The Facility

Weekend

Saturday Morning; 12:00 a.m.

Leigh-Anne was having a hard time relaxing, even on her luxurious private jet.

"I mean . . . I'm no expert research person but so far with the extra searching I've done- which is your grandpappy's Wikipedia page- these guys don't seem evil. They're just rich so if they were cold to your mam it may have been because they could sense she was coocoo." Perrie was reading from her laptop.

Leigh-Anne was scrolling through her phone anxiously. Yes, she got the okay from their school to go on a mini trip this weekend. The only requirement was that a teacher come on board as supervision . . . so Alex was here.

Alex was sitting in the seat across from them. He was wearing one of those neck pillows and was reading something on his phone. These were actually notes on his students. These days Jade had been behaving strangely to him and he really wondered why. Was 'Du-bess' that good? The change he expected to see did not make sense. Jade just seemed . . . happily scheming. He talked to Du-bess about it already and the guy had told him that at this stage all that was to be expected of Jade was that she should be calmer. He had no idea what all of the happiness and giggling was about. Alex knew that Jesy and Perrie had had a falling out but he did not know if Jade somehow swooped in and now had Jesy for herself. Was that why she was so happy? Because she was dating her crush? It did not look like that was happening.

The teacher shook his head then turned to his side to look at the two students he would be accompanying on this trip. I'd ask them about Jade but Leigh looks nervous as it is. He hoped that the girl's grandparents were decent. They had not contacted them to let them know of the visit but Leigh did know where they lived . . . because of Ray Ray.

Leigh-Anne took a deep breath and let it out slowly. "I guess we'll see when we get there." She held her stomach which had been aching from the time Alex actually agreed to supervise them. She turned to their teacher and saw him staring already.

Alex felt kind of weird. She was probably wondering why he was looking. "L-"

"Aww Alex you're so worried that you can't keep your eyes off me!" Leigh started to cry.

Perrie jolted by that sudden outburst. "Damn . . . she's a real empath ain't she?"

Alex nodded slowly. "Leigh-Anne there's no need to cry okay? I have a strong feeling that your dad's parents aren't insane murderers- is that what you're worried about?"

Leigh pouted at him and nodded.

"Why would you think that?"

Leigh froze. "Umm . . . well . . ." She thought of the murderer that was her mother and shrugged. Alex did not need to know that.

Alex sighed then smiled reassuringly. "It's gonna be alright okay? And if they somehow seem dangerous, we can just go back home."

Leigh rubbed her arm uncertainly.

After they landed, they went to the hotel that Alex had booked them and unpacked. The flight had been about three and a half hours so everyone was exhausted when they got to their rooms. They would be staying in a suite which contained three bedrooms. Even though the agreement had been that each of them would stay in their own rooms, after Alex had gone to bed, Perrie had found herself sleeping next to Leigh.

It was now morning time and Leigh was getting ready to go see the people they came here for.

"I think that once you're done visiting your folks that we should go site seeing or something 'cause like . . . these brochures make this place look amazing. Look at this." Perrie was admiring every picture she saw. "This is damn near immaculate." She was all dressed and sitting with crossed legs on the bed. "It would be a crime to have come here and not gone to the beach. Like . . . we need to." She shook her head. "Ah fook. After this we're gonna have to go back to chilly New York. Booo!" She pouted because so far she was enjoying the warmth of this island. Back at school it was pretty cold since they were still in the winter season.