Elle softly sighed. Three more hours to go. She would never make it. The worms had been calling the stewardess every three minutes on the dot for coffee refills, earning her angry glares from the poor woman as well as her fellow passengers who were all looking at her like she was a terrible mother.
"What is this?" X asked as he poked something lumpy and gray on the meal tray in front of him. They had finally been served their food a few minutes before.
"Turkey surprise," Elle muttered. X hadn't exactly been on his best behavior either, growling at the stewardess when she had tried to fasten his seatbelt for him and refusing to put his crystals in the overhead compartment, complaining they would get grubby little opposable thumb prints on them if they were touched.
"What's the surprise? What the turkey died of is contagious?" X said loudly as he looked down at the gray lump again, earning them stares from all of the passengers within earshot.
"Be quiet and eat it!" Elle shouted as she reached out, snatched his fork and jammed a bit into his mouth. Maybe she would be lucky. Maybe what had killed the turkey would kill X and she would get some peace and quiet.
A few minutes later she looked up to see Jay coming down the aisle, to her surprise clutching a glass filled with what looked like champagne.
"Man, they really know how to treat you in first class. We had steak!" Jay said with a huge smile as he looked down at Elle. "Kay told me to come back and check on things before they start the movie. So, how are things going back here? Comfy?"
"Hardly," Elle muttered as she glared at him.
"First they served poisoned turkey!" X said loudly. "And now they're getting ready to show slides from the stewardess's trip to some place called Guano Guano!"
"X, be quiet," Elle hissed. Then she looked up at Jay. "Uh, I don't suppose you would be interested in trading seats for awhile, would you?"
"No can do. Kay needs me to help him with some stuff," Jay said with a smile as he turned to the worms. "So, how are you four enjoying the flight?"
"We need more coffee," one of the worms said as another frantically waved for the stewardess to come over with the coffeepot again.
"You should taste the coffee they have in first class. Makes Zed's stuff taste bad," Jay told them.
"Jay, I would suggest going back to your seat now!" Elle said angrily as the worms took off to the front at the mention of fantastic coffee. She pulled herself up and headed down the aisle after them, ignoring the stares from the other passengers as she called, "Boys, get back here! We aren't allowed in first class!"