Walking into the Tampa International Airport I thought I'd be scared, but having James there made everything much better.
We walked to the terminal and went through security. It went faster than I thought. Than again only having a purse with a camera, a phone and some personal things in it is a no brainier. Once through security we walked to the gate to wait the 30 minutes until we boarded.
I was nervous because I hadn't flown in a while and I was seeing my sister after so long. 30 minutes went by and we got on the plane. James smiled and kissed my head once we were settled. It was 45 minutes later that we were over 3,000 miles up in the air and I was starting to fall asleep on James' chest.
I awoke with James stroking my hair. "Where are we?" "Our layover in Charlotte, North Carolina." I sat up and we both walked off the plane with every other passenger.
Layover in North Carolina
"So how long are we here for?" "Little less than an hour." I nodded and James pulled me aside so we could eat. "I felt like I just ate an hour ago." "Two hours ago actually."
James laughed and he order us food from Subway. Once done eating we walked around trying to kill time.
We walked into one of the shops and James saw a cute little panda. "Look at it, sweetie." "Woah, that panda has really big eyes." James laughed and bought it. I felt something on my head and looked up. "Well hello there Panda." We walked to the gate and I was still a bit tired, but glad to be in the same timezone as my family. I texted my dad a picture of James, the panda and I. I knew he'd worry and I promised to call every night. I smiled and looked up at James, "So how much longer til we board?" "15 minutes." I smiled and relaxed a bit trying to calm my excitement.
Once it was time to board James thought it was necessary to carry me and I kept my face hidden.