I Will Carry You

Part 9

Eloise's Pov

I was awakened by my dad tapping my shoulder.

"Hey wake up sleepy head. Lets get your bags into the car so we can start heading to the airport,"

I look over at my alarm clock to see that it was 6:30 ew. I nodded my head and waited for him to close my door before I flipped on my other side and slept for another 10 minutes.

"Eloise get your stuff now," My dad waking me up once again.

"Ok ok," I said and pushed myself out of bed. I grabbed my bags from out of the corner and handed them to him. "I'm going to take a quick shower."

"Thats ok. I want to leave here by 7:15 the latest. You got about 35 minutes."

I enter the bathroom and put my towel on the rack. I turn on the water as I got out of my pajamas. When the warm water hit my back I felt more awake than I was before. It also felt really nice. I went through my basic shower routine and got out. Drying off my body and then wrapping my hair up in the towel. There was a knock on the door.

"Hurry up! you spent ages in the shower!" My dad yelled.

"I'll be done real soon." I yelled back. I quickly pulled on my clothes and ran into my room. I threw all my stuff in the middle of the hallway and went back into the bathroom to brush my hair. My dad walked by and picked up my suitcase and sleeping stuff.

**

On the way to the airport my dad was doing all the talking. Saying things like "You will really like Janice and Connor." And making them seem like such welcoming people. I bet they are so excited to have a step daughter come live with them for 3 ish weeks.

"When was the last time you rode an airplane?" My dad asked.

"Uh I don't think I have before."

"Yes you have when you were really small. We took a trip to the Bahamas."

"Why did you guys take all the fun trips when I was small and couldn't enjoy anything?"

"It was cheaper. Didn't have to buy you 9 dollar meals everyday,"

"valid point,"

After the whole check in airplane bull crap we finally had our seats. Luckily I got the window seat so I could watch the world pass me by.

"Attention passengers, please buckle your seat belts we will be taking off shortly," The man on the overhead said. I pulled on my seat belt and pushed it into its slot. The plane started to move forward and got faster and faster. I watched as the ground zoomed past the window and soon we were finally up in the air. I took a deep breath in and prayed that this airplane would land safely at the next destination.

"Hey look! You did it! You are on an airplane." My dad chuckled.

"I guess I am," I laughed back.

I watched as we got higher and higher off the ground until we were at the maximum height. All of the stress that I had seemed to lift right off of my shoulders. I let out a small yawn and closed my eyes. Soon I drifted off to sleep.

When I awoke we were landing in the Nevada airport. My eyes took a while to adjust to the light pouring through the small window. Once the plane come to a complete stop we were aloud to take off our seat belts and exit the plane. We grabbed all of our luggage and headed inside. My dad started looking around and the biggest smile spread across his face. I look in the direction that he is smiling and a women is grinning right back at him as she approached us. She first hugged him and gave him a kiss and then greeted me.

"Oh Eloise Hi! I'm Kailey as I'm sure you know," She pulled me into a hug. It was awkward.

"Hi," Was all I could get myself to say to this stranger.

"Well lets stop waiting around and lets go home," My dad said.

We walked to her car and got in. I took the chance to check my phone and see that I have a couple messages. I hope some are from Andy. I open up the messages and see that I was put into a group chat.

CC: Now we are all connected!!

Jake: Great, now I will keep getting notifications

Ashley: Aw stop being such a Debbie Downer Jake!

Jake: Shut up

Andy: So this is why my phone kept buzzing....

Jinxx: Guys there is this weird spot on my butt. You mind if I send a pic?

Ashley: Yea go ahead bud

Andy: NO NO remember we have a girl on this chat!!

Ashley: Oh thats right, Hey Eloise where you at??

I laughed at the whole conversation. Of course Andy was looking out for me. I don't know what I would have done if I saw a picture of Jinxx's butt. I barely know the guy.

Eloise: Yes please spare my eyes lol

Ashley: There she is!

Andy: Hi Eloise

I smile when I see Andy's message. I shut off my phone and look out the window for a while. We pulled up to a cute house. It looked very homey.

"Ok Eloise we have a guest bedroom that you will be sleeping in," Dad said

"Sounds good,"

When they opened the door I was welcomed by the smell of cinnamon and cold air. Everything was so clean. I followed my dad into the guest bedroom and placed my suitcase on the bed.

"If you want you can put your clothes into the dresser, it's empty. And we are going to start making lunch. Chicken breast with lemon and rice,"

" sounds good," I said once again. My dad just nodded at me and left the room.

I started to fill the empty drawers with my clothes when it felt like there was a presence behind me. I turn around and see a boy behind me. He had brown hair and hazel eyes.

" Hi my name is Elijah I guess we are step brother and sister,"

" I'm Eloise," was all I could get in before he walked away. "Alright then," I muttered to myself. I finished putting all my clothes away and plopped down on the bed. I looked at my phone again and decided to text Andy but not the group chat.

Eloise: Hey

I waited for a reply but I didn't get one. I shrugged it off and went into the kitchen. Looks like lunch is just about ready.

"Hey Eloise could you set the table for me? I am crazy busy," Said Kailey.

"Yea," I replied. I stood there confused because I had no clue where the dishes were. Kailey soon pointed to the cabinets that the plates and stuff were in and the silverware. I grabbed all that we needed and set the table. The smell of the chicken was good and sickening at the same time. Maybe I can say that I don't like chicken and get out of eating.