Tsuki: Hey there! This is my first story; it's a cross between Lord of the Flies and my OC's hope you enjoy it! Warning there might be some language (hence the rating) but I'm not intending on anything too bad J enjoy!
Chapter one
Samantha's POV
Well here I am, at Landing Airport about to leave for a Japan semester abroad. I glanced down at my carry on, making sure that I hadn't lost anything on the way through check in. IPod, check, cellphone, check, adventure journal, check, camera, check, Japanese dictionary, check, a ton of snack bars, check, a small bag with toiletries, check, worst case survival guide, check check check. I glanced around at the other kids I would be traveling with for the next semester; there were around 9 girls, myself included, and 13 guys. The group consisted of teenagers from all over the US, of various cultures and it was already clear that they were forming into social cliques. I glanced at the group of girls, contemplating whether I should go and join their conversation, but decided against it when I noticed they all seemed to already know each other, and opted to go look for my best friend Jonathan who was like an older brother to me. He's half Taiwanese, and seems to have all the best Asian features, but he also has beautiful deep blue eyes, that he probably got from his mom and caused me to feel a great amount of jealousy over. He used to be really quiet and shy, but he's opened up a bit since the beginning of high school. I noticed he was talking to some of the other boys, probably about the "rad" basketball game that happened last night, so I decided to just plop down in a chair and listen to some music. I leaned back in the uncomfortable chair and began to immerse myself in the sound of Vocaloid, trying my hardest to understand the words and only managing in understanding bits and pieces. I must have begun humming to myself because the guy to the right of me tapped my leg and put a finger to his lips. I glanced at him and stopped, he was one of the guys from the trip, and I could tell because of the lanyard around his neck, was the same one that hung from my neck. We are all required to wear them for the first few days, until we became "acquainted" with each other. He held his hand out to me and I took out my ear buds so I could hear him better before shaking his hand. "Name's Jack" he said with a smirk and a wink "but I already know that, though what I don't know is what your name is." I rolled my eyes and pointed to my lanyard "we're wearing name tags you know?" to which he chuckled and cracked a large smile, "I know, but I'd rather hear you say it." I smiled back "Samantha, nice to meet you Jack" "Oh the pleasure is all mine!" he joked. I laughed at this, what was with this guy? I made a move to put my ear buds back in, but he asked quickly "why are you sitting here by yourself?" I sighed, figuring that this guy wasn't going to leave me alone until I answered, "I don't know anyone, so I figured that brushing up on my Japanese would be more beneficial than dumping myself into someone else's conversation." He smiled at me again "Well, now you know me!" I chuckled "Well I guess you have a point" I glanced over at him, taking in his red hair, and bright green eyes, pale skin, and a couple of freckles dotting his face. He noticed that I was staring at him, and held my gaze for a couple of seconds, before I looked away. He was about to ask something, when Jonathan suddenly appeared in the seat to my left. "Hey sorry Sam, I didn't mean to take off like that, what's up?" I turned from Jack and smiled at Jonathan, "No problem, I was just making a new friend, Jonathan this is Jack." I said with a smile while gesturing towards Jack and noticing that his expression seemed colder. "Nice to meet you Jack, you looking forward to the trip?" Jack glared a bit at Jonathan, before picking up his backpack and slinging it over one shoulder. "It's time to board the plane" he said. I glanced around the waiting area and noticed that the majority of our group had already boarded, and fumbled to shove my iPod back into my carry on before grabbing Jonathan's hand and pulling him to catch up with the rest of the group at the gate. After scanning our tickets the lady waved us on and wished us a good flight. I let go of Jonathan's hand and we looked for seats next to each other towards the very back of the plane. Since the plane was only one cabin, we could sit wherever we wanted, as long as we didn't cause too many people, and if anyone asked us to give them our seat, we would have to. I noticed that the group of girls all sat together towards the front, a couple of adults and older couples sat up there too. The guys of the group all sat in the very back, along with some younger children and their parents. I sat next to Jonathan and I noticed that Jack sat behind me. I watched as our teachers filed on to the plane and sat towards the front. I stashed my carry on under the chair and I watched as the flight attendants explained the emergency instructions. I picked up the safety instruction pamphlet out of habit and read over it quickly, memorizing the locations of all the exits and life rafts, before sliding it back into the pocket of the chair in front of me. The pilots announced that we were taking off, and I gripped the arms of the chair when I felt the plane begin to move. I always hated take off, something about it made me feel queasy. It wasn't too long before we were in the air and flying over California, I leaned over Jonathan to look out the window, and I heard him chuckle at how childish I was acting. I smiled up at him before leaning back into my chair, retrieving my iPod from my black hole of a bag, and relaxing into the cushions of my chair. I felt my head drop to the side and rest on Jonathan's shoulder before falling asleep. I woke up to the feeling of free falling, I glanced around, panic gripping me when the oxygen bags dropped from the ceiling, I scrambled to grab mine and put it on as quickly as I could and spared a glance at Jonathan, his face white and his hand reached out to grab mine tightly.