I wake up feeling so tired. I think I got like an hour of sleep because I was so excited for today. I should have not seen that movie last night. I finally got up and got dressed brushed my teeth grabbed my suitcase and beanie and went downstairs to say bye to my sisters and Mom. When I got down the stairs all my sisters tackled me in a hug. 

"I am going to miss you so much," Brooke said and Hailey and Gabby nodded.

Seriously I am going away for three days not a month. Everyone needs to chill. But I tried to be as nice as I could.

"I am going to miss you to," I said but not completely meant it. It's not that I am not going to miss them it's just I need a break from them.

"I love you," my mom said. "Please make good choices."

"Bye guys," I said to them.

I got in my Dad's truck. We stopped to get food. Then we drove to the airport.

"Bree!" my Dad yelled. "Bree wake up we are at the airport."

"Uh," I groaned sleepily.

I got out of the car and I could see Conner and Mrs. Peters. I also saw four girls I didn't want to see on this trip. Standing there was Mindy, Cindy, Lindy, and Wendy. Not to sound rude but of corse they had to come.

"I love you Bree," my Dad said and hugged me.

"Oh come on not you to," I laughed and my Dad laughed with me. "Bye Dad."

"Bye," he said.

"Good morning Mr. Campbell," Mrs. Peters said to me.

"Good morning everyone," I said with a gigantic yawn.

"Let go inside and check in," Mrs. Peters instructed.

We went inside and showed are passports to the lady at the counter. Conner was standing right behind me. Wow could I ever get away from that boy.

"Mindy, Cindy, Lindy, and Wendy are in row thirty-one seats A, B, C, and D. Conner and Bree are in row thirty-two  seats A and B," Mrs. Peters told us.

Okay breath I am sitting by Conner for a plane ride I will survive. I looked up and I saw Conner looking at my passport picture.

"Your passport picture is way better than mine," he told me. "I got mine over the summer and made the mistake of asking if I was supposed to smile right as they took the picture." He showed me his passport picture.

"It kind of look like you sneezed and it scared you," I said.

I instantly regretted saying that. I was not trying to be rude I just said the first thing that came to my mind.

"Would you like to check your bag, sir," the lady at the counter asked Conner.

"Oh please take her," Conner said.

What the suitcase has a gender? I thought to myself. The lady stared at him with the same expression as me.

"I mean take it," Conner said. "Take the suitcase."

We got on the plane and walked down the aisle to are seats. Conner sat by the window and I sat next to him. I unzipped my back which was filled with murder-mystery novels.

"Are you okay by the window," Conner asked.

"But you are by the window," I said confused.

"Oh right meant to ask was was if you want to sit by the window I would not mind switching seats," Conner said.

"I'll be fine I am just going to read most of the flight," I said and gestured to my backpack.

"So have you wrote anything interesting lately?" Conner asked.

"I just finished one called Cemetery of the Undead," I said. "It is pretty self explanatory."

Conner nodded. "Sounds lovely."

"Oh hey Conner I forgot I had something I was going to ask you," I said.

"Ask me anything," he said.

"Do you have a crush on me or something?" I blurted out. 

Of course I could not keep my big mouth shut! Alexa has like never been wrong before. If see finds out I said that she would probably fly her and kill me. Ugh what is wrong with me?

His face was so red I thought it was going to explode. "What? Of course not! Why would you think that?"

"Because you turn bright red when ever I am around you," I said.

Conner laughed way to long and way to loud the people across from us gave use weird looks. "Oh that. That's nothing. That is just my sodium allergy."

"Sodium allergy?" I asked. "I have never heard of such a thing."

"It is very rare," Conner said. "It makes me ramble and turn bright red for no apparent reason. So that explains that."

I was not buying that at all. But whatever I got myself into that mess but Alexa was right I am going to be single forever.

"Sorry I just thought since we would sitting next to each other for half a day I would ask," I told him.

"I appreciate you asking," he told me. "That would have been totally awkward. Just one of us crushing on the other. I am glad that is not the case."

Conner turned his back to me and  looked out the window. Yep never getting married. 

"Amazing," he said when the plane took of.

"Have you ever flown before?" l asked.

"Not on a plane," he said and finally looked up for the window.

I squinted. "Then what did you fly on a magic carpet?"

"I have been um, ballooning before. It was really neat but nothing really like this. Technology is almost like magic these days," he said.

"You know Arthur C. Clark said magic is just a science we don't understand yet," I quoted.  

Conner mumbled something under his breath that I could not hear.

"Excuse me?" I asked.

"Oh nothing that is a great quote," he said.

I narrowed my eyes at him. "Where did you go ballooning?"

"It's a long story," he shrugged. "It was with my sister in my grandmother's state. But his is the first time I have ever been on a plane."

 A few months ago Conner and Alex disappeared again and Conner came back with out Alex. Apparently Alex hade moved to Vermont to live with her grandmother but I did not believe that for a second. I got tired of interrogating him so I put an earbud in one of my ears and stared to read. About an hour in to the flight Conner got up to you the restroom and when he locked the door to the stall I could see four girls in front of me. Mindy, Cindy, Lindy, and Wendy got up and walked in front of the stall. Finally Conner got out of the bathroom and was annoyed to see the girls standing there in front of him. I could hear a little of what they were saying. But I could her a little of what they were saying and I think they were asking him about Alex. Finally he squeezed thought them an got back to the his seat.

"So your sister lives in Vermont now?" I could not help myself he was literally a walking mystery.

"Yes with my grandmother," he answered quickly.

"Vermont is pretty far," I told him. "So is that we're you went ballooning?"

"Um yeah," he said.

"So if you have never flow the how did you get to Vermont?" I asked.

"Train," he pepped.

"Interesting I see why they would be suspicious," I told him with a coy smile.

I put my earbud in and started to read this was really going to be a long flight.

Thank you guys for reading this I appreciate it. I am so sorry that I have not been updating quickly I will try to get the next chapter in the next few days. Love y'all 💜💜