Chapter 2: We're On Our Way!

10 Days after Demi had given Selena her present was the day of Selena's 20th birthday and the night before she and Demi left for San Juan. Since she was leaving the next day (though no one knew about it besides the two girl's parents and their publicists) they just had a quiet backyard BBQ and invited all of Selena's closest friends. After about 4 hours everyone had cleared out from the Teefy/Gomez house and the only ones who were left were Selena, Demi (who was staying the night so their ride could pick them up together), Mandy and Brian.

"So care to explain how we're going to make it through LAX without anyone seeing us?" Selena asked as they got ready for bed.

"Well remember how I got you to bring your stuff over earlier?" Demi asked. Just before the party Demi asked Selena to drop off her suitcase at her place as part of her "paparazzi free" plan and Selena was confused to say the least but none the less made it there and back without any paparazzi catching her, so she and Demi were still safe with no one knowing about their trip.

"Yeah, why was that by the way?" Selena asked.

"Well my cousin Jessica is in town and she has her car with her so we put our stuff in her car and tomorrow she's picking us up and we'll be going through the back so no one will even know we're there until we're going through security where they won't even know where we're headed." Demi explained.

"But what if someone tips the press off?"

"I don't think it'll happen. It hasn't happened to me before at least." Demi replied.

"So I think we'll be good."

Selena gave her friend a disbelieving look but none the less took her word for it and went into the bathroom to get her pyjama's on. Even though she had the last week and a half to get the idea of heading off for two weeks wrapped around her head Selena still couldn't help but think that something was going to happen on this trip, and the worst part was she couldn't tell if it was good or bad. As she finished changing Selena put her thoughts to the back of her head and headed back to her room. When she opened her bedroom door Selena's eyes nearly popped out of her head. Demi had changed also while Selena was in the bathroom, and now she was in a plain white tank top and cheer style shorts, both which covered next to nothing, and her hair was up in a messy bun which added to her natural beauty (Selena always thought Demi looked best when she didn't get all that dolled up and just went with her natural look,).

"You okay there Sel?" Demi asked quickly noticing her friend's dear-in-the-headlights look on her face.

"Uh..yeah, I'm fine." Selena replied as soon as she was snapped out of her trance.

"I'm just a little tired"

"Okay, I'll be right back I'm just gunna go brush my teeth." Demi said before heading down to the bathroom. After her heart beat was back to normal Selena shut off the lights and crawled into her side of the bed and tried her best to fall asleep, but just as she was almost there Demi returned to the room.

"Sorry, Lena." Demi apologized once she realized Selena was trying to fall asleep. Demi crawled into bed and within minutes Demi was asleep but Selena still lay restless in bed, her mind too busy worrying about how this upcoming trip would go. After about 2 hours Selena headed out onto her balcony and get some fresh air. Surprisingly Baylor still remained on the bed with Demi(more often than not Baylor woke up whenever he noticed Selena was moving to get out of bed and would follow her wherever she went) so Selena was able to spend some time alone with her thoughts. As the cool summer air hit her face Selena felt herself beginning to feel a bit more relaxed. It was about an hour later when Selena heard Baylor jump off the bed and out onto the balcony with her.

"Hey Baby." Selena smiled at the dog.

"Come on, let's go back inside."

Selena made sure Baylor was inside and locked the balcony door behind her once she was back in her room and crawled back under her sheets, her worries about her and upcoming trip almost completely gone. When the next morning arrived the girls were awakened by Selena's alarm clock (aka the "Demi Alarm") ringing madly.

"Lenaaaa." Demi groaned.

"Turn it offfff."

Selena moved her hand around trying her best to blindly find her way to the alarm clock and finally after a few seconds she was successful.

"Finally." Demi sighed with relief as the noise stopped.

"Time to get up." Selena announced which only made Demi groan again.

"I don't wanna." Demi whined.

"Well it's that or we miss our flight, take your pick missy." Selena said as she pulled the blankets off herself and grabbed some clothes so she could head to the bathroom to get ready. Since they were going to be on a flight for quite a few hours Selena opted to wear knee length sweats and her Power Rangers T-Shirt (Though the shirt was upon Demi's request once she saw that Selena still had it.). After putting her hair up in a loose bun Selena headed back to the room where Demi was shuffling through her bag for her clothes to change into.

"Bathroom's free." Selena announced which caused Demi to jump a bit since she wasn't expecting Selena back so quickly.

"Okay, Jess just texted me and said she'd be here in about half an hour to get us." Demi said finally finding the shirt she was looking for. Demi changed in almost record time and the girls spent a few minutes making sure they had everything in their carry-ons before they heard a honk outside.

