Chapter Four.
SHARON SHOOK ME AWAKE.
“What...? What... are we there already?” I pushed up the sleep mask and blinked rapidly. I’d only just fallen asleep a minute ago, surely.
My friend sat in the pod opposite me, and the cabin was lit up. Overhead compartments snapped open and slammed shut, the roll of wheels rumbling through my sleepy brain like a freight train.
“Yeah. We landed a minute ago. We’re on the runway.”
I grappled for the buttons on the remote, then converted my bed into a chair once more.
“Woah,” I said, stretching and rubbing my eyes. “I slept like the dead.”
“You certainly did.” Sharon laughed. “I was jealous. I should have stolen one of your sleeping tablets.”
Guilt hit me hard. “s**t, I’m sorry. I didn’t even think to offer.”
“Don’t be silly. It’s totally fine. I
