The Oasis and The Island

Chapter 21 - Welcome to Minnesota

Lisa was feeling like she was giving her last steps, as she walked in the narrow aisle from the boarding gate to the airplane. She barely noticed the flight attendants greeting her, she was just following Jennie's lead. If it wasn't for Jennie's hands holding hers, she was not sure if she would have entered that box made of tin.

The front seats really did look less crowded than the rest of the airplane, Jennie was right. But to be on the middle seat was not that nice. Jennie got to be by the window and she was hoping for no one to be by her other side. After they placed their hand bags in the hand luggage compartment, she sat down and took deep breaths of air. A shadow, suddenly, covered her face and she turned to see a very tall man placing his bag in the compartment above her. Oh, fuck.

He smiled at her taking the seat right by her left side. She cursed again under her breath, as more people was coming and taking their seats. The man's arm was brushing her shoulder, as he fidgeted on his seat. Jennie noticed her annoyed demeanor and touches her cheeks.

"Hey, love, we are going to be just fine." She said with a soft voice on Lisa's ear.

Lisa nodded but her expression was the same. Jennie pulled her face gently. "Come here." She said before she was kissing Lisa tenderly.

They heard someone clearing their throat, and as Lisa turned her face, still holding Jennie's hand on her jaw, she noticed the distaste expression on her seat neighbor. She was about to say something to him, when a flight attendant called his attention.

"Sir, would you please show me your boarding ticket."

"Sure." He said shoving his hands on his suit pockets, his expression was turning to something else. "Wait a minute." He raised him index finger to the attendant, while he kept searching his pockets.

Lisa turned her attention to Jennie, kissing her hand and holding it. The man finally found his ticket and handed it to the patient attendant.

"Sir, this is not your seat." She said to him after reading the ticket.

"No?" He said with a fake confuse tone. "But..."

"Your seat is on the row 25, I'll show you." As she gestured to the aisle, she turned her head to the other side of the plane, calling another person.

Lisa displayed a smug smile on her face to the man with a big frown, as he was taking his bag from the hand luggage compartment. After he left, another attendant came. He was guiding a little girl to take the seat next to Lisa. She had short brown curly hair, dark skin and big curious eyes. The attendant put her bag on the compartment, but the girl was also carrying a small red bag over her left shoulder. She sat quietly on her seat, listening to other instructions from the attendant. And for a brief moment, Lisa forgot she was on a plane. The attendant warned Lisa that the girl was flying alone, and if she needed something, Lisa should call any other attendant around.

Right after the attendant set the girl on her seat, they asked for everybody to fasten their seatbelts on the plane. Lisa almost got into a fight with her belt, if wasn't for Jennie to adjust and fasten it for her. As the airplane started to move, she had her hands grasped at the armrest in a tight grip. Her right hand felt the warmth of Jennie's hand touching her again. Lisa loosed the grip and reached Jennie's hand, intertwining their fingers. She closed her eyes, feeling the airplane running to take off. She felt a gentle kiss on her cheek. The strange sensation of the air pressuring over her, was not what she was expecting. She could feel her heart beating so fast as the day she passed out. She took more deep breaths and she waited. She took a quick look at the girl at her side, and noticed how she was calmed. She was not sure how much time had passed, when she felt Jennie's hand squeezing her and another kiss on her cheek.