Round 2 Crew Vibes

Chapter 5: Take Off

(March 2015)

Zoe had spent the night at mine as we needed to buy last minute items for the trip the day before. Both our parents thought that we were going to another TeenHoot but in Ohio and it was two days long which meant that we needed to stay over there for the week.  We also managed to get away with leaving our parents to think that we were staying at a hotel for the entire week, which gave us extra pocket money to spend on food and other things over there, Ohio is gonna be the one to talk about. Fingers crossed. Zoe and I were actually staying at Chase's and his mum agreed to let us crash there for teh week, she was a cool momma.

OOTD: Aztec print genie trackie bottoms, Red Sf hoodie, red converses and red and black snap back backwards. 

Our flight would depart at 10:30am and it was a straight 11 hour flight from London to Cincinatti, we deliberately chose a flight with no stop overs just in case we would get caught up like the boys did last year. Zoe was so excited at this point and we were already in the car on the way to airport, my dad kindly offered to drop us at the airport as he got the day off. 

"Be sure to keep updating us when you land and when you check into the hotel okay?" My dad was extra nervous because it was my first time flying alone especially since we were flyinf halfway across the globe. 

Zoe silently passed me her phone when she received an iMessage from Dyl. It said that both Chase and Kevin would be picking us up from the airport. We would be landing approx 4/5pm Ohio time just in time for dinner and Chase had messaged me saying that his mum was making dinner for us all that night. 

"Yes I know daddy." I replied giving Zoe back her phone. 

We arrived on time to check in and Zoe and I grabbed something to much from duty free before heading to the gate at 10am to begin boarding.

I checked my phone before putting it on airplane mode and I had gotten one Whatsapp message from Pape.

Justin Brown: See you in a bit London girl, don't take too long ayee? ;)

I replied quickly: Don't worry Paperface, I'll be there, see you soon ;)

This was a perfect opportunity for Zoe and I to bond on the journey, as I wasn't as close to her than Chloe was. Zoe was two school years younger than I was so Chloe shared more in comon with her in that area. We talked most of the journey. From what Zoe was telling me, Dyland and her were very much into eachother and Dylan was totally fine with the long distance situation between them both, since they were both young and they still had alot of things to work for so there was no rush. I'm glad because Dylan had listened to my advice, whereas before Dyl was gettign way over himself and rushing into things he would have later regretted. 

With Pape and I, it was alot more complicated. For starters, I really wasn't a fan of the long distance, at all. Even my preveious boyfriend lived about an hour and a bit away by train and bus and I already struggled as it was really hard to see eachother alot. Now, it was 10x times worse due to the fact that Pape was halfway on the other side of the world and the timezones seriously sucked. When he was going to bed, I would be getting up to go to university or work.

Adding on to this, Pape had his commitment and he prioritised his crew first which was understandable. I respected that alot as it conveyed his loyalty to his brothers. Evenso, Pape and the guys still made time for their fans and interacting with them, which really set them apart from other up and coming artists out there.

"So what is the deal between you two then?" Zoe said while opening a can of sprite on the plane.

"Honestly I have no clue, we like to call it a mutual understanding, because it is clear that I'm into him and i THINK he feels the same way but I can't hack the whole long distance situation. I just wish the whole world lived by the same timezone." I replied changing the film we were watching to Finding Nemo.

"I know, it really sucks, but you can make it work." Zoe said back.

"Whatever happens happens I guess" I added shrugging. 

For the last three hours I decided to take a nap while Zoe carried on watching more films.

"We are set to land in Cincinatti, Ohio in about 10 minutes at approx 5:15pm" The pilot spoke on the speakers to the passengers which woke me up.

This was getting Zoe and I more and more excited and I started humming all their songs silently to myself. What is this?