Losing my other half

6 hours down, 2 to go

I woke up about two-thirds into the flight. I checked my phone and it was 9:01 already. It felt like noon. A stewardess came by and asked if I wanted a digi-player.

"Yes please." I smiled and handed her six dollars.

"Enjoy!" She walked back to her little cove and went around asking people if they wanted drinks.

I flipped through the movies looking or one that I wanted to watch.

"Frozen, no. The Internship, maybe. The Heat, no." I finally settled on Doctor Who. Just an episode or two.

Ding. The seatbelt light went on and I heard a bunch of clicks. I finished my episode of Doctor Who and turned off the digi-player. I handed it to the incoming stewardess.

"We are preparing for landing ladies and gentlemen. Please hold tight." The pilot said over the intercom.

I saw the airport, it was amazing. The sight was magnificent. Portland was just beautiful. I felt the plane descend. 700 ft, 600, 500, 400, 300, 200, 100 feet. The wheels hit the ground and it sounded like ten lions all roaring in harmony. We started to slow down and turn into the terminal. Once we got all set up to unload, everybody got their bags and left. I stayed on with almost nobody on the plane.

"Ma'am?" I heard a voice coming from my left. I turned to see an attendant standing at the end of the seats.

"Yes?"

"These two seats will be occupied during pre-boarding. Is that okay?" She pointed to the middle seat and the end seats.

I uncurled my legs and put them down. "Of course!" I replied.

"Okay!" She smiled and got ready for pre-boarding. I wondered on who could possibly be sitting next to me. A little boy, a little girl, an old man, a boring old lady. I didn't know.

I just looked out the window while I waited to see who would be. I heard footsteps coming down the terminal thing. I jolted my head towards the plane door. I saw one boy that was carrying one bag in his right hand and a backpack. He was blonde with a SnapBack that said "ball don't lie" and grey Vans. A second boy came in. He had black hair with a backpack on his back. He had baby blue Vans on. I knew exactly who they were right as they walked in. But I acted cool.

The one with black hair sat down next to me and the blonde followed.

"Hey I'm Jack Gilinsky." He held out his hand.

"I'm McKenna." I smiled and shook his hand.

"And I'm Jack Johnson." He reached over Gilinsky and shook my hand.

"McKenna."

It was silent for a little while until Gilinsky spoke up.

"So McKenna where are you headed?" Gilinsky asked.

"Burbank California."

"Oh cool. We are going to MagCon in Los Angeles."

"Awesome. I've always wanted to go."

"Well do you want tickets?" Johnson interrupted.

"Depends when it takes place." I said. "I am busy on Monday. And I'm leaving Tuesday night."

"Oh. Well Meet & Greet is Tuesday at noon if you want to come." Gilinsky added.

"I'll stop by!" I nodded my head and smiled. "I just need an address."

Johnson handed me a piece of paper with an address. "It's at this location. Just say that you are McKenna Walker. We'll tell the guards who you are"He smiled.

I didn't even notice that everyone was boarded. We were almost on the runway too. I heard a voice over the intercom speak.

"There are six exits on this plane. Two up front, two in the middle, and two in the back of the plane." She talked about safety and all that.

"Now I got a little song for you today. Everybody get your cameras out for this little song."

Gilinsky pulled out his phone.

"The coolest flight attendant ever" they said into the camera.

"Goin' down the runway, we gonna getcha on your way. Southwest, go, Southwest." The flight attendant sang to the tune of "Grease Lightning" from Grease. I heard the two Jacks clap and their video playing over and over.

I just chuckled and pulled out my phone. I opened up Vine and started video taping.

"Oh my god Jack and Jack are sitting next to me"- I turned the camera towards the boys-"oh ma gawd" and I ended the Vine. My caption read "sitting next to Jack and Jack on the plane ride" Instantly I got a notification. The Jack and Jack account revined my vine. I couldn't believe it. Although thy were sitting next to me.

We turned our devices on airplane mode an started interacting.

"I'm going to go to sleep." Johnson said pulling out his pillow and putting headphones in.

"So, what now?" I said.

"Why are you going to Burbank?" Gilinsky asked turning his body towards me.

"Oh. Well I'm going on the Ellen Degeneres show tomorrow." I smiled.

"Oh I love that show. Nash G has been on that show before. For hitting over one million followers on Vine and his famousy. May I ask how you are going on?"

"Do you like stories?" I asked.

"Of course!" JG said jumping up and down in his seat like a toddler.

"Okay. Hold on." I pulled out my Arizonas and offered him one.

"I'll take the mango." He said, "story time!"

And that's what I did. I told him from the beginning. The very beginning. Detail and all. From the very first time I met Ethan, until the day I started over.

"I was only ten. My mom was sick and died back in San Francisco, my dad was a lawyer who wasn't doing too well, and me, well I was getting picked on because of my braces and glasses. Life was hell. So we decided to start over. We moved to this beautiful Miami. I started school the next semester I could get in. I started over, no friends, all alone. One day, I was sitting at lunch. And this boy comes over. He was cute. Brown eyes, brown hair. Perfect.

"He sits down and says 'hi I'm Ethan. And I'm cute!' I just sitting there eating my sandwich. 'I'm McKenna.' I replied. Then we just sat there at lunch and just talking and comparing our selves. And then there was this very high pitched screech. 'ETHAN!' There was this girl, with blonde curls, a headband, hot pink lip gloss, and like ten layers of mascara. Keep in mind we were in fourth grade.

"'ETHAN WHY DID YOU LEAVE?' The girl screeched. 'Kelly calm down-' 'NO! AS MY BOYFRIEND I DEMAND YOU TO SIT WITH ME' he said something I thought no one would ever say to this 'Kelly' girl. 'No' he straight on said no! I was surprised. Since that day, we were friends.

"We did everything together from then on out. Kelly kept bothering me from then on out but we learned to ignore her. But soon enough she would get her revenge. One night, after homecoming, Ethan got into a car crash. I pretty bad one if you ask me. Someone was going the wrong way on the highway, same one Ethan was on. The car hit a truck, at one hundred-twelve miles an hour. The truck split into pieces and flew to Ethan's car. Ethan suffered brain injury. I remember sitting at that hospital forever. He finally came out. I went to see him, and he didn't remember. He remembered everybody, but not me. And that wasn't the worst part. Kelly got her revenge. She made Ethan think they were dating"