A day in the Heroes universe

Rachael was a huge fan of the show Heroes, she never missed an episode, she owns all the seasons on DVD. One day as she was checking her Twitter, she came across a contest from NBC. "The first 1000 people to answer this question is entered to win a trip to the heroes set and a guest spot on the show". Naturally being a big fan of the show she answered the very easy question. She sent her info and the answer to NBC via Twitter Direct Message. One minute later there was a Tweet. "Heroes: Thank you for your entries, we will notify the winner VIA phone within a week" She crossed all her fingers and toes waiting for a phone call, she could barely sleep in anticipation of the call.

A week passed and she had lost hope, "I never win anything!" she thought to herself. Right as she had given up and put her phone to charge, she heard her ring tone. She didn't recognize the number, but it was an 818, an area code in CA. So she answered. A voice on the other line said "Hello is this Rachael Ferraro?" She answered yes, and the voice said "Congratulations you are the winner of the 'Heroes Universe giveaway' All we need now is your information so we can set you up with a flight and hotel." She gave them all her information and they said "We will send a taxi tomorrow morning to take you to the airport. Be ready for the time of your life" the voice said as she hung up.

She called like everyone in her address book and told them. She called her best friend in California, Deidre, she told her the good news. Deidre said "I so hope you get to meet Zachary Quinto, hes so hot!" She agreed, since she was a huge fan of his, she owned Star Trek on DVD. When she told people who was her favorite character, she told them it was Sylar. They all looked at her weird, they all said "Why do you like the bad guy?" She said to them, "Every girl falls for the 'bad boy' you cant get more bad than the serial killer"

By the time she had gotten off the phone with Dee it was 11pm, she thought to herself "I better get my ass to bed, I have a flight at 10am." She curled up in bed and fell asleep. She dreamed sweet dreams about Zach and Sylar. Some were a little too X rated to even speak about. She woke up the next morning at 7am to shower. She had packed the night before so she just hopped in the shower and got dressed. Around 7:45am she heard a car honk outside. "Well that's my cab" she said to herself. She got on her jacket since it was 50 degrees outside in NY. "Here I come sunny California!" she thought. She got into the cab and she learned that it was already paid for and she would be taken to JFK and to report to the delta airlines counter for her ticket. The ride took about 20 min, and her heart was racing. The thought of being around the cast of Heroes made her heart pulsate.

She arrived at the airport, the cab driver was nice and took her bags out of the trunk and put them on the curb. She walked into the terminal and went to the desk. They asked for her name, and they typed it into the computer as she said it to her. "Oh I see your ticket was paid for by a third party, oh wow, you must have won something in order for NBC to pay for your plane ticket" she told them "I won the 'Heroes Universe Giveaway' I get to have a guest spot on Heroes and hang out with the cast." Rachael told the clerk. "I am so jealous of you" she said back as she took her bags and checked them in. "NBC is picking up the tab on your luggage so, have a great flight." Rachael walked away from the counter and walked into the waiting room. She has to go through the metal detectors so she took everything out of her pockets beforehand so she wouldn't have any trouble. They asked her to take out her laptop from its bag to inspect it. She complied and she went through the detector just fine. Next thing to do was to wait on her flight. She walked up to one of the boards with the times and flight numbers. She looked up her flight number, "OK, gate 50, boarding in a half hour" she said to herself as she made her way to the gate. She stopped on the way to get some breakfast since she didn't eat before she left the house. "Hmm the only real choice now is Dunkin Donuts or McDonald's. I like Dunkin better." She said, then she walked to the counter, she ordered some coffee and a bagel with Ham, egg and cheese. She took it to go as she continued to walk to the gate. "Gate 35, gate 36,.....gate 40" she counted in her head as she passed each gate. "Gate 50! there it is!" she said out loud. There was already people lined up. She looked at her ticket, "Wow! First Class!" She had never flown first class before. She was excited. She sat down at the gate and ate her breakfast. As she was finishing her bagel and coffee they opened the gate for first class ticket holders only. "Well that's me!" she said as she got up and made her way to the door. They checked her ticket and said "Enjoy your flight Miss Ferraro." She smiled as she made her way onto the plane.