Take Me Back

Chapter 2

"Hey, sir my friend just called to say that the girl who was meant to come is sick" Isla said

"oh, that means we can't go then"

"wait! She also said that if you needed another girl, she could come!"

"Great! But she has only got less than half and hour to get here, do you think she would make it?" Replied the teacher

"for sure" Isla said enthusiasticly.

Ten minutes later just as everyone was boarding for the plane Bec turned up.

"you made it!"said Isla cheerfully

"Yeah, only just!, that is the shortest time I've ever had to pack a bag for five weeks!" Bec replied

"Oh, hi you must be Bec, you got here just in time, thank you for stepping in at such Short notice" exclaimed a short man who was one of the leaders going on the trip.

"That's ok, I applied for it too, but just forgot about it"

"well we're just happy you made it so fast"

"All right students single file please" said the lady who was also going on the trip.

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On the plane Isla and Bec sat together. Isla was meant to be sitting next to Lena but when Bec came, Lena had to sit next to her dad.

"Ugh, why do the plane tips always have to be so long" Isla said tiredly.

"I think it's kind of good, you know you can watch tv, play games"

"Trust me, you won't be saying that after three hours out of thirty two!"

"I didn't even get to say goodbye my horse!" Bec said sadly

" yeah but I bet when you get back you'll be the one saying take me back!"Isla replied

"haha, yeah you're probably right!"

After a few stops along the way, they were eight hours into the flight and sure enough Bec was hating it. "Ugh, this is so boring!"

"It's probably because you have only been on a plane a couple of times" Isla replied "try to get some sleep, and time will fly past, literally!"

"Haha, yeah, ok"

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When Bec woke up they had two hours left. All of the leaders/teachers were asleep as well.

" Bec" Isla said nudging her to open her eyes.

" we've only got two hours until we land in France!"

"Ugh, that's good" Bec replied, still half asleep.

During the last two hours Bec and Isla had breakfast because the times were different as they were now on the other side of the world. They were the only two people on the trip to have breakfast because the rest were all asleep.

Then finally when the plane was five minutes away from landing, everyone was awake, and had their things together and seatbelts on.

"Cabin crew please prepare for landing" the captain said to the crew over the loud speaker. Before we knew it we were on French ground.

As soon as the seatbelt sign had gone off everyone on the plane quickly got up and collected their bags, but the exchange group waited until there was space as it was really crowded. Then finally when there was enough space on the plane they collected their bags and single filed through the corridor. The plane was a big 747 jet plane so it had TVs in the back of every seat, and the seats were the ones that can be adjusted.

Isla had one of those people who didn't care about the person behind,so they put down their seat when ever they want.

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"Wow, French air!" Bec exclaimed as we all went outside the airport to quickly have a look. I thought there would be a bigger difference in the smell.......(sniff sniff) but no it smell pretty normal to me!"

"Right now, can everyone please wait inside the terminal while the leaders collect the bags." Who we found out was called Lea.

We had twenty five bags altogether, everyone had two bags each, but of course Lena had to have an extra one, probably filled with all her makeup. I'm pretty sure her excuse was "My mum says it's better to have it and not need it, then need it and not have it." But that just sound more like a excuse each time you hear it.

We caught a bus to our hotel, then got settled in. Every room had beautiful flowing curtains that led us out onto a balcony.

"Wow! The French rooms were nicer than I thought!" Exclaimed some of the kids including Bec and Isla.

"Right we have put you into pairs" said Lea.

Blue tacked to every door said two small names of the groups that were in the same rooms.

"Emma & Jasmine" said Lea "you are down there on the left."

"Hailey and Ashley, your down there, number 53"

Then it got to the last four, and it was obvious that Bec and Isla were dying to be in the same room.

" Isla and Lena your number 61"

"What!, but Ms you knew that Isla and I wanted to go together!" Bec exclaimed.

"I'm sorry Bec but we had already sorted the sleeping arrangements before you were coming" lea said

"Come on then Isla let's sort out where we are sleeping, I bags choosing beds first!" Lena said with a smirk on her face.

"Sorry" Isla muttered quietly to Bec.

"Any chance we could swop?"

"Well if it is all fine between Lena and Samantha" Lea said

"Ugh Lena is never going to agree on this, she would do anything to keep us apart" Bec muttered to herself.

"Come on Sam lets go talk to Lena"

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"No I'm sorry, I want to swop" Lena said

"Please Lena, you know that Isla and I wanted to go together!"

"No! I said no and I mean it!" Lena smirked

"What if we were to make a deal?"

"What kind of deal?"

"One that you won't regret doing"