Not Into Her

II - The Flight Back Home

After having breakfast, I and the boys walked to the rooms and packed some bags for the trip. Erick took his lead guitar and put it on its case. Danny also put his guitar on its case. I also put mine on its case. And Vincent put his drums and cymbals on their bags.

Alessa took her bag and packed some clothes for the trip. She also put her nicest gown, if I want her to be on the party. Alessa and my band members took a bath and put on their nicest outfit for the trip. It was a beautiful Thursday morning, the eleventh of February, and in four days is the reunion party.

"Dad, should I hail a cab for us?" Alessa asked.

"Okay, honey." I replied, with a happy tone. "Please, honey."

Alessa walked out from the front door and walked in the sidewalk and hailed a cab. When she hailed it, she walked inside the house and called us in.

"Dad!!" she shouted at the staircase. "Dad, the cab's waiting!"

"Coming, honey." I said back.

I and the boys walked down the stairs with our baggage and instruments. Then we walked out from the house and immediately took our bags and instruments in the compartment of the cab. Then we walked inside the cab and the driver looked at us in his rear view mirror.

"Where to, sir?" the cab driver asked.

"Heathrow Airport." I replied, to the driver. "Pronto."

"Yes, sir." the cab driver responded.

The cab driver immediately pushed the accelerator pedal and drove towards Heathrow Airport. It located near Buckingham Palace and it's great to travel from the house we lived. As we ride on the cab, Alessa looked at me from the front seat and smiled.

"Dad, what did you call the people in Philippines?" she asked.

"Filipino, Alessa." I replied. "And you're a part Filipino, though your dad is a Filipino."

"So I'm Filipino-British, then." Alessa concluded.

"Yeah." I smiled.

"Like father, like daughter." Erick joked.

The other guys laughed at the joke and I also laughed. Alessa looked at the window and looked at the Buckingham Palace and took another photo with the palace. After making some shots, Alessa turned her digicam, put it back to her bag and took her Ipod to listen some music she put on her Ipod's memory.

When the cab reached Hearthrow Airport, I Alessa and the boys walked out from the cab and took our bags from the compartment. Then we walked inside the airport and bought our tickets at the counter. While waiting for us to buy tickets, some paparazzi and fans of our band came to us when they saw us standing in the line. They asked us our autographs, we gave them, and also wanted to take pictures with us and we also gave them what they want.

After a few minutes, the line lessen and we bought our tickets. Our bags are also checked in and been delivered to their conveyor belt. The cashier at the counter gave us our own tickets and we sat on the waiting chairs for the flight. We looked at our tickets and noticed the flight to Philippines is at two in the afternoon. I looked at the wall clock near the escalator and noticed it's almost one-thirty. So I looked at Alessa and the boys.

"Let's go." I said to the four. "We have to go to the gates before two."

"Okay." Erick said.

I, my daughter and the boys walked to the escalator and rode the escalator to the second floor. We head to the gates, paid the terminal fee and sat on the chair at the gates and wait for the plane to land and accompany another set of passengers. Thirty minutes later, the plane landed on the runway and head to the airport. Then it unloaded their passengers, filled their gas tank full tank, and opened the gate for the next passengers flying home.

I, Alessa and the boys took our hand-carried bags and walked inside the gate. We walked inside the plane, sat on our designated seats and the plane flew up. The flight takes fifteen hours to reach Philippines and have to sleep while on the flight.

I took my stretchy blindfold, wore it on my eyes and sleep. Alessa too her Ipod from her pocket, plugged the earphones on her ears and listened to the music she had while sleeping. Erick also took his blindfold and slept. And Danny and Vincent had also their PSPs on their hands and played their games.