, he thought to himself, she now had a hot Australian blonde guy to flirt with for the flight.

Sitting on the outside seat, Mark felt out of the loop quite a bit. All he could do was watch movies as Jess and Justin chatted. She seemed to love getting to know a good looking international guy which had Mark becoming a jealous on-looker.

He would need to get used to this, Jess wasn’t his girlfriend, he had to remember that she had the right to speak, flirt and get with any guy she wanted while they were away.

Of course Mark wanted to eventually get to a stage that she was his own but it would take time. They hadn’t even slept together yet, this was certainly the true goal of this trip. If he could come back to the U.S after finally rooting Jess, then this would be a successful trip.