The Transfer

Chapter 5: The ugly truth

'Do you want me to help you?' The stewardess said for the 100th time. Man! When someone says no, its a no. I was trying to put my lugguage on the cuboard on top of my seat. It was hard but I finally did it. I gave a fake smile to the stewardess and then sat at my seat. I grinned when I noticed her giving me the looks. What do you expect when you annoy someone like me? I guess they only asked when they found out that I am travelling alone. Has a 16 year old never travelled alone before me? They make me laugh. I looked out the window. I could see the wing of the aeroplane and cars wondering about. It was great in a way. But I wonder how it feels in the sky. I bet its awesome.

I looked the screen in front of me. Oh, so theres a tv. I put it on to see that they had the worsest movies ever. Marley and Me? Really? Its cute but not my type. What else.. I looked everywhere for a movie that wasn't sickable. Nope, they all were. What am I going to do now? I groaned angrily.

'Let me guess, you hate the movies?' I looked around to see a guy who looked around 17. He was handsome, eventhough he had glasses on. He wore a black t-shirt and a white trousers. It looked great on him. He smiled. 'This is seat 4b right?'

I was confused. Oh right seats! I looked at my seat. Mine was 4a. So 4b must be the one next to me. '4b is next to me.' I said before turning back and looking out the windows. I can't wait to see the sky. The best bit of going somewhere is getting there. And I'm going to enjoy this.

'So, its your first time on an aeroplane?' It was the guy again. He had a Scotland accent that I'm going to be hearing all the time. It was okay.

'Yeah, how do you know?' I said. Did I look like someone who never travelled in a aeroplane?

'Well, when someone looks through the window like its the most amazing thing, it becomes kind of obvious.' He said with the Scotland accent.

'It is amazing.' I said truthfully.

He laughed. 'You think the ground is amazing, wait till you see the clouds.'

'Hello people, We will be going in 15 minutes so fasten your seat belts, switch off your phone and put on a movie.' The speaker said trying to be funny. But no one heard. Everyone was shouting and asking people to switch seats so they could sit with their familys. And these seats were really sqeezed together so it was hard to get through. And then worsest thing happened. A baby cried from behind us. The awful noise! And it was right behind us!

I got my pen from my bag and snapped it in half. I was angry and when I'm angry, I like to break things.

'Whoa, why are you breaking your pen?' The guy said. Oh, he noticed.

'No, I've broke pen. Its done, the present, comprendo.' I said, trying not to get mad.

'Huh?' He said. AAAHHH!! I am too angry. Why don't these aeroplane windows open so I could scream out of them.

'I'm angry.' I said when I saw the guy's face. He looked at me like I was mad. And then he smiled.

'It's okay. Everyone gets mad. And don't worry about these noises. They will all settle down when the aeroplane lifts off. Ay! Isn't everyone a waste of space?' He said trying to be make me happy. I couldn't help but smile.

20 minutes went and we were up. It looked beautiful. It was also a tiny bit scary. I don't normally get scared but heights is one of them things that is hard to face. It was quieter now. It was peaceful. The baby stopped crying and all you can hear is two people talking about weddings in the back.

'See? I told you it was great and I told you it would settle down in here. You see? You should always listen to your elders.' He said. He sounded serious but I couldn't help but laugh. Wow, never met anyone who can make me laugh by just being serious.

'I'm Finn by the way.' He said smiling. 'And you are?'

'Cece.' I said.

'See See?' He said. 'See what?'

I smiled. 'No, my name is CeCe.'

'Oh! Sorry, I've never heard that name before. You parents named you that?'

He didn't mean it in a bad way because he had a straight face. Wow, I never got insulted by someone who didn't know they were insulting me. 'No, CeCe is my nickname. My real name is Celia.'

'Ah, Celia. A beautiful name.' He said.

I smiled. 'Thanks.'

'So, are you from USA? I could recognise that accent from anywhere. What is a young girl alone going to do in Scotland? Shouldn't you be in school?' He said nudging me and giving me the ' are you skiving from school' look.

'Actually I'm going to school in Scotland.'

'Really? Have all the Schools in your country finished?' He said. Wow, this guy was a real something.

'No, my dad is an headmaster so he's got me a place in his school.'

'Oh really? What school?'

I was about to say the school when I noticed who i am talking to. 'Wait, why would I tell a stranger?' I said.

'You really think a student would kidnap you?' He said. I thought about it.

'I don't know. You tell me. You haven't said much about yourself.' I said.

'Aha! Clever girl! I'll telly you everything about myself. I'm Finn Beoregard. From Scotland and just coming back from a holiday with my parents that are over there.' He pointed at his 2 couple who looked just like him. The nose, the smile everything. He went on 'I go to Fisher's Boarding High School-'

'Wait what? You go to Fisher's High School? No way, thats where I'm going.' I said.

He laughed. 'Thats not possible.'

I got out my bag and got the leaflet of the school there that my mum gave me. 'Look, this is your school right?' I gave it to him. He looked it closely and then took out this book that had the same logo that was on the leaflet.

'Yes, but you don't understand-'

'Look, the logos. We both are going to the same school.' I said pointing at them.

He bit his lip. He looked at the leaflet ten times. Well, it looked that way.

'What is it?' I said. Something was wrong. From his face, something was confusing too.

'You know that this leaflet is a year ago.' He said. I frowned. Who cares?

'Is that what your confused about?' I said.

'Yes and No. Look, this is our leaflet.' He took out a brand new looking leaflet. It has the logo of the school. I took it from him and looked through it.

'What shall I look at?' I said. All it said was the new things they have put into the school. I told this Finn.

'I know but that isn't the only new thing. Read this.' He pointed at a paragraph. Why won't he just tell me whats up? Gosh, these people. I read what he was telling me out loud.

'Okay, it says This school has been a big success since the big decision we made last year. We have made new facilties from boys of all ages that is not just fun but educational.' I looked at Finn.

'Keep reading, Celia.' He said looking at the leaflet too. I sighed before continuing.

'We are really sorry if the harsh decision of changing this school to a...' I stopped. I read this without saying it out loud. I couldn't believe this. It was here.. It said it. Changing it to an only boys school.