Gap Year

2

I stood at the airport, my brother and parents next to me. My best friend on the other side. My bags were already on the way into the plane and we waited for my flight to be called. I had my tickets in my hands, ready to go through security.

"Flight 2686 to Paris is now ready to board" we heard the call from the intercom and I turned around to hug everyone goodbye for the last time.

"I'll miss you so much" I said to Emilie and smiled sadly.

"I'll miss you too. Have fun in Canada, maybe I can visit you some times" Emilie said and let go of me.

"That would be great!"

"I know!" She laughed and hugged be one last time before I turned around to my parents.

"Have fun. I hope you'll enjoy Canada!" My mom said and I smiled.

"Call us when you land okay?"

"I will. But I have to go now, I don't want to miss my flight."

"Bye hunny, have a safe flight" mom said and hugged me one last time.

"Bye Mama!"

I turned to my dad and smiled.

"Bye Papa!"

"Bye sweetie. Take care of you okay?" I nodded before he hugged me.

"Bye little brother." I grinned at Jonas.

"Bye." He said and hugged me but quickly pulled away again. I rolled my eyes and chuckled before I grabbed my backpack.
I smiled at them before I turned around and made my way to the gate. I waved one last time before my family disappeared out of my sight. I sighed and walked over to wait in the line for the plane.

About half an hour later I finally sat in my seat and the plane took off. Almost immediately I fell asleep since I couldn't sleep that much last night but I had to wake up an hour later because the plane was almost there. I had to take a stop in Paris since I couldn't fly to Toronto directly from my city.
I tried to look outside since my seat wasn't exactly at the window. I smiled as I saw the buildings of Paris under me. I spotted the Eiffel tower and remembered the holidays in Paris with my family. I smiled at the memory of it and didn't even realize that the plane had already landed. I exited the plane and walked into the building of the airport, thinking of what I could do now. My flight to Canada would go in about two hours so I had enough time to eat something and walk around a little.

After some time I finally bought a sandwich and sat down on a seat. I got out my phone and earphones to listen to some music. I started my favourite playlist and one of Shawn Mendes' songs started playing. I loved his songs so much. I smiled as I listened to his voice and bit into my sandwich. I looked around the hall, wondering where all these people come from and are going to. I quiety ate my sandwich as my eyes wandered around the hall. Soon my sandwich was gone and decided to quickly head to the toilet. I grabbed my things and started walking. I easily found the bathrooms and got in. After I washed my hands I head back to my seat. Luckily it wasn't taken. I sat down again and got out a book from my bag. I started reading and soon locked myself into the story. I couldn't stop my eyes from wandering over the lines, taking in every word. I didn't take notice of anything going on around me anymore. I didn't even bothered to look up as a group of girls passed by, whispering and squealing excited about something

As I looked onto my watch some time later I noticed that it was time for me to get to the gate to board the plane. I packed my things away and got up.
I waited in the line to the plane, my phone and ticket in my hand.
As it was finally my turn I handed my ticket over to the woman who scanned it over. After she tried scanning it with the machine again she frowned and shook her head lightly. I started getting worried. She tried it again but it still wouldn't work.

"I'm sorry madame but there's something wrong. I will call someone to look at this, please wait over there." She said to me and pointed to a group of chairs.

O-Okay, but I have to go on that plane."

"I understand that but we will have to wait until the ticket can be scanned" she explained to me. I nodded and sat down on one of the chairs. I closed my eyes and sighed. 'what if I can't fly with that plane?' I thought to myself. I didn't even know what to do if there was something wrong with the ticket. I didn't had enough money with me to buy a new ticket and I also didn't know when the next plane would fly to Toronto.

I got pulled out of my thoughts as a man came up and talked to the woman. They came over to me and asked for my ticket to try to scan it again. After a few minutes still nothing had happened so the man pulled out his phone to call someone. He talked for a few minutes and the woman smiled sympathetically at me before the man ended the call and came back to us.

"So apparently there was a mistake with the ticket, it can't be scanned so with that ticket you won't be able to board the plane. But I talked to the boss and since you already paid a lot of money we were able to give you a new ticket. We just need your e-mail address so we can send the code to you and you can scan it with that" he explained. I nodded and told him my e-mail before he started typing on his phone. A few seconds later my phone vibrated and I opened it to find my new ticket on it. I smiled and thanked him but he held me back.

"There wasn't a free seat in second class available anymore so we got you a seat in first class. See it as an excuse from us because of all the trouble. Please enjoy your flight!" he smiled. I smiled and thanked him before I finally entered the plane.

I walked into first class and searched for my seat. I finally found it and sat down onto it. I've never flown in first class before, everything was bigger and more comfortable in here.

I put away my stuff and got comfortable in the soft seat. I closed my eyes and let out a deep breath. Canada, here I come!