Becky looked over at her twin sister, Stacy, who was sleeping in the seat next to her on the airplane. Becky couldn't sleep on airplanes, and she was bored out of her mind. The only thing she could do was think and she didn't want to think. Thinking made her upset. She just had to wait until the plane landed. The plane was taking them to the airport, where they would get a taxi which would lead them to their final destination, Eden Hall.
"Stacy..." Becky whispered, nudging her sister. "Stace..." Stacy moved slightly, shifting position in her seat. "Stace..." Becky shoved Stacy's shoulder lightly. "Stace, wake up." She continued to shake Stacy's shoulder until her eyes opened.
"What the...?" Stacy looked at Becky with an exhausted look on her face. "What do you want? Did we land yet?"
"No..." Becky replied. "I couldn't sleep Stace, this is like the end of my life." About a year and a half before this day, the girls' uncle, Gordon Bombay, had become the coach of the Eden Hall Ducks. The Ducks did better with Bombay as the coach, and the school knew it. About two weeks earlier, the girls lost their mother to lung cancer. Their uncle was their closest relative. He loved them as if they were his own daughters. They liked him, too, but they had to pick up their lives and start all over and they didn't want to do that. As soon as Gordon heard about his sister, he called the state of Pennsylvania, where they were living, and requested custody, which was granted to him. They would now attend Eden Hall, which they weren't very happy with. It was full of rich, undeserving people. The girls' actually had the grades to get into the school, they were not only being accepted because of their uncle. They hated the idea of starting a new school half way through their senior year in high school. But they had no other choice.
"Beck... everything will turn out okay. We've got Uncle Gordon..."
"Yeah, Stace, but he's got his hockey team. That's all he cares about." Becky replied with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"He cares about us, too, Beck. You know that. Uncle Gordon loves us. He's so happy that we're gonna be living with him."
"This sucks!" Becky nearly screamed. A few of the other passenger's turned around at looked at her. She softened her voice. "I mean, I even had to dump my boyfriend before we came here."
"I know, Beck, so did I. We were too good for them anyway. We can do better." Becky smiled at her slightly. "Everything's gonna be okay. Trust me." Becky sat their quietly, looking up and down the aisle. "Hey look!" Stacy said. "We're landing." Becky looked at Stacy and sighed deeply. As the passenger's began to depart from the plane, Becky stood up and opened the compartment above her seat. She pulled out Stacy's back pack and handed it to her, followed by hers. She put her bag on her back and she and Stacy exited the plane. They flagged down a taxi after they got their bags and climbed inside.
"Where to?" The driver asked as Becky closed the door.
"Eden Hall." She sighed.
"Alright." The man replied, pulling out and heading in the direction of the school. Becky pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed her Uncle's cell number. After a few rings, someone picked up.
"Hello?" They asked.
"Hi, is Gordon Bombay around?"
"Yea, who's this?" The voice on the other side asked.
"Shouldn't I be asking YOU that question, since this IS Gordon's phone?" Becky asked. She knew it had to be one of the Ducks. The person laughed a little and Becky could here him yelling in the background.
"BOMBAY! PHONE!" A few seconds later, Gordon picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Uncle Gordon?"
"Becky?!" He asked. "Are you almost here?!"
"Yeah, we're in the taxi. We should be there soon. Where can we find you?"
"I'm coaching the team right now at the school's rink. Come here when you get to the school."
"Okay..." Becky sighed. "We'll be there soon."
"Alright. Love you sweetheart."
"Love you, too Uncle Gordon."
"Tell your sister I love her."
"I will. Bye." Becky hung up the phone. "Uncle Gordon says he loves you." Becky said looking at Stacy. The taxi continued on its way to the school. "This is gonna be a loooong day."
"Stacy..." Becky whispered, nudging her sister. "Stace..." Stacy moved slightly, shifting position in her seat. "Stace..." Becky shoved Stacy's shoulder lightly. "Stace, wake up." She continued to shake Stacy's shoulder until her eyes opened.
"What the...?" Stacy looked at Becky with an exhausted look on her face. "What do you want? Did we land yet?"
"No..." Becky replied. "I couldn't sleep Stace, this is like the end of my life." About a year and a half before this day, the girls' uncle, Gordon Bombay, had become the coach of the Eden Hall Ducks. The Ducks did better with Bombay as the coach, and the school knew it. About two weeks earlier, the girls lost their mother to lung cancer. Their uncle was their closest relative. He loved them as if they were his own daughters. They liked him, too, but they had to pick up their lives and start all over and they didn't want to do that. As soon as Gordon heard about his sister, he called the state of Pennsylvania, where they were living, and requested custody, which was granted to him. They would now attend Eden Hall, which they weren't very happy with. It was full of rich, undeserving people. The girls' actually had the grades to get into the school, they were not only being accepted because of their uncle. They hated the idea of starting a new school half way through their senior year in high school. But they had no other choice.
"Beck... everything will turn out okay. We've got Uncle Gordon..."
"Yeah, Stace, but he's got his hockey team. That's all he cares about." Becky replied with tears streaming down her cheeks.
"He cares about us, too, Beck. You know that. Uncle Gordon loves us. He's so happy that we're gonna be living with him."
"This sucks!" Becky nearly screamed. A few of the other passenger's turned around at looked at her. She softened her voice. "I mean, I even had to dump my boyfriend before we came here."
"I know, Beck, so did I. We were too good for them anyway. We can do better." Becky smiled at her slightly. "Everything's gonna be okay. Trust me." Becky sat their quietly, looking up and down the aisle. "Hey look!" Stacy said. "We're landing." Becky looked at Stacy and sighed deeply. As the passenger's began to depart from the plane, Becky stood up and opened the compartment above her seat. She pulled out Stacy's back pack and handed it to her, followed by hers. She put her bag on her back and she and Stacy exited the plane. They flagged down a taxi after they got their bags and climbed inside.
"Where to?" The driver asked as Becky closed the door.
"Eden Hall." She sighed.
"Alright." The man replied, pulling out and heading in the direction of the school. Becky pulled her cell phone out of her pocket and dialed her Uncle's cell number. After a few rings, someone picked up.
"Hello?" They asked.
"Hi, is Gordon Bombay around?"
"Yea, who's this?" The voice on the other side asked.
"Shouldn't I be asking YOU that question, since this IS Gordon's phone?" Becky asked. She knew it had to be one of the Ducks. The person laughed a little and Becky could here him yelling in the background.
"BOMBAY! PHONE!" A few seconds later, Gordon picked up the phone.
"Hello?" He asked.
"Uncle Gordon?"
"Becky?!" He asked. "Are you almost here?!"
"Yeah, we're in the taxi. We should be there soon. Where can we find you?"
"I'm coaching the team right now at the school's rink. Come here when you get to the school."
"Okay..." Becky sighed. "We'll be there soon."
"Alright. Love you sweetheart."
"Love you, too Uncle Gordon."
"Tell your sister I love her."
"I will. Bye." Becky hung up the phone. "Uncle Gordon says he loves you." Becky said looking at Stacy. The taxi continued on its way to the school. "This is gonna be a loooong day."