"Jessica's here." Demi said excitedly as she looked outside and saw her cousin's familiar Honda Accord pull up outside Selena's house. The two girls headed downstairs and Selena saw her mom and Brian waited by the door to say good bye.

"Have a good time girls." Mandy said giving each girl a hug and kissing Selena on the top of her head.

"We will, thanks for letting me steal her for a few weeks." Demi said as Selena got a final hug from Brian and after letting Selena say good bye to Baylor (which Demi couldn't really make fun of her for since she did the exact same thing with Oliver the day before.) the girls headed out to the car as quick as they could.

"Hey Jess, thanks so much for doing this." Demi said climbing into the back seat with Selena so it would be easier to fool the paparazzi into thinking that they weren't in the car.

"No prob, so where at the airport am I dropping you off?" Jessica asked.

"Um...well I called LAX yesterday and they said they could get us through security without anyone noticing us if we went through the back so around there, I can show you where it is." Demi said as they pulled out of the driveway and onto the LA streets.

"Lena, duck!" Demi exclaimed as she saw a few paparazzi just waiting on the streets. The girls ducked in time and were un-noticed by the paparazzi as they continued on their way. After a few seconds Jessica told the two girls it was clear and they were free to sit up

"You know, this was a lot easier the first time we went to Puerto Rico." Selena said straightening up in her seat. It was true the last time they had left for San Juan they didn't have to go to such lengths to not be noticed since their careers were really just getting started and they weren't all that familiar to the Disney Channel yet.

"I know but this is half the fun now." Demi replied. The girls made it to the airport without any paparazzi problems and when they arrived at LAX Demi directed Jessica towards the door where they could head in.

"Thanks again Jess, I owe you one." Demi said as Jessica helped Demi and Selena get their things from the trunk of her car.

"Not a problem, you guys have fun." Jessica replied giving each girl a hug before heading out. As the girls headed in they were met by a security guard who led them to an area where they could check in relatively un noticed. After they got their boarding passes and dropped off their bags they headed to security and hoped no one would really notice them, which actually seemed relatively easy since they were one of the first people in line to go through. A few people looked their way once they were done with security(which took a while because apparently a bobby pin decided it wanted to hide in Selena's jean pocket and it was an obvious threat to national security)(happend to me on my way home last month, it sucked!)ut the girls kept to themselves and went most of the way without being noticed.

"stupid bobby pin." Selena grumbled as they took a seat by their gate.

"Oh come on it added some entertainment to the day." Demi said trying to lighten the mood.

"And plus the look on your face when the machine went off was pretty hilarious."

"It was not!" Selena whined.

"Yes it was, your eyes were, like, bulging from your head." Demi laughed before mimicking Selena's previous facial expression which Selena couldn't help but laugh at.

"I hate you." Selena stated with a playful glare.

"Sure you do." Demi replied patting Selena's head.

"You go and believe that Sel."

"Attention passengers, this is a boarding announcement for flight 8789 destined to San Juan, Puerto Rico, all passengers traveling with small children or in need of extra assistance may begin boarding at this time..."

"Oh crap I forgot something." Demi said as she quickly pulled out her phone and opened Twitter and began writing a new tweet.

ddtorres: Twitter break for the next 2 weeks...gunna miss you guys but I'll talk to you all again soon!

After sending the tweet Demi threw her phone back into her purse and grabbed her tickets and ID for when they had to board. When the general boarding announcement was called the girls stood in line and while they waited Demi noticed Selena looking around seeing if there were any paparazzi around.

"Told you it'd be paparazzi free." Demi said with a smile.

"Don't get too cocky, we haven't even left yet." Selena reminded her as she handed the lady at the desk her ticket and passport. After getting the okay Selena waited for Demi just inside the doors and after Demi's ticket and ID was checked she caught up to Selena and the two girls took their seats in the plane.

"Ladies and Gentlemen, welcome aboard American Airlines flight 8979 to San Juan Puerto Rico. Our estimated travel time is 6 hours and 15 minutes and we will be arriving at 8:45pm local time..." the stewardess continued on for the next few minutes until all the safety instructions had been given and they were ready for take-off. Since she hadn't gotten much sleep the night before, Selena waited till they were in the air before slowly falling asleep for a majority of the flight.

Omg thank y'all for the awesome reviews :D it totally made my birthday getting that kind of response for the first chapter, and don't worry, it'll only get better. Again, this chapter seems kinda dry and slow but the next chapter will make things a bit better, a bit more walking down memory lane for the girls. Thanks again everyone and hopefully the next chapter will be up soon!