Your boyfriend just left you and now you're sitting on a plane to get yourself home. A friendly stranger kindly provides comfort and reassurance to you. Written by /u/LucidDreamsTraveler on Reddit
Ladies and gentlemen, we'll be taking off in 5 minutes, so please buckle up your seatbelts and enjoy the ride. Here we go. Happy New Year for me, I guess.
Hang in there Vincent, just a few more months and you'll have enough for your shop. Oh, uh, yes. Ah, the window seat is yours.
Uh, hold on. Please. Ah, sure, no problem.
I've always liked the aisle. More spacious, I guess. Uh, oh.
Ah, I see. Don't even listen. Oh no, here we go.
Oh, no, no, I'm fine. Thanks. I'm just not a fan of the turbulence.
Oh, you neither, but you look so chill. Music? But you're not wearing any earbuds.
Oh, a song in your head helps as a distraction. Nice, I'm gonna have to try it. Oh, okay.
Plane is finally stable. Um, hey, are you okay? I wonder what a nice lady like you is doing alone on a plane on New Year's Eve.
Oh, me? Well, my workaholic boss insisted I flew today to take care of stuff at the office first thing in the morning. So, uh, what about you? Your eyes are telling me this wasn't what you had planned for the night.
Oh, things didn't go as planned. Hey, cheer up. It's New Year's Eve.
It's a day to celebrate. How about we make a new plan then? Since we seem to be stuck in this tin can for the next eight hours.
Oh, why won't you celebrate today? I know I'm a stranger you just met, but if you need to talk, we have like eight long hours. Oh, I'm too nice? Oh, it's nothing.
I just can't see a sad lady and not do something about it. Oh, your boyfriend left you? Oh, I'm so sorry to hear that.
You seem like a nice person, so I don't see why he would. Hopefully, he wasn't an asshole when he broke up. Oh, I can't stand those.
He ghosted you? He's that piece of- No, no respectable man does what he did to you, period. Oh, don't apologize for him.
No matter what you did, ghosting is not acceptable in the Jelbin's Code, or in the man's code for that matter. It's just- it's just despicable. Oh, I'm so sorry you had to go through that.
No lady should ever have to. So, I'm guessing you two came to London for the holidays, and he left you there? He took a plane back? God.
Oh, wait, you waited for him a week? And were gonna give him a second chance if he came back? Oh, you're far too nice.
He didn't deserve you at all. I barely know you, and that's far too kind from you. Oh, me? Nah, I don't have anyone.
Hm? Tonight? Oh, no, no, no, no, no.
All my friends have plans with their families already. My family? Oh, um, uh, my parents, they died on a car crash years ago.
So, uh, yeah, I don't have any family waiting for me tonight. But anyways, uh, a new year is about to begin, so if that douchebag left you, means you have a fresh start and opportunity to find someone that really appreciates you. Oh, here, let me buy you a drink.
Hostess? Ah, yes, can we get two shots, please? Oh, um, so you'll have, uh, what do you want? Oh, please, it's my treat.
Alright, vodka for the lady, and whiskey for me, thank you. Ah, alright, so here's to, uh, Oh, so here's to a fresh start. May we both find happiness in this year to come.
Cheers! Oh, uh, am I happy? Yeah? Well, it's, it's complicated.
I'm, I'm this close to leaving my job. I cannot stand my workaholic boss. Ugh.
But I'm, I'm saving to have my own shop. Few more months, and I'll have what I need. Aw, uh, thanks for the good luck, Wisher.
I'm really gonna need it. Oh, oh, shoot. Uh, by the way, I'm Vincent.
And you are? Oh, lovely name. Pleasure to meet you.
Oh, wow, already? Okay, uh, here we go. Five, four, three.
What? Happy New Year! Oh, nice, free champagne glasses.
Oh, thank you, hostess. Cheers! Oh, oh, hey, uh, are you okay? Oh, don't, don't cry, please.
Uh, a, a nice lady like you shouldn't cry for a man like him. He, he doesn't deserve your tears. Oh, you, you have plans for New Year's Eve? I want an eye with him.
Um, I'm sorry. Oh, is, is it okay if I hold your hand? I, I don't know, I don't even know what to say right now.
But, hey, how many people are lucky enough to celebrate New Year's Eve while crossing the Greenwich Point at 42,000 feet?