Preknowings: Success Always Fails (PUBLISHED ON AMAZON)

The Jet Ride

When I was done and into clean, new clothes, I went to the game room to find Pauline. She was sleeping on the brown leather lounge chair, still holding the controller. I sat down on the arm of the chair and looked at her. I liked her. "Aaahhh!!!" I yelled in her ear. She shot up and screamed. I giggled. She stopped screaming and smiled. "Whad'ya do that for?" She asked. I couldn't help but grin. "I would've gotten bored without you." I admitted. "Well," she replied, "What do you wanna do now that I'm awake?" "Wanna play ping-pong?" I asked. "Sure!" She answered. So we played a few rounds of ping-pong, then moved on to air hockey. And when we were bored with that, we played a really intense game of pool. Pauline didn't quite know how to play, so I taught her. I ended up winning because she hit the eight ball that was supposed to be mine into the pocket. We had a lot of fun.

Soon after, we went out into the main jet. We sat down on the white silk seats. They felt just as luxurious as Williams had described them. Pauline and I took a minute to sink into them. I grabbed a Mountain Dew for myself and a cola from the cooler on my side and handed it to Pauline. "Thanks." she said, "I wonder what our parents are doing right now." She added. "I don't know," I replied, "I don't want to think about it."

Williams came in from the cockpit. "I've gotta show you guys something," he said. He reached up above our heads and opened the overhead compartment. "Movies." I stood, turned around, and looked up. Filling the overhead compartment, there were what looked like hundreds of movies of all sorts. "Wow!" I breathed. "And if you press this button," Williams indicated. He leaned down and pressed an On button under the seat. Almost immediately, a big flatscreen TV rose up from the floor, two remote controls were velcroed to a panel by its side. "Cool!" I exclaimed, astonished. Pauline was just standing beside me with her mouth wide open. Finally, she said something, "Wow."

"Enjoy!" Williams beamed as he headed back towards the cockpit. "Thanks!" Pauline and I called after him. "No problemo," He grumbled happily as he closed the door behind him. First, we watched "The Matrix." Next, we watched "The Hobbit." Then we watched some other movies. It was a very, very long ride.

Finally, Williams came in and told us we were about to land. He invited us into the cockpit. We were over a forest. "Where are we going to land?" I asked, "There are only trees below us." "You'll see," Charles assured me. Just ahead, I saw two rows of little lights amongst the trees. The jet slowed greatly. "We land here," Middleton said. There was a bump. "That stupid tree again!" blurted Williams in a rage, "We'll have to cut it down, for the millionth time!" "No!" Charles demanded, suddenly furious, "My mother planted and grew it!" "Well your mother's about a thousand years old!" Williams criticized. "Men!" Bellowed Middleton. "Drop it! We're landing! Do I need to tell her that you two are at it again?!" "No sir," Charles croaked and bowed his head. "I don't care whether Rosenbaum hears or not. Despite her being my boss, I don't care for her." Williams seethed. "And would you like me to tell her that for you, Williams?" Middleton quizzed. "No sir." Williams' voice cracked. "Fine then. Act your age." Pauline and I looked at each other and bit our lips, holding in bursts of laughter.

"We've landed," declared Middleton. "Everyone out." Charles grabbed a bow and some arrows off the wall. He slung the bow over one shoulder and stuck all of the arrows in a pocket. Middleton and Williams grabbed shotguns. Everyone filed out of the jet. Middleton first, Williams last. As soon as all of us were off the jet, we were surrounded by five people wearing camouflage suits and red bandannas holding guns. They each had a badge of the Chinese flag ironed onto their chests.