CHAPTER 3
Teresa was running around the house frantically looking for her cat cage, gerbil cage, and shoes. All her luggage was inside of the car and her parents were in the car with Kelvin. She finds her shoes and puts them on quickly. Then finds pitches and puts her into the pet taxi. Then she puts her gerbil in its little cage and puts the animals right next to the door in each their individual cages. Then she runs back to the living room and grabs her purse which has here lip gloss in it. Then she grabs the cages and walks out the door. Then sets down the cages and turns and locks the door. Then turns and picks up the cages and walked toward the car. She gets in the car and puts the cat's cage on top of her lap and the gerbil cage next to her and there ready to go to the airport.
"You're sure you've got everything?" her dad asks
"Yes," replies Teresa, "I think I do."
"Good because you know that we can't come back.'
"Yeah, dad, I know, let's bounce."
"Okay" Her dad pulls the car out of the driveway and before she knew she was at airport.
"You guys I'm scared," said Teresa, "what if the person I sit next to on the plane is some kind of serial killer like on Law and Order?"
"Don't worry;" said Kelvin, "There is no way for a serial killer to the plane,"
"Why is that?" asked Teresa.
"Because they filter out all the bad people before every one gets on," Replied Kelvin.
Kelvin was a lot younger than Teresa. Kelvin was eight and all though his theory was idiotic, it gave Teresa some comfort. Then they all got out of the car and each took a suitcase and Teresa took the cat and gerbil cage. They all put the luggage in the luggage room, and Teresa keeps her cat and her gerbil and hopes they'll let them on the plane. She didn't trust the kennel after she saw the movie 'Homeward Bound'.
"Flight one-eighty-nine leaves in half an hour" said the lady over the intercom, at the controls table.
"What is your flight number?" asked Teresa's mom to Teresa.
"One-eighty-nine" Teresa replied
"Well I'm not trying to get rid of you but I don't want you to miss your flight, so you'd better go and get on the plane." Constructed her dad.
"Yeah, I guess your right." Teresa said.
"Okay," said her mom "I love you."
"Love ya'll too," replied Teresa "Drive home carefully."
"We will."
"Okay Teresa, you behave for the Higurashi family okay? Asked her dad.
"Dad you know I will"
"I love you."
"I love you dad."
They had a big group hug then Teresa, with the cat and gerbil, left sadly toward the plane.
"Call us when you get there." Shouted her dad.
"But dad, it will be like three o'clock in the morning"
"Oh, yeah, call any ways so I know you got there safely."
"Okay dad, tell Jenna and Airel that I'll miss them."
"Okay.''
They parted for the final time and Teresa walked to the plane parking area. Then she looked at all the plane numbers and saw her plane.Then she got on the plane and took a seat next to the window on the left side of the plane. She sat Pitches in the seat next to her. A flight attendant came up to her and said "I'm sorry we don't allow animals on the plane."
"No she's not an animal, she's my baby sister." Replied Teresa thinking that the attendant was going to kick her off the plane.
"Ohhh, I see," said the attendant named Amelia.
'Oh my goodness I can't believe she believed me.' Teresa thought.
"So, your names Amelia."
"It is? Oh yeah it's on my name tag."
"Oh, Okay."
"So where's your stop?"
"Doesn't this plane only go to Tokyo?"
"Oh yes, so where is this Tokyo your talking about? Is it in Japan?"
'Duh' "yes." Said Teresa.
"So can I get you something to drink or your sister or something?"
"No we're good."
"Okay well don't forget to fasten your seatbelt because it gets really fast up here. . . . At least I think it's up." Teresa just smiled at the ditsy flight attendant. Then looked at Pitches.
"Well Pitches . . . . . it's just me and you and me on the road. . . .Well in the air actually.
'On the road again. . . .I can't wait to get on the road again.' Teresa sang to herself in her head.
"Meow," replied Pitches
"Okay every one we're getting ready for take off so if you could listen to flight rules and be quiet it would be very much appreciated," said the flight captain. "Okay first of flying. . . .Put your seatbelt and keep it on because if you don't you could die. Rule number two never get up unless necessary. Rule number three don't use electronics such as cell phones, lap tops, or portable TV's They interfere with the planes wires. Portable CD player allowed I guess. Rule number four no animals on the planes. Rule number five no breathing without an air mask when were in high altitudes. But I will inform you when you need to put them on. No opening any emergency exits while was in the air. Okay the other fifteen rules are posted above every window."
