Theodore sighed and leaned his head against the cold airplane window. Far below him was the ocean. It was finally here! Ted looked sideways at his best friend, Joe, and grinned. This was going to be the trip of a lifetime, and he'd waited an entire year for it! __________________

Keira fidgeted in her seat, this was the moment she had anticipated for a year. They were about to land, *Omygod, I can't believe i'm gonna be where Elijah Wood lived for 3 or 4 years, I wonder what the other people look like that are coming* she thought to herself. ' You nervous about something' the guy sitting next to her asked 'Kind of' Keira answered him looking out her window they were finally there. She got off and walked into baggage claim, after getting her bag she walked outside and looked around in astonishment. __________________

" Is this your first time on an airplane mam?" The beautiful face of the stewardess beamed as she saw Joan's pale clenched hands on the arm rest of the window seat in the PAL flight 205. Joan nodded in response and the stewardess smiled gently and then gave her a long sermon about how safe it is still to fly. However there was a huge space between Joan's brain and her ear that she gave no attention to her. Her main concern was to control herself from throwing up, which she wasn't all that successful as they started to land, she managed to fill 4 gag bags.

She was taken to the nearest hospital where she was treated for nausea, before she checked in one of the hotels near the area of the convention. There was 2 more days to go before the convention started, she wanted more time to shop, however she spent all two days resting and recovering from the flight.

Finally at the end of the second day she decided to roam around, and went inside a convenience store to purchase some gatorade. As she was about to leave the store, someone accidentally bumped into her making her fall to the ground and spill the gatorade and gum she just bought. The tall young man said dozens of apologies, but Joan felt like going home, and was anything but nice to him. "Next time be more careful, there are other people other than you in this world you know!" she snapped at him when he tried to help her up. He even offered to buy her another set of the items that were broken on the floor, but she ranted about how she may be asian but she's anything but poor. Giving up, he finally left the store, mumbling to himself, Joan repurchased the items and went back to her hotel. __________________

The week before the convention, Nick Stewart was on a plane headed for Australia. He hung out with his uncle only when he wasn't bored of surfing or seeing the sights with the friends he inevitably made while at the beach. His uncle was usually busy, but always tried to make the time to entertain his pampered nephew.