Althena Book 2

89. The Flight

Mike doesn't give us any time to think. He shoves everyone out the door. "Everything is packed. Go."

I jump in Chris's helicopter and off we go.

"Did you grab my jewelry?"

"Yes."

"My dress?"

"Yes."

"Shoes?"

"Yes."

"I guess that's enough. We can buy anything we forgot. I really could have used dinner though."

"Mike had it sent to the plane. Can I bring Akmae?"

"I don't care. He better pack f*****g fast though."

Chris nods and calls him.

I text the group. -Akmae, if you're coming. Pack something comfortable for the plane. It's a long ass flight.-

Mike: -Mary is 30 minutes away. Be at the airport in 30 minutes, or you will miss the long ass flight.-

Chris shrugs his shoulders. "He said his parents said no and that he was packing. I guess we'll find out."

"Yea, that's kind of conflicting."

Conner: -Woman, are you on a helicopter?-

I laugh. -Yea, I'm with Chris.-

He sends some smiley's. -I'm waiting on the porch for you. You need anything from the house?-

-Something comfortable. I don't want to stay in my school uniform.-

-Ok. I'll grab something and get out of here.-

-Thank you.-

Chris and I get there first. We land on the runway. It's neat watching the other helicopters come in. We get our stuff on the plane and watch them land.

Granny and Monte get out of the first one.

I jump up and down on the plane steps, then jump at Monte when they get closer. He pretends to drop me and I crack up laughing. "You are wound up."

The next helicopter has 4 servants. They bring a bunch of stuff in. They're the 4 that always help me at the palace. Cyrus, his brothers, and Drogon come in the next one.

Drogon carries me in. "We're going to try not jumping on everyone."

Monte laughs and picks a seat. "Good luck."

Drogon nods and puts me beside him. "Try to keep her in here. I need to get the food in."

Akmae runs in. "I packed stuff."

Chris jumps up. "I'M SITTING HERE."

Cyrus puts his eyebrow up. "Did you remember ID and phone?"

"Yes."

"You'll be good. Pick a seat. I'm going to help get the food in here."

Akmae sits by Chris.

I lay my head on Monte and wiggle. I got a window seat, so I see 3 more helicopters coming in. Then Mary gets there. I point at her and wiggle some more.

"What in the world?" Monte looks out my window. "Yep. We're going to leave in a few minutes."

"Is she ok there?"

Monte puts his phone down. "Yea, she's fine."

Conner hands me my panda pajamas and puffy socks. "We're going to eat now. Change after you eat, in the bathroom."

"Ok. Thank you."

"You're welcome, babygirl." He goes over and sits by Clayton.

Monte picks his phone back up. So, I slide my shoes and socks off. Then I put my feet in the pajamas. I get them on to my hips without him noticing, but the zipper on the skirt gets his attention. "Woman, you were told to wait."

I wiggle out of the skirt and laugh as it falls on the floor.

"Go change in the bathroom." He picks me up and puts me in the isle.

I run for it. It's better this way though. I'm not sure how I would get my shirt off without showing everyone my boobs.

I get back to my seat as the pilot starts talking. "The fighter jets and command post are in the air. We have been cleared for take off. Everyone, find a seat and buckle up. We'll be taking off in about 3 minutes." The plane starts moving.

I get my seat belt buckled and watch out the window. "What's that?"

"Another plane."

"Why?"

"There are 4 princes, 1 former Queen, king and queen of Darkburn, and the King of Crystal Falls all on one flight. Anything that gets near us will be blown out of the sky before they can say why they're here."

"We probably shouldn't have put so much royalty on one flight."

"We'll be fine."

A few minutes later, we're in the air. The stewardess gives everyone dinner.

"This is good for airplane food."

"It's not airplane food. Mike and Drogon had everything catered."

I giggle. "They cheated."

"I'm glad they cheated. This is good."

Clayton comes out of the hallway. "WHY IS THERE A BRA IN THE BATHROOM? SERIOUSLY."

I crack up laughing.

"I'M LEAVING MY UNDERWEAR SOMEWHERE FOR YOU TO FIND."

I shake my head and Monte laughs. "Eat and ignore him."