A man had just come on the plane and sat down next to Teresa. Pitches was on Teresa's lap in the cage. The man was old about seventy-something years old.
"So is that a cat you got there?" asked the old man
"Yeah"
"I had a cat in World War Two."
"Really"
"Yeah, I remember during WWII there were bombs every where. I remember the enemy running at me yelling 'Bingo Friday . . . . . Bingo Friday . . . . . Bingo Friday. . . . Bingo Friday.' No wait that was at the home. I was never in World War. Yes I was, I was in war at the home I think, yes there was tanks, guns, and cannons."
"There was a war at the home!?"
"What home?"
"You just said that you lived in a home."
"Who lived in a home?"
"You did."
"I did."
"Yeah, you did."
"I did what.''
"Nothing, just never mind."
Teresa looked around for another seat, and found a open seat in front of her she picked up Sammy and Pitches and scooted out from her seat and past the old man who had in about thirty seconds fallen asleep. She walked up to the row of seats that was right in front of her and asked the young man if she could sit there. "Yeah, sure." "Can I get the seat by the window?" "Sure" He said getting up and moving to the next seat over in the row. Teresa then went passed the young man and sat down next to the window and put Pitches on her lap and Sammy on top of Pitches' cage.
Is that a cat and a gerbil?" asked the man.
"Yeah it is."
"So what's your name?"
"Teresa. You?"
"My names Kris."
"So how old are you?"
"Sixteen, how about you?"
"Fifteen."
"So where you from?"
"Chicago."
"Me too."
"I go to Eisenhower High school.'' "Really I do to, I'm a sophomore there."
"Oh yeah it says E-bars on your sweatshirt."
"Yeah, Eisenhower black and red spirit."
"Yeah."
"So what's your cat's name?"
"Pitches and my gerbil is Sammy."
"So are you a freshman?"
"Yeah"
"Cool, I hope you packed lots of winter clothes."
"What! What do you mean winter clothes?"
"Well, since America and Japan are on different sides of the world if its summer in America then it has to be winter in Japan."
"Oh my goodness I packed all summer clothes I'm going to freeze.''
Kris unfastened his seatbelt and took off his sweatshirt and handed it to Teresa. He had a yellow shirt on underneath his sweatshirt.
"Here you go," Kris said.
"But you won't have anything to wear."
"I have many other hoodies."
"Yeah but this your school hoodie.''
"Don't worry about."
"Okay, thank you, but won't your girlfriend be mad?"
"I don't have a girlfriend."
"Oh"
"You know what? I think everyone on this plane is ditsy except for us."
"Your right." Teresa said 'Er body in the plane gettin' dipsy.' Teresa thought to herself.
Kris put his seatbelt back on and leaned back in his seat.
"How much longer will it be?" Teresa asked Kris. "About ten more hours."
"Oh, hey Ill give your hoodie back when the plane lands."
"Keep it."
"Are you sure these are like fifty dollars."
"Yeah, really don't worry about it."
Kris turned his head and went to sleep. Teresa was bored she wasn't tired but she knew that she should because she would have to get into a Japan time schedule. So she turned over and fell asleep. When she woke up Pitches was sleeping and so was Sammy Kris was still sleeping too. The flight attendant came up to her and asked "Can I get you any thing?"
"Umm, yeah some water." Teresa replied.
"All righty."
The attendant left for a minute. Teresa wanted the water for Sammy and Pitches. Then she came back and handed Teresa a glass with water inside of it. It was really cold but it wasn't a winter type of cold. It was a rainy type of cold. Teresa was curious as to why it wasn't winter outside.
"Why is it not winter outside?"
"Oh, because Japan don't get snow."
"It doesn't?"
"No, but It can get pretty cold and really warm at totally different times. So like one day it can be like thirty degrees out then the next day it's like eighty."
'Wow I cant believe she actually knew something other than grass is green.' Teresa thought to herself
"So how much time do we have left in the flight?"
"About five minutes."
"Oh okay."
The flight attendant left and Kris woke up.
"So it doesn't really get winter?" Teresa asked Kris
"Well, it can be different at different times. Like last year I came here to visit my grandma and it was cold the whole time I was here. But I have heard that sometimes its different temperatures."
"Oh."
The pilot came on over the speakers, "okay every one keep your seatbelts on, not because it's the rules but because when we stop there will be an unseen force of gravitational pull. Well in conclusion keep you belt on." Teresa opened the cage for Pitches and put the plastic cup in the cage. Pitches walked up to it and smelled and didn't drink it. So Teresa took it back out and left it in the cup holder.
