"Bye guys! I'll miss you!" Kevin hugged his sister as she tried to cling onto his leg. His whole family and all the family friends had come to the airport to wish Kevin good luck and say goodbye. He felt slightly awkward as he hugged everybody. Despite how annoying his companion was, Kevin couldn't help feeling guilty. Elder Cunningham was not too far off. His Mother and Father were there but they weren't emotionally embracing him like all the people that had come to the airport with Kevin. His Father seemed to be giving him a cold pep talk with an expressionless face and his Mother merely stood there looking slightly disappointed.
Hearing Mr Cunningham mention Kevin's name, he freed himself from the mass of people hugging him. "I'll be straight back guys, okay?"
"We're all so proud of you Kevin!"
Kevin made his way over to the Cunninghams. He put on his charming smile and greeted Elder Cunningham's parents.
"Ah! Elder Price! We've heard so much about you!"
Arnold turned around to face Kevin. He looked ashamed and wasn't his usual, immensely annoying self.
"We were just telling Arnold here to keep his little… problem in check."
Little problem? It was going to be hard enough dealing with Elder Cunningham on a whole without him having a "little problem."
"What's the er… little problem?" He asked Mr Cunningham, maintaining his grin although mentally dragging his hands down his face and groaning.
Returning to his usual obnoxious self, Elder Cunningham belted "I LIE A LOT!"
"Yes. Arnold is a pathological liar." Stated the Elders father, casting his son a brief glare.
Well this was just great. Just great. "Well Elder, I guess I'll see you in a minute. I'd better go say goodbye to my family!" Kevin needed to stop the awkward encounter. As he walked back to the crowd of people, he overheard Mr Cunningham harshly telling his son to try and be more like Kevin. He felt a pang of guilt but it was pushed away by the warm embraces of his family as they dragged him in.
Kevin looked out of the window as he waited for the plane to take off. Elder Cunningham had wanted to sit there as he'd never been on a plane before but Kevin claimed he got motion sickness so he needed to sit in the window seat. That was a mistake. Maybe if the other Elder had had something to occupy him, he wouldn't be babbling on and on at the back of Kevin's mind. Kevin was trying to ignore the constant noise but it was impossible.
"So who's your favourite Star Wars character?"
Oh Heavenly Father, if he was going to be asked questions that meant he HAD to listen. "I've never actually seen a Star Wars film." That was true. He hadn't. His Mom didn't like all the violence so he hadn't been allowed to watch it.
"WHAT? Elder Price you NEED to watch a Star Wars film. What movies do you actually like then?"
Well that was a simple answer. "Disney."
"What like the ones with the Princesses in them and stuff? I always found them really boring. Like, they just kept singing and I could never actually sit through an entire Disney movie."
Wow. Above everything else, his companion didn't even like Disney. He thought EVERYONE liked Disney. Kevin had always loved Disney. When he was nine years old, his parents took him to Orlando and they went to Disney Land. He'd met Ariel, who was his favourite princess and he still had the picture up on his bedroom wall. That trip was the best thing that had ever happened to him. "Look, Elder, maybe we should both go over the mission rules." Kevin pulled out his copy and started reading it, memorising it until his companion got the message. He'd actually already memorised the rules. This mission was so important to him. It was his chance to do something incredible. Kevin would just have to shut Elder Cunningham out to do that.