"Clayton, sit down and eat." Cyrus goes into the bathroom and comes back with my stuff. "Woman, don't leave stuff like this lying around."

"It was an accident."

Monte smirks and hands him my skirt and shoes.

He rolls his eyes and takes it to the back of the plane.

I eat, then play on Evo for a while. I like a bunch of posts. People post interesting stuff. I show Monte some of it.

I wake up when he laughs. "I have no idea. I'm letting her be."

I stretch my arms up. I try to stretch my legs, but they don't go anywhere. I open my eyes and my feet are in the window. My ass is against the wall, under the window. I'm on my back in my seat and my head is on Monte's lap. I try to roll and he grabs me. Then he picks me up and hands me to Mike.

He rubs my back and I snuggle against him. "My little panda."

I wake up in bed by myself. It smells like Mike though. He must have snuck out. I stumble around for a minute. Seems like half the people are sleeping. I go pee and find my seat. The stewardess gives me some breakfast, so I eat and scroll Evo again. It's a little after 8. I slept for a long time.

Dacious sits beside me. "Tell me about that girl I'm taking to prom."

"I don't know much. She's nice. Has a little brother. But she has no money. I don't think her dad is in the picture. I killed her brother's babysitter once. He attacked Lila. I guess he attacked her too. She was locked in a bedroom." I feel his aura coming out. "Nothing tragic. He hit her on the head. I think he was on something. But she's as poor as they come. She's one of the reasons the food program started so quickly in the schools."

"Why?"

"We were talking one night. The boys were there. She had dinner with us and said she didn't like the school food so she would pack. That's what I used to say too. Me and Drogon both knew what that meant. We didn't say anything to her at the time. But he started doing research the next day."

"What did he find out?"

"You'd have to ask him. I know she goes to Green Valley because she lives in the district and is below a certain income bracket?" He nods. "The city has to pay the tuition or something. I don't know. You have to ask him. But now, kids that fall under that law have their lunches paid for too. That way all kids can eat."

"I wondered what was going on when she said she had no money."

"Yea, she really doesn't. You can't back out on her though. This kind of stuff doesn't happen to people. It would break her heart."

"I'm not going to back out. I saw the way she smiled. Make sure she gets a nice dress and all the hair and makeup you girls do. Don't even let her see the prices. I don't want her freaking out and thinking it's too much."

I smile and wiggle. "Jewelry?"

"A necklace and bracelet. But keep it reasonably priced."

I giggle. "And jewelry for her?"

He laughs. "That was for her. Make my brother buy yours."

"Fine." I smile. "She'll be happy. This is nice."

Cyrus smirks. "You just told the Queen of Darkburn to keep something reasonably priced. The girl doesn't look at price tags, and you wrote her an open-ended check."

Dacious turns slowly to me.

I giggle and plug my ears. I don't want to hear what he has to say.

"Yea, I'm in trouble." He laughs and moves to the seat by Drogon.

Clayton takes his spot. "How come Lila didn't come?"

"She couldn't miss school. Oh, she said no presents. She doesn't want to accept gifts from men."

"I'm not surprised. You going to her birthday party?"

"Yes. We're making personal pizzas and having ice cream. No boys. Just us girls."

"That'll be boring."

"No it won't. It'll be the best night ever. We can do hair and makeup. Talk about boys all night. It's going to be amazing."

"I'll have to take your word for it. I feel like she's doing it that way, so she doesn't have to see me though."

"Doubt it. She's not going to go out of her way to avoid you. Hell, you saw her before we left. It wasn't weird. She didn't run away screaming or anything."

"That's true. And she seemed happy I said I'd go with that girl. I just need to get over her, so we can be friends."

"That would be a start."

Drogon stands in the isle. "Come on, babygirl. Let's get you dressed."

"Why?"

"We're going to land in less than 2 hours. You don't need to be seen in your panda pajamas."

"Whose gonna see me?"

"The queen sent Cyrus a text. I guess the press caught wind we're all coming in on the same flight. They're probably going to be at the airport."

"UGH."

"We'll get you dressed and fix your hair. Then you can eat. You'll be fine."