The Survival

Chapter 4

Fresh air! Irish, fresh air. I'm not sure if it's possible for air to have a nationality, but let's pretend that it can.

We are finally here. Belfast, our first stop.

Now, you must be wondering why our first stop is Belfast. To answer that question, I don't know. We're going to visit Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland; so, the whole Ireland basically, and we are starting from the top.

Everyone is excited and euphoric now that we've arrived; we are outside the airport waiting for a bus to pick us up, supposedly.

I'm sitting on top of one of my two bags, eating a KitKat with Sarah and Beth by my side, also eating. I can't explain my love for this chocolate right now. I've always loved KitKats, but at this moment, I love it more than anything; more than James, than my friends, maybe even more than myself. I spent 8 hours and 19 minutes on that plane, and I am starving. Around the middle of the flight, I asked an attendant if we were going to have another meal, and she answered me with a fake smile, and a simple "no". So, I tried again and asked if there was any other food on board that I could buy, and again she said no.

As you see, I was starved.

The flight itself was long, not helping my hunger. The jetlag does not help either; where I live, in Nashville, Tennessee, it's 5.00pm now. In another words, snack time. On the other hand, here in Belfast it's 11.00pm.

My bad mood left, which is always a good thing. A long nap and food always help a girl act like a lady. At least in my case, that is what happens.

Mr. Smith appears at the front door with other teachers that are coming with us. They say that they're here to make sure we don't vandalize any monuments.

Who do they think we are? Stupid teenagers? Without the intention of doing so, my eyes focus in on the animals.

Oh yeah, stupid teenagers. Got it.

Mr. Smith places himself in front of all of us and tries to speak. Key word there, 'tries'.

"Everyone calm down. I understand why you are all so thrilled, but yo- "No one, and I mean no one, gives any attention to our teacher. "Please, hear me out," slowly but surely, the noise is replaced with silence and Mr. Smith begins.

"As you all have noticed by now, we have finally arrived." A mix of hoorays, shouts, and howls erupt "Before the bus arrives - in around 15 minutes, we are going to talk about the plan for tomorrow. Belfast is a big city, and for the first day of our marvelous travel, we will be going to visit the site where the Games of Thrones is shot, Crumlin Road Gaol, Victoria Square, and a few other places. Keep in mind that this trip is for the sole purpose of what we are studying in my class. With that in mind, lets have fun!"

Once again, the hoorays start and this time the girls and I decide to join. The noise is starting to rise when Mr. Smith interrupts again, "Oh wait, I forgot something important," Here we go again. "With me I have several sheets of paper, and all of them contain the information about the person who you are going to share your rooms with."

What? What does he mean by that? The fuss begins again, but this time louder. I look at Beth, and she has a look of confusion and panic across her face. I can only bet that Sarah's and mine are the same.

I thought that we could choose our roommates and that I could stay with one of the girls. Even though there are three of us, we could probably play some game like rock, paper, and scissors, to see which one of us would end up staying alone in one room.

"I'm not finished. Please, listen up kids." No one cares dear teacher; we all have our pants in a twist right now, yeah? Since nobody is going to shut up anytime soon, Mr. Smith decides to raise his voice, " Hey... on that sheet is a list of all your names. When you find yours, beside it is going to be your partner's name, the one that will be sharing a room with you for the rest of the month. Before I give you the paper sheets, I just want to tell you that when we arrive at the hotel, go check in and then leave immediately to your respective room, and try to rest. It may be hard because of the jetlag, but it is the best thing for you to do. The breakfast is at 7.30am and we will be meeting there tomorrow to start the day. Now come here and discover who your partner is."