Teresa was running around the house frantically looking for her cat cage, gerbil cage, and shoes. All her luggage was inside of the car and her parents were in the car with Kelvin. She finds her shoes and puts them on quickly. Then finds pitches and puts her into the pet taxi. Then she puts her gerbil in its little cage and puts the animals right next to the door in each their individual cages. Then she runs back to the living room and grabs her purse which has here lip gloss in it. Then she grabs the cages and walks out the door. Then sets down the cages and turns and locks the door. Then turns and picks up the cages and walked toward the car. She gets in the car and puts the cat's cage on top of her lap and the gerbil cage next to her and there ready to go to the airport.
"You're sure you've got everything?" her dad asks
"Yes," replies Teresa, "I think I do."
"Good because you know that we can't come back.'
"Yeah, dad, I know, let's bounce."
"Okay" Her dad pulls the car out of the driveway and before she knew she was at airport.
"You guys I'm scared," said Teresa, "what if the person I sit next to on the plane is some kind of serial killer like on Law and Order?"
"Don't worry;" said Kelvin, "There is no way for a serial killer to the plane,"
"Why is that?" asked Teresa.
"Because they filter out all the bad people before every one gets on," Replied Kelvin.
Kelvin was a lot younger than Teresa. Kelvin was eight and all though his theory was idiotic, it gave Teresa some comfort. Then they all got out of the car and each took a suitcase and Teresa took the cat and gerbil cage. They all put the luggage in the luggage room, and Teresa keeps her cat and her gerbil and hopes they'll let them on the plane. She didn't trust the kennel after she saw the movie 'Homeward Bound'.
"Flight one-eighty-nine leaves in half an hour" said the lady over the intercom, at the controls table.
"What is your flight number?" asked Teresa's mom to Teresa.
"One-eighty-nine" Teresa replied
"Well I'm not trying to get rid of you but I don't want you to miss your flight, so you'd better go and get on the plane." Constructed her dad.
"Yeah, I guess your right." Teresa said.
"Okay," said her mom "I love you."
"Love ya'll too," replied Teresa "Drive home carefully."
"We will."
"Okay Teresa, you behave for the Higurashi family okay? Asked her dad.
"Dad you know I will"
"I love you."
"I love you dad."
They had a big group hug then Teresa, with the cat and gerbil, left sadly toward the plane.
"Call us when you get there." Shouted her dad.
"But dad, it will be like three o'clock in the morning"
"Oh, yeah, call any ways so I know you got there safely."
"Okay dad, tell Jenna and Airel that I'll miss them."
"Okay.''
They parted for the final time and Teresa walked to the plane parking area. Then she looked at all the plane numbers and saw her plane.Then she got on the plane and took a seat next to the window on the left side of the plane. She sat Pitches in the seat next to her. A flight attendant came up to her and said "I'm sorry we don't allow animals on the plane."
"No she's not an animal, she's my baby sister." Replied Teresa thinking that the attendant was going to kick her off the plane.
"Ohhh, I see," said the attendant named Amelia.
'Oh my goodness I can't believe she believed me.' Teresa thought.
"So, your names Amelia."
"It is? Oh yeah it's on my name tag."
"Oh, Okay."
"So where's your stop?"
"Doesn't this plane only go to Tokyo?"
"Oh yes, so where is this Tokyo your talking about? Is it in Japan?"
'Duh' "yes." Said Teresa.
"So can I get you something to drink or your sister or something?"
"No we're good."
"Okay well don't forget to fasten your seatbelt because it gets really fast up here. . . . At least I think it's up." Teresa just smiled at the ditsy flight attendant. Then looked at Pitches.
"Well Pitches . . . . . it's just me and you and me on the road. . . .Well in the air actually.
'On the road again. . . .I can't wait to get on the road again.' Teresa sang to herself in her head.
"Meow," replied Pitches
"Okay every one we're getting ready for take off so if you could listen to flight rules and be quiet it would be very much appreciated," said the flight captain. "Okay first of flying. . . .Put your seatbelt and keep it on because if you don't you could die. Rule number two never get up unless necessary. Rule number three don't use electronics such as cell phones, lap tops, or portable TV's They interfere with the planes wires. Portable CD player allowed I guess. Rule number four no animals on the planes. Rule number five no breathing without an air mask when were in high altitudes. But I will inform you when you need to put them on. No opening any emergency exits while was in the air. Okay the other fifteen rules are posted above every window."
