Rose Summers looked out as soon as she got onto the plane. She couldn't believe that everyone was leaving so soon. It seemed just like yesterday when she had first met everyone at the academy - and now, they had to relocate. At first, she expected to feel sad - after all, she still wasn't going to be able to see her parents for a while. Now, though, she felt so close to everyone - even though she was the only girl in the entire academy.

Rose then turned on her iPod. She figured that even though they would make her turn it off in a little while, she might as well enjoy it while she had it. She found the first song that fit her mood, and decided to sing along with it. "Oh, sometimes, I get a good feeling, yeah. I get a feeling that I never never never never had before..."

The part repeated again, and she couldn't help but get off from her seat. She began to jump around and dance. "Yes I can, doubt that I leave, I'm running with this plan

Pull me grab me crabs in the bucket can't have me

I'll be the president one day

January first, oh you like that gossip

Like like you the one drinking that god sip dot com" As she danced around the plane singing, the academy boys all stared at her. She didn't really think much of it, but there was one particular boy who she was hoping may have noticed her. She'd had a crush on Jack ever since the very beginning. She especially loved that he was a singer. He was the leader of the choir, and he sang well. She, of course, loved singing too, and had a pretty amazing voice...or so she'd been told.

In fact, she and Jack had sung a few duets back at the Academy. Being the only girl in the school, they warmly welcomed her beautiful soprano and solo voice.

At least, that's what the instructor had said. Rose would never accept the beauty of her voice. She could barely stand to hear her voice recorded.

"Hi," Jack said warmly. "Didn't think you would be singing here."

Rose stammered. "Um, yeah, I was just waiting for the flight." Her face burned bright. Jack had heard her sing before - but not like this!

"You sounded amazing! Even better than I could." She blushed harder.

"Thanks, but you're a pretty good singer." Rose said.

"Well then maybe we could sing together sometime." Jack said, winking at her.

Rose blushed once again, and hurried back to her seat with the hope that Jack wouldn't see the light pink flush appearing on her face.

Of course, she had put on blush that morning, (what girl DIDN'T wear makeup every day?) so hopefully anyone who saw would just assume it was just the makeup. She spotted the other boys getting onto the plane - a chubby boy, who seemed to have trouble walking to his seat, was last. He waddled next to a blond boy - who Rose recognized as Ralph. She never really had much of an opinion on him. He seemed nice (if a little proud) - and, once she thought of it, he was pretty cute too.

She tried to stop her thoughts as she returned to her seat. No. She couldn't crush on more than one boy here. If she didn't admit her feelings to one boy, she would go crazy - but if they both knew she liked them, EVERYTHING would be crazy. Desperate, she distracted herself with her phone. Another boy sat next to her, but she barely made eye contact with him. A flight attendant passed by, poking Rose gently on her shoulder. "You need to turn off your phone, miss. It's almost time," she said.

Now she would be stuck on this plane - with her boys and her feelings - for almost eight hours, with no music. She had nothing to sing along to - and if she didn't sing, she knew that she would do something stupid. Rose let out a sigh as she held down the power button on her phone.

"It won't be that bad." said the little boy next to her that she had barely paid attention to at first. Rose turned around and smiled at the sight of the sweet little boy that she knew so well.

"Hey, Simon." Rose said, pushing her phone into her bag.

Simon was one of the first people Rose had gotten to know at the academy, and he was like a little brother to her. He seemed so wise beyond his years, and although he seemed quiet and laid back at first glance, once you got to know him he was a lot of fun to hang around with.

"It'll only be for a little while," he said. He seemed just a little more quiet than usual - but maybe he was just nervous about the whole thing. At least he knew how she felt. "We're all staying together." He smiled.

"You know, Simon, you're right. It really won't be that bad," Rose said at last, smiling back at him. He always knew what to say - and she envied him for that. She didn't know what to do with herself, especially at this moment.

She leaned her head back on the seat and smiled at him. He smiled back again. She was lucky to have a friend like him, even if maybe she didn't have all the boyfriends she wanted. She closed her eyes and hoped that the plane ride would go as quick as possible - finding herself drifting away to sleep