Several weeks had passed since Tommy purchased the tickets and made reservations. He asked the class to meet in his classroom on the day of the trip, 5:00 AM. On the day of the trip, Tommy and Kim left their house at 4:00. It was pouring down rain and it was a prefect day for them to wear their new outfits. Their outfits were water proof and wind proof. So, they were nice and warm. They got to Tommy's classroom at 4:30. He had papers to grade and Kimberly offered to help him.

When they got to his classroom, he put their suit case by his desk and got out the papers. Kimberly took a seat by his desk and they started graded papers. Mr. Banks came into Tommy's classroom. He had was carrying the tickets that would take Tommy and Kimberly to Paris and a handful of papers.

"Dr. Oliver, those need to be graded before you leave," ordered Mr. Banks.

"They will be graded," promised Tommy. "My wife and I came in early. She is helping me grade the papers."

Mr. Banks dropped his papers on Tommy's desk. It knocked their plane tickets and some of the papers on the floor.

"I'm sorry," lied Mr. Banks . "I'll get you papers."

He bent down and picked up the papers. When no one was looking, he switched their plane tickets. Tommy and Kimberly had no idea that their plane tickets had been switched. After he picked up Tommy's papers, he left the room. Tommy and Kimberly finished grading the papers, just as everyone was walking into the room. Some of the students backed out of going to New York. So, only Kira, Conner, Ethan, Trent, Cassidy, Devin, Billy and Haley were the only ones going on the trip.

"I want to go over some rules," explained Tommy. "Everyone is to stay with the group, I expect all of you to stay in the hotel room at night, no wondering off, and I expect everyone to act their age on this trip. I also think it is a good idea for people to pair up with a friend. You can pick you partner for the trip. You and that person will sit together on the plane. And they will also be the person you will be walking around with when we go to the museum and the fossil sight. Both of you will be responsible for each other."

Everyone paired up. Kira paired up with Trent. Cassidy paired up with Devin. Conner paired up with Ethan. And Haley and Billy paired up. Tommy gave everyone their tickets. Tommy made arrangements for them to all ride a bus to the airport. It took them 45 minutes to get to the airport.

"Does everyone have their tickets?" asked Tommy. "Keep track of what gate we will be heading to. A lot of people can get separated at security check point."

Everyone got off the bus and walked into the airport. It was really crowded in the airport. Tommy stopped and looked at his ticket. He noticed that his plane took off at 6:45 AM.

"Kim let me see your ticket," stated Tommy. "My ticket says that our plane takes off at 6:45."

"I noticed that," replied Kimberly. "I was getting ready to ask you the same question."

He looked up and everyone was a head of them. They were putting their luggage on the luggage rack. Tommy and Kimberly put their luggage with the rest of the group's suitcases and duffle bags. Everyone was quickly leaving security checkpoint. Tommy walked through security check point. He noticed Kimberly was behind him. So, he stopped and waited for her.

"Why'd you stop and wait?" asked Kimberly. "The group is ahead of us."

"Kim, I know. I was waiting for you," explained Tommy. "I wanted to make sure that didn't get separated from the group."

"We're already separated from the group," remarked Kimberly.

"Kim, I wanted to make sure, we both got on the same plan," replied Tommy. "We have to get to gate D23."

"Tommy, you looked at it wrong, it says we got to gate E23," corrected Kimberly." It's 6:35. We only have ten minutes or we miss our flight."

Tommy grabbed her hand and they both took off running. Meanwhile, everyone else was getting on the plane that was headed to New York at gate D23. All of them were taking their seats. Kira, Trent, Conner, and Ethan were sitting in the same row. Behind them was Billy, Haley, Cassidy, and Devin.

"Kim and Dr. O aren't here!" gasped Kira.

"They are suppose to be sitting in front of us," stated Ethan.

"We should tell somebody," suggested Trent.

Just as they were getting ready to turn around to tell Haley, everyone was told to fasten their seat belts and they were getting ready to take off in 20 minutes. Meanwhile, Tommy and Kimberly had just barely made to their plane. They got on their plane and they didn't see anyone from their group.

"We need to take a seat," stated Kimberly. "We can look for everybody, when we get off."

They looked at their tickets and saw their seats were A1 and A2. Tommy took the seat by the window, since Kimberly was scared of heights. Both planes began to take off. Tommy and Kim's plane was taking off for Paris, while the others were on their way to New York.