Felicia Miller
The plane was almost empty except for a few people scattered throughout. Felicia took out her phone and made sure there wasn’t a flight attendant around to tell her to shut her phone off. She began furiously typing trying to get all of her thoughts down into one text message. The recipient of this text was her little brother, Adam. It had been sometime since she had seen him and he was on her mind as she sat there. Felicia was starting to have second thoughts about going she didn’t know when she would get to see her family again and it scared her. Instead of being only a few hours away she would be half the world away. She strengthened herself before any tears started to appear on her face. She looked down at the text she had written and read it to herself.
Hey little brother, I know we haven’t seen each other in so long…but I want you to know that I love you. Claire told me about that scholarship you got and I couldn’t be more proud of you. I’m sure mom would be proud as well. Sadly this isn’t just a text to check up on you and tell you how proud I am. I wanted you to know that I am going on trip and I’m not sure how long I will be gone. While I’m gone I want you to do your best, I might not be able to give you any sisterly advice while I am gone so just remember this. When in doubt do what I would do, just kidding don’t follow my example I don’t want you getting expelled or something. When things get bad remember that you have people who will support you no matter what. Plus you are stronger than you think and can do anything you set your mind to. Well I’m going to go before end the text before I ramble on even more. I love you little bro, take care of yourself.
She sent the message and started to tear up a little bit, but they were tears of joy. Felicia ran the back of her hand along her eyes wiping away the tears that were forming. As she did this she looked around to make sure no one was watching her. Ahead of her was the small group that seemed to be enjoying each other’s company. They seemed to be focused on their own group and she was sure they didn’t notice her.
However, two of them turned around to wave and smile at someone. This caused Felicia to grow curious so she poked her head into the aisle and saw they were waving to a man behind her in the middle area of the plane. He didn’t seem to be a part of their group so Felicia wondered why they looked at him. Felicia was curious about this man mostly because he was attractive, but he also seemed like the type that could hold a conversation.
Felicia grabbed her bag and switched to a seat that was two rows behind her original seat. She was sure no one would mind since the plane had so much open space. When Felicia got to her new seat she place down her bag and got comfortable. She then turned in the seat and said “ Psst, hey you with the spiky hair and attractive face.” Felicia was very straight forward, which was just the way she was and couldn't help it. Plus she was pretty sure this man was the type of guy that was attractive and knew it. She only waited a split second before continuing to talk to the man “I was wondering if you wouldn't mind a little company. I was bored and you seem like the opposite of boring.”