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SEVEN : Chocolate milk and a Pilot wearing silk

"Amy, AMY! could you pass me a carton of that chocolate milk in the fridge, please?" Dani said, arms outstretched but not quite long enough to reach.

"Geez, how can you drink that stuff? Milk is literally the sewage water of Hell." I said, handing her a cold carton anyway.

Dani made a face at me and swiped the milk from my hands, the condensation making it extra slippery. "Okay, I'm just going to pretend that you didn't say that, and ignore you like a decent human being, unlike what you are and what you are is an insane, milk-hating, nasty, butthole person."

I chuckled, "mmkay Dani, whatever you say."

"How can you possibly hate milk?! It is the LOOOORD'S BEVERAGE! and it's free which makes it even better." said Dani, opening the corner of the carton with her teeth.

Okay, let me tell you about our whole airport experience and travel happenings so far. Basically, we slid in and out of the gates and into the airplane as smooth as spreading butter (vegan!) on toast (multigrain!).

First I thought we were boarding the usual way, but then we had special cars take all thirteen of us directly onto the tarmac. Pretty swag, right fam? At least me and my little bro Joey thought so. He's the only one left whose the same height as I am, so we were both lagging behind our much taller kin.

"Come on Ames! Let's go!" He said, sprinting towards a pretty massive grey jet with windows outlined in goldish paint. A single pearl white staircase protruded from it's side just waiting for us and below it, I kid you not, rolled out was an adorable velvet carpet, in ruby red, where a tall, smiling, asian looking man wearing a silk pilot uniform was standing. My sisters, and Joey abandoned me and ran, hastily shaking the pilot dude's hand before climbing up. Mom and Dad and my other brothers we're more chill about it but still clearly pretty stoked.

I was pretty much shell shocked the entire five minute trip from the gate to the plane that when it was my turn to board, I stumbled up the stairs a grand total of three times on each consecutive step. Not only were my legs short, but apparently, they also possess certain Jell-O like qualities under duress.

"Are you alright?" said the Asian pilot dude from behind me, with a slight accent.

I turned around and smiled, "Yeah, no, I'm fine! Thanks though, uh--" I was trailing, looking awkwardly at his chest for a name badge. Low-key admiring his high cheekbones and lightly tanned skin.

"Anthony." He said, not skipping a beat. I smiled again and made my way up. He was kinda cute, still pretty young... jet black hair all combed back in a nice--

Shut up, brain.. Now is hardly the time for that.

Finally, I boarded the plane. My eyes were still following Anthony who was making his way toward the cockpit and I didn't notice the clump of people gathered around the entrance of the plane. I accidentally bumped into Lauren. Well, if I'm being honest, my face hit smack dab in the middle of her spine. She didn't seem to mind.

"Ooof! Goash, sorry, Laur, I--" And when I actually got to look around, my jaw dropped. And I guess so did my sisters'.

"OHHH," said Christina
"MY--" continued Katherine
"FREAKING--" Dani
"GOSH." Lisa and Lauren.

Pearl white walls that matched the staircase outside made up most of the great, cozy cabin, La-Z Boys, wood paneled windows and tables. TABLES! ON A PLANE! Private viewing screens and fridges for chairs across from one another, bowls of fruit and other snack items, bottles of water, juice,cartons of milk (ick!) in every flavor, GUM! Reading items, books, Seventeen magazines, even! This plane was awesome. Everything shone with a certain, just-bought-this quality but felt homey at the sams time and the whole cabin smelled like lavender. Oh my goodness, the swiggity swag was almost too much. This was so lit. Lit to the highest level.

We all looked at each other with matching expressions of awe on our faces. Is this our life right now? How lucky are we to have these experience and share it with the whole family? How blessed can we possibly get?

I did a little dance to express my happiness and the other girls followed suit. Soon all six of us were dancing like crazy right in the middle of the cabin.

"This is amazing!" My brother Michael said, echoing my thoughts, emerging from the cockpit, "I'm so curious to know who bought that private concert! Must be some huge organization or something.."

I wasn't paying attention, all I could think about was the fact that Michael came from the pilot's area..

so not fair! he got to hang out with Anth-- Brain, I swear to Gorgonzola, pleaaase staaaahp.

"I knoooow," Lisa answered, panting slightly from the dancing, "Too bad Mom won't tell us.." she said giving a look of playful disagreement to Mom, who was already clinking glasses of champagne with Dad in the next seat.

Mom shrugged, "Well, one of the conditions of our contract was that you girls be kept in the dark until we get there. It's a surprise." she said, sipping from her champagne flute.

I grimaced, I didn't really like alcohol, neither did my sisters.

"PLEASE mother! Can't you give us a clue?" Dani begged.

Before mom could answer, a male voice came out of the intercom.

"Alright folks, this is Anthony de la Merced speaking, I will be your pilot for today and co-piloting this flight is my colleague, Rey Zarragosa. Just giving you a heads up that we will be ready for take off in a few minutes, please settle down and take your seats."

Amy Cimorelli-de la Merced, it's got a nice ring to it!

Okay brain, okay, I give up, I just can't with you!

As happy as I was to be here, I resigned myself to the fact that I had folded under the pressures of my boy-crazy brain. Dang you, Anthony and your sharp-as-a-knife cheekbones!

This was gonna be a looong flight.

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A/N

ooooooh! Is Anthony gonna be relevant to Amy's storyline? stay tuuuuuned! thank you all for reading :) I really appreciate you taking the time to see what I've made so far. Will be introducing more new characters to the plot in the next few installments. see you there!

votes are totes appreciated, comments (good, bad, or ihh) are very welcome, follows are nice too. 😂

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