A man had just come on the plane and sat down next to Teresa. Pitches was on Teresa's lap in the cage. The man was old about seventy-something years old.
"So is that a cat you got there?" asked the old man
"Yeah"
"I had a cat in World War Two."
"Really"
"Yeah, I remember during WWII there were bombs every where. I remember the enemy running at me yelling 'Bingo Friday . . . . . Bingo Friday . . . . . Bingo Friday. . . . Bingo Friday.' No wait that was at the home. I was never in World War. Yes I was, I was in war at the home I think, yes there was tanks, guns, and cannons."
"There was a war at the home!?"
"What home?"
"You just said that you lived in a home."
"Who lived in a home?"
"You did."
"I did."
"Yeah, you did."
"I did what.''
"Nothing, just never mind."
Teresa looked around for another seat, and found a open seat in front of her she picked up Sammy and Pitches and scooted out from her seat and past the old man who had in about thirty seconds fallen asleep. She walked up to the row of seats that was right in front of her and asked the young man if she could sit there. "Yeah, sure." "Can I get the seat by the window?" "Sure" He said getting up and moving to the next seat over in the row. Teresa then went passed the young man and sat down next to the window and put Pitches on her lap and Sammy on top of Pitches' cage.
Is that a cat and a gerbil?" asked the man.
"Yeah it is."
"So what's your name?"
"Teresa. You?"
"My names Kris."
"So how old are you?"
"Sixteen, how about you?"
"Fifteen."
"So where you from?"
"Chicago."
"Me too."
"I go to Eisenhower High school.'' "Really I do to, I'm a sophomore there."
"Oh yeah it says E-bars on your sweatshirt."
"Yeah, Eisenhower black and red spirit."
"Yeah."
"So what's your cat's name?"
"Pitches and my gerbil is Sammy."
"So are you a freshman?"
"Yeah"
"Cool, I hope you packed lots of winter clothes."
"What! What do you mean winter clothes?"
"Well, since America and Japan are on different sides of the world if its summer in America then it has to be winter in Japan."
"Oh my goodness I packed all summer clothes I'm going to freeze.''
Kris unfastened his seatbelt and took off his sweatshirt and handed it to Teresa. He had a yellow shirt on underneath his sweatshirt.
"Here you go," Kris said.
"But you won't have anything to wear."
"I have many other hoodies."
"Yeah but this your school hoodie.''
"Don't worry about."
"Okay, thank you, but won't your girlfriend be mad?"
"I don't have a girlfriend."
"Oh"
"You know what? I think everyone on this plane is ditsy except for us."
"Your right." Teresa said 'Er body in the plane gettin' dipsy.' Teresa thought to herself.
Kris put his seatbelt back on and leaned back in his seat.
"How much longer will it be?" Teresa asked Kris. "About ten more hours."
"Oh, hey Ill give your hoodie back when the plane lands."
"Keep it."
"Are you sure these are like fifty dollars."
"Yeah, really don't worry about it."
Kris turned his head and went to sleep. Teresa was bored she wasn't tired but she knew that she should because she would have to get into a Japan time schedule. So she turned over and fell asleep. When she woke up Pitches was sleeping and so was Sammy Kris was still sleeping too. The flight attendant came up to her and asked "Can I get you any thing?"
"Umm, yeah some water." Teresa replied.
"All righty."
The attendant left for a minute. Teresa wanted the water for Sammy and Pitches. Then she came back and handed Teresa a glass with water inside of it. It was really cold but it wasn't a winter type of cold. It was a rainy type of cold. Teresa was curious as to why it wasn't winter outside.
"Why is it not winter outside?"
"Oh, because Japan don't get snow."
"It doesn't?"
"No, but It can get pretty cold and really warm at totally different times. So like one day it can be like thirty degrees out then the next day it's like eighty."
'Wow I cant believe she actually knew something other than grass is green.' Teresa thought to herself
"So how much time do we have left in the flight?"
"About five minutes."
"Oh okay."
The flight attendant left and Kris woke up.
"So it doesn't really get winter?" Teresa asked Kris
"Well, it can be different at different times. Like last year I came here to visit my grandma and it was cold the whole time I was here. But I have heard that sometimes its different temperatures."
"Oh."
The pilot came on over the speakers, "okay every one keep your seatbelts on, not because it's the rules but because when we stop there will be an unseen force of gravitational pull. Well in conclusion keep you belt on." Teresa opened the cage for Pitches and put the plastic cup in the cage. Pitches walked up to it and smelled and didn't drink it. So Teresa took it back out and left it in the cup holder.