"We have arrived in Madrid, the local time is 11:03pm, you may now depart the plane" says the voice from the speaker. We all get up and rush to the doors of the plane, a stewardess opens them for us to reveal a corridor,
"Where did that come from?" I ask before I can stop myself, I'm going to look really stupid now!
The stewardess gives me a strange look, "it's the connection tunnel from the plane to the airport, we connected to it just after we landed" she tells me,
"Oh" I say feeling silly for asking,
"I hope you had a good flight" she says,
"Yes we did," I reply and step out of the plane into the tunnel followed by Frank and the team,
"When do we get our cases back?" asks Keri,
"Soon" says Frank "we just need to find the baggage reclaim"
"There!" shouts Keri pointing to a sign at the end of the tunnel, "Baggage reclaim!" she says and starts running towards the sign, unable to contain her excitement, we all glance at each other and then run after her, there's no one here to see us after all, and being in Spain feels exciting, even the air feels different! We follow the signs until we get to a big open space with a massive conveyer belt in it.
"Your luggage should be here shortly" says one of the airport staff, "if you just wait here," she walks off and the room is dead still, I know it's late at night but something doesn't feel right.
"Here's the bags" says Frank as Keri's pink case comes into sight at the end of the conveyor belt and I shake the feeling off, we're perfectly safe here. My bag is next and I lift it off after Keri, but the wheel slips onto my foot and snaps my heel off.
Franks POV:
Stella's heel snaps off and goes flying, I only just mange to catch her before she and the case both fall over! I steady the case and let go of Stella, she starts to take a step forward but instantly falls over again because one shoe is 3 inches higher than the other!
"Are you ok?" I ask her as she takes both her shoes off,
"Well I haven't got any shoes" she sighs, "those were my favourite pair too"
"Did you bring any others?" I ask her,
"Only flip flops" she replies
"What size are you?" asks Keri, "I've got spare shoes in my bag"
"Six" says Stella,
"Perfect, me too" replies Keri fishing about in her bag for the shoes, "ah, there's one small problem I may not have mentioned" she laughs pulling a pair of bright pink pumps out of her bag.
"Great" Stella sighs, "it's that or flip flops."
"Sorry.." Keri giggles, "they're not exactly your normal style"
"No," laughs Stella, "but seriously though, I'm going to look ridiculous!"
"We'd better go if we're going to get the car," I remind them, "we've got to collect it at quarter past."
"Ok it's those or nothing," Stella says putting the shoes on, "Thanks Keri"
"That's ok" Keri says laughing, Stella looks pretty funny with her serious outfit and then bright pink shoes, I'm really noticing the height difference between us now she's not wearing high heels. We walk out of the airport to the car rental place and collect our car, it's a big family car because there's so many of us.
"Who's going to drive?" asks Stella,
"I'll drive" I reply because she looks really tired,
"Are you sure?" she asks "I will if you want"
"No its ok" I reply and get into the car, the team get into the back of the car and Stella climbs into the passenger seat,
"Wait, this car is the wrong way round!" Stella says looking confused,
"Yeah," says Keri "the drivers seat should be on that side!"
"They drive on the other side of the road in Spain" I tell them,
"Oh" says Stella still looking a bit confused, "I'm glad your driving!"
I start the car and type the postcode into my spypod,
"You will reach your destination in 41 minutes" it says and startles Stella,
"I still can't get used to that thing speaking," she says