In The Clouds With Him

Ch 2 Training Begins

Jillian's P.O.V

I landed in Dallas, and it was kind of late but I was pumped up about the first day of training for AMA airlines. I texted my friend Thomas and let him know I had made it safely and he replied that was great and that he already missed me. I told him I would talk to him after my first class tomorrow, so he should get some rest. He said he would be dreaming about me tonight and that he hoped I would have a good night. I couldn't help but smile at that response.

Thomas and I had just rekindled our friendship from Highschool but was taking it slow due to me coming to Texas for training for my new career. We agreed we would take it slow since I would be gone for 6 weeks then see what happened from there.

As I was waiting for the shuttle to come pick me up to go the academy, another girl about my age came up to me and said " Are you going to AMA flight attendant school too?" She was about 5'5, just a little shorter than my 5'7 height but seemed to have alot of energy. She had short blonde hair and pretty hazel eyes and about the same body structure as me."Yes I'm kind of nervous, what about you?" " It will be so much fun, my cousin graduated last year and she loves it. That's one of the reasons I wanted to become a flight attendant too. My name is Monica, What's yours? "

" My name is Jillian, It's nice to meet you." " Maybe we will be roommates," she said eagerly as the shuttle approached. " Maybe so," I replied as we got onto the shuttle.

It only took about 10 minutes to get to the academy and then we go checked in. Luckily Monica and I got to be roommates because her last name was Adams and mine is Andrews, so it worked out great.

When we got to our room, it was pretty nice, the closet was already full with our uniforms in our sizes for the days that we would have to practice real services for the instructors. Monica and I quickly got everything organized because we had to be up at 7am to begin our class at 8am.

Well our first class went great, it was just about an introduction about the company and it's history. AMA's goals and how to be a professional flight attendant. It was quite interesting because I didn't realize so much went into being a flight attendant till I attended the class.

After it was done, Monica and I were heading down the main hallway to grab a snack before our next class, when we saw a couple of men in nice corporate suits. We walked past them and one of them caught my eye. He was at least 6'2, short black hair and the bluest eyes I have ever seen. They were an aquamarine color and I just couldn't stop staring. He looked up at me and smiled, and then continued his conversation with the other gentlemen. After that seeing his smile, I was practically frozen.

Monica grabbed my arm and helped me back to focusing on walking. " Girl you got it bad," she laughed at me as we had walked past them. "What do you mean?" I asked her trying to brush it off. " I saw the way you were looking at him, he is definitely a piece of eye candy for sure. But you really made it obvious." She replied as she grabbed a granola bar from the snack table. " Yeah, whatever. He probably is married with 3 kids. So no use in worrying about it. Besides I've got a guy back home that we are close and working on a relationship. " I replied grabbing some fruit to snack on. " No offense Jillian, but those kind of relationships don't work out very well. Been there and done that, and it's really hard. Monica said. " I know, that's why we aren't putting alot of pressure on it and just seeing how it goes." I said as we walked to our next class together.

When we got to the door, there was a note saying that all classes had been canceled, and that we would need to head to the auditorium for a meeting.

So Monica and I walked past down the main hallway to the Auditorium. We grabbed seats in the middle front and waited as other students came in. As we waited, the lights dimmed and someone came onto the stage.

"Welcome Class 1250 of our AMA Flight Attendants. We welcome you to a small presentation and hope that you enjoy." said the speaker. A projection screen came down and a video showed the history of the AMA Airlines. It showed how over the years they had always strived to be number 1 in the Airline industry. At the end, there was a screen that said, " The Future of High Quality Flying is here now." Then the screen went black and the man whom I saw in the hallway came into view and stood at the podium. He had this dominant aura about him and you couldn't help but be drawn into it. He cleared his throat and smiled, " Welcome Class 1250, My name is Travis Sawyer and I am the new CEO of AMA airlines. My appointment is quite recent, so bear with me as there are so many new ideas I have for the benefit of the company and you. As he scanned the room looking at everyone he paused, once he got to me. A small smirk appeared on his lips and then he went back to speaking.

" As you know, the airline industry is always evolving and we must keep up with the ever-changing pace. So as you saw in the last slide shown, I am going to give you a few more details about the initiative of our " High Quality of Flight Service". We have a new aircraft that has been outfitted with the best of the best in luxury for our high clientele. We will be selecting from this class, 6 flight attendants who meet our requirements to start flight service on this new aircraft in September. We are excited about this new venture and hope you will be as well." He concluded. I was holding my breath while he was talking. What did they mean about " High Quality"? Was that code word for something else?

Everyone in the auditorium started whispering as soon as Mr. Sawyer left the podium. Before he got off the stage, he looked at me again and winked. Holy Cow! What the heck is going on?!