Hate me ~~ punk Ashton Irwin (au)

Chapter2: The Flight

That week went by fairly quick. It is now Wednesday night and I am finishing up packing. Most people would be screaming about how they don't want to move, but I on the other hand cannot wait to leave this crap town.

We are leaving at 6:00 to go to the airport, our flight leaves at 9:30am. It is 9:18pm right now so I am finishing packing my carry-on (my backpack). After I finish I am going to get a shower then go to bed. Mum said the seasons are flipped in Australia because it is in the Southern Hemisphere. So since it is November, it is almost winter in Liverpool, England (where we live now) that means it is probably late spring/early summer there.

Now you probably think 'Oh, you're so lucky that you get Christmas in summer!'. But honestly I would much rather a cold and snowy Christmas morning but it is not going to happen, now is it? No, it is not. Other than the weather change I think I'll be fine in Sydney. I've always wanted to visit there but we never had the time nor money to go anywhere outside of England. After my dad left my mom was always at work, she didn't seem to have time for me anymore... which I know isn't true it was just hard to get used to.

In all honesty the main reason I don't want to move is because I'll have to start my sophomore year over again. I've finished all the work for the rest of the year and now I have to start fresh. I thought this year couldn't get worse. I was wrong, so very wrong. My best and only friend Jackie will be so upset. We've been friends for as long as we can remember. I decide to send her a quick text.

*Hey Jack..* Almost immediately she responds.

*Hey Mags what's up?* 

*Can you call me I need to talk to you..*

*Yeah sure. Just give me like 10 minutes. I'm eating dinner*

*Okay Jack*

After I send the message I decide to go take my shower. 5 minutes later I'm drying my long hair and pulling it into a messy bun. True to her word she FaceTimes me exactly 5 minutes later.

*Hey Jack* I smile

*Hey Mags, so what did you need to talk to me about..?*

*I'm uhm... I'm moving tomorrow morning.....* I look away from the phone.

*Where...?* She looks scared of my answer.

*Uhm... Sydney... My mum got a new job...* I tell her and start tearing up.

*You're kidding right..?*

*I wish..* She starts tearing up. Now I'm full on crying.

*I'm sorry.. My mum just told me the other day and I've been trying to figure out how to tell you.*

*What time are you leaving tomorrow...?*

*We are leaving the house at 6:00 tomorrow morning... Do you want to see if you can sleepover tonight...? I know we are leaving early tomorrow morning but we could at least have one last sleepover...*

*Yeah I'll ask my mum*

*Me too. I'll call you back after I talk to her.*

*Bye*

*Bye talk to you in a few.*

I walk downstairs to the kitchen to find my mum, which isn't that hard because she is ordering food from the pizza place a few blocks away.

"Hey mum... Do you think Jackie can sleepover tonight...? I know we are leaving early but it's our last chance to see each other... Please?"

"Sure Mag. I'll get two pizzas, I know how you two eat."

"Thanks mum you're the best!" I yell as I run up the stairs and press Jackie's caller id.

*Jack! My mum said yes hurry up and get ready the pizza will be here soon!* I say as soon as she answers the phone.

*My mum said the same thing. Give me five and I'll be over.* She said as she grabbed her backpack and put a change of clothes in it for the morning. she runs down the stairs to the loo and grabs her toothbrush and hairbrush. Then she passes her mum in the kitchen tells her bye and that she'll see her tomorrow.

*Hey I'm leaving now I'll be there in two.* She says and hangs up the phone.

"Mum Jackie will be here in a few minutes." I yell down the stairs.

"Okay Mag let me know when she gets here." She yells back.

"Okay mum"

As soon as Jackie pulls up I yell to my mom as I'm running down the stairs "MUM JACK'S HERE!!" 

"Okay the pizza will be here in about ten minutes." She says as I reach the bottom of the stairs. I run outside and meet Jack on the front porch. 

"Hey so the pizza will be here in about ten minutes."

The rest of the night we spend talking about what we think Sydney will be like. True to my mum's word we eat both pizzas and we fall asleep at around 11:30pm.

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The next morning my mum wakes us up at 5:00 so we have enough time to get ready and eat something before we go. I hug Jack one last time before she gets in her car to leave.

"Call me when you land okay?"

"I'll try it'll be late.."

"I don't care just call me."

"Okay I will."

"Bye Mags...."

"Bye Jack..... I'll miss you"

"I'll miss you too" She says as she gets in her car and starts it. I walk over to my mum's car and get in the passenger seat. 

"Maybe she can come visit us or we can come and visit her over break.." My mum tells me to lighten the mood.

"Yeah maybe..." I say looking out the window. I check my phone's battery, which is at 100%, and turn up the radio. I want to keep my phone charged as long as possible for this flight. On the way to the airport and until we get to our gate she tells me about the neighborhood we are moving to. She tells me about how the school is only a few minutes from the new house and that her office is even closer. I'm worried about school the most.. I don't want to be that weird new girl from England.. But I know it's inevitable, I just hope people are more nice here than they are in Liverpool. We both sleep for most of the flight and we wake up just before we land. when we get off the plane we get lost almost immediately. We stop at the help desk and ask where "Luggage Claim" is they tell us to go down the corridor to the stairs and we should see it from there. We thank them and are on our way. We find our bags pretty easily and head outside to find my mum's coworkers who agreed to pick us up and take us to our new house. The whole drive takes about 20 minutes and traffic is light. When we pull up I look at the huge building in front of us.

"Mum this house is at least three times bigger than our old house.. How did we afford this.....?"

"It was a lot cheaper than it should have been I just found it before they realized how much they were losing.."

"Oh okay.." I say and check the time. It's 3:15pm I catch a glimpse of the date and I have to look again two more times... It's November 18th... We missed a whole day. I asked my mom how long the flight was and she calmly said 27 hours. Great.