The plane took off. He felt his body tremble. Never in his life had Ike been so scared to fly, but today was different. He looked to his right, and Tay was comfortably trying to get some sleep to pass the time it took to get from Europe back to Las Angeles, then finally, home (which was still in Tulsa). He then looked at Zac, who was too busy listening to his CD player to even notice Ike's trembling hand next to his own. Ike decided he was on his own during this flight. He tried to relax, but no hint of sanctuary was bestowed upon him.
Finally they were in the air. At that moment, Isaac felt all of his muscles relax. Zac noticed the low comfort level his eldest brother had. He took off his headphones and put them in his backpack.
"Ike, man, you HAVE to relax. It's just a 13 hour flight. You're going to be fine. Besides, once we get off in LA, I'm sure you'll relax." Zac tried his best to comfort him.
"Zac, you don't understand. It's not the flying thing. It's us crossing over a big blue ocean." Ike shuddered at the thought of a crash.
"Well, at least if we crash, we'll have been together, as a group and as brothers." Zac was always being humorous at times such as these. And this didn't help his brother out at all.
"ZAC!"
Ike frightened many people who were sleeping on the plane.
"Sorry everyone. Sorry."
"Good job, bro. Would you like to drop any bigger kinds of hints that we're on the plane?" Zac took hit notebook out and started scribbling lyrics to a song he was working on.
Ike looked around uncomfortably and noticed someone familiar. He knew he'd seen that cowboy hat somewhere. But who did it belong to? He tried to ignore it until the man got up and went to the bathroom. Could it really have been AJ McLean?
He looked around in search of the other band members, but there was no sign of them. What had AJ been doing alone on a plane from Europe to LA? And where were the other guys? He tried to think of a possible answer when he fell asleep
***Dream sequence***
He went up to the table and shook AJ's hand. It was a promotional setting. Tay and Zac also shook his hand. The 4 of them walked over to the red ribbon just outside of Cinderella's Castle in Disneyland. AJ gave the scissors to Ike, who passed them to Zac, who finally handed them to Taylor. Taylor cut the ribbon in half and the crowd cheered. AJ walked over to the other guys and they all waved. Howie walked over to Ike and gave him a letter.
"Thanks for believing in us. You'll never know how much we appreciate your friendship during everything we've been through. It means a lot to us. Thanks again. KTBPA ~Kevin, Howie, Brian, AJ, Nick"
***End dream sequence*** (Note: Dream sequence wasn't that long, but Ike had been asleep for most of the trip.)
"Ike wake the hell up." Zac was pestering him again.
"What do you want?"
"You'll never believe who's on this plane!"
"Who?" He decided to humor his brother.
"AJ McLean."
"Oh yeah. I saw him get up to go to the bathroom. Where are the other guys?"
"I don't know. Go ask him." Zac joked around.
Ike was about to get up when the seatbelt light flashed on.
"Thank you for flying Atlantic Airlines. Please make sure your seats and trays are in their upright and locked positions. We will be landing in Las Angeles airport shortly. The time now is 7.45 a.m. Pacific Time. "
Ike hurriedly put his seatbelt back on, and grasped onto the armrests. He started to tremble. Never in his life had he ever been so scared to fly...
