New Life

Flight Part 5

(Lin's POV)
     The next morning went by very fast once we were both awake. I remember returning the keys to the rental station and checking-in for our flight to China. I also remember going through security screening and boarding the plane. Then after that I remember boarding the plane and what I did not tell Mai was that I had gotten us business class tickets on an EVA Airways plane. The face she made when she saw where we were siting was in my personal opinion priceless. I remember her quickly turning towards me and almost falling in shock at how nice our seats were. the seats were facing face to face, but next to each other with a slight wall in between us, but there was a part of the wall that was gone so we were able to talk to each other. As Mai sat down in her seat she had the biggest smile on her face, bigger than I have ever seen her have before. I smiled at her reaction as I noticed her bounce slightly in her seat and look at me.
     She then leaned over the little wall and hugged me in, which caused me to stop out of shock that she was hugging me, and she whispered in my ear, "Thank you Lin, thank you for making my first flight so nice." as she pulled back her smile spread even wider as those words began to sink in.
     I looked her in the eye and asked, "Are you sure you will be okay when the plane takes off?"
     "I think I will be but if not can you leave your arm on the wall so I can grab it if I get scared..." She blushed as the last few words slipped out of her mouth and then she quickly started to speak again as to explain herself, "I will only do that so that I know that someone I know is there with me and that I am not alone on the flight I guess."
     I smiled at her excuse or her reasoning and said, "Okay Mai." and without thinking I smirked while watching her. I realized that I might have actually smirked when her mouth dropped open and she started to open and close her mouth life a small fish.
     "You...you...you just smirked at the comment I made were you laughing at me?" she said as her face became red again and she crossed her arms and began to pout.
     "Mai I am sorry it was just so...you how you explained why you would hold my arm." I said as I let my smirk form a smile and I let a little laughter out. "Now Mai can you tell me what the first chapter of the book you were reading is about?"
     "Oh that it was about how to properly greet people and introduce yourself, it was pretty basic...though I learned more in my Chinese language class." she spoke and at this information I was shocked.
     I then asked her, "When did you take a Chinese class Mai?"
     "Oh I took it during last summer at the community college through a small scholarship, it was the only class that interested me at the time, I never got to tell you guys because you guys left shortly after school started up again, so I kept it all to myself." She stated as she pulled out the book from earlier. "and soon after you guys left I started to go to the library more often and study more all while studying more about the paranormal or parapsychology..." and right before Mai could finish talking a flight attendant came up to me and lightly tapped my shoulder.
     She asked me in Chinese "Sr. is everything all right..." and before I could respond, she continued to talk by saying "Is this woman bugging you if so I can have her seat changed." out of the corner of my eye I saw Mai get upset at the woman is saying to me.
     Though before I could respond to the attendant Mai slightly leaned over the little wall and said in hushed Chinese, "No you can leave both of us alone, it is best that you worry about losing customers because of your thought process, better yet, you should focus on not getting written up for being rude to flying customers, and thinking that just because I am so young and look Japanese that I am bother this good friend of mine that just so happens to be Chinese in which you seem to draw the conclusion that I am bothering him in any way. So please leave both my friend and I alone and take your rude and small minded, self away from the two of us, and if we want anything or ask for anything please note that we want someone else to serve us." During the middle of Mai's harsh, but true statement the attendant began to look shocked at Mai, and then at the very end she could not shut her mouth because Mai had practically disciplined her because of her actions by tearing her down with quick precise words. Mai smiles a harsh smile and shewed the attendant away. I looked at Mai and was stunned at what she just said to the attendant and before I could say anything to her Mai looked at me and apologized by saying, "I am sorry Lin I could not stop myself, I was so upset at what she said and I couldn't help but to think about how people are mean to me even though they don't know that I am half Chinese, it hurt me Lin to hear her say that." She said this as she sat back down in her seat and placed her head in her hands.
     Without a second thought, I placed my hand on her shoulder. I then told her, "If I were in your position I probably would have done the same thing as you, but, I probably would not have said it in a hushed tone and would have aimed to embarrass her even more than you did, I feel as if you gave her a reprimanding which she deserved due to the conclusion she came to. I also would have asked to have her bosses number or to talk to her boss in order to make sure that she got written up for her remarks. From my point of view you gave her a basic slap on the wrist for what she did. So don't worry if anything happens I will take care of it okay."
     "Okay but I saw her coming towards us and just in case this or something would happen, I started to record the conversation with my cell phone." She said as she held up her cell phone for me to see. At that remark I could not help but to laugh as I shook my head while thinking     
     "Mai that is so like you, of course you would record something to prove that you were in the right and that the other person was in the wrong." The rest of the flight went by very well and Mai and I talked almost the whole flight about traditions and other things she should know before we got to my parents house. When we landed I turned on my cell phone and saw that my parents left me a voice mail that said that my car was outside waiting for me and the keys were taped under the car under the bottom of the drivers door.