Note: So in this story the boys (and girls) are between 15-17. The littluns are still ages 6-10. Uhhh...yeah that's pretty much it. Please review!
"Alright, I need the boys in one line and girls in another." An authoritative voice boomed from a megaphone.
"Margaret, hurry up." A short brunette girl hissed to her friend from the corner of the room.
"Shut up Jo! I'm trying to figure a way to sneak this on." the tall blonde replied, flashing her carton of cigarettes before turning back to the wall and fiddling with her bag.
Jo rolled her eyes. "This is an emergency evacuation. Could you try less to rebel and more to I don't know...save yourself!" she snapped, her golden eyes flashing angrily.
"Margaret, why do you have those?" The third girl, a pale one with blair hair and pale blue eyes stuttered nervously.
"Would you relax Anna? Loosen up. We're seventeen." Margaret snapped, finally stuffing the carton in her bag and turning to face her friends.
"So? Can we just go now?" she asked. Jo glared at Margaret warning her not to make fun of Anna before nodding and walking over to where their headmistress as well as the headmaster of their brother school were directing people into lines. The three of them quietly took their place in the back of the girls' line before an air plane official walked over to them.
"You three come with me." he said.
"Excuse me?" Margaret demanded impatiently.
"This plane's full. You'll have to ride on the boys'." he said directing them over to the boys' line.
"Oh well...that won't be a problem them." Margaret said, flashing him a smile and practically sprinting over to the boys' line, her long blonde hair flying behind her.
"This is really bad, Jo." Anna whispered. Jo sighed and walked over to the line where Margaret was already talking to a boy Jo considered to be ugly with red hair in a choir uniform.
"Jo, Anna, this is Jack Merridew." she said proudly. Jo glanced over to where he was scanning all three of them up and down and folded her arms across her chest.
"Nice to meet you." She mumbled before turning her back to where Margaret was already trying to flirt with him and nearly bumped heads with someone.
"Oh...I am so sorry." she mumbled, glancing up to see a handsome fair haired boy with emerald eyes staring back at her.
"No, no...I'm sorry." he replied shyly. She suddenly grew shy as well and tucked a loose curl behind her ear.
"I think you might be in the wrong line." he said.
"What? Oh...no. My friends and I are on this plane. I'm Josephine...Jo for short." she said, smiling. He flashed her a dazzling yet shy smile and extended his hand.
"Ralph." he said simply.
"Pleasure to meet you, Ralph." she said.
He nodded as the line began to move and Anna was at her side.
"Sit with me please, Jo." Anna whispered, eyeing Ralph but then turning to face Jo.
"Of course, Anna. Relax." Jo replied, turning as Anna hooked her arm through Jo's as they boarded the plane.
They found their seats and at the last moment before takeoff, Ralph sat down on the other side of Jo that Anna wasn't occupying.
"Have you ever flown before?" he asked Jo who shook her head.
"No, never. The only people I know that have are fabulously wealthy." she said.
"Oh...I have." he replied quietly. Jo blushed and looked down. Big mouth.
"Sorry." she apologized, not really knowing what else to say.
"Don't be. It's for my father's job. You just looked nervous so I wanted to tell you that they're perfectly safe. There's nothing to worry about." he said smiling slightly.
"Oh...thank you." she replied as the headmaster walked up to their row.
"We should be to the evacuation site in about seven hours. For now all students should sleep." he said.
"Yes sir." Anna, Jo, and Ralph all replied quietly.
Anna rested her head against the window and was automatically asleep. But try as Jo might she just couldn't get comfortable. She didn't know if Ralph was asleep or not but she lightly rested her head on his shoulder.
"Jo?" he asked, startling her. She opened her eyes and looked up at him, embarrassed.
"Sorry. I thought you were sleeping." she replied.
"It's fine. Use me as a pillow, I don't mind." he replied. She smiled and rested her head on his shoulder again, drifting off into a deep sleep, not noticing the alarmingly loud hum of the plane's engine.