Seventh Kiss

2. Wings

"Karen wake up! We have to hurry. We were suppose to be up 30 minutes ago," Alexis frantically said.

"I'm so tired, you guys." Karen yawned.

"Lucky for you because you'll have 9 hours and 25 minutes to sleep all you want," Lowman yelled as she dragged her bags out the room.

"I can't find MY PHONE," Alexis said, freaking out as she literally destroyed Lowman's room.

"Alexis, you need to chill. Last night I remember you saying something about charging it downstairs by the door so you wouldn't forget it on your way out." I said pushing the bags I had with all the strength of a hundred pound teenage girl.

"Phff... I totally knew that, I was just testing you guys. Anala you won!" She cheered as she ran past me, slapping me on the shoulder.

"What'd I win?" I called as she looked through her notifications. I had finally made it downstairs to add to the long line of bags settled by the door.

"The greatest thing ever." She smirked, looking away from her phone and towards me.

"Ah... I'm kind of scared now. What is it?" I questioned, ready to sprint up the stairs if I needed to.

"Come here!" She exclaimed with her arms wide open.

"I DON'T WANT YOUR HUGS!" I ran, gliding up the staircase. Just when it seemed like I had made it, I missed a step and tumbled down.

"Ow! Ouch." Alexis and I both yelled as I took her tumbling down with me.

"What are you guys doing?" Lowman snorted.

"Maybe helping us up would be nice," Alexis added as she held her hand out waiting for Lowman to pull her up.

"Just leave them," Karen laughed.

"I was thinking that," she smirked stuffing her face with what was left of her toast.

"Now if you two are done playing," Karen advised, "Lowman and I need help putting the bags in the back. And her mom said we're leaving in 10 minutes."

"Crap! I need to go clean the mess I made in your room," Alexis confessed.

"Go ahead and do that we'll put the bags up," I answered.

"Girls lets go! We need to make it in time," Mrs. Yelena yelled as she pressed on her car horn and called out the window.

"MOM, WE'RE COMING!" Lowman yelled as we heard the car horn sound once more.

"Okay now, lets talk about safety," Lowman's mom lectured, turning the volume down on the radio.

"I think I've got this. We need to stick together, don't trust strangers, and always have pepper spray, etc." Karen answered.

"Yes, Karen you are completely right. Stay safe, stay together, and don't get scammed because you're a tourists okay. But most important have fun," she articulated, the airport in full view now.

"I guess I'll be looking for some pepper spray," Lowman laughed as we grabbed all our bags out the back.

"Don't worry I brought some for everyone," Alexis answered.

"Bye girls! Have fun, don't do anything you wouldn't want me to find out about," Mrs.Yelena added as she gave us each a hug.

"Your mom is so nice, Low," Alexis recited.

"Yeah, but we still have our ups and downs though so..." Lowman trailed off.

"No, I blame it on being Russian. So far all the Russians I've met have been either extremely nice or quite weird," Karen laughed.

"You are so talking about Mrs. Ramirez.yeah she was weird sometimes" I laughed with her as I remembered our French teacher during freshmen year

"She always kept us laughing though" she added

"Guys lets go, our plane is boarding now," Low said quickly, getting up and grabbing her pile of books that she's apparently going to "finish" during the plane ride.

"I'm so excited," Alexis exclaimed.

"Trust me. We know." Karen smirked, "I'm just glad to get some more sleep."

The plane ride was nice and calming. I sat next to Low, and she was completely glued onto her books, and across from us Alexis was busy jamming out to her music, and sweet Karen was sleeping quietly by the window.

"You should probably wake up now," I heard out the distance just as my dream got really good.

"Five more minutes," I muttered, trying to block Low's voice out.

"We're almost landing though, and since you're next to the window, I thought you might enjoy the view right now," Low answered as she flipped to the next page of her book.

"I'm up now." I yawned, staring at the beautiful landscape down below of France.

"I can't believe we're finally here!" I heard Alexis blurt with excitement.

How can she constantly be filled with energy, I thought as I looked over my shoulder only to see her sipping a cup of coffee, which explains everything.

"Low, have you gotten any sleep at all?" I questioned as I looked at her tired, pale face, her once blonde hair now dyed a nice hue of red put up in a slightly messy bun.

"If you count an hour or two as sleep, then yeah of course I did." She smiled as she kept her eyes glued on the words in her book.

"You're going to be so tired though. Did you at least finish your pile of books yet?" I questioned as I awed at the view down below. No one understands how long I've dreamed about being here, and I finally am.

"Actually, I'm on my last one. And I think I'll be done by the time we land," she answered.

"I'll be right back. I'm going to spiffy myself up a bit in the bathroom before I walk out the plane looking like a complete troll," I laughed.

"We wouldn't want that now would we," I heard her faintly as I walked down the aisle toward the bathroom.

The one thing I hate about airplane bathrooms is that they are too small for me. They make me feel claustrophobic, but I really don't mind them too much.

As I stare at my reflection in the mirror, my brown hair was here and there but not too bad. As for my chocolate colored eyes, they didn't seem tired at all.

Startled by the knock at the door, I quickly brushed my hair and brushed my pearly whites and got outta there before I got an angry line outside.

"Jules better be there by the time we get our bags," Karen muttered. She was quite grumpy this morning. Only because she believes she didn't get enough sleep, even though she slept throughout the entire flight.

"If he's not you'll give him a good butt kicking from your karate days right?" I laughed.

"Yeah, those few weeks back in like, middle school, will definitely beat his no experience," Low answered as she laughed along with me.

"Guys, never under estimate me now," Karen warned quickly hushing our muffled laughs.

"I'll help you with the butt kicking," Alexis smirked, " I gotchya back."

"Did these bags just get heavier, or is it just me?" Low growled as she dragged her bags behind her.

"That's what lack of sleep does to you." Alexis laughed.

"Whatev-" Low answered but was cut of by a loud scream.

"OMG GIRLS!" Jules screamed as he stormed toward us, causing a huge scene with his arms wide, a huge grin on his face, and turning heads while at it.