Love Notes

21- A Trip!

The time had come for the family vacation. It had been about a month since Tina came to Charlotte permanently and that Solange had been around. Beyoncé had changed the vacation plans to include Tina and Solange. She also had some surprises in store for everyone. She called a car service to take them all to the airport. No one knew where they were going except her and she wanted to keep it that way until they got inside the airport. Beyoncé checked everyone in and handed them their boarding passes. All at once everyone looked at their boarding passes. The reaction they all had made her so happy. Every person in her immediate family who was there was happy for their destination. It was July and it was going to be hot but the family didn't care, they were going to the Bahamas. As long as there was a beach and water her family was happy.

They all made it through the TSA check and only had about an hour to wait before take off. While waiting in the terminal Michelle zoned out while looking at the planes coming and going. Beyoncé just hugged her from behind and kissed her neck.

"Hey beautiful, what you thinking about?"

"I was just wondering what life will be like for us in the future."

"Hmmm interesting, I was thinking about the same thing."

"I see us married and with at least two more kids and another dog." Michelle laughed.

"Michelle we don't need another dog."

"But baby Poppy is getting older and she don't get around like she used to. I know you don't want to think about it but babe, she's old."

"Okay. I get it."

"Good because they just called our section for boarding."

"Mhmm, let go."

"Hey BB, no hands in inappropriate places. Our family is with us."

"What about the bathroom?"

"Beyoncé, no."

The couple shared a laugh and joined their family to start boarding the plane. Getting in line Auntie wondered about what they were laughing at but left it alone. She would be sitting next to Kaleb and Brielle would be across from them. Solo and Tina would be sitting together, Beyoncé had done that purposely she hoped they took the time to get to know each other again. The mother and daughter pair hadn't spent much time together separately from everyone else. Every time they saw each other it was a group setting. Beyoncé hoped that at least one day while they were in the Bahamas Tina and Solange would spend that time alone. Once all the other people boarded. The flight attendants started their usual spiel about all the safety precautions and exit rows, blah, blah, blah. Michelle and Beyoncé were ready to take off, but they were sitting on the runway, something about the plane in front of them having to wait to take off. So everyone was seated and waiting for the plane to get into position. About ten minutes later the engines roared loudly and the plane began to move, getting up to speed and eventually taking off.

About twenty minutes into ascending there was a slight commotion behind Beyoncé and Michelle. Michelle turned around just as Tina was about to tap her shoulder. Solange didn't look so good. In fact she looked super pale, Michelle quickly sprung into action and grabbed a plastic bag that had been in her backpack. She was just in time as Solange began to throw-up, Tina held her braids back and rubbed her back. She heaved until nothing else came up. When the plane leveled out at the correct altitude the attendant brought Solange some ginger ale and crackers. She barely ate any of the crackers and sipped the ginger ale slowly. Looking at her you could tell that she was tired but she didn't want to sleep.

Tina held her hand as Solange leaned her head on her shoulder. The two talked quietly for the rest of the flight. Auntie and Kaleb were having a good time playing some game on his tablet for the entire flight. Michelle slept on Beyoncé while she finished the last work related project and sent it to her team. Along with the project Beyoncé sent clear instructions not to bother her for the next two weeks. Brielle was lucky that no one sat next to her so she was stretched across both seats reading a book. Beyoncé started to mess with Brielle which led to them having a conversation about how she felt going into eight grade. Brielle spoke freely about her anxiety about going to eighth grade but she was also happy. This would be her last year in middle school and she hoped to go to a great high school. She had heard many great things about Mallard Creek High School but they didn't live anywhere near it but Beyoncé's offices were just about five minutes away. Beyoncé catalogued that piece of information into her mind so that she could come back to it later and maybe talk to some people about getting Brielle into the school. There was no doubt that Brielle was more than smart enough to get into the school.